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June 14, 2011 Official School NewsOutstanding Tuition: Please be sure to pay any outstanding tuition beforethe end of the month, so we can cover the next payroll. Thanks!We have 9 Basque students and a Basque chaperone coming for a month in July.Please introduce yourselves if you see them around, they love to practicetheir English. If there are fun events that are happening that you

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June 7, 2011Official School NewsNext Board Meeting: Thurs, June,16, 5:30 pm.Very important: All Parent Meeting this Thursday at 6 pm in the Town Hall.Child care available at the Big House. Please call the office if you needit.Parents: Please participate in or observe the Wellspring All-School FieldDay at 11:00 am on Thursday, June 9, at the Heath Field. All abilitieswelcome.We will have our

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May 31, 2011Official School NewsNext Board Meeting: Thurs, June,16, 5:30 pm.Parents: Please participate in or observe the Wellspring All-School FieldDay at 11:00 am on Thursday, June 9, at the Heath Field. All abilitieswelcome.We will have our closing circle at 2:00 pm on Thursday, June 9.Thank you to all of the parents who came out to march in the Memorial Dayparade in Tunbridge. We had a

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May 24, 2011 Official School NewsAs the warm weather is slowly approaching - keep your fingers crossed - wewanted to send a humble request out to all parents of pubescent youth to askthem to shower frequently and maybe look into the use of deodorants. Thanks!We are looking for a car for Maite (the Basque Chaperone) for the weeks ofJune 29th through July 26th or even just part of that.

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May 17, 2011 Official School NewsNext Board Meeting: Thurs, June, 16, 5:30 pm. For next year we are looking for a new Outreach Director. It's a part timepledge work position. Please call the office if you are interested.May Fest - thank you! To Lady Spring (Marianna McCann) and King Winter (AmosByrne), to our bakers Richard Langdell, Linda Castro, Jessica Zaleski,Angela Lavoy, Collins

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May 10, 2011 Official School NewsThanks to everyone who came out for our annual spring work day! The BigHouse yard and white picket fence look great. It is nice to have our schoollooking good for May Fest and Grandparent's Day.School policy: No ripsticking on the road in front of the school. Not onlyis it very dangerous, it is also annoying to drivers who have to wait.Please enforce the

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Close to 30 parents and community members showed up, rollers in hand, for a day of intensive painting on April 2nd. Last weekend a similarly dedicated group tackled the removal of the vinyl floor tile. It's a tough job, and a lot of people are willing to do it.The following text was borrowed from the 4/26 West Wind: Thanks to an energized and persevering work crew this Saturday! Much of

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Open Classroom April 28 and Open House April 30. Please talk it up! Word ofMouth is our best advertisement! Thanks.Next Board Meeting: Thurs, May 5, 6:30 pm. Urgent: Please call the office and schedule your pledge meeting! We need tobe done by May 7th! Please prepare for your meeting by reading all thematerials and working out a family budget! If you haven't been to a classmeeting where Joanthan

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April 12, 2011 Official School NewsNext Board Meeting: Thurs, May 5, 6:30 pm. Please do not park in the mud in front of the Big House. Stay on thepavement. Tuition bills: Quickbooks does this thing where it puts people's balance forthe year in the "past due" column. I don't know how to get rid of it, soplease just ignore it. Thanks.Urgent: Please call the office and schedule your pledge

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April 5, 2011Official School NewsNext Board Meeting: Mon, 4/11, 6:30 pmUpdate on the garage: Peter met with Gary and Pat Ross from the state lastFriday. Pat was very happy the garage was gone, because he really feels theriverbed needs to be widened at that point. So the plan is to pull a littleof the bank back to give the brook more room there, and rebuild the bankwith stone. Gary will truck in

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March 29, 2011Official School NewsNext Board Meeting: Mon, 4/11, 6:30 pmOur extra phone line 625-0065 (Amy's line) receives messages again!Open House this Saturday, April 2, 9:30 to 11:00. Please talk it up! Wordof mouth is our best advertising! There will be bread baking, circle, story,students' work on display, tour, etc.Orchard Valley Waldorf School is organizing a Waldorf High

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March 22, 2011Official School NewsGarage: The garage has to be taken down. It is structurally too compromisedto be left as is. So - this coming Saturday we are asking the community tocome and help prepare for Gary Thrasher to tear it down. We will move thefurniture out and into the barn on Densmore. We will move the bread oven.Please come and bring trucks, ladders, sawcalls, etc. We will have

