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School Bulletin for the week of November 21, 2007
holiday fair wish list
Have you seen the Holiday Fair posters and postcards yet? If not you will want to stop by the Front Office and pick up a few. They are truly lovely, reflecting this year’s Holiday Fair theme “Festival of Lights” and our community invitation to a warm and festive Holiday Fair on December 1st.
Here is our Holiday Fair wish list and we are checking it twice; for those who are nice, stop by Tahirih Klass’ office for an official one-of-a-kind Holiday Fair button!
• 1st Grade is wishing for tissue wrapped pocketman/winterfairy natural items to be dropped off in the Front Office.
• 3rd Grade is wishing for wreath do-dads that can be dropped off in the Front Office.
• 4th Grade is wishing for jars of all sizes and shapes; as big as a baby food jar but no bigger than a mayonnaise size jar. Do you have a lantern from a past lantern walk you would be willing to share? If you put your name and child’s grade on it we will make every effort to return it after the Holiday Fair. Please drop them off in the Front Office.
• 6th Grade is wishing for donated raffle items to be left in the Front Office. They also want to encourage parents/students to sell the raffle tickets that came home on Monday.
• All the Room Parents are wishing that parents will promptly fill Holiday Fair shifts. Remember all parents are strongly encouraged to work one 2 hour shift for the Holiday Fair.
I am thankful we have such a generous community!
Katybeth Jensen-Ruscitti, Holiday Fair Co-chair
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holiday fair
All Are Warmly Invited…Bring Your Family, Friends, Neighbors!
Saturday, December 1, 2007 • 9am-5pm
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we gather together
There will be a Thanksgiving assembly for all to attend at 10:30am on Wednesday, November 21st directly preceding the Noon dismissal for Thanskgiving break. Parents are welcome to attend. This assembly will feature offerings of works in progress from various classes and grades. We will also take the food donations we have collected to the food pantry.
There will be a Festival of Lights assembly at 8:05am every Monday morning during December. While parents are welcome to attend, this is intended as a silent event and as such may not be appropriate for babies and young toddlers.
Andrea Shaffer, for the Festivals Committee
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start your ovens: all school bakery
Calling all baking gnomes for the Holiday Fair Bakery! Homemade goodies, hot chocolate, cider and so many other warm and fuzzy smells wafting through the auditorium! We ask that each family please bring in your homemade, friend made or bakery made goodies to the school Friday, November 30th at drop off or pick up (there will be a clearly labeled table in the main entrance to the school. Or bring them Saturday, December 1st (morning of the Holiday Fair) to the HS CafÈ/Bakery in the back of the auditorium! Thank you!!
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children’s housewarming
The Holiday Fair is just around the corner. We are all very excited about this year’s Children’s House. Anyone who would like to contribute small handmade treasures should contact Karen Brennan (773.465.1183), Lisa Moser (773.394.3892) or Elizabeth Kantorski (773.338.2808). Thanks!
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what’s in seasons
New in the Four Seasons Shop: Wonderful skin care and medicinal products from Uriel Pharmacy. Uriel makes natural medicines designed for the whole human being, using ingredients from our biodynamic gardens. Come and try the Aurum/Lavender/Rose Cream, as well as arnica oil for aching muscles and care kits to help get over a cold, deal with the trials of winter and even enhance the goddess within!
And don’t forget about the 2008 wall calendar and note cards! They are beautiful and make great gifts!
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dare to care
I invite you to look around you at how healthy our school has grown. We have: a growing student population, a beautiful garden, a cleaned up and repainted building, new windows in the grade school and high school, a thriving school store, a building that we now own, financial stability and a strong investment in the Rogers Park neighborhood. With all of these blessings at CWS, we now have the opportunity to take some time, open our windows and look beyond ourselves.
Across the world there are many Waldorf based or inspired groups who could use a hand as they build their programs. During the season of giving and light let us reach out and offer our support through the Care to Share Room at the Holiday Fair. Stop in and bring your address book so you can send a greeting with a window star anywhere in the world. There will also be many handmade treats both small and large for your shopping pleasure such as silks, origami lights, knitting bags, angels and more.
