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School Bulletin for the Week of May 28, 2008
may (fair) we thank you — part II
Thank you to our entire community for a beautiful May Fair! To every parent, relative, faculty member, Room Parent and friend of the Chicago Waldorf School who gave generously of their time, resources, talents, organizational skills, ideas and so much more…we extend our thanks!
Jennifer Zielinski
Kevin & Brigid Rooney
Paul & Lisa Rekstad (for the amazing Intelligentsia Coffee)
Valerie Colis
Lisa Moser
Nydia Regnier
And everyone in EC Matson who worked on Younger Children's
Games — thank you!
Judy Shaver-Chungbin (Flower Crowns)
Gregg & Tonya Tomlinson and Fathead for our amazing signage!
Gina & Nick Ehrlich
Jennifer Masi
And everyone in EC Donkel who worked on Flower Crowns —
thank you!
Kim Rowe
Vicki Walden
Peggy & John Figiel
Dagmara Marona
Susannah Wilkins
Lisa King
And everyone in EC Hart — thank you!
Beth Billups
Rebecca Flores and everyone in EC Bruck who worked on Little
Children's Crafts — thank you!
Valerie Hartmann
Tom Handley
Martha Karris
Mary Motyka
Elena Rechtin
And everyone in EC Culbert who worked on Flower Crowns —
thank you!
Karen & Terry Brennan
Jackie Chambers
Daina Lyons
Lizzy Larson
Peter Hartshorn
Jasmine Hasanbegovic
Julia Henderson
Erin Mendoza
Carmen Mooses
Kim Piehl
Gregg Scott & Sheila Donohue
Claude Driscoll
Dan Sullivan
Cassandra Smith
Roberta Schmatz
And everyone in the 1st Grade who helped with set up and clean
up — thank you!
Hazel Lucchesi-Ginsberg for the wonderful drumming and singing
Charles Ginsberg for set up of the Cake Walk
Sarah & Charles Cottle
Robin Lewis & Joseph Dennis
Peggy & John Figiel
Sylvie Desouches
Ilya Levinson & Martine Benmann
Anne Cousineau
Melissa Reesh — Thank you for the Capoeira
Karolina Nowak for your amazing help in the School Store!
Jan & Simon Thompson
And everyone in the 2nd Grade who organized music or baked a
cake — thank you!
Judy Krizmanic
Cheryl Slover-Linett & Peter Linett for the beautiful music
Judy Lubin for the wonderful story telling
Deb Doetzer
Betsy & Stan Palder for being so flexible and for all of your knowledge!
Deidre Scott — Flower Crowns would not be the same without you! Bravo!
And to everyone in the 3rd Grade class who worked on Little
Children's Crafts — thank you!
Clara & John Bonaccorsi
Barbara Gold
Missy & Clay Byrne
Judy & Al Collins for all with your help in the store…and with your muscle
moving tables
Shannon Kerr — you came through in a pinch! Thank you for your tools!
Mary Spalding & Mark Lazar for filling in the gaps!
Isabel Liss — for your knowledge and for returning all those last minute emails!
Jessica Oldani
Linda & Rob Stormont
Paul Oldani
Amy & Michael Kahn — for organization and motivation!
Kevin Finn — for the awesome Waldorf Thunder t-shirts!
Lauri & Dan Sullivan for the bakery food — thanks, Charmers!
Jane Woodcock
Fatima Ryan
And to everyone in the 4th Grade who baked or sold goodies —
thank you!
Josephine Ryan
Jean & Kevin Riordan
Kerry Smith
Cynthia Joho — Goddess of the Dunk Tank — we thank you!
Katherine Rogers
Renee Wright
Patricia Holdrege — for the wonderful plants
And to everyone in the 5th Grade who worked on the Plant
Craft ⁄Sale —
thank you!
Ken Adams
Deborah Boardman
Barrett Fiske
Elaine Burgher
Karen Adler
Carol McCullough for coordinating the vendors and Manna — thank you!