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March 15, 2011Official School NewsGarage: The garage has to be taken down. It is structurally too compromisedto be left as is. So - this coming Saturday we are asking the community tocome and help prepare for Gary Thrasher to tear it down. We will move thefurniture out and into the barn on Densmore. We will move the bread oven.Please come and bring trucks, ladders, sawcalls, etc. We will have

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Here are some photos from the All Parent Meeting at the new campus in late winter. Parents, teachers, board and other community members showed up to tour the building, show our appreciation for the great work that's been done, and get excited about the volunteer effort ahead that will bring the project to completion in time for the next school year.Our General Contractor for the demolition,

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March 2, 2011Official School NewsNext Board Meeting: Thurs, 2/10, 6:30 pmShari Dutton has a new address:301 VT RT 112 N, Randolph 05060Next Parent Council Meeting is on Monday, March 21st after morning drop-offin the Chelsea Library. All are encouraged to come! Spring renewal is thetheme.Nest Open House on March 19, Open Classrooms March 10 and 24.Next Morning Garden starting on March 25.Please

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The West Wind Wellspring Waldorf School NewsletterMarch 2, 2011Official School NewsNew Campus Workday this Saturday, 3/5/11, 9 am. No childcare. We need a mopand mop bucket (along with a gallon of Murphy's soap), a push broom, a sweepbroom, a dust pan, large garbage bags, box of small baggies, a roll of the 3mil plastic. See you there!Next Board Meeting: Thurs, 2/10, 6:30 pmShari Dutton has a

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February 15, 2011Official School NewsTuition is due today! Please make sure you pay and you pay on time! Thankyou!Recommitment forms: If you haven't returned yours, please do so immediately!Thanks.Reminder: Community Meeting on Wed. February 16, 6:30 pm, at the New Campus.Please call the office and register if you need child care (for a donation),which will be at the Big House. We would love to

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February 8, 2011Official School NewsTuition: Late payers - please come in and pay today!Reminder: All Parent Meeting on Wed. February 16, 6:30 pm, at the NewCampus. Please call the office and register if you need child care (for adonation), which will be at the Big House. We would love to see all parentsthere, and we are also inviting the whole community – alumni and friends.Next Board Meeting:

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February 1, 2011Official School NewsTuition: I do not have payroll for today due to late tuition payments.Please come in and pay today!Reminder: All Parent Meeting on Wed. February 16, 6:30 pm, at the NewCampus. Please register if you need child care at the Big House. We wouldlove to see all parents there, and we are also inviting the whole community– alumni and friends.Next Board Meeting: Mon,

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January 25, 2011Official School NewsRoad Safety: Please do not stop in the middle of the road to unload yourchildren!We are not making friends here in town by doing that! Please take the timeand pull over.Next Board Meeting: Mon, Feb. 7, 6:30 pm.School closings: In the future I will list our school's closing on the web:http://corp.sover.net/schoolclosings/I still have a few extra photos left.

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January 11, 2011Official School NewsRoad Safety: Please do not stop in the middle of the road to unload yourchildren!We are not making friends here in town by doing that! Please take the timeand pull over.Next Board Meeting: Mon, Feb. 7, 6:30 pm.Georg Locher's evening workshop on Form Drawing at Orchard Valley WaldorfSchool has been postponed till tonight at 6:30 pm.Torsti Rovainen's phone number

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January 11, 2011Official School NewsNext Board Meeting: Mon, Jan. 17, 6:30 pm.Georg Locher from England is here this week!!! It is not too late to sign upfor his lecture tonight at the Grange and for his workshop on Saturday!Tonight's lecture at 6:30 pm is on "The Child's Need for Form, Order, andDiscipline - RYTHMS OF TIME IN LEARNING AND TEACHING - THE WALDORF AAPROACH,and Saturday's workshop

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Welcome! Jack Rossi recently provided these photos so here's a little virtual tour of how things look at the new campus these days.Gently rolling hills: future site of snow structures and creatures, capture-the-flag, maybe even that soccer/rugby mash-up game the seventh graders invented recently. Probably some curriculum-related activities, too.Not far into the building from the main entrance

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January 4, 2011Official School NewsNext Board Meeting: Mon, Jan. 17, 6:30 pm.Please make sure your child has indoor shoes at the school. We are going toput the eurythmy shoes, which many children are still using, away to savethem.Torsti Rovainen's phone number is now 685-4724.Thanks to our Professional Development Grant from the Supervisory Union wewere able to invite Georg Locher from England to

