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and are refining our own air quality protocol.
• Through our Parent Education Initiative, Orland Bishop came to Summerfield in the last week of November. Orland worked with faculty, staff, and high school students and gave an evening talk to a full house in Sophia Hall. He encouraged conversation with the audience, and many bravely brought their burning questions about how to be in this world we live in today. The last question of the evening was “How do you maintain hope?” Orland heard the question, and paused for a long moment. Then he responded, “I don’t maintain hope. I have hope, and then I lose hope. And then, in time, through connecting with other people, through prayer, through living, I find hope again. And this is what it is to be human.”
We are so glad you are a part of our community, where we can do this work of learning how to be human together.
We wish all of you a light-filled holiday.
Warmly, Ignacio Garat, Jason Gross, and Kibby MacKinnon, Governance Council
Messenger
Winter Greetingsthe governance council writes to the summerfield community
Dear Summerfield Community,
Finding a place of stillness during this busy season is not easy, but our Advent Spiral walk, where one by one we walk to the center, unite with the light, and gently carry that light out to share with the world, offers a rare quiet moment in this hectic time of the year. As we draw near the time of shortest day and longest night, we turn our thoughts towards how we can be bearers of light for each other. Reflecting on the school year so far, we see many important gifts that have been made to the school in financial support, in initiatives, and in lived experience. Some of these include:
• The community rose up admirably to the Board challenge of increasing Annual Giving contributions, and we are very grateful for your support.
• The new school schedule has proved overall to be very successful in improving rhythm and breathing for the students and teachers. High school students said this was the first year they didn’t have to carry around a schedule anymore, it was so easy to remember!
• Our College of Teachers has been reading and discussing The Study of Man, one of the three original books transcribing lectures that Rudolf Steiner gave to the first group of Waldorf teachers. These lectures bring us back to the core of what we are doing and why we are here, and are deeply inspiring.
• The school and greater area weathered another wildfire experience, this year with smoke closures, and now with the unfortunate awareness that it won’t be the last time, we have invested in air purifiers for the classrooms and offices
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The Shepherds’ Play 2
The Night Before Christmas 2
Epiphany Bonfire 2
Waldorf 100 Film 3
Mustangs on Court 4
Winter Faire Thanks! 5
Farm News 6
Development Corner 8
Marketplace 9-11
The Shepherds’ Play Thursday, Dec 20, 6pm, Sophia Hall
Tenth Annual Alumni Event Wednesday, Dec 26, 3-6pm
Epiphany Bonfire Sunday, Jan 6, 5:30-7pm
[Rain or No-Burn Day cancels]
Walk through the Grades, Campus Tour
Wednesday, Jan 23, 9am, Sophia Hall
Valentine’s Tea Saturday, Feb 9, 9:30-11am
High School Music Concert Wednesday, Feb 13, 6pm, Sophia Hall
Important Dates:
Inside this Issue:
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Epiphany Bonfire sunday, january 6, 5:30–7pm
rain or non-burn day cancels
Epiphany is nearing! Bring your Christmas trees to burn in an awe-inspiring bonfire, partake in eating baked potatoes and Three-Kings Cake, drink hot apple cider, and spend time with friends! Whoever finds the golden coin in their slice of cake becomes a king for the year!
Though the baked potatoes will be provided, we ask for donated potato toppings (green onions, sour cream, butter, salsa, etc.) and warm apple cider. We’re also looking for bakers to bring cake (spice cake is traditional, but any cake will be appreciated). We will provide the gold coins, however we do need bakers in order to have cake. Volunteers are needed to help with clean-up. Please email Michelle Bovard at [email protected] with what you plan to bring or if you can lend a hand.
Be sure to bring your own plates and utensils, and please note: trees will not be accepted into the blaze after 6:30pm, so come early!
