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ISSUE 3 / JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2015
Cultivating Cultural Connections Page 8
Kale Salad Recipe Page 5
Board of Trustee Message Page 13
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Discovering Common Ground By Paul Carlson
The world is increasingly interconnected and cross-cultural relationships are now a regular part of our lives. Through the dramatic expansion of the Internet, global economics, travel, and student exchanges, we gain awareness of our cultural differences as well as our similarities. A major turning point in my life was in college when I first traveled to other countries. Instead of being surrounded by people with my similar history, expectations, and way of thought, I was thrust into a world with different norms and ways of doing things. It helped me to develop a sensitivity to other ways of thought and made me realize that my view of the world is, in part, a product of my own cultural perspective. Through travel, not only did I gain a better understanding of others, but even more importantly, learning about other cultures acted as a mirror that allowed me to see within myself. Often we live our lives caught up in a routine which can make it difficult to find time for reflection. Stepping into a new environment and meeting new people can reveal things about yourself that you might not learn otherwise. I find it fascinating that going to far-off lands can help you understand what’s right under your nose! Recognizing cross-cultural commonalities, as well as each individual’s unique perspective, helps our community, and by extension our society, to flourish. I am very pleased with our school’s success in bringing these benefits to our local and international students.
“Stepping into a new environment and meeting new people can reveal things about yourself that you might not learn otherwise.”
Contents Early Childhood 3 Farm-to-Table 4 Current Happenings 6 Lower School Life 7 Cultivating Cultural Connections 8 Catch the Waves 10 High School Happenings 11 Friends of SWS 12 Board of Trustee Message 13 Advertisements 14 Beneath The Current 16
Cover Art, “Tower of Babel,” by Fiona Rodriguez Drake
EARLY CHILDHOOD
Community Building Gets an Early Start By Simone DeMarzi
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n past years we had a total of 48 kindergartners in the early childhood program; now the EC program includes 106 children, from tiny babies to second-year kindergartners. What a joy to see so many families coming to our school–many of them for the first time. Their faces express happiness at seeing our beautiful campus and working farm, learning new crafts, songs, and stories, as well as creating community with other families. It’s wonderful that we have this great enrollment in our school but what brings me the most joy is the number of different cultures represented in these 100 or so families. For example, in just one parent-child class of eight families, six distinct cultures are represented. Other teachers at SWS tell me there are often three or more native languages represented in their classes. In the Waldorf curriculum each grade carries a theme: fairy tales in first grade; then fables; the Christian Old Testament; Norse mythology; Greek mythology; Roman times; explorers; finally arriving into modern history in eighth grade. By the time the children reach high school they have traveled through the ages of humanity. Our curriculum exposes the children to a wide variety of cultures, religions, beliefs, and ways of living one’s life. When our classes reflect that as well, the lesson is not just learned, it is lived. When children learn, live, and work with children of different backgrounds, races, religions, and cultures, and they see their parents being comfortable and creating community with diverse friends, they see this diversity as commonplace, not as something “different” that needs the “alert” response. This is our goal for our children: that they create relationships with and respect all people. This can begin in the first years of life as we live and learn in diverse communities. Sacramento Waldorf School is a great place to begin this journey of respect and compassion for all.
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Farm to Tales of Garden Waves By Farmer Steve Payne
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his New England boy has found such delight in our mild Sacramento Valley winters. The dramatic transformation of the eastern landscape to hues of red and orange are made up for by the abundance provided by our western gardens through the winter season. Our wonderful local climate allows for many root crops to sit at maturity in the ground, as if in a refrigerator, to be harvested all winter long. It is a blessing not found in many other regions. Few places support fruit tree production eleven months of the year like Sacramento. However, what keeps our classes busy in the garden through this season is the constant leaf and stem production. As the soil becomes moistened and the landscapes and hills around us turn green, we welcome the tasty greens of our seasonal diet. In between rains student crews are often digging in preparation to plant yet another bed. Our sixth and seventh grade planters have multiple lessons in staggered alignment, linear order, precise spacing, and mathematical calculations for
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maximizing bed space and planting totals. Meanwhile our fifth grade seed sowers are starting lettuce, spinach, bok choi, and baby salad greens before every full moon. While the garden is pumping out broccoli, cabbage, leeks, and green onions, our student harvesters are constantly wrapping bunches of kale and collards each week.
