February 2012 Calendar

Day of the Languages
1:10 pm – 2:45 pmWWS Auditorium
Our annual fun-filled Day of the Languages when out students demonstrate their language learning through skits, music, dance and more. All welcome.

Children's Garden Open House - RESCHEDULED
10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Senior Night
5:00 pm – 7:30 pmBurke HS Gym
Annual basketball team Senior Night, girls game at 5:00, boys at 6:30

G7 Parent Evening
7:30 pm – 9:00 pmG7 Classroom

Waldorf Insights into Child Development
7:30 pm – 9:00 pmGrade 1 Classrooom
Added class with with Cynthia Bennett, co-leader of Nova Institute Teacher training and leader of Center for Anthroposophy Foundation Studies at WWS (make up for missed class)

Observation Morning Tour
8:00 am – 10:30 amWWS Library
Observation Mornings include a presentation on the philosophy and approach of Waldorf education and visits to five classes to see the Waldorf approach “in action.” The tour spans the grades, observing our youngest students in the Children’s Garden, several Lower School grades, and a class in the High School. Observation Mornings begin at 8:00 a.m. in the school library and end in the library at 10:30 following a Q & A period. These events are for adults. RSVP to Enrollment Director Lezlie Lawson at 301-229-6107 x154 or by email at llawson@washingtonwaldorf.org.

Trustees Council Meeting
7:00 pm – 9:30 pmWWS Library
All Welcome

Tea with the Faculty Chair
8:30 am – 9:30 amLibrary

G3 Parent Evening
7:30 pm – 9:00 pmGrade 3 classrooom

Kimberton Basketball Tournament
2/10/2012 – 2/12/2012 Kimberton PA Waldorf School

No Class for High School only
2/10/2012 – 2/10/2012
Lower School will be having classes

G1 Parent Evening
7:30 pm – 9:00 pmFirst grade classroom

Speech in Education, Speech in Our Lives
7:30 pm – 9:00 pmG3 classroom
With Helen Lubin

Parent Teacher Conferences, No Classes
2/14/2012 – 2/14/2012

G4 Parent Evening, CG Parent Evening
7:30 pm – 9:00 pmG4 Classroom

Winter Break
2/20/2012 – 2/22/2012

Handwork Group
8:30 am – 10:00 amLibrary

Workshop for Fathers, with Jack Petrash
9:00 am – 12:30 pmWWS Library
Explore with Jack Petrash having a meaningful and memorable relationship with your child or children. Jack Petrash is a long-time class teacher, founder of the Nova Institute, whose mission is to build a bridge between Waldorf Education and contemporary educators. Jack leads the Nova Teacher Training with Cynthia Bennett at WWS and is the author of Waldorf Education: Education from the inside out and Covering Home: Lessons on the Art of Fathering from the Game of Baseball. Jack is currently is our fifth grade class teacher.

Parent Organization Meeting
8:30 am – 10:00 am

G11 Parent Evening
7:30 pm – 9:00 pmLibrary