Since the early days of Summerfield Waldorf School and Farm, children have walked the Advent Spiral and given praise to the kingdoms of Nature as they lit the candles on the Advent Wreath. And the school’s teachers, parents and friends have rehearsed and performed traditional Christmas plays for the children and community. All these things are done to help kindle an inner light deep within us during these darkest days of the year. In this modern, high-tech world we live in, a cold wind blows into our hearts and souls. As Lucy said in The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis, “It’s always winter and never Christmas!” Commercialization and electric lights on our trees replace the homemade gifts of love and the glowing candles that once warmed us inside and out.
Rudolf Steiner, though his wisdom and insight, brought a wonderfully powerful and inclusive picture of the Christ Event as the physical birth of a Sun-God, a spiritual being worshipped by all great world religions of the past. The messengers, prophets, and great initiates of these religions actually helped to prepare the Earth for the appearance of the Spirit of Love, the Christ.
At this Midnight Hour of the year, we again want to offer you and your children our Shepherds’ Play. Those of us involved in this production have tried to bring a universal impulse to the traditional Christmas story. You are warmly invited and encouraged to attend our play and experience it with us. The creative efforts of the many good people involved in our production are always exciting and inspiring. Our hope and intention is to nourish the heart of our community both near and far.
May the Light of the Spirit Child fill your heart. Peace on Earth to all people of good will!
— Don Basmajian, for the Shepherds’ Play Company
please note: students will see the play during the school day on friday morning, but everyone is welcome to attend thursday’s free evening performance.
The Oberufer Shepherds’ Playthursday, december 20, 6pm, sophia hall
The Night Before ChristmasOn a cold, starry night long ago, the friendly beasts opened their hearts so a Holy Child could be born in their stable and find comfort on hay in a manger. Simple shepherds brought gifts as the Angels sang. The Child of Love must be born anew in the stable of the human heart every year.
You are welcome to join us on Christmas Eve, December 24, at 5pm on Summerfield Waldorf School’s Farm, next to the Red Barn, to sing to the friendly beasts. Adults may bring a candle to hold while we sing to the animals and listen to a Christmas story.
The event will finish no later than 6pm. For safety reasons, please keep your children with you at all times.
~ Don & Sieglinde Basmajian
Please Take Care in the Parking Lot!If you are visiting our campus this season, please drive extra carefully in the parking areas and be mindful of students tall and small around you.
Many of our younger ones can’t easily be seen in car mirrors, so please always assume someone might be there!
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stop press… Over 1300 of our Summerfield Wall Calendars have flown off the shelves in just the last two weeks, both with sales in our community and to Waldorf schools all around the country and abroad!
It’s the Perfect Gift!The best outreach and enrollment work in a Waldorf school is done by us, the parent community.
Do you have a friend or work colleague you could introduce to Summerfield with the gift of our beautiful Waldorf Wall Calendar?
This concise illustration of what is so special about a Waldorf education makes a perfect gift. These are the ‘pictures worth a thousand words’ to show to curious relatives, or to explain our school to intrigued work colleagues—a gorgeous calendar that will adorn the wall of any kitchen, home office or workspace.
See samples and purchase calendars as gifts from the office or online at our website: summerfieldws.org/2019WallCalendar.
Congratulations to a National Champion!Ninth grader Theo MacKinnon participated last month in the National Pickleball Champion-ships at Indian Wells Tennis Garden in southern California, medaling in each of the junior events, and winning gold with his dad in the under 35 age Mens’ Doubles 4.0 skill division.
Theo had worked hard all year to raise funds for the trip, and was also the recipient of a generous scholarship award from the Oakmont Pickleball community.
—Skeydrit Bähr, Ninth Grade Class Advisor
Summerfield parent Paul Zehrer (father of Elias in fifth grade) has produced and directed a second film in celebration of the Waldorf 100 centenary.
A follow-up to last year’s Part 1, this new film features students and teachers from Waldorf schools around the world talking about today’s children, the challenges and rewards of education, and how we encounter each other, engage, and include each other in relationships and in community.