Due to the growing popularity of kale we have increased our bed space over the last two years by 400% for this nutrient packed jewel. Red Russian, Curly, and Lacinato (known as Dino) are the three varieties we grow. For a good, solid five months dark, green, leafy kale is a regular at our Thursday farm stand. Kale was one of the most common green vegetables in Europe as far back as the fourth century BC. Part of the cabbage family, kale was known as Borecole, which means farmer’s cabbage. Today kale is considered as a ‘superfood’ due to its exceptional vitamin and nutrient richness. In these long, cold months remember to ‘eat your greens,’ and the darker the better.
Table Kale Salad With Marinated Pear Garnish By Alex Lichine INGREDIENTS Marinated Pears 1 bottle of good quality red wine 1 cup sugar 4 kernels whole allspice 2 star anise 1 cinnamon stick 3 to 4 Bartlett pears
Salad 1 jicama 2 to 3 Belgian endives 1 small head radicchio 6 to 8 cups baby/young kale leaves 2 cups cooked tiny shrimp (optional)
Dressing 2 cups orange juice 2/3 cup sugar 1/3 cup champagne vinegar (may substitute rice wine vinegar) 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard 1/3 to 1/2 cup olive oil Salt and pepper to taste (optional)
PREPARATION
Marinated Pears Combine the bottle of red wine and the sugar in a medium-sized, heavy-bottomed pot and bring to a boil. Tie spices in a spice-bag or cheese cloth (or disposable tea bag) and add to the boiling wine. Peel, core, and halve the pears and add them to the boiling wine. Reduce heat to a very low simmer and cook for two hours. Turn off heat and allow to cool. Drain off the marinade, cover the pears, and refrigerate for two to four hours. Thorough chilling makes the tender pears easier to slice. Dressing In a mixing bowl, combine orange juice and sugar; whisk or use a hand-mixer to beat until the sugar dissolves. Mix champagne vinegar and Dijon mustard together until smooth, and then add them to the orange juice mixture. Slowly add olive oil using hand-mixer to beat until emulsified and beginning to feel slightly thicker. Add salt and pepper to taste. Refrigerate until salad is ready to dress. Salad Peel and cut jicama into small spears. Slice endive and radicchio into strips; combine with kale leaves in a large bowl. Add jicama and chilled shrimp (optional) and gently toss. Pour dressing over salad and toss well. Thinly slice chilled pears. Transfer salad to a large platter. Arrange sliced pears on platter to garnish the salad. Bon appetite! Makes 10 servings
Many thanks to SWS Grandparent Alex Lichine for being the Home Chef in this issue of The Current! A special thank you to Linda Dobson, SWS Grandparent, for preparing the salad for the faculty and staff.
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CURRENT HAPPENINGS
Meet Development’s New Volunteer Coordinator By Mary Wilhelm
The heart of a joyful community is strengthened when it works together. At Sacramento Waldorf School there are many occasions for the skills, time, and talents of volunteers to come together. However the pathway to become involved is sometimes unclear. To help synchronize the abilities of those within our community with the service needs of our school, SWS has created a Volunteer Coordinator position within the Development Office. SWS 4th grade parent Amelia MacDonald has enthusiastically taken on this new position. Currently Amelia is looking to fill the following volunteer roles for these events in May: AUCTION GRAND DAY Auction Chair Event Coordinator Sub-Chairs: Acquisitions Coordinator Promotions Coordinator Advertising & Sponsorship Sales Food & Beverage Coordinator Ticket Manager Class & Parent Gift Coordinator If you would like more information about fulfilling a role listed above, or are looking for another way to support these events, please contact Amelia at volunteercoordinator@sacwaldorf.org.
Valentine’s Day Tradition Continues
Photo by SWS Staff
“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.” -Rabindranath Tagore, 1913 Nobel Laureate, Literature
The Class of 2015 will uphold the long and popular tradition of Senior Valentines. Valentine’s Day will be observed on Friday, February 13 this year, so don’t let it sneak up on you. The seniors sell and deliver cookies, roses, and heartfelt serenades sung by our talented seniors. Although this is primarily a high school event, 7th and 8th grade students are also “eligible receivers” of roses and cookies (as long as deliveries are made at snack or lunchtime.) Students in the lower grades look forward to participating when they are older. Details about prices, how to order, and which songs are available for Valentine delivery will be provided in an upcoming weekly Announcements. Meanwhile, think LOVE. The Class of 2015 thanks you in advance for your support!