Michelle Feuer & Tweet for the burgers and fixings, the juice and milk and for your
beautiful bean bag toss
Guy Nickson and Wishbone for the awesome salads and for grilling
Coleman Naturals for the amazing brats and hot dogs!
And everyone in the 6th Grade who helped with food service —
thank you!
Jonathan &Linda Finer
John Ireland & Rebeca Itzkowich
Sue Smock-Lawson
Julie Lipkin & Verne Peterson
And everyone in the 7th Grade who helped with the Ticket Sales
and Raffle — thank you!
Mary Jo Graden for your organization skills and for getting in the tank not
once but twice!!!
Jo Peer Haas
Cheryl & Clay Henley
Chad Willetts
And everyone in the 8th Grade who helped with Older Children's
Games ⁄Crafts — thank you!
Stephanie Reynolds and all the students, parents and advisors of
the 9th Grade for their help with Older Children's Crafts — thank you!
And the students, parents and advisors of the 10th Grade for
your help with the Popcorn Maker ⁄Sno Cone Maker — thank you!
And the parents, students and advisors of the 11th Grade and
Barbara Huckabay for hosting Entertainment — thank you!
And the parents, students and advisors of the 12th Grade who
worked on Flower Crowns — thank you!
Lisa Payton and Tiffany Ying for greeting our guests
Sheree Moratto for keeping order in the Main Office
Carly Garcia and Ilene Warfield for working the cash counting room
Ms. Petersen for your face painting skills
Mr. Schnell for being the first in the dunk tank
Mr. Starzynski for getting dunked
Mrs. Moskowitz for getting in the tank
Becky Haase for helping with Jump Ropes
Susie Poole for helping with Jump Ropes
Dru Muskovin and the entire Muskovin household for the fabulous tie dying
Pat O'Malley for all of your help with everything
Mrs. Shaffer!Thanks for the dunk and the Maypole dancing
Mr. Spade for the music
Jennifer at Alderman O'Connor's Office
And to all of our amazing entertainers
And to our dear 3rd grade for their beautiful strings music
And Mr. Hoppe
the City of Chicago Streets and Sanitation
…and Katybeth Jensen-Ruscitti for being the best co-pchair ever!
Thank you, thank you, one and all…and all that have not been mentioned, but that are not forgotten…for a fabulous May Fair!
-Tahirih Klass, Director of Special Programs and May Fair Co-chair
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Meet & Greet!
Incoming 1st Grade Parent Evening
Tuesday, June 3rd • 7:30pm
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development update
The countdown begins! There are only 3 weeks left in the school year, which means only 5 weeks left until the end of the 2007-2008 Annual Fund, and we still need your support! If you have yet to give, please consider giving a gift to the Annual Fund soon. Parent participation is currently at 67%, only about 20% away from our goal of 90%! We still have yet to have another class reach 100% participation and receive a Red Velvet cake as a treat. Those that are close are EC Matson, 3rd grade and 9th grade. If you have questions regarding your class standings or want to know how you can get your class involved, please stop by the Development Office and speak to Kristi Richey.
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last call for manna
Think of all your summer needs and stock up on your Manna cards now! All orders are due by 3:00pm Monday, June 2nd for pick-up on Friday, June 6th. Order forms available in the Main Office. There is a minimum order of $100 for checks or cash and a $500 minimum for credit card orders. If you have questions, feel free to contact Carol McCullough at 847.651.1678.
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enjoying the benefits of accreditation
There are many benefits to being accredited by ISACS and therefore a member of LMAIS; free money is one of them. In the fall, Co-Administrator Sheree Moratto attended an LMAIS meeting where she heard we could apply for state money for the average daily attendance of students in Kindergarten through 12th grade. We submitted our information to ISBE and we were recently awarded a check for over $10,000! This money can be allocated for any safety supplies required by the state, such as our ice packs, defibrulator, CPR training, etc. Hopefully, we will be able to take advantage more benefits like this in the future!
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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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what's in seasons
Summer 2008 Living Crafts Magazine — on sale now! Beautiful CWS Bumper Stickers! Show your school pride!
