March 2012 - Green Meadow Waldorf School

March 2012 

A “beacon of light” 

By Green Meadow Faculty Member and Community Service Chair, Raoul Cansino 

One of our class teachers—it was probably Jane Wulsin or Renate Kurth— 

once described Green Meadow in this way. For children and their families, 

she said, the school acts as a steady guide to those seeking the best in 

themselves. The “beacon” metaphor conjures images of vessels at sea, 

looking for a safe harbor and a place to provision themselves for future 

storms. With its abundant service work, the school is a beacon for the 

larger community about us as well, guiding its young people to express 

their love for their world and their neighbors through helping deeds. 

With its abundant service work, 

the school is a beacon for the larger 

community about us ... guiding its 

young people to express their love 

for their world and their neighbors 

through helping deeds. 

Here are some of the ways 

our students have been (and 

will be) shining light into our 

community this year: 

“Dear Mr. Herr Cansino, 

During the holidays we 

worked hard to earn money 

for the homeless. We dipped 

twenty-two candles, shined three 

pairs of shoes, took a garbage bag, four bags of old wire and two big black 

bins to the dumpster behind the Holder House. Altogether we worked for 

four people and we earned twenty-two dollars. We know that you can find 

the right people who need it.” Adeline and Magdalena (5th and 2nd grade) 

During their business-math block, Mrs. Wolfe’s sixth graders tried the trick 

of balancing the monthly budget for a family of six living in Rockland County 

with a total monthly income of $4,000 (from work, social security and public 

assistance). The choices they had to make and the things they had to do without 

made it clear that this family needed help. The students threw themselves into 

a Valentine’s Day fundraiser, earning $470—enough to go shopping three times 

for a distressed family. Mrs. Wolfe is planning to do the trips to the supermarket 

this month, along with practical lessons about comparison shopping. 

Starting last summer, senior Ella Scott has volunteered regularly for 

Neighbor to Neighbor, shopping and delivering to two of our families, 

while tactfully avoiding the third to avoid embarrassing the teenagers she 

knows from her years at Spring Valley High. She also talked to classes in the 

Lower School, helping to inspire their holiday collections. See her reflection 

on her experience on page 8. 

Continues on page 6 

Important Dates 

March 9, 23 

Introductory Session for 

Prospective Parents 

March 10 

Joyful Beginnings 

Open House 

(both campuses) 


School Closed 

(Faculty Professional 

Development Day) 


Walk Through the Grades 


Miss Representation 

Film Screening 


Fundraising Auction 

March 26-30 

High School Week 

Inside: 

School News 

page 2 

Raise the Lights! 

pagse 3 

Nurse’s Corner 

page 9 

Kimberton Trip 

page 11 

Co-operate! 

page 17 

... and more! 

The Bulletin • March 2012 • 1

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Green Meadow Waldorf School 

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2 • The Bulletin • March 2012 

School News 

Communications Committee Update 

By Green Meadow Parent and Communications Committee Chair, Kathee Rebernak 

Spring is in the air, and our campus is alive with events, activities, and—not least 

for Green Meadow communications—information. In the works now and in the 

coming months: 

• We are currently building our new website (still www.gmws.org) and expect to 

launch it in mid-April. New features include a blog, an app for mobile viewing, 

parent-only pages, and a new and improved events calendar. 

• The spring film series (featuring March, April and May screenings) is 

generating interest in the broader community. 

• The new website for our Early Childhood Center in Tarrytown launched in 

February (www.tarrytownwaldorf.org) 

• Screen-Free Week begins on April 30. To raise awareness of media literacy, 

we are engaging the broader community with an event planned for April 28, 

on the Green Meadow campus, which will be open to the public and will offer 

ideas for “unplugged” family activities, such as music, nature walks and family 

yoga. If you know of an organization that would be interested in sponsoring 

this event, please contact Vicki Larson at vlarson@gmws.org or Katie Ketchum 

at kketchum@gmws.org. 

In addition, we have been active in social as well as more traditional media: 

• Green Meadow was featured in the most recent issue of Lilipoh magazine. For 

copies, please contact Vicki Larson at vlarson@gmws.org. 

• Keep an eye out for three new brochures, one for each section of the school, 

to be published by end of April and will be available online and in print. 

• You can now follow Green Meadow on Twitter! 

Over the next few months, we will focus on ensuring that our activities and plans 

align with the Green Meadow Strategic Plan. Questions or comments Please 

email krebernak@gmail.com or vlarson@gmws.org. 

April 1st Deadline 

Completed applications for Rockland County bus transportation must 

be submitted to the transportation office of your local school district by 

April 1. Most school districts mail these applications directly to parents in 

their district; some request Green Meadow to mail them to parents. Please 

send the completed forms to the transportation office of your local school 

district. Be advised that school districts could deny busing to your child(ren) 

if you fail to do this by April 1. 

(Please note that the High School has a half day of school [Orientation] on 

Tuesday, September 4th. The first full day of school for the Lower School and 

High School is Wednesday, September 5th. The Early Childhood program begins 

Monday, September 10th. School opens at 8:10am and closes at 3:10pm. 

8 

GO GREEN TIP 

Plant a garden and transition to edible landscaping. Biodynamic 

seeds are available at Turtle Tree Seeds, and organic seeds are at the 

Hungry Hollow Co-op. Planting peas on St. Patrick’s Day can become a family 

tradition. Consider planting flowers and berries for birds, bees and butterflies. 

All are welcome at our Go Green Meetings, Tuesdays at 12:30pm in the Lower 

School Nursery. Please join us! 

School News continues on page 5

From the Development Office 

As I write this, we are coming to the end of the warmest 

winter I can remember in this part of New York, which 

makes me realize that the end of the school year will be 

here before we know it. We have raised almost $40,000 

for the Annual Fund so far this year and have a long way 

to go before we reach our goal of $180,000. As Mother 

Nature has so generously gifted us with a mild winter, 

saving us all a considerable amount of money, please 

consider how you may give as generously to Green 

Meadow. 

As you know, the Annual Fund is necessary in order to 

fill the gaps in the budget that tuition does not cover, 

which fund all the daily operations and programs at the 

school. All monies given to the Annual Fund are fully taxdeductible. 

We are also working hard to complete the build-out of 

Rose Hall in the Arts Building, which of course cannot 

happen without the necessary funds. You can read more 

about this effort in Hank Stewart’s article (see sidebar). 

Thank you for giving us the gift of being able to educate 

your children. Enjoy the spring that is at our doorstep. 

Gratefully, 

Bill Pernice 

Director of Development 

Annual Fund Participation levels by class 

Karen Atkinson’s N/K 0% 

Rebecca Ruof’s Nursery 11% 

Carol Grieder’s Nursery 8% 

Carolyn Barton’s K 14% 

Leslie Burchell-Fox’s K 8% 

Andrea Gambardella’s K 0% 

Lisa Miccio’s K 38% 

Grade 1 17% 

Grade 2 17% 

Grade 3 22% 

Grade 4 100% 

Grade 5 3% 

Grade 6 25% 

Grade 7 29% 

Grade 8 26% 

Grade 9 33% 

Grade 10 27% 

Grade 11 32% 

Grade 12 17% 

A total of $38,000. 

