December News (December 20th 2022)
Coming in January
Bring a Parent to School Month at WSRF!
Please join us on campus in January 2023 for Bring a Parent to School month at the Waldorf School on the Roaring Fork. This is a fantastic opportunity to spend time in your student’s classroom, join in activities, meet their friends and step into their shoes for an hour one morning in January. There are many different days and times available for Early Childhood to 8th grade families. You should have received an invitation directly from your student and you can sign up below to secure your day and time based on your child’s class:
Early Childhood Sign Up here ~ Lower Grades Sign Up Here ~ Middle School Sign Up Here
Winter Break Assembly
Wednesday, December 21, 11:50am
Families and Friends of WSRF, We hope you will join us for the final grades assembly of the calendar year! All parents and families are invited to join us on Wednesday December 21st for an All Grades Assembly from 11:50am-12:25pm in the Hall.
The schedule includes a lower grades Eurythmy performance, performances from the middle school recorder ensemble and the middle school choir, and much more!
We look forward to seeing you there!
Reminder: Early Dismissal Wednesday December 21st
11:30am dismissal for Early Childhood
(speak to your teacher directly for care until 12:30pm)
12:30pm dismissal for 1st-8th Grade
*No aftercare on Wednesday December 21st*
Updates
Up-Valley Bus Service in January
No afternoon bus service on January 17th and 20th, limited capacity in the afternoons otherwise until January 30th.
Friday Assembly Changes in the New Year
WSRF’s Social Literacy Program includes the grades 1-8 Buddy Program which pairs older mentors (5th-8th grades) with younger buddies (1st-4th grades) to spend time together wherein they connect with each other, connect to the campus, and weave the social fabric of community. You may have heard your child share how they met their buddy for:
Buddy lunch, pumpkin carving, crafts projects, seasonal get togethers
Community service on or off campus
Our annual Field Day of cooperative games
The Faculty is striving to build up this aspect of our Social Literacy Program even further and have found a way to do just that by changing our Friday Assembly schedule a bit! Our new schedule will begin in January 2023 and will look like this:
Every 1st Friday we will continue to have our usual all-grades spiral assembly in the Hall or just outside the sunroom depending on weather with one class sharing something they have been working on. The Honeybee Café will be open for parents to enjoy with all proceeds going toward a non-profit of the class’s choice.
On the other Fridays of each month, we will have Buddy Assemblies during which each pair of buddy classes will meet in one or the other grade’s classroom for the first 15 minutes of the day.
During this time, the students will engage in one of a variety of activities such as:
• Share what they’ve been working on (in speech work, in main lesson, in movement, in reading…)
• Play a cooperative game together as pairs, small groups, or whole classes
• Learn a social dance or engage in another social inclusion exercise together
At 8:30, a 7th grader will announce who was granted the Pizza Hat due to their random act of kindness and let everyone know it’s time to end their time together by reciting the school verse and singing the school song in the visiting classroom or outside space they were meeting in.
What does this mean for parents who come each week? We heartily invite you, dear parents, to continue to participate in our Friday assemblies, whether they are on the 1st Friday or the Buddy Assemblies with your child’s class and their buddy class. We love your attendance! On Buddy Assembly Fridays, just follow your child to their classroom!