It’s an inspiring piece which gives a compelling picture of what’s unique and special about the Waldorf approach. We hope you will feel moved to share it with family members and others who might be interested in Waldorf education. Find links and learn more at waldorf-100.org/en.
new waldorf centennial film made by summerfield parent
Learn to Change the World: Encounter, Engagement, Inclusion
Agriculture Lectures Study Group
A study group looking at Rudolf Steiner’s ‘Agriculture Lectures’ began this month and is open for others to join at any time. We will work with Lecture Three on December 17, then take a break and pick back up when we return to school in January. The group meets in the High School Library, Mondays from 8:55-10:15am. To RSVP email [email protected].
The Calendar is full color, printed on 30% post-
consumer waste recycled paper. The size is 12”x9”
(opens to 12”x18”) for Jan 2019-Mar 2020 with each
month having a traditional month grid.
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Spring Circus Club Registration
… is now open! Join us in January after the Winter Break for an exciting session featuring new classes and extra offerings of beloved classes to keep the student-to-teacher ration down. Students will perform in Circus Waldissima’s big Spring Circus Performance extravaganza!
Find detailed descriptions of classes and registration forms in the main office or on our website at summerfieldws.org/circus.
~ Lisa Hensley, Circus Registrar
Lost and Found!We will set out the Lower School Lost & Found on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, December 19-21. Please come claim any lost items in front of the Main Office.
The leftovers will be donated to charity at the end of the day on Friday, December 21.
~ Andrea Jolicoeur, Lower School Secretary
The Summerfield seventh and eighth boys basketball team finished their season with a thrilling win over Presentation School in Sonoma, capping a come-from-behind effort with contributions from every player. As coach, I was so impressed and proud of how the boys just got better and better each day. They put in a lot of practice and showed grit throughout the season.
The team had a solid core of journeymen eighth graders who started each game and led their younger teammates by example. Levi Rutherford anchored the low post throughout the season, coming up big defensively in the fourth quarter of the final game with an epic shot block. Calum Rutherford led all scorers in the game and provided the spark early on with his tough “big-man” play, adding to his buckets with well-earned foul shots. Calum rarely had the luxury of sitting out during the season and put his all into every minute of play.
Evan Hays performed yeoman’s work with his incredible ball-handling skills at point guard, coming through with key three-pointers throughout the season. Perhaps the biggest development was Garrett Kinderman, who joined the team with little basketball experience and yet became a key rebounder at critical moments—particularly in the final game when every possession was contested.
The teammate with the most hustle was surely Baz Brace who played with reckless abandon as he guarded opponents with a zeal usually seen only in honey badgers. Nicholas Xu was the team’s good luck
Teamwork to the Fore for Summerfield Mustangs!summerfield’s seventh and eighth grade basketball team enjoy a great season
charm, as they won every game he played in. Nicholas’ defensive skills surely contributed to that outcome, as he put pressure on opponents nonstop.
The seventh graders could have stayed in the seventh grade league but instead opted to go the tougher route, and the improvements they made over the course of the season proved that adversity can be a great teacher.
Kent Worthington, another first-timer to basketball, played well beyond his experience level, making key rebounds and defensive plays all season. Declan Gannon came through with two astounding three-point shots in the closing minutes of the last game to cap the come-from-behind effort and seal the win. Myles Texel’s tenacious defense confounded opposing teams to no end, keeping the Mustangs within striking distance in several games. Third grader Liam Gannon made his mark as well, filling in during short-handed practices to enable scrimmages, and helping with coaching during the games.
“These guys never let up,” said assistant coach Gabe Johnson (fifth & seventh grade dad), shaking his head in wonder. “I’ve never seen a team improve so much over a month as we did. With the level of play we’re seeing, imagine if we were starting the season now!”
Indeed. Congratulations to the Mustangs on a great season!
— By Brian Gannon, Basketball Coach and Third and Seventh Grade Parent
2019-2020 Financial Assistance Process Starts Now!Learn more on our website: www.summerfieldws.org/financialassistance.
