Happy 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 four
kingdoms of nature: mineral, plant, animal, and human with a candle for each
on your nature table or advent wreath. November 28 is the first day of
Advent and the day of our Spiral of Light Celebration - Town Hall, 4:30 pm.
This is a beautiful and reflective ceremony intended for children in the
Early Childhood program and grades 1 and 2. The children walk a spiral of
fir boughs with a candle- gathering light from a central source and carrying
it within to light the outer world. The procession is peaceful and quiet
and the children are guided by angels (students from the oldest class) in
and out of the spiral. Small children often like to go with family members.
All are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Next Board Meeting: Mon, Dec. 6, 6:30 pm.
Please make sure your child has indoor shoes at the school. It's getting
this time of the year.
Torsti Rovainen's phone number is presently 685-3175.
Past due tuitions: We are going to start charging late fees at the beginning
of next month unless you call and make payment arrangements. Thank you.
The Holiday Fair was a grand success. Thank you so much to the many, many
volunteers. Patrick Alverez was my right hand man and kept us all smiling
throughout the day with his hilarious comments as our MC, Bitsy Biron was in
charge of all the P.R. for the event, and her efforts paid off; more people
than ever attended the fair, making it especially festive.
Anne Carroll put together a fabulous raffle table and she obviously got
major karma points for her hard work because SHE won the turkey! Granny
Gabriella Helen Heslop shined wisdom to all who entered her enchanting
grotto. From the spectacular story-telling, to the wonderful crafts,
awesome music, great food, and the behind-the-scenes work of all those who
helped with set-up and clean-up, all the volunteers had a wonderful attitude
and brought great energy to the event. What a lovely way to end an era of
Holiday Fair in the Chelsea Town Hall. Thank you to the town of Chelsea for
hosting us all these years. Next year we will be in our new school and a
new fair will be. Lava Mueller - Holiday Fair Chair
Sports: For Chelsea and Corinth students or students whose towns don't have
teams:
Chelsea School is looking for basketball players - girls grades 3 - 6 and
boys 6 and 7.
Call Heide if interested.
Three wreaths for sale from grades 5/6. $15 each. Please call the office.
Thanks.
Community Announcements
2011 Wellspring Downhill Ski Program. The registration and payment deadline
for this year's program has been moved to Friday December 3rd. Please drop
payment and completed forms off in the ski box in the office.
Next Parent Council meeting will be on Monday, Dec. 13. We will make a small
item of felt.
If anyone is interested in reading a copy of Kim Payne's remarkable book
Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer,
Happier and More Secure Kids can borrow one from the Chelsea Library (inter
library loan copies are being returned by the end of the week!).
Heather Jenkins is selling raw goat chevre and yogurt, and a small amount of
milk. She would love to hear from you if you want to be a regular customer.
889-9591
The Jenkins are looking for a carpooling situation. Gilley Rd, Tunbridge. If
it is a bit out of the way, Heather is willing to barter goat dairy products
or help pay for gas or other compensation. 889-9591
Fresh Balsam Holiday Wreaths $20.00 decorated with bow, cones and berries.
Call Sharon Jones 763-2509
New Campus Update
Gary Thrasher has completed the fall site work. The site looks beautiful
and is ready for winter snows before he returns in spring to complete
entrance drive, install parking lot, refine grading and seed as necessary.
The building is completely framed (both levels). The sprinkler system and
lower level electrical installation will begin next week along with standing
seam roofing on EC/Kindergarten porch and main entrance overhang.
If you're driving by feel free to stop in and take a look.
Fundraisers and Special Events
Save the Date! Please plan on attending the Silent Auction Gala this year!
Saturday, December 11th at 5 pm at the Tunbridge Town Hall. Admission $10.
Kid Free Please!
Lots of practical and unique gift items! New this year - a Live Auction
with six items you won't want to pass up bidding on with Alumni parent
Auctioneer Dan Kinney! Music by Nancy's Problem. Food by our own chefs Jeff
Dutton, Jeff Jones and Shari Dutton.
There will also be an Open House at the New Campus at 4 pm before the Silent
Auction begins. Come out to our new school and see the progress!
Check out our blog for the Silent Auction:
http://wellspringsilentauction.wordpress.com The addendum will be posted up
there as well (no print addendum).
Thanks for all your food donations to the Silent Auction. Our food committee
is still hoping for some more contributions, esp. veggies and chicken.
Spanish Student Program:
Here is a great opportunity for our community to invite a foreign student
into your home for three weeks in the summer and learn about a different
culture and lifestyle. What a gift to our diversity deprived Vermont lives!
Believe it or not, you will get a stipend of $600 to feed your exotic
teenager and offer them some fun. To top it off, this exciting adventure
could be and has been one of Wellspring's best fundraisers! Please call
Alyson Mahony to sign up: 439-6069
Heidi Hoffecker is missing a basket from the Halloween Festival. Please
return. It has the name "Bond" at the bottom. 276-9910
Wholesale Rounds of Blythedale Farm Green Mountain Gruyere Cheese for Sale.
The farm is cleaning the cave for the holiday season. $20.00 a round (8 or
so pounds). Must take whole round. Free delivery to school. Call Margaret at
439-3358.
The three Ellingson's are looking for a long term or short term housesit /
rental beginning in January or before within the Wellspring orb Amanda
685-7785 a_ellingson@hotmail.com
Jessica Zaleski is looking for a good, safe, quality wood stove and
information from anyone who might know how to install the stove and piping
to the outside of the house. Thanks.685-4705 or jessicazaleski359@gmail.com
Pam Reit is coming to Wellspring to do a violin workshop on Tuesday,
November 30. Please let me know who will be participating in group class
($10), ensemble coaching ($10), or private lessons ($15 for 15 minutes or
$30 for a half hour for more advanced students). Please specify a
preference for whether your child's private lesson should be during or after
school. I need to receive payment before the Thanksgiving break.
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