Towards Societal Wholeness Event: All are Welcome!

The Future of Creativity:
Free Culture, Waldorf Education & the Movement for Teacher Run Schools
Saturday, November 23rd from 10am-4pm

Please join us for this Towards Societal Wholeness event.

We will delve into conversation and bring our questions as we attempt to shed light on the Free Culture movement and the role that Waldorf education has in this context.

 

Speaker:  Nathaniel Williams is from the southeast of the United States. He spent 5 years in Switzerland studying art and anthroposophy. He completed a 3 year painting program at the neueKUNSTschule in Basel and then joined a puppetry troupe led by Thomas G Meier. He returned to the US in 2004 to create and teach art. In 2009 he moved to Columbia County, NY and founded Free Columbia with painter Laura Summer.

2014-15 Re-Enrollment Applications for Pre-School and 1st Grade are Due

Please complete the first page of the application and return it to the school if you would like your child to continue with us in the 2014-15 school year.  There is no application fee for re-enrollment and the application is non-binding.  Contracts will be sent out before the end of January.



Contact Karen Talluto if you have any questions about the re-enrollment process. 

Cocktail Reception & Raffle at Von to Launch our 2013 Holiday Auction

HOLIDAY AUCTION LAUNCH PARTY at VON (3 Bleecker Street)

Wednesday, November 20th from 6-8 PM
 

We’re so excited about the Holiday Auction Party!
Please join the New Amsterdam Community for complimentary drinks and food, kindly donated by our families from Von and Murray’s cheese, for a convivial evening to launch our fabulous Holiday Auction! It’s a great opportunity to get the community together and it’s always a fun evening. 

Look out for postcard invitations in reception this week and please RSVP to kaarinvon@gmail.com.  Friends and family welcome too!
 

Questions?  Call or email:

•  Jennie on 917 331 9250 jennie@soulsomefood.com
• Claire on 917-498-4690 claire.szeto@gmail.com
• Lynne on 917-697-8830 lynne.wu@newamsterdamchildhood.org.

 

HOLIDAY AUCTION RAFFLE

 

We’re excited to announce this year’s Holiday Auction Raffle to kick off this year’s fabulous Holiday Auction. 

We have two wonderful prizes to give away. 
Our star prize is a beautifully handcrafted basket of knitted kitties, lovingly made by our Craft Cooperative – who could resist?
Second prize is two tickets for the New Amsterdam Winter Benefit Concert – to be held in February next year – and always a wonderful occasion.

(Winner gets to choose which prize they’d like!).

Tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20 and are available in reception and open to all to buy (ie. Please encourage friends and family to support the raffle too!).

Tickets will also be on sale at the Holiday Auction Launch Party – Wednesday 20^th November, 6 – 8pm at Von, 3 Bleecker St.  All welcome.

Winners will be announced at the party.

 

Questions?  Call or email:

• Jennie on 917 331 9250 jennie@soulsomefood.com
• Claire on 917-498-4690 claire.szeto@gmail.com
• Lynne on 917-697-8830 lynne.wu@newamsterdamchildhood.org.

New Winter Parent-Child Class

New Amsterdam's Parent-Child program is an opportunity for parents and their young children aged 6 months to over 3 years to come together once or twice a week.  The children play in an age-appropriate space that challenges gross and fine motor skills, promotes exploration in a child-friendly environment with simple toys, and develops their fledgling social capacities in a small group of other children.  Seasonal games and songs, story time, and a snack together are part of this weekly class.  Parents are encouraged to give their focused attention to observing the children.  Special attention is given to supporting and understanding the physical and social development of the children.



Classes began the week of January 13th and continue through the week of March 17th.


To re-enroll please contact me, complete an application and return it to the school with your tuition check. 


Winter 2014 Schedule

6-9 months of age (non mobile) TBD

10-16 months of age (mobile) meets Tuesdays from 9:15 AM-10:15 AM

12-18 months of age (mobile) meets on Tuesdays from 10:45 AM-12:15 PM &/or Thursdays from 11:15 AM-12:45 PM
17-23 months of age meets on Thursdays from 9:30-11 AM NEW CLASS

18-24 months of age meets on Fridays from 9-10:30 AM

22-28 months of age meets on Wednesdays from 9-10:30 AM

24-30 months of age meets on Wednesdays and/or Fridays from 11 AM-12:30 PM

30-36 months of age TBD 

Classes meet on the following dates:

• Tuesday 1/14, 1/21, 1/28, 2/4, 2/11, 2/25, 3/4, 3/11 & 3/18
• Wednesday 1/15, 1/22, 1/29, 2/5, 2/12, 2/26, 3/5 & 3/19
• Thursday 1/16, 1/23, 1/30, 2/6, 2/13, 2/27, 3/6, 3/13 & 3/20
• Friday 1/17, 1/24, 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/28, 3/7, 3/14 & 3/21

Tuition is as follows:

• Tuesday 9:15-10:15 AM Classes (meeting 1 hour per week for 9 weeks) $418
• Tuesday 10:45 AM-12:15 PM Classes (meeting 1.5 hours per week for 9 weeks) $603
• Wednesday Classes (meeting 1.5 hours per week for 8 weeks) $536
• Thursday Classes (meeting 1.5 hours per week for 9 weeks) $603
• Friday Classes (meeting 1.5 hours per week for 9 weeks) $603 

Please note tuition will be prorated based on start date.

Parent Lecture Monday, November 18th 7-8:30 PM

Celebrating the Holidays with Young Children

Please join us as we discuss how we build a relationship to the Holidays and other Festivals.

Topics and questions we will consider include the following:

• The importance of festivals and how we can use them to enrich our children's lives.
• What is appropriate for the young child?
• How can we find our own resonance and meaning for the festivals?
• How can we establish our own family's traditions and rituals?

Speaker:  Louise de Forest spent many years as a Waldorf kindergarten teacher in Vermont and New York and as an Early Childhood Pedagogical Director at the Rudolf Steiner School in Manhattan.  She now works as a freelance Educational Consultant, travelling extensively throughout the United States and the world.  She trains teachers, mentors, evaluates and speaks.  The happy mother of four grown children she enjoys her home in western Massachusetts when she is not travelling.

Monday, November 18th from 7-8:30 PM
1 Avenue B (at Houston Street)

Upcoming events and announcements for November 5 through November 11, 2013

School is closed Monday November 11th
for a Veteran's Day
We hope everyone enjoys a
wonderful weekend.

Holiday Auction on the Home Stretch

Thank you ALL for your efforts so far.

We’re officially in our final week of soliciting donations, so whatever requests you may have made, or fabulous ideas you’ve had, NOW is the time to follow up, beg, cajole to get things confirmed.

We have wonderful things turning up daily.  Just in – a fabulous opportunity to own an Eli Wilner handcrafted picture frame, a couple of sessions with the extraordinary “Holy Mama”  Jerilyn Brownstein, a special date night dinner at Sant Ambroeus, four tickets to the hugely popular Cheese 101 class at Murray’s Cheese and $100 to spend at Union Market.  We can’t wait to start bidding!

And please mark your calendars for the launch party at VON – Wednesday November 20th, 6 – 8pm, generously sponsored by our families from Von and Murray’s Cheese with complimentary drinks and food.  It’s a great opportunity to get the community together and it’s always a fun evening.

Questions?  Call or email:

• Jennie on 917 331 9250 jennie@soulsomefood.com
• Claire on 917-498-4690 claire.szeto@gmail.com
• Lynne on 917-697-8830 or lynne.wu@newamsterdamchildhood.org

We can email letters and donation forms too.  Donations due (ideally) by November 8th.