Fall Fair at the Green Meadow Waldorf School

 

 

Enjoy the fun of Fall Fair at the Green Meadow Waldorf School

this Saturday, October 12th from 10 AM to 5 PM

Upcoming Admissions Events

Please share information about our upcoming admissions events with your friends and with your parenting web groups. 

General Open House

• Thursday, October 10th from 7-8:30  PM
• Thursday, November 14th from 7-8:30 PM

During the Open House parents will tour our classrooms, meet our teachers and participate in an in depth discussion about our programs.  Parents only please.

1st Grade Open House

• RE SCHEDULED Tuesday, October 29th from 7-8:30 PM
• New Date Coming Soon!

Our 1st Grade Open House will be an opportunity for parents to learn more about the Waldorf grade school curriculum and how it meets the developing child.  Parents only please.

Free Sample Session

• Saturday, November 2nd from 10-11:30 AM

The Sample Session is an opportunity for parents and their children over the age of two to explore one of our classrooms, share in an activity and a circle, and for parents to learn more about our pre-school programs.  Space is limited.

To participate in any of our events please email Karen.Talluto@newamsterdamchildhood.org.

Free Parent Lecture

• Monday, October 21st from 7-8:30 PM

An Introduction to the Waldorf Grades Curriculum with Tim Hoffmann
Please join us as we explore the Waldorf School First Grade and Grade School curriculum.

Questions we will consider include the following:

• How does academic work begin in the first grade?
• How do children begin to learn how to read?
• How do foreign languages, mathematics, and music become a part of the children’s daily routines?

Speaker:  Tim Hoffmann studied anthroposophy and Waldorf education at Emerson College and the Goetheanum in Dornach.  A class teacher at the Rudolf Steiner School since 1981, he also taught for many years at the Rudolf Steiner Institute.  He is currently on sabbatical.

 

Adults only, please.

Parent Lecture: An Introduction to the Waldorf Grades Curriculum with Tim Hoffmann

Monday, October 21st from 7-8:30 PM

Please join us as we explore the Waldorf School First Grade and Grade School curriculum.

Questions we will consider include the following:

• How does academic work begin in the first grade?
• How do children begin to learn how to read?
• How do foreign languages, mathematics, and music become a part of the children’s daily routines?

Speaker:  Tim Hoffmann studied anthroposophy and Waldorf education at Emerson College and the Goetheanum in Dornach.  A class teacher at the Rudolf Steiner School since 1981, he also taught for many years at the Rudolf Steiner Institute.  He is currently on sabbatical.

 

Adults only, please.

New Fall Parent-Child Class Thursday from 11 AM to Noon

We are now offering a class for parents and their children between 10 and 16 months of age on Thursdays from 11 AM to Noon. 

The class will meet on the following dates:  10/17, 10/24, 10/31, 11/7, 11/21, 12/5 & 12/12.
The fee for the seven week program is $325.

Space is still available in other classes as well.

For more information or to enroll contact Karen.Talluto@newamsterdamchildhood.org or visit our Parent-Child Program Page.

Fall Fair at the Waldorf School of Garden City

Come and Experience Fall Fair at the Waldorf School of Garden City on October 19th from 10 AM to 4 PM. For details see there website or contact karen.talluto@newamsterdamchildhood.org.

Reflections on the Community Meeting from Lisa Bono

Dear Community,

What a wonderful community meeting!  Thank you to the many parents who joined us, faculty, board members, administration and committee chairs.  Thank you for your stories, love, and commitment to growing ourselves and New Amsterdam.

I am continually amazed at what Waldorf Education can bring about in the world today and to imagine that the first school began 94 years ago is a testament to the truth and healing that is inherent in the impulse behind our work together.  Each year in some ways we bring the past with us, in some ways the future is built upon this.

It was almost eight years ago that New Amsterdam began and in reflecting on this I realize that we are continuing the work of building a strong foundation.  Each one of us is playing a significant role in the future of  our children, education, New York City and Waldorf Education.

I would like to share our announcement again, we will be beginning  our First Grade at the New Amsterdam School in the fall of 2014!

It is an auspicious time, an exciting time.  We are all apart of this, and waking up to each other and to the challenges and beauty of our time.

With gratitude,

Lisa Bono

Faculty Chair

Learn About the Waldorf Grades Curriculum

Our friends at The Rudolf Steiner School are happy to introduce our parents to the grade school Waldorf curriculum at their upcoming Open Houses.

These events are a wonderful opportunity to learn more about what your children will experience as they move into the Waldorf grades. 

Open House Dates and Location:
Wednesday, October 9th and Thursday, November 7th at 7 PM
Rudolf Steiner School
15 East 79th Street

To attend please contact Melissa Sussman at malter@steiner.edu or by phone at 212-327-1457.

We will also be scheduling a school tour when parents can observe children in their grades classes.  If you are interested in participating in a tour please contact me at Karen.Talluto@newamsterdamschool.org.