It’s Time To Raise The Lights! 

By Green Meadow Alumni Parent, Hank Stewart 

If you’re like most people, you’ve probably been 

thinking, “Gee, I really want to buy a dimmer switch 

for the new Arts Building but just don’t know where 

to begin.” 

Well, your ship has come in! On Saturday evening, 

March 24, you will have the opportunity to make 

a contribution to the lighting system of the Arts 

Building and enjoy a unique and fun-filled evening in 

the process. 

“Raise the Lights” will be a fundraising evening of 

dinner, auction and cabaret style entertainment 

featuring music, magic and comedy. The evening 

will begin at 6pm in the Arts Building with a cocktail 

hour and silent auction. A delicious sit-down dinner 

will be served at 7pm, followed by top-notch 

performances from Green Meadow students, 

parents, faculty and a headliner comedian whose 

identity will be revealed at a later date. 

Between performances you’ll have the opportunity 

to bid on—and win—a limited selection of truly 

outstanding live auction items. The beneficiary 

of all this music, wine and laughter will be the 

Arts Building itself, with all funds raised during 

the evening going to the purchase of a suitable 

theatrical lighting system. You’ll even have the 

chance to donate directly to the purchase of that 

dimmer switch during a reverse auction segment 

toward the end of the evening. 

If you can’t attend “Raise the Lights” (and even 

if you can), you can still be part of the effort by 

purchasing a raffle ticket online before the event, 

with the chance to win up to $10,000. These tickets 

are $100 each, and only 500 will be sold, so get 

yours at www.gmws.org. 

“Raise the Lights” promises to be an unforgettable 

evening of great food and dazzling entertainment 

while providing long-term benefits for the school. 

Tickets are $60 per person and include cocktail hour, 

dinner and cabaret/auction. Bring your friends! Get a 

table! Make a night of it! 

To reserve your tickets to the auction, you can go to 

www.gmws.org, click the DONATE button and be 

sure to write “auction tickets” in the notes field, or 

call Barbara Mann at ext. 330. d 


Continued from cover page 

Apropos of seniors: at their 

graduation last June, the Class 

of 2011 presented a check for 

$5,300.00 to the Green Meadow 

Community Service Program. Now, 

the Class of 2012 has announced 

its own initiative: 

“We are dedicated to raising enough 

money to surpass our senior trip 

expenses, and donating all leftover 

earnings to Helping Hands, a locallyactive 

volunteer service program 

whose funding has recently been 

reduced. 

The Solution: You! The coffee you 

purchase, which will come through 

a popular gourmet coffee roaster, 

Giving Bean Inc., will play a huge 

role in helping us to raise the money 

both for our trip, and to support 

Helping Hands.” 

This is a fundraiser everyone can 

support by buying their coffee, cocoa 

or chai online. Just visit http://www. 

givingbean.com/store/partnerlist. 

php and select ‘Green Meadow Class 

of 2012.’ Your purchases will support 

both the Senior Trip and Helping 

Hands (http://rocklandhelpinghands. 

org/), which started its outreach to 

Rockland’s homeless with relief runs 

by Green Meadow students in 2004 

and 2005. 

On March 11, volunteers from 

Mrs. Wulsin’s Eighth Grade, along 

with eighth grade friends from the 

Mountain Laurel Waldorf School 

in New Paltz, will be going on a 

“Breakfast Run” to New York City. 

The students will set up a “kitchen” 

on the street in Manhattan and 

serve breakfast to the homeless 

people they meet there. This is 

their introduction to the Midnight 

Runs carried out by our high school 

students several times a year. 

In mid-April, GMWS high school 

volunteers will start their fourth 

season of mentoring in our 

Neighbor to Neighbor Gardening 

Program. Under the guidance 

of Pfeiffer Center teacher Megan 

Durney, our students will serve as 

social and gardening buddies to a 

group of low-income (often naturedeprived) 

Chestnut Ridge Middle 

School students in the Children’s 

Garden. 

In May, the Third Annual Student 

Art Sale will dedicate its proceeds 

to supporting all our service 

programs. Last year, the sale 

earned over $2,000! Watch for 

details in the April Bulletin. 

As you can see, our children will be 

“beacons of light” in many ways 

this year. To find out how you can 

support them in their light-bringing 

efforts, see the descriptions of 

our Community Service Programs 

on page 7 (The ABCs of GMWS 

Community Service Work). d 

4 • The Bulletin • March 2012

School News, continued from page 2 

The Green Meadow Girls’ Basketball Game 

at the Friendship Games 

By Green Meadow 6th grader, Victoria Aranowicz 

The game started with a rush. The Warriors scored right away. 

Lots of screaming erupted. It quieted down as the Steiner Girls 

tried to score but didn’t make it. The Warriors scored once 

more. The court was never silent. Anxious people stood once 

in a while, watchers fidgeted and players ran as their shoes 

squeaked on the floor. Even not watching, everyone outside 

and in heard when the Warriors scored. When the first quarter 

ended it was 10-9 Warriors. The buzzer sounded for the second 

quarter. Then all talking and singing subsided to shouts of 

“Let’s go Warriors!” The 

Warriors were on a roll, 

scoring twice in a row, 

making it 17-9 then 19-9. 

There was a quick team 

meeting and change of 

players at 10 minutes, 

12 seconds. Steiner 

scored making it 19-11. 

The Warriors’ passes 

were great. The same 

player scored twice in 

the last two minutes. 

Then another basket 

was made with only 

48 seconds to go. The 

Warrior girls won 25-15. 

That was one energetic 

game! d 

The Warriors 

Image courtesy of Karl Childs 

Third Thursdays at the 

Threefold Café 

Third Thursdays is a series of free community building 

events for the Green Meadow Community to be held at 

the Threefold Café (285 Hungry Hollow Road). 

Dinner will be available for purchase starting at 6pm. The 

evening’s activities will begin at 6:30pm. 

Beer Tasting with Hank Stewart on March 15 

Green Meadow’s resident beer expert will lead a group 

of intrepid gourmands on an evening of beer tasting. He 

will feature some Irish breweries, just in time for St. Patty’s 

day. Enjoy a good, hearty dinner starting at 6pm and the 

tasting will begin around 7pm. 

This event is for adults only. Please email 

emmylaybourne@gmail.com to register and for 

information on the price of the event. 

A Tribute to Lisa Oswald 

By Former Green Meadow Administrator, Kay Hoffman 

Energetic, focused, dedicated 

and savvy alumni parent Lisa 

Oswald has been for many 

years an exemplary Green 

Meadow volunteer and 

advocate of Waldorf education. 

When her three children were 

in the school, Lisa was active 

in class functions, supporting the class teachers 

and the parent body. As her children grew older, 

she expanded her interest to fundraising for the 

school. She was the primary force in organizing 

the SCRIP program at Green Meadow, and is, 

to this day, a faithful leader and support of that 

initiative to raise funds for the school. 