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A sunny, yet crisp beautiful day framed this year’s magical Winter Faire. As I arrived to campus the morning of Winter Faire, it was quiet, peaceful and chilly. I looked around and took in all the transformations that had been done to turn our
beloved campus into a wonderland. As the hours moved on, the sun warmed the campus and families began to arrive. Before I knew it, the faire was alight with families laughing, shopping, playing, making holiday crafts to take home, enjoying a warm meal and sweet treats and simply being together! It is always incredibly heartwarming to see. Then, to round off our festive day, we were treated to a spectacular circus performance!
But, of course, a day like this takes many people working together—all of whom deserve the utmost gratitude! First and foremost, a special thank you to our wonderful, positive and energetic Winter Faire planning team who met weekly to make sure every detail was just right: Jenn Padua, Ginny Lambrix, Kristi Bell, Rachel Behar, Sarah Hadler, Sally Baggett, Kate MacKillop, Elizabeth Kaiser, Holly Trivan, Kari Hamilton, Christopher Huber and Daisy Hu—we couldn’t have done it without you and thoroughly enjoyed working with you all!
Generous deliveries of greens were quietly deposited, and the Tebbutt family once again donated all our wonderful Christmas trees! We had a bit of a push to get the campus set up this year, but we got it done with the help of Jill Williams, Kindli Carothers, Heather Mutz, Cynthia Durocher, Brian Adam, Elizabeth Kaiser, Dana Dragonetti, Lisa Olauson, Merlin Coleman, Rebecca Fenton, Mike McCracken, and Paul McBratney—you guys rock!
Thank you to Mr. Craig who supports us by delivering heat lamps, ladders and other needed supplies! Thank you to everyone who put in extra effort to host a craft or activity, be our King and Queen Winter, tend the bonfire, and especially to our amazing Snowflake Shoppe Fairies, Holly Trivan and Kristi Hruzewicz with the Tenth Grade students and parents.
A round of applause to our Parking Fairies who worked extra hard making sure everyone got parked safely with a smile: Stephanie Woods, Sarah Brinkman, Takako
Rasmussen, Rachel Cauntay, Joey Roybal, Laurie Gibbons, Adriane Machado, Brian Gannon, Gabe Johnson, Robin Whealdon and Jeannette Nagel. Thank you to our dear Early Childhood teachers for the gift of such a sweet and special Puppet Show that delighted children of all ages. The angelic voices of our Winter Faire Carolers were heard throughout the faire—thank you to Mrs. Walker, Mrs. MacKinnon, Ms. Pothof, Señora Siedemann, Ms. Vander Pluym and Chelsea Young!
Our high school seniors offered a warm and delicious meal, and our high school juniors satisfied every sweet tooth! Of course, once the faire is over, the campus must be restored to its former self, and we are so grateful to those of you who stayed late after the faire and showed up early Sunday morning to get the job done: Jennifer Durham, Justin Pool, Scotty Brown, Gavin Sellors, Kristi Bell, Mary Leveque, Amee Sas, Greg Summers, Mike McCracken, Matt Trivan and David Bloom—you all are troopers and made everything go so smoothly!
Every corner of our school community was represented and celebrated. We came together to create a magical event that the children adored. We truly feel blessed with all the support and help from everyone! We look forward to creating this special event with and for you again next year!
With warmth and gratitude, Lisa Hensley, Kristi Hruzewicz & Andrea Jolicouer, Winter Faire Coordinators
Appreciations for a Wonderful Winter Faire!
