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school bulletin for the week of june 4, 2008
transition team building
The CWS Administrative Transition Team, comprised of members of the College of Teachers and the Board of Trustees, has selected Pat O'Connell to be our Transition Manager, effective Monday, June 2, 2008. Ms. O'Connell will lead the transitional management over the summer to help solidify the school's infrastructure and oversee the administrative duties in the school in preparation for the arrival of our new Administrative Director, Leukos Goodwin, who will begin his appointment mid-summer. She comes to Chicago Waldorf School via the Executive Service Corps' new Interim Executive Director program which places experienced managers in leadership roles at not-for-profit organizations to assist in periods of transition.
Ms. O'Connell, who currently consults to non-profit organizations, served 6 years as the Executive Director and Director of Operations and Project Development with Claretian Associates, a not-for-profit neighborhood development organization, and 8 years as Vice President of Operations and the Assistant Vice President for the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.
The CWS Transition Team feels fortunate to have such an experienced management professional as Pat O'Connell available to assist CWS during this period of transition. Pat is pleased to be a part of such a significant and exciting time at the Chicago Waldorf School. She has heard a lot of enthusiasm expressed by the Board of Trustees, teachers, parents and staff for this new phase and is looking forward to helping to ensure a good transition.
The Chicago Waldorf School Community is deeply grateful to the school's Co-Administrators, Flora Calabrese and Sheree Moratto, for their willingness to assume administrative duties over the past two and a half years and for their continued commitment to the excellence of the Chicago Waldorf School. We recognize their outstanding contributions and appreciate their continued support during this time of change.
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Please Join the School Community to Celebrate & Thank
Flora Calabrese & Sheree Moratto
Monday, June 9th • 6:30pm • CWS Auditorium
Light Dinner • Coffee • Entertainment
Please RSVP to Kristin Pellicori in the Front Office
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community farewell
The Chicago Waldorf School would like to invite you to a Celebration of Flora Calabrese and Sheree Moratto on Monday, June 9, 2008 at 6:30pm in the CWS Auditorium. A light supper followed by dessert and coffee will be served. Josh Lava will provide music. Please join us in thanking Flora and Sheree for all they have done on behalf of our school over the years! RSVP to Kristin Pellicori at kpellicori@chicagowaldorf.org or 773.465.2662 by this Friday, June 6.
Flora's last day with us was this past Friday, May 30. She has taken a position at Concordia-Avondale, a not-for-profit on the northwest side of Chicago. We wish her all the best in her new venture. Sheree Moratto will continue in her role as Co-Administrator to help us with our administrative transition through June 30.
If you're not able to attend the Celebration, please stop by the Front Office beginning Tuesday, June 10 to sign our appreciation books for them.
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development update
There are only four weeks left to give to the Annual Fund and we need your support! While we wrap up this year's Annual Fund, we are also preparing for the 2007-2008 Annual Report, which is created to celebrate the success of this school year. Each year, we acknowledge everyone who has contributed to the Annual Fund by publishing their names in our Annual Report. Attached is a printer's proof of donor names as they will appear in the 2007-2008 Annual Report. If you have made your contribution, please check your name to be certain you are listed correctly. If you have corrections, please email Kristi Richey or call her at 773.828.8456.
Don't see your name on the list? Make a pledge or donation today! There is still time to show your support for the Chicago Waldorf School and its mission. Thanks!
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facebook!
Yearbooks have arrived! Those who pre-ordered can pick theirs up at the Front Office, and those who still wish to buy one can do so at the Front Office as well for $50.