She was active in the “future planning group” in 

the 1990s which metamorphosed into the Project 

Management Group early in this decade. Always 

inspired by the possibilities of the expansions of 

our facilities which are now underway, she worked 

tirelessly with the future planning group in the 

early days of the project’s conception to envision 

what was possible. She has served on the Green 

Meadow Board for over 10 years and has led the 

group ably through the last very active five years 

as the Board President. She was an enthusiastic 

member of the Capital Campaign Committee, 

whose efforts in soliciting funds have made our 

current Arts Building expansion possible. 

But the work which Lisa has done recently has been 

of the greatest importance to the school because 

she was in a position to do what others couldn’t do. 

As a member of the Project Management Group 

responsible for overseeing the expansion project, 

she has worked quietly but intensely for the last 

two years to facilitate the site plan approval with 

the Village of Chestnut Ridge. She has attended 

many meetings, both informal and official, with 

the Village of Chestnut Ridge, chased piles of 

paper work, smoothed the way for progress in all 

kinds of negotiations, advocated for the school 

in contractor negotiations and added her own 

expertise in making all kinds of decisions related to 

the building project. To do all this meant that she 

has spent hours weekly in the service of the school. 

All of this, she has done after her children have 

graduated from the school. She has done all of 

this because she believes in Waldorf education 

and wants the school to thrive and is therefore 

willing to offer her wholehearted efforts. We 

extend our gratitude to her for all her selfless 

labor on our behalf. Thank you, Lisa! d 


Don’t miss four important films being screened 

at Green Meadow this Spring! 

Friday, March 16: Miss Representation 

The documentary Miss Representation, by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, and aired 

on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network in October 2011. The film explores how the media’s misrepresentations of women have led 

to the underrepresentation of women in positions of power and influence. 

Tuesday, April 17: Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood 

Consuming Kids throws desperately needed light on the practices of a relentless multi-billion dollar marketing machine that 

now sells kids and their parents everything from junk food and violent video games to bogus educational products and the 

family car. Drawing on the insights of health care professionals, children’s advocates, and industry insiders, the film focuses 

on the explosive growth of child marketing in the wake of deregulation. Consuming Kids pushes back against the wholesale 

commercialization of childhood, raising urgent questions about the ethics of children’s marketing and its impact on the health 

and well-being of kids. 

Saturday, April 21: Mother Nature’s Child (1pm screening) 

In the spirit of Earth Day, we offer this engaging film, which explores nature’s powerful role in children’s health and 

development, and the rise of “nature deficit disorder”. Followed by a discussion facilitated by GMWS Kindergarten faculty 

Andrea Gambardella. More info at www.mothernaturesmovie.com. Co-sponsored by Green Meadow Waldorf School, the 

Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America (WECAN), and the Nature Place Day Camp. Childcare provided! 

Friday, May 18: The Economics of Happiness 

The Economics of Happiness describes a world moving simultaneously in two opposing directions. On the one hand, a toxic 

alliance of governments and big business continues to promote globalization and the consolidation of corporate power. At 

the same time, people all over the world are resisting those policies, demanding a re-regulation of trade and finance—and, 

far from the old institutions of power, they’re starting to forge a very different future. Communities are coming together to 

rebuild more human scale, ecological economies based on a new paradigm—an economics of localization. 

ARRIVE EARLY FOR A SEAT! All screenings begin promptly at 7:30pm except where noted above, are open to the 

public, and take place in Rose Hall in the Arts Building. $10 adults / $5 students (9th grade and up) and seniors. 


Community Service Corner 

The ABCs of GMWS Community Service Work 

By Green Meadow Faculty Member and Community Service Chair, Raoul Cansino 

Parents are often (understandably) 

confused by the proliferation of 

worthwhile causes their children are 

involved in. Following is a list of these 

efforts and a note on how you can help. 

Neighbor to Neighbor 

Grocery Program 

For the past three years Green Meadow 

students and parents have been 

helping struggling local families with 

the most basic of needs -food. When 

we discovered that some children at 

the Chestnut Ridge Middle School had 

regular meals only in school, our high 

school students jumped into the breach 

and began a grocery program for the 

most challenged families. Every other 

week volunteers deliver a full grocery 

basket to these families. Nowadays, 

parents do most of the shopping 

and delivering, but students sustain 

the food deliveries by raising funds. 

Additionally, the sixth, seventh and 

eighth grades regularly sponsor holiday 

clothing and gift drives for the families 

and provide feasts on Thanksgiving and 

Christmas. As we have become better 

acquainted with the challenges facing 

our families, we have found resources 

in our parent body to help the families 

in many other ways. Our little Neighbor 

to Neighbor program has even 

inspired others to do the same—the 

Jerrahi Mosque across the street (the 

spiritual home to many school families) 

has since started its own family help 

program, and members of the All 

Souls Community Church (which holds 

Sunday services in the Arts Building) 

have been working alongside Green 

Meadow to help our families. 

How you can help… 

Neighbor to Neighbor always needs 

volunteer shoppers, fundraising ideas 

and the expertise of our talented parent 

body in all of the many areas in which 

a struggling family could use help and 

advice (budgeting, housing, law, public 

assistance, counseling, home repairs, 

self-help, etc). If it takes a village to raise 

a child, it certainly takes no less to help a 

family in need lift itself out of misery. 

Midnight Run 

Since May 2002, Green Meadow 

students have been bringing food, 

clothing, toiletries and good cheer to 

homeless people living on the streets 

in Manhattan. We usually have three 

Midnight Runs each year (in October, 

December and May with high school 

students) and one Breakfast Run (in 

March with the eighth grade). Green 

Meadow’s Midnight Run Chapter is 

affiliated with Midnight Run, Inc., a 

not-for-profit organization based in 

Dobbs Ferry, NY, which provides us 

with some supplies, a route for our 

runs (the famous “stop list”) and a set 

of ground rules for our outreach. 


We need at least two adult drivers 

for each run, as well as donations of 

gently used, seasonally appropriate 

and street-worthy clothing for (mostly) 

men and women. Our next two runs 

are on March 11 and May 26. 

Helping Hands 

In December 2004, Green Meadow 

students did their first food and 

clothing distribution to the homeless 

of Rockland County. What they found 

on this run—people living in the most 

squalid conditions under highway 

bridges, in tents and lean-tos just out 

of sight along Route 59 in Spring Valley 

and Nanuet—sparked an initiative to 

help our homeless neighbors. Eight 

years later, Helping Hands is a not-forprofit 

organization which provides Safe 

Haven (a hot meal and a safe place to 

sleep) to the homeless during the cold 

season (mid-November to mid-April) 

in 20 houses of worship all over the 

county. Helping Hands also operates 

a year-round Outreach Center which 

provides the homeless with case 

management, laundry and shower 

facilities and clothing, at no charge. 


Through mid-April, Helping Hands 

desperately needs volunteer drivers 

for the evening (8:30pm) and morning 

(6:45am) transport. This season, there 

are more people coming to us for 

help than ever before (25 to 30 on 

most nights). We also need overnight 

chaperones in the Safe Haven. Yearround 

we need help at the Outreach 

Center, serving people in the clothing 

“store” and overseeing use of the 

shower and laundry. 

