April 26, 2024
IMPORTANT DATES
April
4/27: High School Prom, 7:00-10:00pm
May
5/3: Community Singing, 8:30am (Aftercare Room)
May Day Festival (Ann Becker Park)
9:00am - NatureTots, Preschool, Kindergarten
1:30 pm - Grades 1-12
5/8: Strings Concert (Grades 4-12)
5/9: Medieval Games Feast, 4:00-7:30pm
6th Grade Medieval Games
5/11: Foundation Studies, 10:00am-3:00pm
5/16: 5th Grade Pentathlon Send off, 9:00am (CWS Bowl)
5/17: Community Singing, 8:30am (Aftercare Room)
5/21: PA Meeting 6:00-7:30pm (Factory 52)
5/23: High School Graduation, 6:00-7:30pm
(The Carnegie Center of Columbia Tusculum)
5/24: Last Day of School for Preschool & Kindergarten
5/27: Memorial Day - No School
5/28: 8th Grade Commencement
5/29: Grades 1-8 Field Day
Last Day of School (Noon Dismissal)
May Is Faculty Appreciation Month!
Join Us for May Day on Friday, May 3rd!
It is with great joy that we invite you to join us in celebrating our May Festival on Friday, May 3rd. May Day has been celebrated for centuries to herald the arrival of summer, and we are thrilled to be able to enjoy this festival as a community.
All school celebrations take place at Ann Becker Park, which is just a short distance from school. Times are as follows:
9-11am: NatureTots, Preschool, and Kindergarten
1:30pm: Grades 1-12
Please arrive at Ann Becker Park a few minutes before your child's celebration is set to begin. This event is weather permitting. In the case of inclement weather, a text will be sent out in advance of the event. Our current rain date is Tuesday, May 7th (again, weather permitting).
Please consider sending in a bouquet of ivy, vinca, or flowers for crown making, per instructions from your child's class teacher/s. If you'd like to help students with crown making on the morning of Friday, May 3rd, sign up here!
Watch or Listen to Our Most Recent Parent Education Offering: Creating Rhythm & Joy from Birth to 6 Years
Here are the resources Ms. Kyle mentions in her presentation:
Twelve Week Seasonal Family Rhythm (www.wenurturecollective.com)
With Stars in Their Eyes: Brain Science and Your Child’s Journey Toward the Self. By Sharifa Oppenheimer
How to Create the Star of Your Family Culture: The Heaven on Earth Workbook. By Sharifa Oppenheimer
Heaven on Earth: A Handbook for Parents of Young Children. By Sharifa Oppenheimer
The Rhythm of Family: Discovering a Sense of Wonder through the Seasons. By Amanda Blake Soule and Stephen Soule
Beyond the Rainbow Bridge: Nurturing Our Children from Birth to Seven. By Barbara J. Patterson and Pamela Bradley
You Are Your Child’s First Teacher: Encouraging Your Child’s Natural Development from Birth to Age Six. By Rahima Baldwin Dancy
At the Source: The Incarnation of the Child and the Development of a Modern Pedagogy. By Harlan Gilbert
Check Out the CWS Business Directory, and Support the Businesses that Support CWS!
We are so grateful to have such generous support from local and CWS family owned businesses. These businesses are listed in our online Business Directory. This directory is a great opportunity to seek out services from businesses that support our school.
Need car care? Check out Avid or Dubwerx! Need accounting? Give Barnes Dennig a call! How about glasses? Try York Vision! And be sure to let them know how you found them — and thank them for supporting CWS!
Want your business to be added to the Business Directory? The cost is only $100! Email bmcdaniel@cinciwaldorf.org for more info!
These amazing businesses also donated items for our Spring Benefit auction. Your patronage — and thanks — for these businesses is also greatly appreciated 💜
Activate Brain & Body
Anandamaya Healing the Whole
Awakening Breath
The Bookery
The Collective
Restorative Roots
50 West
Bee Haven
Tristate Running
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
The Cincinnati Zoo
Behringer-Crawford Museum
Cincinnati Museum Center
Wave Foundation
Pet Wants
Knox Joseph Distillery
Carriage House Car Wash
Cincinnati Strength & Conditioning
Thrive Chiropractic
Cincinnati Art Museum
Cincinnati Nature Center
Great Wolf Lodge
Penwood Home Organizing
Indian Hill Winter Club
Custom Leatherworks
Bouquet Restaurant
The National Exemplar
Mango Tree Restaurant
The Emery Mariemont
Mercurius
Wes Morgan Photography
Janelle Johnson
Queen City Spa
School of Rock
Simply Power Yoga
Perfect North
Sparrow Song Healing
Body Wisdom Wellness
Check Out New Spring Spirit Wear Styles!
We Have Ukuleles — and a Violin! — for Sale!
Thanks to Antonio Violins, who generously donated a large number of instruments to our Spring Benefit silent auction, we have a number of ukuleles for purchase to benefit CWS! These ukuleles (and one violin!) are listed on our auction website as Buy Now items for very reasonable prices. Or, make a donation offer by emailing bmcdaniel@cinciwaldorf.org.
A big thank you to Antonio Violins for helping us raise money to support our school!!
Support the PA's Spring Flower Power Fundraiser!
Spring is coming... spring is coming... flowers are coming too... roses, lilies, daffodillies, little crocuses too 🎶
Time to get those spring flower orders in so that your yard will be blooming and beautiful when spring arrives!
Plus, 50% of your order goes directly to the CWS Parent Association. Gifts to the PA support faculty appreciation, community events, facilities improvements, teacher training, and more!
CWS is Hiring!
Please click the links above for job descriptions.
If you are interested, please submit a cover letter and resume listing background, training, experience, and three references. Please call or email Susan Gray, Administrative Director, at 513-541-0220 or sgray@cinciwaldorf.org
Nature's Haven Summer Camp with Sarah Hammond & Saren Wozniak!
Explore nature with us this summer! Each day will be spent outdoors engaging in free play, focused exploration, Waldorf-inspired circle, and listening to nature stories. Camp will be based at CWS, but we will spend most of our time at Dogwood Nature Trail across the street. Feel free to invite friends and family who are not Waldorf students!
Dates: June 24th - August 2nd
Monday-Friday 8AM-1PM
Ages: Rising Kindergarten - Second Grade
$300 per week (or $250/ week if attending all 6 weeks)
Register for camp HERE!