Newsletter Archive
School Bulletin for the Week of March 28, 2007
glimpse into the waldorf classroom
Take advantage of this morning — walk through grades 1-11 and watch our children and the curriculum grow. Chat with grade school and high school teachers and learn more about the experience your children have every day. See where they are in Morning Lesson and see where they are going. RSVP 773.465.2662. For current CWS parents only.
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Curriculum Evening: Focus on Eurythmy
• Thursday, April 12, 2007
• 7:00pm Social Time
• 7:30pm Presentation
Please Come Dressed to Move Freely
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first in line
We are pleased to announce that next year’s 1st grade teacher will be Breanne Petersen. Ms. Petersen – or Frau as she is
sometimes familiarly known to the students – has taught German at CWS for five years and has demonstrated excellent teaching at all grade levels. When school begins in September she will have completed three of her four years in the Summer Teacher Education Program of Rudolf Steiner College in Sacramento which has been in preparation for her long-imagined shift from special subject teacher to elementary school class teacher. In addition, Ms. Petersen holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan with a double major in German and Organizational Studies.
Ms. Petersen will complete this school year as one of our German teachers. Her new responsibilities will leave a gap in our foreign language program, and she will be sorely missed by her German students. Recruitment to fill that gap has already begun.
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eurythmy for you
Parents are warmly welcomed to a curriculum evening on eurythmy on Thursday, April 12th. This evening will provide an introduction to eurythmy with a focus on how it supports the Waldorf curriculum and benefits the children. Please come dressed to move freely.
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spring break phone access
The CWS voice mail⁄internet systems will be down over Spring Break, from 3⁄30 at dismissal through Thursday 4⁄5, to accommodate an air conditioner installation to protect our server. We will have a single incoming phone line for our 773.465.2662 number which will be connected to an answering machine. Individual faculty⁄staff voice mails will not be accessible.
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spring cleaning?
Spring cleaning? The Chicago Waldorf High School's Drama Club is looking for an old-fashioned sofa and 2 side chairs for its upcoming production of the comic murder mystery, Murder by Indecision, April 20-21, 2007. If you could either lend or donate these items, please call Colleen Everhart at 773.828.8469.
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recycling may fair
Hard to believe that it's Spring and the May Fair is just around the corner (Saturday, May 12th, 11:00am — 4:00pm), but plans are already underway! The May Fair will have a recycling theme in keeping with this year's focus on recycling at CWS. One of the 'events' will be a station called Trash or Treasure hosted by Angela Allyn. Ms. Allyn has requested that as a community we collect the tubes from toilet paper and paper towels, small plastic containers (like yogurt cups) and small boxes (smaller than cereal boxes). The plastic containers must be clean. Can you help? Over the next few weeks please collect your paper tubes, small boxes and clean small plastic containers. A drop off station will be set up the week of the Fair (details to come in future issues of the Bulletin)! Thanks!
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boomtown!
Fire in Boomtown was a huge hit thanks to the exceptional performances of singers⁄storytellers, Amy Lowe and Megan Wells. If you wish to have a CD copy of this award-winning performance on the Chicago Fire of 1871, you can contact Amy Lowe directly. She is willing to waive the shipping fee and deliver it directly to the school. The cost of the CD is $15. You will find more information about Amy Lowe and Megan Wells on their websites.
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you do the math!
Problem #1 (two weeks ago) was answered correctly by Erik (8th Grade) from Philadelphia, our own John Trevillion and Michael Holdrege. They all submitted an answer that the woman's age was 32 although they used different methods to reach this answer. Well done!’;
Last week's problem was: The lengths of the sides of a right triangle are all integers length that is an integral (whole number) multiple of 13, and one of the other sides has a length that is prime and is 50 more than the length of the first side. Find the smallest possible perimeter of such a triangle. (Hint: Remember the Pythagorean Theorem?)
The answer is 208. One of the sides must be a multiple of 13 and another side must be this side plus 50 and also a prime number. 13 + 50 = 63 (not a prime). 26 + 50 = 76 (not a prime). 39 + 50 = 89 (this is prime).