The Neighbor to Neighbor 

Gardening Program 

Conceived as an antidote to the food 

and nature deprivation we saw afflicting 

many of the children at the Chestnut 

Ridge Middle School (CRMS), the 

Gardening Program introduces CRMS 

students to the wonder of working 

with the earth to produce food. Green 

Meadow High School students serve 

as mentors to the young gardeners, 

while gardening teacher Megan 

Durney of the Pfeiffer Center offers 

a rich curriculum that includes not 

only gardening but an introduction to 

beekeeping, farming and animal care. 

The CRMS students garden in the 

spring and fall and attend Ed Bieber’s 

Nature Place Day Camp in the summer. 

Full scholarships enable low-income 

students to participate in the program. 


Come to our Community Gardening 

Day in April (date TBA), when we 

celebrate the spring by cleaning up 

the garden. Music, food and good 

company make this a wonderful social 

occasion. The Gardening Program 

also needs financial support— 

donations welcome! 

A “Relay for Life” team of Green 

Meadow students will be raising 

money to support research efforts 

of the American Cancer Society. 

Their fundraising will culminate in a 

celebration by many area teams in 

May. For further information, contact 

Senior Nina Kornberg. 

Checks to support any of our school 

service initiatives may be made 

out to GMWS, memo: name of 

the initiative (for example, Memo: 

Neighbor to Neighbor). Donations 

to Helping Hands should be made 

out to “Helping Hands”, as it is an 



Continued from page 7 

independent 501(c)3 not-for-profit. 

All donations are tax-deductible. 

We need volunteers and donations 

for all of these programs. Contact 

Raoul Cansino, Community Service 

Chair, if you can help: rcansino@ 

gmws.org or 845-356-2514 x105. 

Sixth Grade Business 

Math Meets 

Community Service 

By Green Meadow Sixth Grade Class 

Teacher, Evangeline Wolfe 

8 • The Bulletin • March 2012 

How much does a family of four 

spend on monthly living expenses 

What are the things a family needs 

to survive, and how much do they 

all cost Does the family have 

enough income to afford all these 

expenses These questions stirred up 

much enthusiasm in the sixth grade 

Business Math main lesson block. 

Why teach Business Math in the 

sixth grade Having learned about 

fractions and decimals already, the 

sixth grader is ready to learn about 

percentages. The road to algebra is 

paved by work with percentage ratios 

and interest formulas. But this is not 

all. The sixth grader, approaching 

the twelfth year of life, is at a pivotal 

moment. This is the time when 

rational thinking begins to awaken. 

With this newfound intellectual 

capacity, the child is eager to explore 

the world of economics; she has 

“an innate sense for the calculation 

of interest rates, for what can be 

raked in as profit, for the principle of 

discount, and so on. This information 

appeals to the instincts”. (Steiner, 

Practical Advice to Teachers, Lec. 14). 

Steiner claims that “it is exceedingly 

important that we not teach the 

children [economic concepts] too 

late. If we do, it means that we can 

count only on their egoism... To teach 

them these concepts at this age is 

very important for them, because the 

inner selfish feelings for interest rates, 

bonds, and so on are not yet stirring 

in children who are so young” (ibid.) 

The idea of a Neighbor to Neighbor 

(N2N) fundraiser provided a handson 

opportunity for the students to 

hone their economic instincts while 

doing community service. After our 

imaginary accounting exercise, it 

made quite an impression on the 

students to learn about the budget 

of a typical family in the N2N 

program. The class held a Valentine’s 

bake sale with the object of raising 

$300 to buy groceries for one of 

these families. The sale was a great 

success, and the class raised more 

than $450. Thanks to Raoul Cansino 

and all of you who baked and bought 

goodies to support our fundraiser. 

The sixth grade will continue the 

lesson with an upcoming visit to the 

grocery store! 

Community Service in 

the Sixth grade 

By Green Meadow Sixth Grader, 

David Bánóczi-Ruof 

Before the winter break, we had 

a block called Business Math. In 

this block we learned all about 

percentages and where we use them 

in everyday life. Our teacher, Mrs. 

Wolfe, decided that we should do 

something that involves money, so she 

partnered up with Herr Cansino and 

together they decided that we should 

raise money for Neighbor to Neighbor. 

Neighbor to Neighbor is an 

organization started and run by Herr 

Cansino and Ms. Monteleone. When 

Ms. Monteleone came to the school, 

she told Herr Cansino that there were 

some families in need whose children 

attend the Chestnut Ridge Middle 

School. They decided to raise money 

and help. 

For two days our class held a little 

bake sale (which hopefully you came 

to) on the whitetop at lunch and 

after school. We sold baked good, 

handmade bracelets and Valentines 

cards. Our goal was to raise $300 but 

we raised $450! We will donate all of 

the money to Neighbor to Neighbor 

to buy groceries and other household 

items for a family or two. The plan 

is for our class to go shopping for 

the families at the A&P with the 

money. Thank you to all of those who 

supported our efforts! 

“If you can’t feed one 

hundred people…” 

By Green Meadow Senior, Ella Scott 

My first experience doing community 

service was when I was 13. I went 

with my seventh grade class on two 

breakfast runs that year and realized 

how necessary this sort of work is for 

the community, as it really gives a leg 

up to those struggling to balance 

their lives. 

More recently I have been involved 

in the Shopping Program, where 

I buy groceries for disadvantaged 

families through donations made by 

our community. Typically the budget 

is $150, which, unfortunately, is 

never quite enough; however, I use 

it to purchase food items and other 

living necessities which the families 

cannot afford. The families that 

benefit from this program live very 

near to our community in Chestnut 

Ridge, although often people don’t 

realize how close to home they really 

are. Upon delivering the food, I am 

always received with smiles and many 

hands to help carry bags into the 

house. Once, when I was leaving I 

heard the children of one particular 

family, shrieking and cheering with 

excitement and joy. I knew I was 

a making a difference, which is an 

unexplainable feeling. Giving, in any 

form, time or money, is a gift not only 

to the receiver, but also to oneself. 

When I attended Spring Valley High 

School, my eyes were opened to 

the financial situations of many of 

the families whose children I went 

to school with. There were many 

students who were only eating one 

meal a day, which was provided 

free by the school. This shopping 

program is especially dear to my 

heart because it gives help to our 

own community and the people that 

I know personally through my time 

at school with them. I think that it is 

important to care for the community 

that we live in, and extend our 

generosities and good fortunes to 

those in close proximity with us. 

I am reminded of something Mother 

Teresa once said: “If you can’t feed one 

hundred people, then just feed one.” d

Nurse’s Corner 

The Importance of Movement in Child Development 

By Green Meadow School Nurse and member of the Wellness Committee, Jeanne Schirm 

Children have the capacity to 

move even before birth. In fact 

movement starts in the womb. 

Growth movements, differentiated 

movements and formative 

movements begin in the womb. 