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pto au revoir
Dear Community,
After three years as co-chair of the PTO, my term has concluded. I started out in the PTO five years ago as PTO Rep to the Board of Trustees and it has been a wonderful experience since then; challenging, frustrating, overwhelming — but always, very fulfilling. Volunteering for the PTO gave me the opportunity to learn more about my child's education which has deepened my commitment to Waldorf in a more meaningful way, to meet and volunteer with parents who share the value of this education for our children, and to commit to something in which I believe. It has also given me the opportunity to learn a great deal about how a successful school should be run and the effort and expertise it takes to establish and maintain excellence. I have learned that a school's success should never be taken for granted. I have witnessed our school evolve and have worked with the remarkable people who have been part of that evolution in part by volunteering and working many extra hours, sacrificing family and personal time to make that possible. Being the co-chair of the PTO allowed me to lead and bring new ideas to the organization, but more importantly it allowed me to speak up for a very important element of our greater community — the parents — and I now join the other parents who have held the same position previously, Mary Spalding, Dru Muskovin, and Eric Sproull, just to name a few. I have made wonderful friends; staff, teachers, Board of Trustees andparents that I would not have had the opportunity to know in the same way. My sincere thanks to our community; to the members of the PTEC; my co-chairs, Renee Wright and Katherine Rogers, Janet Zimmerman, Robin Lewis and Judy Lubin (they have been incredible!) to the PTOC and to all of the PTO Reps — you have been great.
So — what are you doing next year? How about joining the PTO?
-Cynthia Joho
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volunteer here
The PTO is looking for some volunteers to work in Parent Education and Hospitality. If you are interested or need more information, please call Katherine Rogers at 847.864.5674.
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5th grade thanks
The students of the 5th Grade class would like to thank everyone who supported our vendor table at the May Fair. We raised $170.52 from the sale of our handwork and your donations. We will send the money to Malaria No More, an organization working to prevent the spread of malaria in Africa. The money will be used to buy specially-treated mosquito bed nets and is enough to buy 17 nets. Each one will protect several people when they sleep, which is when most mosquito bites happen.
Thank you very much.
-the 5th Grade
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high school news
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focus on faculty
Born in a log cabin, just outside the Musee du Louvre, David A. Dozier teaches art history, painting in oils and watercolor, drawing, calligraphy and block printing at the Chicago Waldorf School, as well as drawing skills to adults in the Arcturus Rudolf Steiner Education program. He has a Master's degree in Education (with a Certificate in Waldorf Education) from Antioch New England Graduate School in Keene, NH, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Layton School of Art and Design in Milwaukee, WI, with academic accreditation from Marquette University.
David has been affiliated with Jadite Gallery in New York City, Cooper Gallery in Jersey City, the Visual Arts League in New Brunswick, and the Indianapolis Museum of Arts Alliance Gallery. His paintings have been exhibited in galleries and non-profit spaces in Chicago, New Hampshire, New York City, Washington, D.C., Virginia, Puerto Rico, and throughout New Jersey. He is a past President of the Artist League of Central New Jersey, a founding member of the Visual Arts League of New Jersey, and has been featured in the Art Goes Publicprogram of Middlesex County, where he demonstrated oil painting techniques in public locations for many years.
David studied oil painting and impressionist color with: Henry Hensche and Cedric Egeli at the Cape Cod School of Art, Richard V. Goetz both privately and at The Art Students League of New York, and Richard Antholz at the National Academy. He also studied drawing privately with William B. Weltman in New York City, and portrait sculpture at the New York Academy of Art.
David is proficient in all traditional media; oils, pastels, watercolors, drawing, printing, and sculpture, and his work ranges from paintings done from imagination to portraits, landscapes, and still life done with a spectrum palette, painting colors true to the existing light conditions.
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community announcements
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poetry prize
Maureen Tolman Flannery, mother of four CWS alums, won both second and third places in this year's Jo-Anne Hirshfield Memorial Poetry Contest sponsored by the Evanston Public Library. (Maureen was also the first place winner in 2007.) One hundred of Maureen’s poems were published last year in literary journals around the country. Poets in China are currently translating ten of her poems which will be published in an anthology featuring English and Chinese works.
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classifieds
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Zack Kline is Offering Violin⁄Fiddle Classes! He has taught at City of Lakes Waldorf School in Minneapolis for the past 5 years and has performed a wide range of music from classical to bluegrass. His fiddle, folk and improvisational side mesh with with the Waldorf approach. Lessons will also be available over the summer. Please call Zack at 773.517.6333 or visit Zack Kline’s website.
