SHINING STAR WALDORF SCHOOL PORTLAND OREGON
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You are invited to a FREE community event:
* * * Festival of the Bees * * *
Shining Star Waldorf School
2120 NE Tillamook Street
RSVP 503.753.4459
Open House and Celebration of the Honey Bees
Monday - February 6, 2012
4 - 6 pm
Bee Keeper Demonstrations
Bee hive display & information
Beeswax candle dipping
Beeswax salve demonstration
Bee crafts, songs and music
Honey treats and teas
Honey and honey products for sale
Visit our beautiful classrooms and meet the teachers
All ages welcome!
Shining Star Waldorf School (AWSNA & 501c3) offers creative, artistic and inspiring education from preschool to grade six.
We provide a unique three-day program that offers children rich academic curriculum including
German, strings, handwork, choir, main lessons, artistic curriculum, history, literature, science, gardening, wonderful teachers and community!
Enrollment for Fall 2012 begins March 1, 2012
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Our First Fall Wooly Workshop and Fundraiser was a good success with over 50 people attending, learning to sew woolen vests from old sweaters or woolen fabrics, and the children enjoyed a wonderful craft making day with Yule Logs with candles and greens, and little figures fashioned out of clothespins and doo-dads. A delicious lunch was offered with fresh made soups, breads, and salads, and a small bazaar filled one room with magic creations from artists and craftspeople from the community, mostly donated to the cause! We were able to raise over $600 in this first time event and plan to try again next year, with the event scheduled in NOVEMBER instead of December. This will be a great time in Fall 2013, and we look forward to growth and more support from our community! Thank you to all who attended and donated for the day.
In other news, we are pleased that our PS/K classes are full or very close to full, and we are busting at the seams with grades kids from 1-5, with the addition of a few 6th graders who will be coming to school for gathering/teaching time supported by parents and faculty. Shining Star School does fill a real niche in the community of Portland, with our Waldorf resources and beliefs, and we are so pleased to draw in new families and help them find community, friendship, and support in our small world! We currently enjoy helping/working with over 50 families and the response has been very positive to the menu option for choosing 1-4 days per week (over 85 % of our students attend 3 days per week in the grades at this point). Shining Star has found a happy balance for families who wish to participate in their children's educational process by choosing an affordable, part time program. It has been noted during the many years of our operation, that our children do test very well on the various examinations required for home schooling children, actually excelling in reading and writing, and performing at or above grade level in math.
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We are pleased to announce an additional Young Child program over at the Tillamook site for 3 days a week, M-T-W 9 am to 1 pm, for your 3 to 5 year old, in a cozy class with about 10 children per day. This nice little class will help support the siblings who attend the Grades program at that site and allow us to offer a few more precious spaces for children living in the area.
Do come and visit us, call first please, 503 753 4459 and take advantage of our terrific summer programs for children and the annual August Adult Conference, the Magic of Waldorf, which is very popular and provides great insights as well as hands on learning for parents and teachers interested in the Waldorf Way.
Thank you for your support, our annual Auction is June 4, 11 am, at 602 NE Prescott, come and dance in the yard with us to Live music, and bid on our silent auction tables stuffed with hand made goodies and delightful uniquely Waldorf items, too!
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