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Inspire, Experience, Grow, Create
Apr i l 2013 THE MESSENGER
I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :
Summer Camp Filling Up 2
Students In Israel 2
Waldorf Cookbook 3
Children & Gardening 3
High School Highlights 4
The Juniper Tree 4
Book Review 4
Stargarden Baby Shower 5
FUNDRAISING IS IN THE AIR! JOIN US FOR AN ENCHANTED EVENING
Take a Sneak Peek At Some of
Our
AUCTION ITEMS:
Lakehouse Retreat
for 3 Nights
Family Portrait Session
Dave Matthews Band
Tickets &
Backstage Pass
Neurokinetic Therapy
Sessions
Austin Aquarium Family
Membership
Natural Gardener Gift
Certificates
Stanley’s Farmhouse
Pizza & Beer Basket
And much more
to come…..
Friday, May 9, 2014 at the Driskill Hotel, 604 Brazos Street
FEATURING: Reception and Silent Auction, 5:30pm Dinner and Live Auction, 7:00pm
Music by Radiostar
Cocktail Reception hosted by Hoisington Investment Management
SPONSORSHIP LEVELS: Limestone Sponsor: $500 – 2 Event Tickets, 1 Valet Parking Pass
Bluebonnet Sponsor: $1000 – 4 Event Tickets, 2 Valet Parking Passes
Table Host: $2000 – Table of 10, 5 Valet Parking Passes
VIP Table Host: $4000 – Table of 10, 5 Valet Parking Passes, &
Complimentary Room at the Driskill Hotel
VIP Cocktail Reception Host: $8000 – No Longer Available
Exclusive Presenting Sponsorship: $12,000—2 Premium Tables of 10,
10 Valet Parking Passes & Complimentary Stay in the Cattle Baron Suite
Please visit www.austinwaldorf.org/index.php/gala_2014/ to
purchase tickets, donate auction items and purchase sponsorships.
Win a One-Night Stay in the Driskill Hotel’s Heritage Suite! (night of the event)
Raffle Tickets: $10 each, on sale at Tea Garden every Friday.
Drawing will be held April 25th!
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SUMMER CAMP: FILLING UP FAST!
attract families from all over
the state! Our program was
voted BEST EDUCATIONAL
CAMP in 2012 by the read-
ers of Austin Family Maga-
zine, and this year we were
crowned FAVORITE OVERALL
CAMP of 2013 by the
10,000 local families using
www.campsloop.com to
search for camps.
If you would like more
information about our sum-
mer offerings contact Alex
Abbott at 512-439-0139 or
If you were planning
on summer camp, but
have not quite decid-
ed yet, please do not
delay! The “Don’t Try This
at Home” (7/7-7/11 ses-
sion) is now wait listing for
grades 1, 2, and 3.
There are several other
sessions that have only
three spots left. Our camps
Submitted by Alex Abbott
STUDENT SUMMER ADVENTURE IN ISRAEL
On this extraordinary trip,
led by parent, lifelong
educator and part-time
teacher at Waldorf School of
the Peninsula, Gail Evenari,
Waldorf students from the
U.S. have an unforgettable
opportunity to learn
filmmaking with other Israeli
teens and document their
experiences in Israel.
The adventure starts with
three days in Tel Aviv, where
the students learn filmmaking
and make a short video with
Israeli students at a media-
focused school for at-risk
youth. The following week will
be spent working on a service
project with young students at
Tamrat El Zeitoun, the first
flourishing Arab Waldorf
school in Israel. They will then
be staying at Kibbutz Harduf,
home of Israel’s pioneer
Waldorf school, where
evenings will be spent
working on a video and
getting to know members of
the Harduf community.
They will also visit
residents at Beit Uri, an
anthro-posophical community
for the developmentally
disabled. From there they will
enjoy days full of amazing
hikes, history, sites, food,
scenery, friendships and
unforgettable experiences.
