Plant Dye Cafe to begin February 4th from 9am to 11am

Dear All,
I will re-open the plant dye café Tuesday, February 11 from 9am to 11am at 19 Clinton Street. The session will be "Valentine Colors and easy Shibori Tutorial".  We will explore the colors of red, pink, and purple.  Shibori is a Japanese term for several methods of dyeing cloth with a pattern by binding, stitching, folding, twisting, and compressing it, or capping.
If you are looking for a Valentine gift for your loved one or for yourself, this session offers a chance to create a one and only plant dyed silk scarf.
Space is limited. Please sign up at the front desk of 1 Avenue B.
Thank you,
Kaori

Winter Admissions Events

Pre-School/Kindergarten Open House
Thursday, February 6th from 7-8:30 PM
See our classrooms, meet our teachers and share in an in depth discussion about our Waldorf inspired approach to early childhood education.  Parents only please.  RSVP Karen.Talluto@newamsterdamchildhood.org.


Pre-School/Kindergarten School Tour
Tuesday, February 25th from 9:10-10:10 AM
Briefly observe two of our classes and then share in a discussion of your observations. 
Space is limited.  Parents only please.  RSVP Karen.talluto@newamsterdamchildhood.org.


Grade School Open House
Thursday, February 11th from 7-8:30 PM
Thursday, March 6th from 7-8:30 PM
Parents are invited to share in a discussion about the New Amsterdam Grade School curriculum.  Join us to learn more about how we can meet the needs of your child as they enter into their primary school years.  Parents only please.  RSVP Karen.Talluto@newamsterdamchildhood.org.


The New Amsterdam School is Growing
As we begin to grow our grade school programs we are also growing our preschool and will have more space than ever before for new families in the Fall of 2014.  With the addition of new classroom space we will expand our offerings to include two Mixed Age Kindergarten classes and two 5-Day Nursery classes while continuing to offer our Bridge, 3-Day Morning Nursery and 3 & 5-Day Afternoon Nursery classes. 


There is still time to apply for next year.  Please contact me if you would like to attend one of our upcoming events and learn more about our school.


We also have limited space in our current 3-Day Morning and 3 & 5-Day Afternoon Nursery Programs and in our Mixed Age Kindergarten Program.  If your child is between 3 and 6 years of age consider joining one of our classes this Winter or Spring!

Lecture: The Importance of Sleep

Monday, January 27th 7-8:30 PM

The Importance of Sleep

Please join us as we look into the importance of sleep for our children and ourselves. 
We will discuss ways to support the rhythms and rituals that move us into sleep, how we let go of our day and the phenomenon of sleep itself. 


Speaker:  Nancy Blanning has been a Waldorf educator for 30 years, emphasizing therapeutic and developmental support for young children.  She serves on the WECAN board and is the editor of Gateways.  She has co-authored "Movement Journeys and Circle Adventures,"  a therapeutic movement resource book for teachers.  She travels widely as lecturer, teacher trainer, mentor, and developmental consultant.


Our Parent Lectures are a wonderful way to invite new families to learn more about the Waldorf approach to parenting young children.  Please post information about this and other lectures on parenting web boards and invite your friends!

2014-15 Pre-School Re-Enrollment Contracts

Dear families,


Your pre-school re-enrollment contracts should have arrived by mail.  We ask that you please return them to the school with your deposit on or before noon on Friday, February 7th.


Families with first grade ready children will receive their contracts soon.




The school continues to grow and you are all a part of the life and health of the school.  Thank you!




Please note that your payment schedule reflects a 5% tuition increase for the 2014-15 school year.  The Board works hard each year to keep tuition increases to a minimum and we continue to support our families with our Tuition Assistance program.


Please let me know if you have any questions.




Warmly,


Karen


Karen.talluto@newamsterdamchildhood.org
917-715-3554

Community Meeting Re-Scheduled for Monday 2/3/14

NEW DATE
Monday, February 3rd, 2014 6:30 PM
Tuesday, January 21st, 2014 at 6:30 PM



Please join us for our Community Meeting!


Community meetings are semi-annual opportunities for parents, board members, faculty, and administration to come together and grow as a collective. We will discuss our important shared work at the school, learn from each of the committees about their activities thus far, and hear an update on our school growth.

We request that each family be represented at the meeting by at least one parent.

Please set the evening aside and we look forward to seeing everyone

Please Review New Amsterdam on GreatSchools.org!

We would like to ask each and every one of you directly if you can take 2 minutes to review New Amsterdam for the website 'GreatSchools.org'.  As you know, we are trying to get the word out about New Amsterdam, and Greatschools.org is an influential website for parents who are seeking schools for their children.  The data from Greatschools.org website is used on Yelp, Zillow and Trulia, so it is extremely important that we have some information about New Amsterdam listed there, so New Amsterdam shows up in search engines.  Please leave a review and possibly weigh in on other school data if you have a chance.

Announcements for week of January 8th, 2014

School re-opened today January 8th, 2014
Anthroposophical Study Thursday January 9th at 9 am with Lisa
Parent Lecture for January 13 is postponed. New date to be announced
Winter Parent Child begins Tuesday January 14
Open house Thursday Evening pm January 16
School Closed for Martin Luther King Day January 20