January/February Events Monday, 1/19
No School -- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Thursday, 1/22
7:00pm
Rm 73
Board of Trustees Meeting (All Are Welcome)
Tuesday, 2/10
6:00pm
Library
Parent Guild Meeting (All Are Welcome)
Friday, 2/13
7:30am
Tuition Assistance Application Deadline
Monday, 2/16 to Friday, 2/20 Thursday, 2/26
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7:00pm
No School -- Annual Teachers’ Conference Rm 73
Board of Trustees Meeting (All Are Welcome)
LOWER SCHOOL LIFE
Our Ms. Valerie
The Current: Valerie, it’s hard to imagine a time when you weren’t at the front desk. How long have you worked at SWS? Ms. Valerie: It will be 15 years in May. The Current: So, pulling the long rope to ring the bell is the very best part of the job, right? Ms. Valerie: [Laughs] Yes, right after the part of being in the middle of this wonderful community of lovely families and exceptional teachers. Since Jim and I don’t have any grandchildren yet, it is such a joy for me to be surrounded by everyone else’s little sweethearts. The Current: How did you come to Sacramento Waldorf School? Ms. Valerie: Jim and I lived in Atlanta, Georgia with our two small children, Nora and Nicholas. Nora was ready for kindergarten but we were not impressed with any of the schools in Atlanta. After reading Meg Gorman’s “Confessions of a Waldorf Parent,” we decided to visit SWS. Back in 1987, Sacramento had a very pleasant mid-western feel that appealed to Jim who is from Chicago. As soon as we drove onto the campus, we were charmed by its natural beauty. But what sealed the deal was stepping into the Kindergarten. It was that goosebumpy “aha!” moment. We instantly recognized that what we were seeing was exactly what we wanted for our children even though we, ourselves, could never have imagined nor created such a beautiful space. We were not planning to move until the following year, so I resigned myself to the challenge of keeping Nora at home instead of sending her to a mainstream kindergarten in Atlanta. I had no idea just how meaningful the colorful “Expect a Miracle” button that
Nora found while we were having lunch up at the Steiner College would be. I could not come close to creating that Waldorf kindergarten experience for her, so we were overjoyed when we discovered that for the very first time a Waldorf Kindergarten was forming in Atlanta. The miracle was that the poster I saw announcing the new kindergarten did not even mention Waldorf and the date of the event had already passed. But, since we liked the artwork, we called the number and met with dear teacher Susan Jones. We became the first family to sign on the dotted line. And that wasn’t our only “miracle”—while we still lived in Atlanta Jim frequently went to California on business. He would always drop by SWS to make sure Nora was still on the waiting list. As he was leaving on one of those visits, Jim saw a “For Sale” sign on the property next to Bannister Park and so we have had the privilege and pleasure of living “in the woods” and walking to school all these years. The Current: Tell us a little bit about your early years. Ms. Valerie: I was born in Budapest, Hungary and lived there until I was 9. It was 1956 and I had just started third grade when there a revolution against the communist regime. My family escaped to Austria in October of that year, bringing with us only the clothes on our backs. We stayed a few weeks in a refugee camp until we had the good fortune to be part of the quota of 100,000 Hungarians welcomed into the US. We were housed at an old army camp in New Jersey. We celebrated Christmas and I saw TV for the first time there. Soon after that, six kind and generous families sponsored us so that we could move to their city of Washington, DC. They welcomed us to our new city with housing help, cultural lessons, and friendship. I still feel very grateful to those families.
The Current: Thank you for sharing your story with us, Ms. Valerie. We are so grateful that you are here.
