• Waldorf Education and Perceiving the World
• Exciting Annual Giving News
• Salsa Night Tomorrow!
• Fifth Grade Olympics
• Paper Cranes for Haiti
• Last Coffee House of the Year! 
• Waldorf Painting Gallery at Nourish Restaurant in Lexington 
• Where Giants Lurk and Fairies Flee: How to Be a Healing Storyteller in Troubled Times 
• Foundation Studies in Anthroposophy
• Summer Venture Middle School Workshops

You can also access the Bulletin, including past editions, on the Waldorf School of Lexington's website in the Community Section.

"The Waldorf educational impulse is based upon a way of perceiving which senses that all things share in consciousness and meaningful form. The quality of our seeing depends upon the quality of our being--upon the development of our character. This [is] a very helpful step toward integrating knowledge and character. Morality and virtue are difficult concepts to handle, by themselves. They tend to become dissociated from other human gifts, and even antagonistic to human understanding. Virtuous behaviour in itself does not equip us for seeing clearly. It may in fact deform our perception further by being entangled with egotism and fearfulness. But reverence for life enables cognition to ripen to a quality of accurate understanding. Objective seeing, truthful seeing, is the functioning of our inwardness. And so objective and subjective merge into a marriage. No longer divided, we kiss the world through the windowpane which is no longer there. No more glass divides us from our environment and from others. We see face to face."

(M.C. Richards, Toward Wholeness)

The theme of this year’s Annual Giving campaign is “Cultivating our Future,” and thanks to the passionate support of an anonymous donor, we now find ourselves with the extraordinary opportunity to surpass our fundraising goal for the year and build towards an even more secure future. We are thrilled to announce that this year’s donations have crossed over the $100,000 mark, triggering a new matching opportunity.

There has never been a better time to give to our school. Between now and June 30, any gift you make will be matched dollar for dollar, up to an additional $50,000—representing a potential bonus to the school of $100,000 that can be invested in critical initiatives and building improvements next year. Your gift now will go twice as far to support important programs and improvements at the school. Please know that your gift is essential to the work we do each day at the Waldorf School of Lexington and is deeply appreciated. To make a pledge, click here; to make a donation, click here.

The salsa night event is back! Please join the Seventh Grade as they host a night of festive dancing, socializing, and Latin American refreshments tomorrow night, Saturday, May 8 from 7-10 p.m. in the auditorium. Join us at 7:10 p.m. for a brief salsa lesson and stay to watch the Seventh Grade perform before we all fill the dance floor to salsa together. Tickets will be available at the door: Adults $15, Children $8, or the whole family for $30.  We are looking forward to seeing you at this lively event!

Next Friday, May 14, the Waldorf School of Lexington will once again act as host to the annual Fifth Grade Olympics. Our own fifth graders will be joined by peers from several other Waldorf schools in a reenactment of the original Greek pentathlon.  The community is invited to support this joyful celebration of the Greek history curriculum by coming out to the soccer field to watch the competition.

During the Olympics, the Seventh Grade traditionally offers lunch to students and parents as a fundraiser for their eighth grade class trip.  Please return your completed forms with payment to the Main Office no later than this coming Monday, May 10. Thank you for supporting the Seventh Grade! Click here for a copy of the order form you can print out at home.

Dear Waldorf Community,

The Second Grade will be sending a care package to an orphanage in Haiti, which is supported by Project Haiti, an organization that works to improve health and build schools there. This is a gesture of friendship and encouragement for healing and peace in the wake of the the recent earthquake and the challenges that continue to persist for children with no parents.

The second graders made one thousand origami cranes to send along with the story of Sadako, a little girl from Japan, which inspired the class to create these cranes as a gift. We have collected some donations to send with the cranes and cards. If you want to know more about this project, please speak to a second grader or Ms. DeNatale. If you are interested in including your own card or donation, you can bring it to the Main Office or second grade classroom by Friday, May 21.

Everyone is invited to the last open mic Coffee House of the year next Friday, May 14 at 7:30 p.m. Musicians of all kinds are invited to share their music with a friendly audience, and even if you're just coming to listen, you're welcome to join us too! Middle school students and alumni are especially invited to take part. The evening is intended for adult and older student participation, but younger children who are able to sit quietly are welcome to come listen.

Next time you are in Lexington Center, stop in at Nourish restaurant to view the gallery of our student’s watercolor paintings, located in the hallway directly across from the restrooms.  Karen Masterson, the restaurant’s owner and a onetime Waldorf parent, has graciously offered us this space for as long as we would like it. We will switch the paintings every few months.  If you would like us to consider one of your children’s paintings for the display space, please contact Holly Kania .  If you are in the area, please consider thanking Karen for her generous support of the school, and stop in for a meal from the Nourish menu of locally-sourced, organic and/or sustainably-farmed selections.

On Saturday, May 15, 9 a.m.-noon, Nancy Mellon will be holding a storytelling workshop here at school called Where Giants Lurk and Fairies Flee: How to Be a Healing Storyteller in Troubled Times.  This workshop will explore archetypal fairy tales that portray powerful feelings and emotions. Feelings and dreams can be seen with new eyes from within a story. Welcoming both reality and fantasy, you will learn practical storytelling dynamics that place rings of power around children's troubles, and turn them into allies. Whether a beginning or an experienced storyteller, all are welcome to attend this workshop.

Nancy Mellon has a varied background as a teacher of literature, creative writing, painting and drawing, and color therapy. She has been connected with the Waldorf educational movement since 1976. She has written several books about storytelling. You can visit her website here.