August News (August 23rd, 2024)
There is truly no feeling equal to the buzz, energy, and excitement of these first days back at school. Another year has officially begun at the Waldorf School on the Roaring Fork and with it comes the eager anticipation of new discoveries, new friends, and new experiences. We are delighted to welcome over 200 students back to our campus as we kick off another exciting year.
WSRF continues to grow, with new students joining almost every single class. To all the new families joining our community: Welcome! To all of our returning families: Welcome back! And to both our new and returning families, thank you for entrusting WSRF with the incredibly important task of educating your child and preparing them for lifelong success.
As we look to the year ahead, there will be opportunities for discovery, growth, and the start of lifelong friendships that will nurture students, parents, and our entire community alike. Welcome to the 2024-25 school year!
Together, we continue growing!
In this Newsletter: Details for upcoming events, Who to ask about…..
Questions about…...your child’s classroom, curriculum, teachers or anything in the faculty realm? Please contact Marleny Alfaro.
Questions about…..the bus, tuition or billing, Individualized Tuition Adjustment Process (I-TAP), or campus operations? Please contact Brie Fitzsimmons.
Questions about……the Annual Fund, any fundraising efforts, Parent Council, community events including Mayfaire, Winterfaire or other community events? Please contact Morgan Jacober.
Marleny Alfaro, our new Faculty Administrator, welcomed the faculty, staff and guests back to the WSRF campus with an enrichment program at the end of the summer. Marleny spent the last 5 years working with Dr. Lakshmi Prasanna, a developmental pediatrician and neonatologist known worldwide for her holistic approach in therapeutic communities. Marleny sparked curiosity with the opening question, “What is a human being?” and then shared vignettes from her journey leading to WSRF. She painted a picture of what it means to be a child coming into this world. “All beings want to be happy,” she reminded us. She shared tools to spread positivity, help us become better listeners, and hold equanimity, invaluable strengths as teachers.
Faculty members then spent two days working with a Goethean practice where each chose a plant to connect to, observe, and draw the first day. They repeated this exercise the second day and were surprised to see how this simple act could inspire such deep philosophical contemplation and awareness of changes with time.
The faculty also had the chance to work with the Nature Institute in a deep study of the natural world, our relationship with it and how deep observation can bring deep connection.