You can join with the 11th grade and help support a Waldorf high school student in South Africa reach his dreams of graduating and going to a University. Your dollars will help to support the programs at the Chengdu Waldorf School in China and the Early Intervention program at Esperanza here in Chicago. Please come check us out in the 5th grade classroom. If you have questions, ideas or handmade items that you would like to donate please call Dru Muskovin at 773.772.4005.
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spasibo! thank you!
We had the pleasure of hosting twenty-two visitors from the Moscow Waldorf School on November 8th and 9th. A huge thank you to our host families and everyone who helped out: Irene Arredondo, Colleen Everhart, Amanda Haase, Barbara Huckabay, Katybeth Jensen-Ruscitti, Amanda Kuzak, David Massie, Becky Moskowitz and Jeff Spade for your time, warmth and generosity. It was a memorable experience for all and we hope to have another opportunity together in the future.
Lisa Payton, Director of Admissions
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cta advertising
Fresh off the press! We have exciting news that Chicago Waldorf School is going on the CTA! Starting Monday, December 3rd for a one month period we are putting up advertising on the inside of over 450 El and bus lines! So where should you look? If you ride any of the following: the Red Line or any of the following bus lines: 11, 22, 36, 49B, 92, 93, 96, 97, X98, 125, 135, 136, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 151, 152, 155, 200, 201, 205, 206 or the 290!
To find about more information, please read the article that Mrs. Huckabay’s journalism class wrote for the Chronicle!
Stefanie Safran, Director of Marketing and Communications
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spirited discussion
Join Andrea Shaffer, John Trevillion, Carol Triggiano, Mary Ann Vaca and Frances Vig on Thursday, November 29th for a panel discussion on Spiritual Participation in a Waldorf School exploring the spiritual concepts that underpin the pedagogy and on current efforts to renew the festivals. Panel members will be bringing us insights from the broader Waldorf community. Over the summer, John and Andrea attended a conference on creating festivals in Waldorf schools relevant and meaningful to our times. Carol and Mary Ann attended a conference on creating inclusivity and diversity in a Waldorf school. There will be time for refreshments and socializing at 7:00pm; the discussion will begin at 7:30pm in the Lower Eurythmy Room. Sponsored by PTO, Diversity Committee and the College of Teachers.
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Spiritual Participation in a Waldorf School – A Panel Discussion
Thursday, November 29, 2007 • 7:00pm Refreshments • 7:30-9:00pm Panel Discussion
Lower Eurythymy Room
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you do the math!
Our last problem was:
An 8-digit password contains upper case letters, lower case letters and numbers.
• a. How many different passwords are possible?
Once again, our champion Simon Thompson answered correctly:
26 upper case letters, 26 lower case letters and 10 numbers gives me a total of 62 choices for the first digit. It also gives me 62 choices for each subsequent digit since repetition of digits is allowed. This gives me a grand total of 628 different possible passwords = 2.18×1014.
• b. A computer can process 4,000,000 8-digit passwords per second. How long would it take for this computer to process all the passwords in part a?
2.18×1014 / 4,000,000 = 5.45×107 seconds. Or if I divide by (60×60 x 24) I get the answer of 631 days. Better get a faster computer!
If we had that new supercomputer that’s being installed at Argonne National Laboratory in the suburbs, we would be done in less than one second. Nice job, Simon!
The most secure passwords are the passwords that are random permutations of letters, numbers and symbols. Anytime someone attempts to crack a password, the words in the dictionary are used first. Clearly, the more digits in a password, the more secure the password is.
Hope you enjoyed that problem. Here is a problem straight from math club:
Problem #4:
Find all solutions to the problem
x240 – 409680 = 0.
All answers should be submitted to Andrew Starzynski, or you can put the answer in my box in the Main Office.
Good Luck!
Coach Starzynski
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outreach ambassadors
Thank you to our Faculty, Parent, and Student Ambassadors! The Admissions Outreach Season for 2008-09 is winding down and we would like to take this opportunity to extend our deepest thanks to all the faculty, parents and students who helped at the many school fairs, the volleyball tournament and the high school open house. Sharing your experiences with prospective families is the most effective way to attract new students to our school and we really appreciate your willingness to volunteer your time. We have a few more events this Winter and look forward to your continued involvement. In the meantime, please continue to tell your friends and family about our school and encourage prospective high school students to sign up for a visiting day by calling the Admissions Office at 773.465.2371.