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Cultivating Cultural Cultivating Cultural Connections
By Clare Bonsall, International Student Liaison
Photo by SWS Staff
Sacramento Waldorf School has hosted many high school exchange students, primarily from the Waldorf school in Ravensburg, Germany. Students come for a semester to study and live with a host family here, and also host the American student in their home and school. In addition to the long tradition of exchange students, SWS has a new tradition of international students. In the past few years, the high school has welcomed international students for their entire high school experience. One of our earliest international students, Conan Huang from China, graduated with the class of 2010 and has gone on to college and grad school in the US. Since then students from Vietnam, Malaysia, Chile, Sierra Leone, Columbia, Taiwan, and elsewhere have attended SWS. In 2015 four students from Asia will graduate; two have been at SWS for all four years of high school. Altogether there are 14 international students from Asia at the high school this year: 12 who live with host families and two whose families live here. Of these fourteen, five have been attending Waldorf schools since kindergarten, and four of them have mothers who are Waldorf teachers. In addition, four exchange students will visit this year – three from Germany and one from Austria. Beginning with administrative support from the Admissions and Registrars offices, to their class sponsors, teachers, tutors, classmates, friends, and host families, international students at SWS are well supported in their efforts toward completion of an American Waldorf high school education. Additionally Ms. Walters in the high school Counseling office takes great care as she guides the international students through the American college application process. The international students studying at SWS bring their culture, their languages, and their world views – about everything! – to the community they encounter here. The determination and courage these young people summon to come so far from their families and homes is accompanied by a work ethic that is a great inspiration to all who meet them. That they also succeed in the rigorous academic environment of the SWS high school in a second language is a phenomenal accomplishment. In their Mythology block, the freshmen are asked to create their own mythologies, formed with the purpose of bringing more of a particular quality to the world in which they live. Some international students created mythological structures that revolved around the qualities of compassion, optimism, perseverance, and understanding. These are precisely the characteristics that these students bring to the community of Sacramento Waldorf and that they elicit from all who encounter them – creating a cross-culturally inspiring experience. Conan Huang (‘10) with Laura, Sharon, and Valerie
Our Interconnected World By Nick Broad
We currently have nineteen lower school and high school students, from six different countries, who have either moved to this area with their parents, or are being hosted by local SWS families. Several have parents who study at Rudolf Steiner College. These students play sports, act in plays, perform at concerts, volunteer for events, and join clubs at SWS – all while making friends and studying (and generally getting good grades) in a second language, no easy feat. Along with their parents, these students are part of the fabric of our community, making life-long friends and deepening the social and cultural life of our school. SWS is part of the world’s largest growing independent educational movement, with Waldorf schools in more than 60 countries, so it makes sense that we play a role in educating the global leaders of tomorrow. SWS international students help us to better understand other cultures and to recognize that we are all part of an inter-connected world.
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Connections Lower School Spanish In our lower school we have Sandy Monzon teaching students the Spanish language. She is a Guatemalan native with 13 years of Waldorf teaching experience. With her belief that when students learn a language, they become a more universal and understanding human being, she strives to not only develop the children’s ear for the language, but also to help them appreciate Latin American culture. With a broad foundation of vocabulary, pronunciation, and minimal translation, students are introduced to the Spanish language through games, songs, stories, poems, verses, rhythmic movements, and of course dialogue. As students develop their ear for the language, they quickly begin to pick up conversational level skill, some with almost no accent. In the upper grades, students are also taught how to write grammatically and to read as they explore more about the history, geography, music, holidays, and even cooking of Latin American countries. Students also enjoying learning Latin American culture through dance, as Ms. Monzon teaches them to dance salsa, merengue, waltz, and cha-cha.
Lower School German Ina Sarradet, a German native, has led the first through eighth grade German classes for the past 19 years. The students are introduced to the German language through games, songs, verses, skits, and stories. Through the years they not only learn to read, write, and study the complicated German grammar, they also connect to the German culture through poetry, songs, stories, and festivals. The students also study German geography, history, and the lives of notable German-speaking people. They learn to cook German foods, dance the Polka, build and fly paper rockets (and learn about the European Space Agency and the latest advancements.) Our students also develop friendships with German pen-pals from Waldorf Schools in Germany -- some even visit!
High School German Frau Doktor Martin has been leading the high school German program for over eleven years. Students not only learn fundamentals of grammar, vocabulary, and culture, but also about techno music, Oktoberfest, the Berlin Wall, and whether it is correct to say Lederhose, Liederhose, or Leiderhose! Every year there is a spring break trip offered to a city in Germany or Austria (it will be Vienna in 2015!), and the three-month exchange program for juniors to Ravensburg, Germany is stronger than ever. An impressively high percentage of graduated SWS German students have gone on to live in Germany and/or majored or minored in German at university where it is serving them well in their majors of engineering, chemistry, biosciences, music, economics, and more.