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Official School NewsThe board had its first meeting in the new building last night among thestudded walls. The construction committee and development committee also metwith the board. You can see each class room structure now. The place has alot of good energy already from all the folks who have physically put theirtime and thoughtful concerns into this new school. The budget is tight andwe

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The West Wind Wellspring Waldorf School NewsletterNovember 30, 2010Official School NewsNext Board Meeting: Mon, Dec. 6, 6:30 pm at the New Campus.Please make sure your child has indoor shoes at the school. It's gettingthis time of the year.Torsti Rovainen's phone number is presently 685-3175.Sports: For Chelsea and Corinth students or students whose towns don't haveteams:Chelsea School is looking

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Official School NewsHappy Thanksgiving!!!ADVENT - a time of preparation and waiting for the shortest day of the year,of moving through darkness toward the light, a time of quiet contemplation.Put the garden to bed, come inside to the fireplace, celebrate the fourkingdoms of nature: mineral, plant, animal, and human with a candle for eachon your nature table or advent wreath. November 28 is the

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The West Wind Wellspring Waldorf NewsletterNovember 16, 2010Official School NewsADVENT - a time of preparation and waiting for the shortest day of the year,of moving through darkness toward the light, a time of quiet contemplation.Put the garden to bed, come inside to the fireplace, celebrate the fourkingdoms of nature: mineral, plant, animal, and human with a candle for eachon your nature table

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The West Wind Wellspring Waldorf NewsletterNovember 9, 2010Official School NewsSubstitute teachers: Thank you, Jeff Dutton, Bitsy Biron, Jim Veneziano,Amanda Ellingson, Megan O'Dell, Marion Lent, and Sally Hostetler forresponding to my plea and offering to volunteer in the classroom. I go in tothe second grade on Mondays myself, and it is fun and illuminating! Wecannot afford to pay parents for

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Floor plans and the entire site plan for the new campus are below.

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Here are pictures of Ms. Nelson's class of third and fourth graders spreading grass seed at the new campus recently.

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The West Wind Wellspring Waldorf NewsletterOctober 26, 2010Official School NewsThe next board meeting is on Monday, November 8, at 6:30 pm. Meetings areopen to all, and we are always looking for new, committed members!Halloween - this Thursday at 1:30 pm at the Grange. Tasteful comfortablecostumes, no masks and only light makeup (when in doubt talk to yourteacher).Parent conferences are coming up

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The West Wind Wellspring Waldorf NewsletterOctober 19, 2010Official School NewsThe next board meeting is on Monday, November 8, at 6:30 pm. Meetings areopen to all, and we are always looking for new, committed members!The 7TH grade is looking for a hotplate and tea kettle for their classroom.If you have an extra,Please bring it in! Thank you.Thank you to all the parents who attended the All

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The West Wind Wellspring Waldorf NewsletterOctober 19, 2010Official School NewsThe next board meeting is on Monday, November 8, at 6:30 pm. Meetings areopen to all, and we are always looking for new, committed members!The Lantern Walk has been changed to Tuesday, November 9, 4:30 pm. Sorry forany inconvenience.Bradley's new email: beetlecat4@gmail.comThe newly formed Parent Council will meet on

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Classrooms are shaping up at the new campus. There are still tasks that could easily been done by volunteers from the Wellspring community. Dave Williams will be on site this Saturday from 9 - 11. Other work times are also available.Stone wall around the Nursery/Kindergarten play yard. The recent rain has primed the site for grass seed to be spread in certain areas. Get in touch with Dave

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The West Wind Wellspring Waldorf NewsletterSeptember 28, 2010Official School NewsThe next board meeting is on Monday, November 8, at 6:30 pm. Meetings areopen to all, and we are always looking for new, committed members!We have two new board members: Well, sort of. Pat Barnes is officially backon the board, and Sheilagh Smith just joined. Welcome and thank you!If your child had vaccinations since

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The West Wind Wellspring Waldorf NewsletterSeptember 28, 2010The next board meeting is on Monday, October 4, at 6:30 pm. Meetings areopen to all, and we are always looking for new, committed members!If your child had vaccinations since last September, please have yourpediatrician fax us the update: 685-9974. Thanks.Saturday, November 20th is the date for the annual Wellspring Holiday Fairfrom 9:

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Our new school is currently a construction site. It's exciting to see the building transform. Above is a view of the new entrance in progress. The fire escape can be seen above. Many parents and other Wellspring community members have done several hours of volunteer demolition work under the guidance of parent and New Campus Volunteer Coordinator Dave Williams. Those among the parent

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The WEST WIND September 7, 2010Allergies – If your child has an allergy, please call the office and let usknow.The next board meeting is on Monday, October 4. Meetings are open to all,and we are always looking for new, committed members!I put an updated parent handbook in every new family's box. Everybody else,please take one from the pile by the mailboxes if you feel you need to beupdated or

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The Wellspring Community is very excited about our new campus in North Tunbridge, at the site of the former Anichini building. Plans are underway to convert the building to a school by the middle of the upcoming academic year.There was a great turn-out for an on-site celebration that occurred on April 10th. Appreciations were given to the Carrying Group in the form of a beautiful plaque by Heidi

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The WEST WIND June 8,  2010   Graduation is on Friday, 6:30 pm at the Chelsea Church. Can you believe it? We are going to miss you, grade 7 and eight!!! Everybody is invited. Reception after the ceremony in the church basement.   Field Day Thursday, June 10: Parents welcome to stay and play or watch. Wellspring Grade 1-8 Field Day at the Heath Field. Most games designed for both students

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  The WEST WIND June 1,  2010   Thanks to all who came to the Tunbridge Memorial Day Parade!!! We got a wonderful welcome and thank you from Tunbridge townspeople. It is this kind of outreach and exposure that we need and that will help us attract new families.   Repledges – we still haven’t heard back from everybody. If you can’t increase your pledge, we still need to know, so that we

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  The WEST WIND April 27,  2010     Next Board Meeting Monday, May 10, 6:30 pm, at the Wee Hoose.   Torsti Rovainen will be our new 5/6 grade teacher next year!!! Parents of this class please check your mail boxes for a letter from him.   Save the date: Spring Work Day is coming up! Saturday, May 8, 10 am.  If you haven’t come in the fall, you need to come now, unless you prefer to pay

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  The WEST WIND April 6,  2010   Recommitment forms – if you haven’t returned them, please do so immediately. We need to start our pledge meetings. Also, we do still offer the Goods and Services option as part of your pledge. It wasn’t a great success last year, but there were some things that were taken up and helped out our school. So if you have something to offer that you think might be

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The WEST WIND March 30,  2010   Yeah! The Basque program is happening! Thanks to the following families who have stepped up to the plate: Mayo/Nelson, Bradley, Dutton, Hancy, Stumpff, Garrett/Mahony, Dixon/O’Dell, Johnson – we could use two more families. And if you have events or excursions planned for July and could support these families by taking the Spanish kids along, please let Melisa

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  The WEST WIND March 23,  2010   URGENT! We need 7 families for our Basque students this summer. Please call Melisa 439-6155 or Jools 763-7780 tonight. We need to let these Spanish families know by tonight or cancel the program (which we budgeted for!) This is one of the major fund raisers for the Wellspring School. Please support us! You get a generous stipend for hosting!   Recommitment

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  The WEST WIND March 2,  2010     Snow days and phone tree: Please, when the weather is bad and a snow day is a possibility, please pick up your phone!!! Last Wednesday some people had to call their entire down-line!!!   There will be an informational meeting for upcoming potential Basque Hosts to meet with last summers hosts. It’s a chance to get all your questions answered before

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  The WEST WIND February 9,  2010   Happy Winter Vacation! Hope for snow!   Assembly this Thursday at 2 pm in the Town Hall. Please come and watch our student presentations.   Parent Circus Helpers Needed! –mostly to help tie stilts and to walk with children who are new to stilt walking. (no experience necessary, I will teach you what you need) Starting Monday February 22, Grades 2-8

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The WEST WIND February 2nd,  2010Please check your mailboxes. Reports are in. Thanks. HOST BASQUE / SPANISH STUDENTS THIS SUMMER?Last summer six Wellspring families hosted seven teenagers from the Basque region of Spain.  The kids came with a chaperone  (end June/beginning July) to live with families and partake of Vermont summer life, American culture and English language immersion.  Host

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All Parent Evening is coming up: Thursday, September 24, 6:30 pm. Please mark your calendars. If you need childcare, call the office. Thanks. Still missing contracts and emergency and other forms. Please please please bring them in. Thanks. If anyone has any pentatonic flutes for sale, please call Laura Bradley at 685-4858. The first graders need some. Thanks. Please lock the Wee Hoose if you

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