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recycling report
Cumulative recycling totals to date in 2007-2008:
•This week: 204 lbs of paper recycled
That's 23 cans full!
Last report: 161 lbs of paper recycled
•This week: 46 lbs of plastic⁄metal recycled
That's 42 milk crates full!
Last report 36.3 lbs of plastic⁄metal recycled
•This week: 363 lbs of glass recycled
That's 25 milk crates full!
Last report: 261 lbs of glass recycled
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high school news
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college bound
Our Senior Class has nearly completed making their decisions for the path their lives will be taking in the next school year. Here's a look at what everyone will be doing come next September:
•Joshua Collins will attend Iowa Wesleyan.
•Sarah Crawford will enroll at Cornell College.
•Claire Depondt is taking a gap year (travel and some classes) and is deciding between Mills College or Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.
•Anne Kane has been accepted at Naropa University and will defer for a year.
•MacFarland Kelly Masterton plans to attend DePaul University.
•Simone Lazar is deferring enrollment at Skidmore to attend San Francisco Circus Center next year.
•Lila Lupetin will be attending Eckerd College.
•Gaelin Monkman-Kotz will be going to Vassar College.
•Noah Pool will take a gap year.
•Ava Reinisch will be attending Columbia College, Chicago.
•Michael Sanders will be enrolled at Illinois Institute of Technology.
•Brianna Sennott will be attending St. Olaf College.
•Gwendolyn Snapp will be attending Lake Forest College.
•Natalie Thomas will be attending the University of California, San Diego.
•Camila Vaca is taking a gap year and will travel to Ecuador.
Congratulations, Seniors, and best of luck to all of you next year and into the future!
-Eliza Bivins, College Counselor
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focus on faculty
Michael Holdrege comes from the West. Born in California, his early years were spent in Idaho, before his family settled in Boulder, Colorado. He went to college in the late 1960s, when student activism was at its peak. During these exciting and turbulent years he served as an elected member of the Student Government at Colorado State University, and later on the Student Senate at the University of Minnesota, from which he graduated in 1969.
After a short foray into team teaching as a member of the Teacher Corps in a
‘school without walls’, Mr. Holdrege returned to Boulder — which at that time was a hot bed of the ‘free school movement’ — and met for the first time the ideas of Rudolf Steiner and Waldorf Education. Inspired by what he found there, he pursued the professions of car salesman (unsuccessfully) and construction worker (successfully) in order to finance the next step in his education: a year at Emerson College in Sussex, England.
Returning to Colorado, he re-entered the world of construction — moving from pipe-layer to crew foreman in a year and a half. Now, with enough money in his pocket to finance what was to come, he moved to Germany for a six-month intensive course in German, which prepared him for a two-year training in Waldorf Education at the Institute for Waldorf Pedagogy in Stuttgart, Germany.
Following his Waldorf training, Mr. Holdrege moved to Austria to join the high school of the Rudolf Steiner School in Vienna, at which he taught for seven years. Thereafter — for a further seven years — he became a full-time faculty member at the Institute for Goethean Studies (Goetheanisticsche Studientstaette) in Vienna. The Institute offers a 4-year training for sculptors and painters, and a 3 year full-time course for Waldorf teachers. During this period Mr. Holdrege also had the opportunity to serve as an adjunct faculty member for Waldorf Education at the University of Innsbruck. It was also in Vienna that Mr. Holdrege met his future spouse, Patricia Verene Favre. They later married in his parents' back yard in Boulder, Colorado. (Yes, Ms. Holdrege must be a very distant relative of Green Bay's favorite son, Brett, but no, daughter Laura has never followed her parents' repeated requests to take up tackle football.”
Any description of his Austrian years would not be complete without mention of the mountains, however. Although growing up at the foot of the Rockies, he only discovered what mountains “really have to offer” in Austria. Inspired by the mountaineering literature that crossed his path midway through his Vienna years, Mr. Holdrege took up rock climbing and mountaineering with a passion. Soon all his free time was spent in pursuit of glaciated peaks and rugged rock faces throughout Austria and Northern Italy. He ended up becoming certified as mountain guide for the Austrian Alpine Club, before a serious accident on a high mountain wall slowed him down, and contributed, lastly, to his return to America.