The hope is that this will
become sustainable as an
annual opportunity to build
strong relationships between
American Waldorf schools
and the communities of
Tamrat El Zeitoun, Kibbutz
Harduf and Beit Uri.
“Not only are
Camp Roadrunner and Summergarden
safe and convenient
for AWS families, they are actually the cream of the crop
for camps in
Austin!”
Camp Roadrunner and Summergarden are now 80% full!!!!!
From WaldorfToday News: Service Project, Filmmaking, Sightseeing and More
Top to bottom: Harduf Waldorf School
and Kibbutz Harduf—Israel's pioneer
Waldorf School; Olive gathering;
Community living for disabled children
and adults.
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THE EFFECTS OF SCHOOL GARDENING ON
CHILDREN’S PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Interested in contributing to a
Waldorf Recipe book?
The aim is to get recipes from
Waldorf Schools all over the world,
and that each school will contribute
at least one recipe. This is a
wonderful opportunity to have a
selection of recipes from all your
classes. Recipes do not specifically
have to be from your region, but
could simply be a favorite.
You may forward your recipes by
May 31st, using the following
link https://docs.google.com/forms/
d/19_qs-SzaMGFA50phVd9ixl_fn13u
-QPY-NonVr_ZSRg/viewform .
Notes on submissions:
-All recipes must be in English
-Either metric or imperial measuring
can be used
-List of ingredients with volumes/
weights indicated
-Step-by-step instructions indicating
temperature where applicable
-Optional: a line drawing to suit the
recipe, or perhaps a short story to
accompany it
A selection of recipes will be
published and feature the name of
the school as well as the class/
person who contributed. Depending
on the number of recipes received, a
second recipe book may be
published at a later stage.
Questions? Contact:
Tanya Joubert
Administrative Assistant,
McGregor Waldorf School
Cornell University Research Briefs, as presented by Nancy M. Wells, Phd
MCGREGOR WALDORF SCHOOL CALL FOR RECIPES A Cookbook In The Making…….
What better way to
welcome Spring, than with a
reminder of what we as a
Waldorf community have
practiced for decades. Not
just gardening and
sustainability, but creating an
environment in which our
children can grow as
individuals, embraced in a
unique environment that
addresses the physical,
social, emotional,
intellectual, and spiritual
needs of each child, as we
tend them lovingly through
each developmental stage.
For a summary of the
complete findings, please
download the 2 RESEARCH
BRIEFS from: http://
wellslab.human.cornell.edu/
research/
In short, the findings indicate
that:
* Children at schools with
gardens report a reduction in
usual sedentary
behaviors. This finding
suggests that gardening may
contribute to a reduction in
"screen time" and other
sedentary behaviors.
* School gardens lead to
increased moderate physical
activity during the school
day. Although typically children
spent a very modest amount of
time in the garden each week,
there was an effect on PA.
* Children move more and sit
less during an outdoor garden
lesson versus an indoor,
classroom lesson. Suggesting
more integration of gardens
with curriculum can yield even
stronger effects.
For additional insights, you may
view the article in the Cornell
Chronicle: http://
www.news.cornell.edu/
stories/2014/03/school-
gardens-grow-kids-physical-
activity-levels
For more information about the
USDA's Healthy Gardens
Healthy Youth Extension -
Research project, visit: http://
peoplesgarden.wsu.edu/
Nancy M. Wells, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Design &
Environmental Analysis
College of Human Ecology
Faculty Fellow, Atkinson Center for
a Sustainable Future
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
Ithaca NY 14853
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HIGH SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS Submitted by Colleen Sauer, High School Registrar
Victor Franco, Class of
2015, was contracted to
paint a 10 x 12 wall mural at
Fader Fort, a private SXSW
music venue in East
Austin. Local artist and
Victor’s mentor, Chris
Holloway, joined forces to
create the mural. Using spray
paint, aerosol, enamel and
acrylic paints the image
echoes the early faces of rap
artists who appeared on the
cover of Fader Magazine.
Sponsors included Dell,
Converse, Fader Magazine
and Glass is Life.