When we are born, we have a 

breathing movement, which allows 

us to be on the earth. The sense 

of movement in the newborn child 

is developed slowly. A beautiful 

movement that perhaps many of 

us have observed is at about three 

months of age when the child 

begins to observe his own hands 

and then later, feet. Stretching and 

reaching and playing with hands 

and feet are all exercises which 

support the development of the 

sense of movement. The best way 

to ensure that children have enough 

physical activity is to see that they 

have enough rest. Perception of 

movements requires rest. Too 

many gestures around the child 

are unfavorable. It is important 

that children develop their own 

individual movement patterns on 

their own time and in their own way. 

The sense of movement enables 

the human being to determine 

the position of limbs in relation 

to the body and to another. The 

sense of movement can teach the 

child to perceive movement and 

form in the outer world and can be 

activated throughout life. This sense 

is probably educated the most and 

often not in the right way. Inwardly, 

on the soul level, mobility gives us 

a sense of freedom. The hopping, 

skipping dancing child is an example 

of this. The opposite of this feeling 

can be observed in differently abled 

children. They do not have this 

ability to move freely and thus, feel 

bound to their bodies. 

Bodily motions are meaningful 

for children when they fit their 

possibilities and life situations. For 

example, it would not be desirable 

to hold a child’s hand when they 

would rather crawl, just as it would 

not be helpful to teach them to skip 

or hop before they would naturally 

be ready to learn these things. This 

would go against the nature of 

movement. 

The organs for movement are located 

in the muscles. They include muscle 

spindles, motor endplates and all 

stretch sensitizer organs that are 

distributed over the entire movement 

organization, including tendons 

and ligaments. In this way, the body 

can perceive stretching, tension, 

relaxation and position in relation to 

other parts of the body. The entire 

body is involved when we move even 

if we are only moving one part. The 

entire movement organization of 

the human being is involved in the 

perception of movement. 

We find more and more children 

today are not used to moving and 

playing and because of this, have 

missed important developmental 

stages in movement. Many people 

are not sufficiently aware of their 

bodies, their motions, and their 

orientation in space. This lack of 

awareness has repercussions for 

learning and general health that can 

last well into adulthood. Many of 

the learning disabilities and social 

problems that exist today can be 

traced to missed or hampered 

development in movement. Spatial 

Dynamics is a form of movement in 

Waldorf education that stimulates 

this development through ageappropriate 

movement exercises. 

For instance, very young children 

develop fine-motor control 

and a sense of rhythm through 

finger games, string games and 

clapping rhythmically. Circle games 

and jumping rope can further 

develop their sense of rhythm and 

relatedness to the surrounding 

space. These activities aid in 

developing an enhanced sense of 

self-awareness of their personal 

space, yet with clearly defined 

boundaries, thus enabling young 

children to move fully and at the 

same time know who they are. 

In this way, they can enter into a 

more healthy relationship with 

the world more ready to meet its 

requirements. 

Another factor that is immensely 

important to mention in regard to 

movement is that young children 

The sense of movement can teach the child to 

perceive movement and form in the outer world 

and can be activated throughout life. 

in their early years learn through 

imitation. They will imitate the 

inward gesture of much that 

surrounds them by way of others 

and even by way of technology and 

TV characters if they are exposed 

to this at an early age. What one 

wants to strive for in gesture is to 

know the world. For example, how 

does a plant grow What is the 

squirrel’s quality of movement 

Imagine then, how you could convey 

these qualities in gesture so that 

the children, imitating you, can feel 

the plant growth or the animal’s 

movements. The key with gesture 

is be something rather than explain 

something. Try to be aware of as 

many of your gestures as possible, 

for this is what the children imitate. 

They most long to do everything as 

the adults do around them. There 

is a real need for them to have 

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Nurse’s Corner (continued) 

worthy movements to imitate. Allow 

them to participate in wholesome, 

whole-body activities as cleaning, 

gardening, raking leaves, baking 

bread and hiking. These are 

activities where they can find a deep 

connection to the world around 

them. Their sense of movement is 

strengthened and heightened by 

such activities. A good guideline for 

parents with children age seven and 

under is “don’t say it, show it”. 

Another essential to any kind of 

movement for the child is that it be 

rhythmical. Wholesome activities 

such as gardening or raking leaves 

naturally have a rhythm. Other 

activities that have rhythm are 

swinging and bouncing a ball. 

Rhythms for the week, the month, 

etc., are also helpful in regard to 

the activities. The connection to the 

movement or activity in this way will 

become a habit. 

Children are very connected with 

the four elements (earth, air, water, 

and fire). In working with the four 

elements, the child is taking up 

the most ancient task of mankind, 

that is, stewardship of the earth. 

Children will, for instance, play 

in sand for hours making tunnels 

and sandcastles. This is an activity 

that fosters their connection with 

the earth. The watery element is 

very important for the young child 

as there is a real connection here 

going back before their birth, when 

they lived in the watery element. 

Outings to the ocean, skipping 

rocks by the stream, or playing in 

the snow are great things to do 

with water. A connection to the 

airy element can be had by flying 

kites or bird watching. Children are 

always fascinated with fire. Lighting 

a beeswax candle at night is a 

wonderful ritual for children to have 

a connection to the fiery element. 

Every child should experience a 

bonfire, which is especially nice at 

the summer celebration of the St. 

John’s festival. When they are older, 

they can have the experience of 

lighting and putting out the fire. 

These activities with the elements 

really engage their will in connection 

with movement and form a 

connection with the earth and the 

cosmos. 

This connection to the earth is very 

much related to plants. Digging and 

planting in a garden are wonderful 

activities for children, and they are 

also very enticed by making things 

out of plants such as flower crowns 

in the springtime or necklaces made 

of berries in the summer. Caring for 

an animal, especially a farm animal, 

also really engages them. 

Lastly, play acting is an excellent 

movement activity. Children often 

make up their own plays. Through 

play with soft, simple dolls and 

puppets, the child can come to find 

himself or herself. The important 

thing in all of these activities is to 

kindle the imagination which is a 

movement activity in itself. d 

Handwork projects in Grades 1 and 2. 

Images courtesy of Madeleine Wuergler 


Kimberton Trip 

The Parzival Adventure 

By Green Meadow High School Faculty Member, John Wulsin 

For years the high school faculty 

searched for an appropriate 

pedagogical trip for the 11th grade, 

equivalent in some way to the ninth 

grade overnight in Mystic Seaport 

during Moby Dick and the 12th 

grade week on Hermit Island during 

Zoology. (We recently started having 

10th graders survey on Cape Cod.) 

We used to joke that we should 

go looking for the Grail castle 

somewhere in the Czech Republic. 

Five years ago, we finally found the 

answer to our search. 

In Wolfram von Eschenbach’s 

medieval epic of Parzival, the 11th 

graders followed a young, innocent 

fool’s journey through ignorance and 

dullness, through shame and doubt, 

toward becoming a knight. Yet many 

were the consequences of his actions, 

from which some suffered pain and 

some joy. Doubt, shame, and isolation 

became necessary stages toward a 

humility without which it is impossible 

to actually meet a fellow human 

being’s suffering, to heal the ailing 

Lord of the Grail, and hence to help 

heal all humanity. This year, for the fifth 

time, the class spent one week of the 

whole main lesson in two Camphill 

villages in the area of Kimberton, PA, 

eating, working, and playing with 

people with special needs (children, 

young adults and mature adults). 