After 17 years in Europe, Mr. Holdrege returned to the United States in 1990 to work as 'Faculty Coordinator' of the Anthroposophical Society in America. During this period he served for several years as a visiting faculty member at Sunbridge College in Spring Valley, New York and at Rudolf Steiner College in Sacramento, and also taught courses on Waldorf Education at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and the Waldorf Institute of Southern California in Los Angeles. In 1994 he returned to full-time Waldorf teaching as one of the founding members of the Chicago Waldorf School's high school. Along the way, Mr. Holdrege also served for a year as program director of Sustain's Local Organic Initiative, and went back to school to earn an MS in nonprofit management and an MBA. If all goes according to schedule, he will be receiving an MA in ecology⁄environmental studies this December. Over the years, he has also served on many non-profit boards, and is currently vice president of the Board of Trustees at Michael Fields Agricultural Institute.
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community announcements
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condolence card
Malcolm Edgerton Jr, grandfather of Ezra Edgerton (8), passed unexpectedly on May 12th. He was a gentle man and true philanthropist who worked actively in his native Stamford, CT. His interests had been in the arts, sailing and gardening and for more than 50 years he served as an active board member of the Stamford Museum and Nature Center — an institution of which his parents were co-founders. He was also involved in numerous foundations serving children, community and health and lived his life admirably in the spirit of Cui Servire Est Regnare (Whose service is perfect freedom). Our thoughts and prayers are with the Ciurej⁄Edgerton family.
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joy's dolls for sale
This business was established by former Seattle Waldorf school parent Joy Chambers in 1991 after learning how to make this style of doll for fundraising efforts at the St. Nicholas Faire. It is time to pass the baton after 17 years to one or a small group⁄co-op with new energy and desire to grow this ‘green’ business. Doll makers and assistants will be trained. This has been a high ranking website since 1999. Joy’s Waldorf Dolls. Include name, bio, phone number, and best time to be reached when you reply. Email: Joy Chambers. All qualified inquires will be answered in 24 hours.
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classifieds
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For Sale: Bundy⁄Selmer clarinet, excellent condition; bought new and only used for 8 months — standard clarinet for CWS band — save money by owning, not renting! $90. Wooden platform⁄bunk bed, twin, w⁄shelf on each headboard, plus futon; can be used as bunk bed by putting futon (included) on bottom — probably homemade — will need a mattress for the top — sturdy. $75. Cort black electric guitar, w⁄case and amp — 5 years old, but used for only 3 — good condition — great guitar for beginners! $100. Haro trick bike, bright blue, ridden just a few times, for approx. age 12 and up. $150. Ikea desk plus chair —desk never used, just sat gathering dust; chair is new — never even put together! $120. Wood-framed print of Georgia O'Keefe: self-portrait in old age ) B⁄W — $15. Prices are negotiable and a percentage of sales will go to the Annual Fund. Contact Jo Peer-Haaas or call 773.539.2289.
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Former CWS Student who's turning 18 soon, is looking for work this summer. Can mow, weed, move things, unpack, etc. Available June 1st. Call Sam 847.903.7454.
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Looking for a Great Summer Getaway?? Hearthaven Cottage awaits you! Located in beautiful Lakeside, Michigan in the heart of Harbor Country. Only 75 min from Chicago. This 3-bedroom 2-bath designer home offers such amenities as central air, oversized whirlpool tub, screened in porch, outdoor fountain, and fire pit. Enjoy two-block walk to beach and nearby antique stores. Dine at many fine cafes and gourmet restaurants. Pick blueberries, sample local wineries, or climb the dunes at nearby Warren State Park. It all awaits you! One Prime week left in August available now! Full week or partial offered. Take advantage of Waldorf School discounts! Call Betsy at 847.475.5703 or 847.902.4467. See you on the beach!!
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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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