A Second Classroom:
Parent-Teacher Relationships in a
Waldorf School
The doorway to a classroom
is a threshold where teacher
and student meet. There is
another kind of meeting at this
threshold— that between the
child’s parents and teacher.
This important relationship
receives thorough attention in
Torin Finser’s book, The Second
Classroom. “How adults work
together can be as important as
the curriculum on any given
day.” This is true at all levels of
work in a school consciously
and carefully cultivating
relationship. Community
building is hard work and this
book is a treasure trove of
practical advice, diverse
experiences, and a call for
action.
There are practical tips for
improving parent conferences
and class meetings, as well as
chapters on parent volunteers
and the value of effective
administration. Parents are
challenged to be “co-
responsible for the social
health” of the class and
encouraged to become part of
an active learning community.
The chapters alternate
between practical advice and
inner dimensions that
encourage self-reflection and
inner work. Together they form
an “outer path thread” and an
“inner path thread” weaving
together practical application
with philosophical foundations.
While much advice is offered, at
least as many questions are
raised and left for the reader to
consider.
The author is honest,
personal, and direct. He draws
on his own experiences as a
parent and teacher of over three
decades. He shares many
personal stories, humbly
revealing his own blind spots,
vulnerabilities, and mistakes.
He also incorporates related
work by Marshall Rosenberg,
Karl Konig, Martin Buber, Carl
Jung, Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot,
and others.
The book includes insights
from the work of professionals
and academics in
communication, parent/teacher
dynamics, and education. From
Marshall Rosenberg and
collaborator John Cunningham
there are the techniques of
nonviolent communication. The
author presents Rosenberg’s
method of how one can
participate more consciously in
a conversation, and then offers
examples of what that might
look like .
From Karl Konig there are
ideas about the impact of family
of origin on social behavior and
specifically birth order.
Becoming conscious of
“childhood tendencies,” can
help move us “from reactive
behavior to a more proactive,
enlightened approach.”
Many of the chapters in the
book challenge the reader to
become more conscious in the
encounter with the other. It is a
call to examine who is really
there to be met and offers
examples of different points of
view, the obstacles that can be
in the way, and tools for working
with them.
While the book is written
especially for Waldorf parents
and teachers, it is relevant for
anyone interested in education.
As a teacher who recently
graduated an 8th grade and a
Waldorf parent of many years, I
know firsthand the critical role
that parent/teacher
relationships play in the success
of a class. This book will give
you much to consider and it is
highly recommended.
BOOK REVIEW: A SECOND CLASSROOM Submitted by Kathy McElveen
THE JUNIPER STORE:
SUNNY DAYS AHEAD!!
The Juniper Tree has all of the sun hats, sunscreen
and bug spray your family will need for the last couple of
months of school. While you are in, check out our amaz-
ing Easter gift selection and soon after, our Mother’s Day
and Graduation items!
We also have a beautiful assortment of playsilks,
wands, hand-knitted animals and wooden toys. Come
see us!
We are open for your convenience:
Tuesday—Friday 8:30 until 4:00
Saturdays—11:00 until 3:00
Our Mission: “Our highest endeavor must be to develop free human beings who, of themselves, are able to give purpose and direction to their lives.” ~Rudolf Steiner
By creating a school environment that balances academic, artistic and practical disciplines, the Austin Waldorf School cultivates a love of learning, creative thinking, a sympathetic interest in the world, self-confidence and an abiding moral purpose.
Celebrating 34 years of educational excellence in Austin.
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Twinkle, Twinkle, Three Little Stars...
We would like to share the pictures below
that were taken at the “Stargarden Class Baby Shower “ held in March for moms,
Sarah Jones, Carmina Wagner, and Ms. Dana, all due in April.
The children sent sweet, loving wishes on a card to the new babies, such as:
“I love you”, “Hearts and Roses”, “Angels and Faires”,
“Hear a Robin Sing”, and many more. It was a lovely day filled with
smiles and lots of wishing stars.