Lisa Payton & Eliza Bivins
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community announcements
welcome to the world
Congratulations to new big brother Skylar Jarrett (EC Bruck) and the whole Jarrett/Stenzel family on the birth of their baby boy Drake, born 4:58 on October 16th weighing 7lbs. 14oz. Baby and family are all well.
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lava brothers live!
Chicago Waldorf alum and current piano accompanist Josh Lava will be performing with his band The Lava Brothers on Monday evening November 26th at the Elbo Room, 2871 N. Lincoln. The night will begin at 8:30pm with a birthday get-together for Josh, and will conclude with a performance at 10:30pm sharp. All members of the Waldorf community 21 and over are welcome and encouraged to attend. For more information about Josh and The Lava Brothers, please visit their MySpace page.
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classified ads
For Sale: Many gently used natural wooden toys. From infant rattles to large vehicles. Pirate ship and fort. Beautiful barn with Ostheimer animals. Castle pieces large and small with figures, and more.Also available Playmobile Viking fort and longboat, helicopters, aquarium and figures. Contact Jan Thompson. 847.864.5028.
New Drawing Video: CWS HS Art teacher David Dozier has produced an instructional DVD featuring the Class of 2010, and based on his method of teaching portraits to teens in the high school and adults in the Arcturus program. There are less than 100 copies available, at $39.95 plus tax, (a total of $43.55). This would make a great holiday gift for someone! To order contact David Dozier at: davedozier@ameritech.net or 773.764.4708.
College Bound…. Writing Bound! Whether you’ve just realized that ëyes’ you really do have an essay due for your college application, or you’re already well under way, you want to be sure that your college essay conveys how extraordinary you are. College writing teacher, writing coach and CWS mom Saralina Kamholtz-Roberts invites writers of all temperaments and stages of the writing process to get the individualized guidance needed as they cultivate the art of essay writing. Please contact Saralina at 847.864.6986 or saralinakr@sbcglobal.net for more information. Individual coaching session at $75/hr; group workshops also available upon request.
Child’s Wooden Dollhouse: Plan Toys terrace dollhouse with furniture. Loved for years by Isadora, but now outgrown. Good condition: only a few of the stickers wouldn’t come off completely! $70 or best offer.Jacque Harper 773.764.4654 or jacqueharper@earthlink.net.
Wondering if anyone has any dress-up, play clothes or the like to donate to our small but growing collection of make believe. I’m just starting to fill a costume box and thought it couldn’t hurt to ask. Call Dana at 847-475-9895.
For Sale: Beautiful Victorian Farmhouse in East Rogers Park. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, living room, dining room, parlor, large kitchen, pantry, finished basement, great deck and back yard, all this and our neighbors are only asking $599,000! This is a great house in a wonderful neighborhood. Call Sheree Moratto at 773.828.8461 or email me at smoratto@chicagowaldorf.org for more information.
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food for thought
I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and new.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Four Seasons Shop School Store
• Store Hours
Tuesday-Friday 8:00am-4:00pm
New! Now Open Saturday 9:00am-1:00pm
Closed Sunday & Monday
773.828.8800
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Bulletin Submission Guidelines
New Deadline: As of October 15, 2007, the deadline for all Bulletin copy is 3:00pm Thursday for inclusion in the following edition.
Submission Guidelines: All submissions must be typed. No handwritten submissions will be accepted. All submissions are subject to editing. Please email submissions to Stefanie Safran.
Community Announcements: Public events (open houses, lectures, performances) can run free of charge in the Community Announcemens section; there is a limit of one insertion per event.
Classified Ads:
All ads must be paid at the time of submission. A classified run is two insertions. Price per classified run:
• $6 – students, parents, staff
• $9 – alumni (students only)
• $12 – all others
Once your ad has run twice we cannot contract for immediate additional insertions. All advertising for goods and/or services will go under the Classified Ads banner.
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newsletter submissions
• Deadline for all material is Friday 3:00pm.
• Submissions should be emailed to Stefanie Safran and are subject to editing if longer than one paragraph. Written submissions may also be handed in at the front desk.
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• If you have any questions, call Stefanie Safran in the Development Office at 773.828.8457.