Semi-Annual Clothing Re-Sale Event to Benefit Our Garden, Nov 17-21 @ 1 Ave B

 The New Amsterdam SchoolnSemi-Annual Clothing Resale Event
November 17th - November 21st
1 Avenue B

Dear Parents,
Please donate your children’s outgrown clothing to raise funds for our garden supplies & family programs. 

Please bring in your clean, carefully chosen pieces of high quality, gently worn children's clothing for our eco-friendly, clothing sale fundraiser. We hope that every family will try and contribute.

Your hand selected contributions may be dropped off at the front desk at 1 Avenue B starting now!!!

Please try to make sure all donated items are in Great condition:
-free of stains--no rips or tears! 
-with working closures & zippers 
-all tags with ages clearly marked 
-and Neatly folded 

Please only donate items that you yourself would gladly purchase !!! 
Whether donating or shopping, please think of our seasonal event as a lovely children’s pop up shop, not a bargain flea market or yard sale!! 

Once the clothing shop has opened, we ask that parents personally place any new clothing donations directly into  their most age appropriate place on the shelf.

1. Donate generously now and throughout!
2.  Browse & Shop Daily for your children and their friends

Most items have a suggested donation/price of $5 per piece or as close as you see fit… Payments can be placed in the cash box on the honor system.

Our fundraiser is conceived with a system that will benefit all, especially Mother Earth 

Experience Our Growing School, Upcoming Admissions Events at New Amsterdam

Experience Our Growing School!

Join Us for an Upcoming Open House or Sample Session

Whether interested in joining our programs this year, or looking ahead to next, our upcoming Open Houses and Sample Sessions provide a variety of ways and dates to come together and experience our growing New Amsterdam School.

Open Houses: A parent-only evening featuring an in-depth discussion about our programs, Waldorf education, and our unique approach to child development. Held at our Grade School, 62 Avenue B (between 4th and 5th Streets)

Stay tuned for our fall Open House information

RSVP to admissions@newamsterdamchildhood.org

Sample Sessions: A whole-family event where children enjoy participating in an age-appropriate class while parents observe. The Sample Sessions are held at our Early Childhood building, 1 Avenue B (at Houston Street).

• Saturday, October 24, 10-11:30am

RSVP to admissions@newamsterdamchildhood.org

Rolling Admissions means we are now enrolling for Parent and Child, Nursery, Kindergarten, and First Grade for the current academic year. We are also enrolling for these programs plus Second Grade for the 2015-2016 academic year. Please join us at one of our upcoming fall Admissions Events or contact us to learn more about our programs.

 www.newamsterdamschool.org

To schedule a tour of our school, or to talk to someone about about the right program for your child, please contact our Admissions Director, Cherish Pratt:

Tel.  212-533-1820       admissions@newamsterdamchildhood.org

We are looking forward to sharing our programs with you!

Garden Saturdays @ El Jardin del Paraiso, Saturdays 10am-noon Until it Gets Too Cold!

"Bring your gloves, bring your kids to El Jardin del Paraiso, Saturdays from 10am - noon starting next Saturday, November 8th until it gets cold!" 

Saturday in the Garden events will be an opportunity for families and friends to gather, relax and maybe do a little gardening. It's getting cold fast but we may yet have a few chances to work in the garden before the winter is here.

Lecture: An Evening with Michael D'Aleo at the Steiner School Monday November 3 @7pm

Intuition: What We Can Think If We Don't Remember

Please join Michael D'Aleo, co-founder of the Waldorf School of Saratoga Springs and Saratoga Experiential Natural Science Research Institute (SENSRI), for a conversation on the true insight and understanding of intuition.

A Conversation with Jon McAlice, Wednesday, October 22nd, 2-3pm

Please join Jon for a conversation about the Waldorf School movement and emerging governance structures. Jon will join us again in the coming months if you cannot make tomorrow's last minute meeting. We will meet informally tomorrow at 1 Avenue B, 2-3pm. 

Jon is the author of the book, Engaged Community: The Challenge of Self-governance in Waldorf Schools. 

'All education is self-education and, as teachers, we can only provide the environment for children's self-education… where children can educate themselves according to their own destinies.' -- Rudolf Steiner 

Jon McAlice argues that for teachers to help children 'practice the art of self-education', they must themselves model confident, honest self-governance. He shows how this ideal can come about by teachers, parents and students working together. He addresses issues of trust and colleagiality, authenticity, and self-development, and provides the tools and language that schools will need to make progress in this important area. 

Halloween Lantern Walk at Green Meadow Waldorf School

Sponsored By The Threefold Community

Halloween Lantern Walk

Friday, October 31, 5:30-7:30pm

This is an event for children and their families, an enchanted walk through a world of light and darkness, populated by sprites, fairies, kings, queens, and a menagerie of otherworldly beings.

Location: Courtyard of Green Meadow Waldorf School, 307 Hungry Hollow Rd., Chestnut Ridge, NY. Parkingat Green Meadow and behind the Hand 'n' Hoe, 241 Hungry Hollow Rd.

Fee: Donations to support Helping Hands and People to People will be gratefully accepted.

Information: Contact Daniel Bieber at danielmbieber@gmail.com

Hawthorne Valley Farm & Art Exhibition at La Mama Galleria

Hawthorne Valley Farm and Art Exhibition
October 29 to November 15, 2014
Wednesday through Sunday, 1:00 to 7:00 pm.

Artists’ Reception

Wednesday, November 5, 6:00 to 8:00 pm

Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres featuring
Hawthorne Valley Farm products 
provided by The Cleaver Co.

Musical entertainment by Quiet in the Head

La MaMa La Galleria
47 Great Jones Street, New York City
(between Lafayette and Bowery)

RSVP
to Lauren at 518-672-4465 x 231 or via email: lhaberland@hawthornevalleyassociation.org

"Hawthorne Valley Farm and Art is a mixed-media exhibition of works inspired by life on our 400-acre biodynamic farm in rural Columbia County, NY.

Diverse aspects of Hawthorne Valley include: a dairy farm, Waldorf School, artisan foods, public art programs, on-farm education, and social and ecological research initiatives; from photography and sculpture to painting and collage, Hawthorne Valley celebrates the unique environment that is our farm – a place based on genuine human relationships, good food, wonder and love of nature, and continued commitment to self-development and lifelong learning in a social context."