What follows includes some student 

reflections on their experiences in the 

Camphill Villages. 

During the four weeks of the main lesson, the 11th graders learned by 

heart the following three passages: 

“On a green Achmardei 

She bore the Prize of Paradise 

The holy Root, stem and fruit 

Es war ein ding das hiess der Gral 

(That was a thing called the Grail) 

A treasure of wonders without measure. 

Repanse de Schoye was her name 

Whom the Grail allowed to bear it.” 

“The sword will withstand the first blow unscathed; at the second it will 

shatter. If you then take it back to the spring, it will become whole again 

from the flow of the water. You must have the water at the source…If the 

pieces are not lost and you fit them together properly, as soon as the 

spring water wets them, the sword will become whole again, the joinings 

and edges stronger than before.” 

Both—Book V, Parzival, Wolfram von Eschenbach 

Parzival and Camphill 

By Green Meadow 11th grader, 

Armand Miele-Herndon 

It seems that Camp Hill, Beaver Run, 

and Soltane all share a common goal: 

to help those who are less fortunate, 

both physically and mentally. The 

coworkers, specifically, have all 

embarked on this quest. They strive 

to work and create a community with 

good values. Similarly, Parzival and 

Page from Parzival Main Lesson Book, courtesy of Sarah Chichetti. 

other knights worked their hardest to 

provide for others a community with 

equivalent values, granting protection 

for those less fortunate and healing 

for the injured. 

Obviously, knights did not hold any 

anthroposophical values, which are 

very deeply embedded in the core 

values held at Camphill. Yet there are 




Kimberton Trip (continued) 


many other things ingrained in both 

the realm of knights and that of the 

community at Camphill. 

Even the names of some buildings at 

Soltane, and Soltane itself, are named 

after places from Parzival. There is a 

Gawain house, Perador House and 

Saelda House. Soltane, the forest 

Parzival grew up in, provided a whole 

world of protection from the outside 

world. Herzeleide, Parzival’s mother, 

used this in attempt to keep Parzival 

from knowing knighthood. Similarly, 

Soltane is an environment for people 

to remain sheltered from the outside 

world, in a community where people 

work to bring it to its fullest capacity. 

The Two Soltanes 

By Green Meadow 11th grader, 

Teo Ufford-Chase 

Soltane is “surprisingly” similar to 

Soltane. By this I mean that Soltane 

Camphill in Kimberton is similar to the 

Soltane Forest in Wolfram’s Parzival. 

First in a long line of similarities is the 

role that each of the Soltanes played 

in their communities. The Soltane 

in Kimberton serves to protect and 

nurture the differently abled until 

they are ready to enter the world on 

their own terms. The Soltane Forest 

in Wolfram’s Parzival protected 

Parzival from the follies of the world, 

and nurtured him into innocent 

adolescence. Both Soltanes serve 

as secluded spots where children 

are allowed to grow and develop in 

innocence. 

The Kimberton Soltane embodies 

much more of the spirit of the Grail 

Court than the manner of the Court 

of King Arthur. King Anfortas and 

the Grail Court (Soltane’s Villagers) 

are cared for by the Grail (Soltane). 

Soltane also reflects the restorative 

powers of the spring of Karnant, 

because as shattered swords are 

made whole from the flow of the 

waters of the spring, so too are the 

disabled reborn from the solace and 

solitude of Soltane. 

Kimberton 

By Green Meadow 11th grade exchange 

student, Taja Ko˘sir Popovic˘ 

My name is Taja, and I am from 

Slovenia. I had only been here in 

the US one week when we went on 

our trip to Kimberton. I didn’t know 

exactly where we were going, and 

when we came to Beaver Run (a 

Camphill community with children), I 

was shocked. I really didn’t imagine 

that this place would be so nice. 

Beaver Run has a lot of wonderful 

houses, nice people, beautiful 

nature...I really liked our days there. 

Every day, we ate breakfast, lunch 

and dinner in the Beaver Run houses, 

and every morning, we had Parzival 

and Eurythmy in Soltane (another 

community with adults). In the 

afternoon, we helped the people 

who have special needs. I worked at 

Beaver Farm and helped card wool. It 

was so interesting. 

The last night was amazing. Everyone 

in the class said something about this 

experience. I saw that everyone was 

enjoying their days there and learned 

something new from the way they 

spoke. I was really impressed by how 

smart and wise they are. So, that was 

Pages from Parzival Main Lesson Book, 

courtesy of Sarah Chichetti. 

really a very nice experience for me. 

It was interesting to be far away from 

home without parents, phones and 

computers. We were doing a nice 

job, and I liked to see how we made 

people happy. 

Things Unseen 

By Green Meadow 11th Grader, 

Elisia Langdon 

His name is Bryce. Although I’ve 

never heard him say a word, he was 

the first I noticed. His beautiful dark 

black skin and kind, calm eyes drew 

my attention to him immediately. 

The look of total peace I saw on his 

face made me think he saw beautiful 

things that I couldn’t, in my inferior 

state, behold. Yet something in his 

eyes and somewhere around his 

always open or moving mouth, I saw 

him striving silently to communicate. 

Bryce’s parents’ names are Lavern 

and Ricky. Originally he comes from 

Tampa, FL, but he has been living at 

the Camphill in Kimberton for eight 

years. He will be turning 16 soon 

and is in the 11th grade at Beaver 

Run. He is diagnosed with autism 



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and finds it hard to relate to other 

people. He does not speak at all 

but uses some sign language at the 

table. He only understands when 

people speak to him in context. For 

example: he can pass you the salad 

if you ask and point, but if you tell 

him your plans for the weekend, it 

will not make sense to him. He has 

certain “obsessions” that sometimes 

change. For example: his current 

obsession is with what my house calls 

“fluffing”. This is when he throws 

light objects such as lint or dust into 

the air, so that he can watch them 

float back to earth. He is allowed 

to fluff when appropriate and with 

acceptable substances, unlike his 

saliva which he sometimes tries. He 

also occasionally pounds his chest or 

makes very deep grunting noises. 

Although some autistic children find it 

hard to make eye contact, Bryce can, 

although only at certain times, and 

when this happens, it is a very long 

and intense stare. He and I have not 

interacted much but just yesterday, 

after I had spent the previous night 

writing about him, I sat down next to 

him, and he began to stare at me with 

his wide and curious brown eyes. He 

very slowly and deliberately took my 

hand in his and pushed up my sleeve. 

He then just sat there with me for a 

while, holding my hand in both of his 

and stared at me, with his peaceful, 

calm eyes. He then turned away 

contentedly to look straight ahead, but 

kept my hand in his for a while longer. 

Tunde, my house-mother, says he has 

changed a lot since he came eight 

years ago. At first he was very loud, 

always making a very high-pitched 

noise. When he first came, he also 

could not sleep, and ate very little or 

nothing. I think he sleeps well now, 

and he certainly eats the most at our 

table as far as I’ve seen. 

