New Amsterdam Partners with Doma Na Rohu Restaurant

Enjoy a delicious meal at Doma Na Rohu (you will remember their delicious spread at our Benefit Reunion Party!!) and support New Amsterdam!!

Doma Na Rohu will give you 10% of your bill

And give New Amsterdam 30% of the proceeds!!

It's win win!

Bring a coupon to participate in this amazing offer! Coupons are available below and also at the front desk. For use between April 28th & May 28th.

27 & 1/2 Morton Street at Seventh Avenue in the Village
212-929-4339 ~ www.domanyc.com

Thank You for Coming to our Garden Work Day

A big thank you to everyone who came to help out at our garden work day!!

Many of you were able to become members of the garden. It is important to increase our membership at the garden so that we can ensure a smooth relationship with the school. The board of El Jardin del Paraiso will set up a booth at our Spring Fair, so you will have an opportunity to get to know them and maybe join the garden too!

Please Join the Outreach Action Group

Please join us! Outreach Comm Tues & Wed9am! We need your help!

Dear parents,  

Word of Mouth and Local Marketing are the number one way for prospective parents to discover and select your school, this selection is based on the trust and credibility from someone who has experienced the school. THANK YOU for being the Ambassadors of the New Amsterdam School.

To help you spread the word, we have created some materiel reflecting the upcoming activities at the school and some general information in the form of vibrant postcards for the summer camps, lovely bookmarks, brochures and admission business cards. 

We have prepared some communication packs for you to drop wherever you feel the clientele could fit: Libraries, children classes, yoga studios, family friendly restaurants & coffee shops, etc. Alternatively, we have attached some suggested places where to leave them.

Attached to your bundle, you will find a ‘Report card’, if you could kindly mention the places you have dropped off materials that will make our actions very efficient.

When :           Tuesday, 31st after drop off – 1 Avenue B

                        Wednesday, 1st after drop off – 62 Avenue B

Please feel free to ask for a packet if you haven’t gotten yours.

Thank you for your continuous support!

Marketing Committee

Consolidation Plan ~ Please Read

March 17, 2015

Dear Parents,

We would like to confirm with you that we will be moving our classes from 1 Ave B to 62 Ave B this school year.

We are sending along our consolidation plan for your reference with important information we feel will aid in the success of our move together and create a harmonious experience for the children and our community.

We hope that it can be used as guide as our community navigates the transition from 1 ave B to 62 Ave B.

Practical things to know:

·      New Amsterdam School will be closed Thursday, April 2^nd and Friday, April 3^rd.  We are seeking volunteers to help us with the move.   

·      We will send a sign up sheet for times to support the move April 2^nd and April 3^rd through the parent reps.

·      Spring Break will be from Thursday, April 2^nd through Sunday, April 12^th.

·      New Amsterdam School will re-open on Monday, April 13^th. (Please note: this is a change. There will be no professional development day on Monday.)

We are in need of boxes and bags to be delivered to the parent lounge at 1 Ave B throughout the next few weeks. The faculty will pack the non-essentials to our daily work with the children and place the boxes in the parent lounge for delivery. In addition if anyone can carry a box to 62 in the next few weeks, we would appreciate it.

During the week of March 23^rd to March 27^th, we will begin to share stories in our classrooms that represent and prepare the children for the transition.  Our intention is to introduce the change in a gradual manner. We recommend that there is not a lot of talk in the family about the move with the children. If there are questions from the children, responding simply and truthfully can support your child to not grow anxious or nervous about what is coming.  Please let your teacher know of any questions or concerns you have about you child and this change.

If you have questions, please direct them to the coordinators at coordinators@newamsterdamchildhood.org.

 SAVE THE DATE:  We will welcome everyone to “62” at our next community meeting, April 16^th, 6:30pm to 8:30 pm.

With appreciation,

The New Amsterdam Faculty and Administration

First Grade Trip to Green Meadow!

Mr. Jamie and Ms. Kaori spent the day at Green Meadow with the First Grade Class last Thursday. They tapped maple trees, sampled the sap, explored the woods, and got to know the farm animals. They even found some eggs in the barn! They had a wonderful day. Thank you Mr. Jamie! And Thank you Ms. Kaori!!

Spring Fair!! Saturday, May 2nd! Indoor Portion of Fair at 62 Avenue B and Picnic & Activities in the Garden, El Jardin del Paraiso

Save the date for this glorious event featuring a New Amsterdam Faculty Puppet Show; Mother Nature's Magical Garden; Crystal Cave; The Magical Meadow Wool Craft Room; Pocket Fairy; Eurythmy; The New Amsterdam School Spring Market; and Angel's Share (new this year)! We will also have a picnic and activities in our beautiful garden, El Jardin del Paraiso. Stay tuned for info on the time and ticket sales. See you at the Spring Fair!

Parent Lecture: Parenting as a Spiritual Path. Monday, Feb 23rd, 7pm at 62 Avenue B

Parenting as a Spiritual Path  

With Yehuda Tagar

Psychophonetics Institute International

          Monday, Feb 23rd, 7pm
          62 Avenue B

Parenting is without a doubt the most demanding, accountable, consequential and important task in the world. It is also one of the least supported ones. For much simpler and less important professions, people are trained, supervised, and supported. At crucial moments in parenting, we are left alone to our own limited existing devises and resources. No one trains us for parenthood.  Yet internal support, guidance, life energy and inspiration are available in the depth of parenthood if it is taken as a path of spiritual development. Children present the strongest opportunity for parents to grow. 

Still partially in the spiritual world, children can remind us of our source, if we listen. They need us to really See them, Hear them, Know them. That is active empathy.  

If we take up the challenge to develop conscious empathy with our children, we are taking a step in our spiritual development. Children need us to deal with and to contain our emotionality: reactions, projections, frustrations, anxieties, neediness, hurts and losses. If we take this task seriously, we develop self awareness, self-management and self-healing.  Children need us to be truthful. If we take that challenge seriously, we find the courage to see ourselves objectively and honestly, and to change. 

Psychophonetics is a practical application of Rudolf Steiner's Psychosophy. A form of Anthroposophically based soul-phenomenology, personal development, counselling, coaching and  psychotherapy, the psychological application of Rudolf Steiner’s Philosophy of Freedom. It is being taught and practiced in Australia, South Africa, UK, Slovakia, Hungary and Czech Republic. 

This is the first public presentation in New York by Yehuda Tagar, founder of Applied Psychosophy, Psychophonetics and Methodical Empathy, director of Psychophonetics Institute International, British College of Methodical Empathy and Psychosophy Academy of Central Europe.