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By Farmer Dan
They Came Upon a Midnight Clear, These Reflections From a Winter Farmyard
When we all worked hard and played and prayed and dined together, the soul-spirit warmth in the surroundings facilitated a healthy learning for life. Being able to grow up in an atmosphere of warmth and protection enkindled a warming process in the physical body that connected with the soul faculties that grew out of these early experiences. Sprinkled into dinner conversations were grandparently anecdotes about how important it would be as we grew up to look at and treat other people with dignity and respect that accompanied the implicit learning experiences that came with life living and working physically together on the farm. For these humble country folk, God was pretty bionic because this God could see us even though we couldn’t see Him (sic) so, yes, our actions mattered. One could almost hear my grandfather at his large Thanksgiving and Christmas barn wood table filled with so many children and neighbors and friends suggesting with a twinkle in his eye during his pre-dinner toast that perhaps if you happened to be more fortunate than others it would be prudent to build a longer table than a taller fence, long before politics entered into this topic.
Back on Summerfield farm, the cover crop of oats, peas, beans, barley and vetch that were carefully sown by industrious third graders has luxuriantly emerged after the heavy recent rains, an emerald legume quilt to protect and enrich the soil over the coming winter. Legumes are notable in that most of them have symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria in structures called root nodules. For that reason, they play a key role in crop rotation. Well-known legumes include alfalfa, clover, peas, chickpeas, lentils, fava and lupin beans, mesquite, carob, soybeans and peanuts. You might note also that a healthy mixture of legume seeds sprinkled on home gardens substantially enriches the nitrogen content necessary for healthy growth and eliminates the need for expensive and inorganic nitrogen additives come spring, although chicken manure, very rich in nitrogen, is always welcome in vegetable and flower gardens. Letting chicken manure mixed with bedding straw soak in under a covering of fresh straw is a particularily yummy treat for garden soils over wintering). And speaking of manure, another recent contribution to our farm compost has been several spreaders full of sheep manure donations, gleefully scooped up by third, fifth and sixth grade farmers. First you add heaps of oak and walnut leaves raked up by the first and second grade farmers and then add a goopy topping of kitchen and classroom lunch scraps forked out of the screened holding bins in the farmyard onto the top of the full spreader. As the manure spreader passes back and forth over a long, narrow row with the paddles/beaters on the end of the spreader mixing everything up as it empties, even the finest Cuisinart couldn’t make a finer layered “cake”.
It is hard at this wintry time of year not to think about my Czechoslovakian-Polish grandparents and their extended farming community that thrived in the northern-most woods of Wisconsin during my childhood when anything farm-related comes to mind. On their farm there were so many opportunities for children to develop a healthy interest in the world. With huge draft horses and an ancient Farmall tractor, everyone—old and young—would go plowing through foot-deep snow into the woods to cut dead maple and birch trees and then drag them back to a cleared area in front of the huge, old, barn made of hand-hewn timber from the same woods. The towering, slender, silver birch, once limbed, skidded smoothly over the freshly fallen, and usually falling, snow as the children raced along behind and marveled at the power the pair of sleek, muscular horses had as they almost effortlessly pulled in the trees all day long, from sun up to sun down.
The grandchildren, when chilled, would take turns slipping away into the cavernous barn with the milking cows inside munching fresh hay and oats, their huge bodies like living radiators warming up the space. Warm milk from the morning’s milking sat in huge, steaming stainless steel vats with the freshly separated cream waiting to fill the milking cans in the creamery that would be set out at the end of the long, gravel farm driveway to be picked up by the roving milk truck early in the chilly mornings. Meanwhile, a huge belt was strung from a flywheel on the old tractor to a single saw blade mounted between two timbers and as big around as a large hoola hoop and hand sharpened razor sharp by my grandfather before breakfast. Then foot by foot, three or four adults would feed the fragrant logs along rollers into the teeth of the saw and gradually, as the fresh wood chips showered the children, a mountain of firewood would begin to grow. The entire farmhouse and all the cooking was done with wood and, when the temperature dropped below zero, the wood thrown into and stacked carefully in the cellar needed to keep everyone warm and fed until the spring thaw.
