Wellspring Waldorf Newsletter
October 19, 2010
Official School News
The next board meeting is on Monday, November 8, at 6:30 pm. Meetings are
open 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 School Meeting at the new
campus and town hall last week. It was so exciting to be together in the new
building together and talk about all the wonderful things going on at our
school! If you could not make it, there will be a hard copy of a Development
Report put in your boxes by the end of the week. This way we can all stay
informed. Please see Amy Rosalbo in the office if you have any questions or
comments about the meeting or report.
Thanks everyone for your participation in the fall work day! A lot got done,
there was good food and good company. A couple of people worked at the New
Campus as well. And Brian Sanborn stopped by yesterday to thank us for
raking up the leaves in front of the court house.
We are still looking for the Holiday Fair banner and the Pocket Man apron!
Any leads?
Georg Locher from England will be coming to our school next January for a
whole week. He is a Waldorf graduate, taught at Michael Hall Rudolf Steiner
School for 25 years, directed Steiner Waldorf Teacher Education at Emerson
College for 14 years, and works for Antioch advising schools and evaluating
teachers. He has tremendous wealth of knowledge, experience, and talent. We
are looking for a family to host him - preferably provide him with some
privacy and a private bathroom, and help with transportation to school, and
food. Any volunteers?
The Parent Council will be meeting next Monday after drop off at the library
(8:30 - 10:00 am). Fresh baked bread from Brookside Bakery (Allyson K.'s new
business) and coffee will be enjoyed while chatting and creating a pocket
man craft. Let Allyson Kokernot or Alyson Mahony know if you can make it!
Halloween Haunted House - If anyone has things that would enhance our
haunted house in the Grange, please contact Mr. Rovainen. Looking for
things such as black sheets, strangely colored lights, dry ice, tasteful
Halloween decorations [groovy paper mache gravestone okay; chintzy plastic
orange pumpkin we'll pass on], and any other fun ideas.
School and Class Photos: $5 a piece. Please call or email in your orders.
Link:
If anyone has any back issues of Spider Magazine, Cricket Magazine or
National Geographics for Kids and is looking for a place to unload them, the
reading tutors would love to use them with their students. You can drop
them by the upstairs of the Wee House or give them to Tracy Gillespie or
Susan Morse. THANKS!
Bradley's new email: beetlecat4@gmail.com
For your information: Class parents are:
Sandi R. - Megan O'Dell, Heidi Hoffecker
Laura W. - Andrea Herrington
Katie R. - Margaret Loftus
Laura B. - Heidi Hoffecker
Jen N. - Tracy Gillespie
Torsti R. - Wendy Goodenough
7 th grade - Margaret Riley
Community Announcements
There will be an update from the Ski Committee soon. For now: check out
these
SKI SWAPS
October 23
Montpelier Recreation Department Ski / Skate Sale
Montpelier High School Gym, Montpelier, Vt.
9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Drop off items to sell: October 21, 4 - 7 p.m., and October 22, 9 a.m. - 7
p.m. at high school.
October 23-24
Middlebury Snow Bowl Ski Patrol Ski Sale
McCullough Crest Room, Middlebury College
October 23, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.;
October 24, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Open Handwork after school on Mondays! Begins Oct. 18, 7th grade room, 3 - 4
pm with Marianne McCann. Every Monday till Christmas break.
My mother-in-law is moving here to the Upper Valley from North Carolina to
be near her family. This Southern belle needs a small apartment/house to
live in - one bedroom would work fine-between $400-600 per month. She has a
cat with very good manners. The closest to Thetford the better. If you
have any place in mind that you could refer us to, that would be
appreciated. Thank you so much. Megan O'Dell 802.785.4223 or
megan@maitricoach.com
Fundraisers and Special Events
Bitsy Biron and Jeff Jones need someone to assist in their winter concert
series. Currently the work involves calling local town halls (and other
venues) for availability and suitability for a rocking mid winter event.
This concert is sure to be a great FUNdraiser; if you can help make it
happen please let either Alyson Mahony or Bitsy know.
Saturday, November 20th is the date for the annual Wellspring Holiday Fair
from 9:30 to 3:00 at the Town Hall in Chelsea. We are looking for
volunteers, especially to work a two hour shift at the craft table and to
take a shift as the Pocket Man. We are also looking for small handmade
items for Pocket Man's pockets. Hold onto them for now. We'll let you
know when we want them! Also, at our next Parent Council meeting, we will
be making Pocket Man items while we have our discussion. All are welcome!
Lava will lead the craft, materials will be supplied.
The Silent Auction is fast approaching. We are looking for food donations to
make this event as successful as possible. Please look through your
freezers, root cellars, and pantries and contribute what you can to this
great cause. Contact Jeff Dutton with donations: 431-3521 or
chefdutton@gmail.com. Thank you.
Mark Rosalbo, a Wellspring School parent will be performing the lead role in
a local production. The Parish Players present The Last Pad, a play by
William Inge will be performed at the Eclipse Grange, Thetford Hill,
Vermont. The play is about a death row inmate facing execution. The play is
put on with sponsorship by the American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont &
New Hampshire, and the N.H. Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. Content
is not suitable for children. Showtimes are Thursdays, Fridays, and
Saturdays at 7:30 pm; November 4, 5, & 6/11, 12&13/18, 19 & 20, Sundays at
3:00 pm: November 7, 14, & 21. Please come out and support Mark and this
local theater group! General admission: $15 Seniors: $12 Reservations:
802-785-4434 www.parishplayers.org
Anyone out there looking to reduce or rid themselves of a lego collection?
Alyson and Howie are hoping to find free or inexpensive legos. Please call
439 -6096 or email alyson@suncatchervto.com. THANKS!
Post Kinney farm is having a Barn Building Bee help us get our barn tight to
the weather. 367 Post Farm Rd. S-Royalton, Oct. 23, 9 am to 9 pm, Bring hand
tools, work gloves, pot luck dish for dinner, and kids! Lunch provided. Rsvp
763-2212 or postklnh@sover.net.
The Witch and the Winds - a family Halloween Concert with the Vermont
Symphony Orchestra Woodwind Quintet and narrator Peter Hamlin. Oct. 24, 3
pm, Bradford Academy. Come in costume! Adults: $7, kids $5, family $15.
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