So two sides of the triangle are 39 and 89. Now to minimize the perimeter of a right triangle, the hypotenuse must be minimized
so make 89 the hypotenuse. Using the Pythagorean Theorem,
a² + b² = c²
39² + b² = 89²
1521 + b² = 7921
b² = 6400
b = 80
39 + 80 + 89 = 208
Already some correct answers have been submitted. All of those who answered correctly will be recognized in the next Bulletin. I hope you had fun with this one. Let's try another (I gave this problem to my 8th grade math class a few weeks ago):
A conical (cone) shaped martini glass has a height of 10 cm (this is just the receptacle part of the glass, not the handle) and a width (the diameter of the rim) of 12 cm. If the glass is filled half-way to the top, what fraction of the glass is full? (Hint: You may have to look up the properties of cones).
Remember, all answers should be submitted to Andrew Starzynski or Brian Gleichauf. Happy Solving!
-Coach Starzynski
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alumni news
CWS alum, Avianna Bowie (CWSHS Class of 1998) has been accepted for the fall at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Social Work.
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faculty news
hall of fame
John Trevillion will be flying to Winnipeg, Alberta, Canada in April to be inducted into his high school’s football Hall of Fame. Mr. Trevillion was the winner of the Harry Hood Trophy for best academic athlete in his senior year.
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community announcements
gratitude
We are deeply grateful for the many expressions of sympathy and condolence extended to us. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers which for us have been like manna.
-the Ciurej and Edgerton family
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trading spaces
I work as an advisor to the Minister for the Environment (Bhutan), and my family (wife and two sons) undertake a Steiner home schooling programme (the boys previously attended a Steiner school in Australia). In June we are coming to the US on our annual leave, and the boys will be attending language camps. Vivian and I are looking for a place to stay in Chicago or thereabouts. Ideally, we would like to 'house sit' for someone, if at all possible.
I would be most grateful if you could advertise our interest to your parent community. Ideally, we need accommodation for the full month of June, and possibly for the first week of July. I have attached a photo of Vivian, Darko (13) and Ivan (11)…hopefully to show that there is nothing especially abnormal about us!
In return for hospitality, we would obviously take care of whatever house we were entrusted with. We would be happy to talk about our experiences in Bhutan, and with Steiner education in Australia. Thank you for reading this far!
Regards,
Dr. David Annandale
Senior Technical Advisor
Minister for the Environment
Royal Government of Bhutan
Editor’s Note: Interested parties should email Ilene Warfield for the Annandale's contact information.
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classified ads
Rabbits Make Great Pets! Our female rabbit, Caramel (named for her color), needs a new home! She's cute, active and sweet and is just a year old. Comes with a large cage that you can put outside in warm weather, though she also needs out-of-cage time. Gets along with dogs! Call 773.539.2289.
Just Let Someone Else Do It! Due to the popular demand of my home organization offer at the 2007 Red Carpet Gala, I have decided to go public with my love for home organization and cleaning. If you are living in clutter or have a basement or closets that you dread going into because of all the 'stuff' you have packed in it, call me! Let me do it! $25⁄hour. Amanda Kuzak 586.634.9098.
Houses Available in Hawaii: June 16-July 21 — Two BR condo in Honolulu with beautiful city/ocean view; can accommodate family of four. Close to cultural activities, beaches, hiking. $50/night. Contact Connie Starzynski or call 773.914.0281 (cell). June 24-July 21 — 3 BR townhouse in east Oahu (also Honolulu, but more suburban); in the valley close to the mountains, easy access to beaches, hiking; only 20 minutes to downtown Honolulu. Includes use of car. $50/night. Contact Daniel Stokes or call 808.395.5105.
Calling All Parents in Need of Rejuvenation! Join Cheryl Henley's CWS Community Yoga class after drop-off on Tuesday mornings from 8:15-9:15. Just one short block east at 1228 W Loyola Ave (Roberta Schmatz’s beautiful space). Call Cheryl (certified Iyengar Yoga instructor) at 847.869.0250 if you have any questions. Namaste.
Wanted to Buy: A small, automatic 35mm camera. The kind I had was a Canon Sure Shot 60 zoom, but it stopped working. Perhaps someone reading this now owns a digital camera and would like to get rid of their old 35mm? If so, please call Pam Stewart at 773.274.0415.
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notice
We occasionally experience outages to our phone system. Please note the following back-up number that you can use to contact the Chicago Waldorf School in the event that the main switchboard is down: 773.225.8069.
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