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Our beautiful visiting resident horse, Corazón, continues to grace our corral near the duckpond enclosure—such a beautiful and elegant animal. Because the fourth graders have an animal block in their course curriculum, in teacher training we were asked to draw certain animals, and of course the horse was one of them. It is very challenging to capture the graceful lines of any horse when standing still, grazing, or in full stride, in drawing, painting. It’s even harder yet in clay. But over the past few weeks the eighth graders have taken up the challenge under the skillful and watchful eye of our talented former grades teacher, Ms. Saskia Pothof. While passing the pottery studio on my way to the farmyard last week, I was invited in for a preview showing of the students’ work. Amazing! The renowned sculptor Rodin who once explained he’d “learned sculpture by observing trees and watching how clouds form” and who once lamented that “the sun always painted faster than I did” was first and foremost a lover of clay because he said that “the shapes always come to me in clay”. He noted that, for most, in the hierarchy of materials that sculptors used, first is gold, then bronze, then stone, then wood, and last, clay. But he explained that: “I’ve inverted the hierarchy. For me clay comes first.” I was quite astounded at how much these students were able to capture of a horse’s beauty, elegance and grace in their clay when recollecting the long-legged aardvark-like painting of a horse I had composed and then added to my training portfolio so many formative years ago.
Some projects, like broom-making on the farm with the fifth graders, stimulate interest while requiring concentration, enthusiasm, and a certain amount of adaptability. After selecting a nice, green sapling about an inch or slightly thicker in diameter, the bark is stripped and the wood set aside to dry. Broomcorn planted early in the spring is harvested by students come late fall and laid to dry in the greenhouse for a couple weeks. Then comes the itchy part of scraping all the seeds off the fronds (broomcorn does not produce ears like feed corn, but is more in the sorghum family of grains). Once cleaned, the deep yellow and rich red tips are first, lashed in a layer with wire, and second, lashed again with a second layer with sisal twine and braided tightly around the stick. If a flat broom is desired, sturdy oak clamps made by an eighth grade class years ago are secured tightly to the round clump of broom straw, flattening it out evenly, and then a waxed linen broomcord is woven twice across the flattened broom to give it its “flatness”. Beautiful, long needles were hand-forged by ninth graders in their blacksmithing class, pounded to a graceful taper from a steel rod on one end and then heated and flattened on an anvil with a small hole drilled through the flattened part for the wax cord to pass through just like the smaller version of sewing needles, for this custom-made use. Once cleanly flattened,
the tips are trimmed for a neater look, or left a little ragged for a more rustic look. Then the clamps are removed and, presto, a lovely, hand-grown and -made broom results.
As students work their way from existing as spiritual world beings and incarnate into healthy, fluid, connected physical world beings that have a degree of levity and unity that is lubricated with warmth and individuality, we as teachers continue to water their soil a little more each day so that they will fully emerge with a life sense
graced with strong feelings of well being. Like good storytelling, each Waldorf discipline puts a special something on the table and the students are free to take what they need. In looking at and seeing each student sometimes I try to imagine what the parents saw and felt when seeing their newborn for the first time, looking into their child’s eyes. These are the same eyes that look out at me standing under the walnut tree as I send them home for the holidays, eyes filled with curiosity, hope, expectation and wonder. Mine would similarly shine on the final day of school before the holidays, when new snow would seem to magically begin falling as we walked home through the silence in the woods:
First Snow by mary oliver
… The silence
is immense,
and the heavens still hold
a million candles; nowhere
the familiar things:
stars, the moon,
the darkness we expect
and nightly turn from. Trees
glitter like castles
of ribbons, the broad fields
smolder with light, a passing
creekbed lies
heaped with shining hills;
and though the questions
that have assailed us all day
remain—not a single
answer has been found—
walking out now
into the silence and the light
under the trees,
and through the fields,
feels like one.
Blessings on a peace-filled holiday season from Summerfield Farm.