He has a sister, but he doesn’t spend 

much time with her or his parents 

at all. Instead for vacations he lives 

with his aunt in the Poconos. His 

mother sent him to Beaver Run when 

Page from Parzival Main Lesson Book, courtesy of Sarah Chichetti. 

“There is a knighthood of the 21st century whose 

riders do not ride through the darkness of physical 

forces, as of old, but through the forest of darkened 

minds. They are armed with a spiritual armor 

and an inner sun makes them radiant. Out of 

them shines healing, healing that flows from the 

knowledge of the human being as a spiritual being. 

They must create inner order, inner justice, peace 

and conviction in the darkness of our time. “ 

he was eight years old because he 

had become too strong and defiant, 

and she had also just had surgery 

and couldn’t handle him anymore. 

His father has never visited him even 

though he is still married to Lavern; 

when Ricky found out about Bryce’s 

disability, he left him, and still has 

not come to terms with it. Because of 

this, Tunde says, Bryce is very strongly 

missing a father figure in his life. His 

mother visits him occasionally but also 

cannot fully deal with him. Despite 

all of this, he still seems very happy 

with the loving care he is receiving at 

Beaver Run. 

If I were to imagine being Bryce 

for a day, I’m sure it would be a 

huge struggle not being able to 

communicate or relate much, but I 

think that that wouldn’t really matter 

Karl Konig (founder of Camphill) 

to me. I would have already come to 

terms with that, and I would be able 

to go through my day hardly noticing 

it. Maybe I’ve even forgotten that 

I’m different. What I would notice, 

however, would be the beauty. It 

would be everywhere: in the grain 

of the wood on the chair I sit on in 

the sitting room, in the flight of that 

piece of lint I tossed in the air, or in 

my breath’s mist-cloud dispersing 

through the cold air as it hits a beam 

of sunlight. Sometimes I would 

just have to stop and stare when it 

became too much to take in. My 

teacher would pull me and push me 

to keep on walking up that hill or 

to finish pushing in the chairs after 

dinner, but all I’d see would be that 

fallen eyelash resting so perfectly on 

his cheek like a crescent moon, and 

I’d freeze in silent awe. d 



Do you Co-operate 

By Hungry Hollow Co-op Member Services/Outreach Manager, Kathey Piedl 

By resolution, the United Nations 

has declared 2012 The International 

Year of Co-operatives: “Co-operative 

Enterprises Build a Better World.” 

This is an opportunity to tell the 

story of the world’s largest social 

movement: co-operation. Around the 

world, co-ops will strive to highlight 

the social and economic contributions 

of the co-operative business model, 

which offers something different: 

ownership. 

What comes to your mind when you 

hear the word “co-op” Hungry Hollow 

Co-op, the little store on the corner, 

is just one example. Credit unions are 

co-operative lending institutions. In 

the wake of the recent financial crisis, 

credit unions began to receive more 

(favorable) attention. The Federal 

Credit Union Act was signed into law 

in 1934, in support of the communityminded 

banks that formed in the early 

1900s to serve poor and working-class 

people who were denied services by 

banks. There are now about 12,000 

credit unions in the US. 

There are health care co-ops, housing 

co-ops and agricultural co-ops. Utility 

co-ops were formed in response 

to the need for electric service in 

rural areas when private companies 

deemed those areas insufficiently 

profitable. Over half of US power 

lines are co-operatively owned and 

maintained. 

There are about 3,000 producer coops 

in the US; some of the better 

known ones are Cabot, Organic 

Valley, Equal Exchange, Frontier 

and Ocean Spray. Producers who 

work together have better access to 

production and marketing than they 

would alone. Since the 1970s, food 

co-ops have been at the forefront of 

the organic and local food movement. 

Food co-ops continue to nurture the 

growth of local and sustainable food 

systems, in the face of increasing 

competition in the organic/natural 

food industry (that exists in no small 

part because of the work of co-ops). 

There are even co-operative bike 

shops in many cities. 

From Evergreen Co-operative 

Businesses in Cleveland to Kenyan 

credit unions, CESMACH coffee 

co-op in Chiapas, Mexico, to 

Mondragon, the world’s largest 

co-operative, in Spain, co-ops 

everywhere are offering more than 

just ownership. They are reviving 

democracy, creating opportunity and 

elevating communities. 

Are you ready to be part of a 

deeper economy For more info on 

International Year of Co-operatives, 

go to www.strongertogether.coop, 

www.stories.coop, www.go.coop, 

and www.hungryhollow.org. Join the 

movement. Co-operate. d 

The Co-operative Principles 

Most co-ops adhere to the 

seven “Co-operative Principles”, 

established by the International 

Cooperative Alliance 

(www.ica.coop): 

1. Voluntary and open membership 

2. Democratic member control 

3. Member economic participation 

4. Autonomy and independence 

5. Education, training and 

information 

6. Cooperation among 

cooperatives 

7. Concern for community 

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Community Announcements 

Eurythmy Spring Valley 

www.eurythmy.org 

845-352-5020 x13 

Part-time Job Opening at Eurythmy 

Spring Valley: Student Services 

Coordinator 

We are now accepting applications for the 

position of Student Services Coordinator 

at Eurythmy Spring Valley. Responsibilities 

include all aspects of assisting students 

through the inquiry, application, 

enrollment and program completion 

process. Training will be provided 

in immigration procedures required 

for our large number of international 

students. The successful candidate 

will possess excellent communication 

and interpersonal skills, a consultative 

approach and good listening skills, a 

background in office or educational 

record-keeping and facility with 

Microsoft Office and other key business 

applications. To apply, please send your 

resume and cover letter to info@eurythmy. 

org. For further information, contact 

Shannon Boyce at (845) 352-5020 x13. 

The Poetry of Emily Dickinson: Poetics 

Lectures with John Wulsin 

March 5-9, 11:15am–12:25pm 

School of Eurythmy. $75 for 5 lectures 

How did the modest Massachusetts 

maiden lady become the most potent 

female poet since Sappho, the “mother” 

of American poetry, a keen quickener of 

new consciousness 

She explored the human mind 

“…till 

The Centuries of June 

And Centuries of August cease 

And Consciousness-is Noon.” 

John Wulsin is a faithful and beloved 

contributor to the Eurythmy School and 

a long-standing and highly respected 

teacher at Green Meadow Waldorf School. 

He is the author of several books including 

The Spirit of the English Language—A 

Practical Guide for Poets, Teachers 

& Students, 2008, Lindisfarne Books. 

Information: 845-352-5020 x13, or email 

info@eurythmy.org. 

Children’s Performance 

March 10, 11am 

Threefold Auditorium. $7 adults/$5 

children. 

Our Saturday morning children’s program 

will once more include a chance for 

children to experience alive tables, 

troughs, doors and trees in conversation 

with anxious little creatures with the story, 

Little Louse and Little Flea. The story will 

be surrounded by music by Mozart and 

other little pieces. Information: 845-352- 

5020 x13, or email info@eurythmy.org. 