High School Spanish In the high school Spanish program, students develop their oral and written communication skills in Spanish as well as cultural awareness. Current activities include practicing the subjunctive by singing traditional Mexican folk songs, learning about Spanish gastronomy through a cooking demonstration of the tortilla española, and practicing the preterite and imperfect tenses by writing and illustrating fairy tales in Spanish. During the summer of 2014, Sr. Russell led an inaugural trip to Salamanca, Spain, where students took intensive language classes and had daily field trips and weekend visits to Madrid, Segovia, Ávila, and Granada. Starting this year, high school juniors can participate in an extended exchange program with the Waldorf School of San Miguel Arcángel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Contributers: Lower and High School Foreign Language Teachers Susannah Martin, Sandra Monzon, Matt Russell, and Ina Sarradet. Drawing by Larissa Lief.
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Catch The Waves A Great Tradition Continues
By Chris Schwartz-Edmisten The Microwave Basketball League and Carmen Farr Memorial Basketball Tournament moves into its second year This basketball league for middle schoolers was originally started by Carmen Farr, SWS parent of Michael (’07) and Marisa (’04) and husband of our longtime high school Spanish teacher, Maria Farr. Carmen was an amazingly enthusiastic dad who saw a need for the middle school kids to have an organized opportunity to learn and play the great game of basketball. The Microwave League. grew over the years and Carmen ran the whole program. He was an absolute dynamo of action, organizing the schools and teams and creating all the schedules, and even refereeing games. Carmen poured his heart and soul into Waldorf basketball right up to his unexpected passing in spring of 2012. We all miss him terribly and it was an easy decision to honor his commitment to this program and name the tournament in his honor. I was asked to take over the Microwave program for the 2014 season. My previous experience was serving as president of the SWS Booster club during my son Christopher’s high school basketball career. Now that I have taken on Carmen’s task of running the Microwave program, I think of Carmen often and am still in awe at how he did it. The League and the Tournament provide a wonderful opportunity for our 6th, 7th, and 8th grade boys and girls to learn the game of basketball. It also provides an opportunity for SWS students and students of other schools to interact in this active, fun, and supportive
atmosphere. This year Dean Stark has once again put together a terrific group of coaches to teach our students about individual effort and teamwork relating to this sport. I greatly appreciate the opportunities I have had to serve SWS and the basketball program. I also appreciate the positive experiences my family has had being part of the SWS community. This program works because of SWS parents’ dedication and willingness to help. So many folks do so much to help me and SWS to run this program. Thank you in advance for making 2015 another successful year.
Coach’s Corner: Dean Stark The high school winter sports season is in full bloom. The JV and Varsity basketball teams entered league play Friday, January 9, with strong preseasons under their belt and high hopes for a successful conference campaign. Our ski team has also been training hard and was well prepared for their first race of the year on January 9 as well. Go Waves!
Super Sunday Run, February 1
Booster Club President Michael LeVangie is pleased to report that the Sacramento Running Association has offered us a fun running fundraising opportunity on Super Bowl Sunday, February 1. Get more info and sign up at runSUPERsunday.org. Be sure to use
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our code: SACWALDORF2015. Twenty percent of the registration fee will be donated to SWS Boosters. Only registrations using our code are eligible for the donation and no retroactive codes will be applied – so use that code! See the flyer attached to your weekly Announcements email message and pass it along to as many people as possible! This is a fun way to start your Super Bowl Sunday, and it’s a great boost for the Boosters. See you February 1st!
Photos by Amy Alessandri
Architecture Crit Day
HIGH SCHOOL HAPPENINGS
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ne class that SWS students look forward to for many years is the Architecture block taught by SWS alum parent and local architect, Saxon Sigerson, AIA. As Saxon says on his blog, “For me architecture is more than function and more than form. Architecture is about making places with meaning that resonate in the soul. The students study architectural landmarks around the world and visit and sketch significant buildings locally and in San Francisco. The block culminates in the Architecture Critique. These photos are from the fall quarter, when the critique happened to occur on October 31. We were thrilled to have students and parents in attendance as well as Cruella de Ville and Luigi.
Photos by John Petering
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Math Olympiad From “Inform” the AWSNA Community Newsletter, January 2015 Ithaca Waldorf School sixth and seventh grade students received a perfect score and scored in the top percentiles in this year’s International Math Olympiad, in which nearly 150,000 students participated from the United States and other countries. IWS seventh grader, Julian Grace-Martin, was one of the few students internationally to attain a perfect math score and receive the prestigious Dr. George Lenchner Medallion. Sophia Patt, a sixth grader, scored in the top two percentile overall and she and Grace-Martin were awarded the gold pin. Scoring in the 90th-97th percentiles from IWS were Max Grochocinski, Emma Ellis, Ciaran Kelly Mackenzie, and Sam Panzer. Magda Garrity and Eli Bartholomew were awarded the embroidered felt patch for scoring in the top 50% internationally.