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You Are Invited to Join a Wonderful Group of Women for yoga on Thursday mornings from 8:30-10:00am in a private home near Irving Park and Ashland. You will be gently led to strengthen and relax your body through movement and breathing by 6th grade (soon to be 7th grade) mom, Rachel Fiske, who has taught yoga for 14 years. This joyful class is appropriate for beginners and fulfilling for those with yoga experience. Please call Nancy at 773.348.0980 for more information.
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Part-Time Assistant needed for organizing, MySpace work, and a little computer research for a cool new website for organic and natural products and information. Most of it can be done at home on your own computer. If you are dependable, have a computer and need some part-time income, contact Cathey at 773.722.0728.
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Cathey Stamps is Pleased to Announce the online debut of Wisengreener, a new website for all things green featuring consumer reviews product and services information, hip tips, a college of green knowledge and more! The official launch date is June 1st. Check it out and see what Cathey's been up to besides carpooling children and attending eurythmy performances!
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German Theater Summer Camp for Children! The Dank School is offering a German Theater Summer Camp for children ages 5-9. All levels are welcome. Rehearsals will take place Saturday mornings, June 28-August 9, from 9:30-11:30am at the Dank School (4740 N Western Ave). The performance of the Bremer Stadtmusikanten (Bremen Town Musicians) will take place at 3:00pm on Sunday, August 10th. To register, obtain a registration form from Ms. Warfield in the Grade School Office or download the registration form at the Dank School. The tuition is $140 per child (or register by June 10th and receive the early-bird fee of $120). For further information call 510.207.2099 or email the Dank House or G Priemer.
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Two Bedroom Apartment Available August 1st on second floor in 2-flat. Wood floors, high ceilings, Waldorf neighbors. Walk to Kedzie Brown line. $900⁄month plus utilities. Call Suzanne Steinreuck at 773.870.1055.
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Wonderful Part-Time Nanny Available from mid-August. Since we are moving out of state, our very wonderful, experienced nanny will be available for three days a week. She has been with us for two years and is especially wonderful with babies and toddlers. Warm recommendations upon request. Please call Nirit at 773.248.4678 or call Barbara directly at 773.732.5500.
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Balance Boards & Beams handcrafted by Elizabeth Kantorski (Waldorf parent) Fabric covered miniature seesaws and low balance beams are available for custom orders…choose your own fabric, size and style. Good for balance, coordination, exercise, imagination and fun! A great addition to any room in your home, and even at the office. Makes a unique present. For more information and to request pictures please email Elizabeth Kantorski or call 847.866.6105.
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Come Back Inn! Once upon a time there was a ‘doll house’ with 2 BRs (one with queen bed, the other with two twins), a bath with shower, convertible futon in LR, dining area, full kitchen with microwave, dishwasher and stacking washer⁄dryer — and the best of all it is in beautiful Beachwalk, Sheridan Beach, Michigan City, IN. This 'doll house' sleeps 5-6. Central air, outdoor gas grill, cable TV, access to community pool, Lake Kai with paddle boat and fishing, tennis, basketball courts, playground and (of course) Lake Michigan. Near Lighthouse Place Outlet Mall, antiques, Blue Chip Casino, Washington Park Zoo and more. Beaches and relaxation await you! Just 90 minutes from Chicago! Please — no pets or inside smoking; smoking is permitted on the porch. Schedules are flexible; reservations available now. Three-day minimum stay — $500; weekly from Fri-Fri or Sat-Sat, $1500. Please visit the Come Back Inn website or call 708.481.1130 .
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Huge Condo for Rent in Rogers Park! Large living room with bay windows; open and updated kitchen; 3 bedrooms, 2 baths; 1500 sq. ft. Hardwood floors throughout, all appliances and storage area. Reserved parking included. Walk to El (Loyola station) and Clark Street Bus #22. Call Laura and⁄or Francisco Bulgarelli 626.241.2241.
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