Warmly, Farmer Dan
clay horses and riders by rowan smith, laura emerson, saba tebbutt
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development corner
This year’s Grandparents’ Day was the culmination of a week that challenged us to be flexible, open and optimistic. After many days of bad air quality, we welcomed a full house of grandparents and special friends from preschool to high school who enjoyed what ended up being a true gift and celebration.
The students and teachers shared song, poetry, music, environmental leadership, eurythmy, art and more. The day ended with sweet visits with students in their classrooms. Thank you to our team of volunteers for helping us organize another beautiful day for our guests!
~ Caryn Stone, Sarah MacPhail, Development Office
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Support Summerfield while you shop! Questions? Ask Sarah at [email protected].
Oliver’s Community Card: There are four Oliver’s Markets in the greater Summerfield area for all of your grocery needs.
Simply sign up for a Community Card in either the Development Office at school or at one of the Oliver’s stores. At checkout, your card will be swiped and 3% of your purchase total will be given back to Summerfield. It’s that easy!
Benefit Mobile has over 150 retailers to choose from, such as Airbnb, Amazon, Dell, Gymboree, LL Bean, Lowe’s, Old Navy, Overstock, Pottery Barn, REI, Safeway, Staples, Target, Home Depot, Whole Foods, and Zappos to name a few. And if you’re making travel plans for the holidays, consider purchasing airline tickets (Delta, American & Southwest) using Benefit. Find the easy steps to sign-up at benefit-mobile.com.
AmazonSmile is a website with exactly the same products, prices, and shopping features as Amazon.com. The difference is that when you shop there instead, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products to Summerfield. To sign up, go to smile.amazon.com.
Sports Basement invites you to receive 20% off when you shop there from December 16-19, 2018, all day long. You can also shop online—just use the code 2050008418497 at checkout.
Calling All Alumni and Alumni Parents! Please join us for the 10th Annual Alumni Bash on December 26, 3-6pm in Sophia Hall. We look forward to welcoming you for a casual celebration of sharing memories, laughter and reconnecting with old friends and teachers. Guests will enjoy libations, live music, and nostalgic crafts! Let us know if you are interested in playing music. Check out event details here: facebook.com/events/2172851862985259/
And please spread the word to classmates and friends. This event is open to alumni 21+ years of age (no children please) and everyone is welcome to bring a guest.
We are also looking for volunteers to help with day-of-event setup, check-in, general event help and cleanup. To volunteer for this fun event contact: [email protected].
~ Caryn Stone, Leslie Loy and Sarah MacPhail, Development Office
Thank you Summerfield families! YOU made a difference and TOGETHER we achieved our goal! I am proud, humbled, and filled with gratitude to share with you that as a school we have not only surpassed our Annual Giving Campaign goal of $250,000, but we have also reached 100% participation as a community. And so many of you also dug deep to give an extra 25% on top of last year’s gift to provide critical funds for the school. It’s because of an educational philosophy we all believe in, a school our children love, and dedicated team of volunteers, that we were able to come together and make this incredible contribution to Summerfield. It will make a huge difference.
~ Caryn Stone, Development Coordinator
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Community Events
The Christian Community
Fri., Dec. 21 - 7:45 pm Gospel study.
Sat., Dec. 22 - 9:15 am children’s story and song (1st - 6th grades), 10 am children’s service, 10:30 am The Act of Consecration of Man (service is for adults - childcare available) followed by a potluck lunch afterwards. All events are in the Eurythmy Barn.
For confirmation classes for children 7th grade and up or for baptisms, contact Rev. Craig Wiggins at (484) 557-8086 or [email protected]. For further information or to be put on our email list, contact Elinor Biller at 696-4731 or [email protected]. All are welcome.
Services Needed/Offered
Circle of Hands Waldorf Toys & Gifts 6780 McKinley St. #120, the Barlow, • 707-634-6140 • Open Daily from 10am to 5pm • circleofhandswaldorfshop.com
Children’s Treasures, Classic Books, Wooden Toys, Cooperative Games, Natural-Material Soft Dolls, Handcraft Supplies, Craft Classes
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Winter BreakWinter Break
Circus Camp!Circus Camp!