Image Ithaca Waldorf School
Friends of SWS
Fair Oaks Silent Movie Night Fair Oaks Parks and Recreation Department is hosting a Silent Movie night at the Fair Oaks Community Clubhouse, Friday, January 30, 7 to 9pm. They will feature multiple short films from the 1920s, including Will Rogers and Buster Keaton, along with live theatre organ accompaniment by Dave Moreno. This event is likely to sell out, so click the link above for more information and to buy your tickets.
News From Rudolf Steiner College Here are New Year’s greetings and news from Liz Beaven, President of Rudolf Steiner College.
“Stegmann Hall” Drawing by Koji Tsuchiya 12
Shared Sentiments from Annual Giving By Mary Wilhelm
How has Sacramento Waldorf School impacted your child’s life? In addition to the many generous financial gifts bestowed to SWS during the Annual Giving Campaign period, some community members kindly shared their answer to the question above:
“My grandson loves his teacher, the school and all his 6th grade classmates.” “Big time!” “More than words will ever convey.” “I treasure my Waldorf education and can’t wait until my child can attend.” “Happy, loves to learn, able to solve own problems.” “Countless ways.” “They truly enjoy and flourish at SWS.” “He absolutely loves school.” “He loves the school, especially main lesson block. Great concept!” “I can’t imagine my children anywhere else than here.”
The Annual Giving Campaign is open for contributions throughout the school year. Every financial gift supports the current year’s operating budget, bridging tuition income and the actual cost of our dynamic Waldorf education. Donations can be made online at sacwaldorf.org, or contact the SWS Development Office.
Message from the SWS Board Your Board of Trustees is a group of volunteers, mostly parents, plus two faculty members and the school administrator; our charge is to insure that Sacramento Waldorf School succeeds in all aspects of its mission. This includes maintaining a sound financial base, a safe environment, appropriate compensation for our exceptional faculty and staff, and compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements. Pedagogical issues are handled by the faculty, and we work with them to insure that they have the resources needed to do their work. The Board of Trustees coordinates the activities of the faculty, parents, and community. Some of our current work involves deciding upon tuition and budget for the 2015/2016 school year and assessing the need for work on older parts of the facility. We meet on the fourth Thursday of the month in open meetings to which all are welcome – join us!
David Herbert President, SWS Board of Trustees
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Beneath The Current The Current is a publication reflecting the school-life of the Sacramento Waldorf School in Fair Oaks, California and is produced by:
PUBLISHER Mary Wilhelm, Director of Development and SWS Parent EDITOR/EDITORIAL CALENDAR Ellie Lief, Development Assistant and SWS Parent
SWS Grandparent Linda Dobson
Lower School Life: “Our Ms. Valerie” Valerie Leksich, SWS Receptionist and SWS Alum Parent; Ellie Lief, Development Assistant and SWS Parent
PHOTOGRAPHY & CONTENT SUPERVISION Dani Roth, SWS Parent and BOT Member
“Cultivating Cultural Connections” Clare Bonsall, International Liaison and SWS Alum Parent; Nick Broad, Director of Enrollment; Lower and High School Faculty
CONTENT CONTRIBUTORS Administrator’s Welcome Paul Carlson, SWS Administrator and SWS Parent
“Coach’s Corner” Dean Stark, SWS Athletic Director; Chris Schartz-Edmiston, SWS Alum Parent
Early Childhood Simone Demarzi, Early Childhood Program Director and SWS Alum Parent
Board of Trustees Message Dr. David Herbert, SWS Board President and SWS Parent
CONTENT LAYOUT Wendy Gittleman, LS Assistant and SWS Alum Parent
Farm-to-Table Steve Payne, SWS Farmer and SWS Parent; Guest Home Chef SWS Grandparent Alex Lichine and Guest Sous-Chef
Photos by Dani Roth unless otherwise noted Our Thanks to Erin Pace-Molina Design for original design and layout
QUESTIONS. COMMENTS. SUGGESTIONS. Email: TheCurrent@sacwaldorf.org