January 2-4 9:30 — 1:30
Wish you could take circus class everyday? Join circus teacher Sierra
Camille Faulkner at Summerfield Waldorf School for all sorts of fun under the big top! We’ll fly in the sky, work on acrobatics, silks, trapeze, play
games and more during camp! Open to all students grades 3 and up
Sierra has 7 years of circus experience and has been teaching at Summerfield for the past 3 years. She co-owns the business Skytopia, an aerial studio, and performs
regularly throughout the greater bay area. She loves bringing her passion for circus to children using technique and silliness! www. sierracamille.com
Registration Deadline: December 19
$200 To hold your space or for questions
Contact Sierra: 541.951.7819…[email protected]
Winter BreakWinter Break
Circus Camp!Circus Camp!
January 2-4 9:30 — 1:30
Wish you could take circus class everyday? Join circus teacher Sierra
Camille Faulkner at Summerfield Waldorf School for all sorts of fun under the big top! We’ll fly in the sky, work on acrobatics, silks, trapeze, play
games and more during camp! Open to all students grades 3 and up
Sierra has 7 years of circus experience and has been teaching at Summerfield for the past 3 years. She co-owns the business Skytopia, an aerial studio, and performs
regularly throughout the greater bay area. She loves bringing her passion for circus to children using technique and silliness! www. sierracamille.com
Registration Deadline: December 19
$200 To hold your space or for questions
Contact Sierra: 541.951.7819…[email protected]
Wild Alaskan Sockeye Salmon
Give the gift of Wild Alaskan Sockeye Salmon to yourself or another loved one! It comes flash frozen, vacuum sealed and filleted—ready to cook and serve. Wholesale price $13 per pound for 20 pound boxes available right now. Please contact Alyssum at [email protected] to reserve yours today.
LaRose GardensGardens done with a woman’s touch. I design, enhance, and maintain gardens of all styles and shapes. Experienced in residential, commercial, organic farming, and drip irrigation. Contact Ana at 707-824-4602 or [email protected].
Rental Available
House for rent in Santa Rosa Copperfield neighborhood (by Fulton and W. College). 3 bedrooms/1 bath. Available first week of January. $2,500.00 (or $2,800.00 fully furnished). Contact Marty @ 707-293-8722.
MacKillop ConstructionJim MacKillop offers complete building & remodeling services for Sonoma County homeowners. Specializing in major remodels, renovations, kitchens, baths and decks, with over 30 years experience. The MacKillops are a Summerfield family (parents of a 2nd Grader and Kindergartner)! mackillopconstruction.com • (707) 205-7260
Bone Broth made by Farmer DanaMade to nourish the mind, body and soul, with grass-fed beef bones sourced from Sonoma County Meat Company, our bone broth is incredibly nutritious. Rich in protein, collagen, and minerals, bone broth is very alkalinizing and good for your gut flora. Drink on its own or use as a base for soups. $8 per quart. Call or text (707) 570-5484 to order.
Singing and Piano Instruction with Mary Beard I am an experienced teacher, a Summerfield Waldorf founding parent and original creator of the school’s instrument music program. My studio is located in Santa Rosa. Please learn more at marybeardmusicstudio.com. Contact me at [email protected] or 707-546-8782.
Rick Concoff ViolinsQuality string instruments for rent or sale at below-market prices plus rent-to-own & accessories available! Call 707-477-9196 for an appointment.
Sebastopol Strings Academy Classes for Kids and Adults: Beginning Violin, Beginning Cello, Intermediate Cello, Music Theory, Piano, Adult Cello Ensemble. Maureen Caisse. 707-206-1566. sebastopolstringsacademy.com.
Pickleball Coaching for players of all levels
Discover why Pickleball is the Fastest-Growing
Sport in America!
Advance with Adam!iptpa-certified instructor
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