Weekend Public Eurythmy Intensive 

March 16-18 

School of Eurythmy. $225 (sliding scale 

available). 

Join us for the third and final weekend 

intensive in eurythmy that we are offering 

for those who want to take a deeper 

step in eurythmy but are not ready to 

join a training. This immersion course 

explores a variety of eurythmy elements, 

complemented by sessions in singing or 

creative speech and a study of material by 

Rudolf Steiner. 

Led by Eurythmy Spring Valley faculty, 

the Weekend Public Intensive offers 

participants a unique opportunity 

to experience the refreshment and 

deepening that eurythmy has to offer. All 

levels of experience are very welcome. 

Information: 845-352-5020 x13 or info@ 

eurythmy.org. 

Eurythmy Spring Valley Ensemble – 

Premier of New Pieces 


Threefold Auditorium. $15/ $9 Students 

and seniors. 

The Eurythmy Spring Valley Ensemble will 

premier several new pieces in this public 

evening performance of new works, such 

as the first few scenes of the new Arthurian 

tale, “Gawain and the Loathly Lady,” 

including a short introduction to the tale. 

Join us for an evening that is guaranteed 

not to disappoint. Tickets and information: 

845-352-5020 x13 or info@eurythmy.org. 

Fifth-Year Performance 


Threefold Auditorium. $12/$8 students 

and seniors. 

Our fifth-year post-graduate students 

are hard at work preparing for their final 

performance, which promises to be a rich 

and unique evening of eurythmy. The 

students will be offering group pieces with 

poetry by Mary Oliver, Denise Levertov 

and others, and music by Beethoven, 

Burghardt and Sculthorpe and others, as 

well as solos the students have worked on 

in the course of the last two semesters. 

You are warmly invited by the faculty and 

the fifth year to join us for a varied and 

refreshing evening with our students from 

all over the world! Information: 845-352- 

5020 x13, or email info@eurythmy.org. 

Art History Lecture and 

Slideshow with David Lowe 

March 26, 7:30pm. 

School of Eurythmy. 

$15/$9 students and seniors. 

Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael are 

acknowledged as three of the greatest 

artists who have ever lived in West or East. 

They lived through the same times and 

even met—in Florence and Rome. In his 

second Art History lecture, upon which 

this talk is based, Rudolf Steiner makes a 

stimulating characterization of all three. 

Information: 845-352-5020 x13 or info@ 

eurythmy.org. 

Winter End-of-Term 

March 29, 7:30pm. 

Threefold Auditorium. Donations 

welcome. 

Please join us for our end-of-term sharing 

of pieces our students have been working 

on during the winter term. Enjoy a sneak 

preview of the fourth year graduation 

pieces, as well as work done this term by 

the first and second year. Information: 845- 

352-5020 x13, or email info@eurythmy.org. 

Threefold Educational Center 

www.threefold.org 

845-352-5020 x18 

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Secrets of Sensational Sauces 

Sunday, March 11, 12:00-3:30pm 

This cooking class with Chef Anthony 

LoPinto of Threefold Cafe will reveal how 

just a few simple sauces can transform 

your cooking, if you know how to make, 

store and use them correctly. Learn how to 

make chicken stock, veal stock, winter citrus 

vinaigrette, classic Italian tomato sauce, a 

cabernet veal reduction, and more – plus 

the truth about cream sauces! $75. 

Hamlet 

March 30, 7pm and March 31, 7:30pm 

Threefold Auditorium, suggested 

donation $15 / $10 students and seniors. 

The Pro Tem Players present The Tragical 

History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, 

directed by Barbara Renold. Proceeds will 

benefit the Patrick Kleinbach Fund and the 

Threefold Mystery Drama Fund. 

For information call: 845-356-0674. 

Sunbridge Institute 

www.sunbridge.edu 

845-425-0055 

The Story of Waldorf Education in 

the United States: Past, Present, and 

Future, Book Reading and Signing with 

Author Stephen Sagarin, PhD 

March 25, 7:30pm 

In upper Brookside, 

Free and open to the public. 


Community Announcements, continued 

A faculty member of the Waldorf 

Elementary Teacher Education program 

at Sunbridge Institute, Steve is an 

informed and dynamic speaker. Bring 

your questions! Books will be available for 

purchase and signing. RSVPs appreciated: 

info@sunbridge.edu 

Sunbridge Institute Information Evening 

at Green Meadow Waldorf School 

March 27, 7:30pm 

Green Meadow Waldorf High School 

Thinking about becoming a Waldorf 

school teacher Interested in learning 

about the unique journey Waldorf 

teachers take in preparing for their 

careers Join faculty and alumni from 

Sunbridge Institute for a discussion on 

Waldorf teacher education and the path 

to becoming a Waldorf Early Childhood 

or Elementary Teacher. Details and 

registration at www.sunbridge.edu. 

Open Day at Sunbridge Institute 


Main House 

Join us for this twice-yearly event as 

Sunbridge Institute opens its doors and 

invites you to experience our Waldorf 

Elementary Teacher Education classes. 

There will be plenty of time to speak 

with our faculty, students and admissions 

representatives to learn about our 

programs and courses. (Please note: 

this is an adult-only event.) Details and 

registration at www.sunbridge.edu. 

The Christian Community 

www.christiancommunitysv.org 

845-573-9080 

christiancommunitysv@gmail.com 

Sourdough Bread Baking Workshop 

March 10, 1-5 pm 

$55-$85 (suggested donation) 

Learn how simple and inexpensive it is to 

make your own bread at home with natural 

leavening. We will go through all the steps 

of making wholegrain wheat/rye bread 

from start to finish and discuss how the 

recipe can be adapted to make 100% rye 

sourdough bread, pancakes, pizza dough, 

English muffins and more. Participants 

will receive a portion of sourdough 

starter to take home. Enrollment is very 

limited; please contact Lory Widmer at 

845-426-3746 orloryh0907@aol.com to 

sign up. Proceeds benefit the Christian 

Community. 

Christian Community Seminary 

Open Courses 

Information and registration: 

Rev. Gisela Wielki 

212-877-0208 

info@christiancommunityseminary.org 

www.christiancommunityseminary.org 

The Sermon on the Mount, with Erk 

Ludwig. March 5-9, 9:30 am. $50 

The Pfeiffer Center 

www.pfeiffercenter.org 

845-352-5020 x 20 

info@pfeiffercenter.org 

Beginning a Vegetable Garden 

March 31, 9am -5pm 

Pfeiffer Center Garden, $95 

Learn the basics to get started in your own 

garden this spring. Farmer and educator 

Mac Mead has over 30 years of experience 

to share. The Session includes time in 

the classroom and hands-on time in the 

Pfeiffer Center garden. 

Classified Ads 

Home Repair: GM parent Bruce Calabro, 

all types of home repair/renovation, 

home 845-445-1938, cell 845-239-9273. 

Looking for Live-In Childcare. Green 

Meadow Family in Chestnut Ridge. 

Two boys ages 9 & 6. 45 hours a week. 

Childcare and light housekeeping. Call 

845-367-1751. 

Perfect for a GMWS family. This Bilevel 

high-ranch has 4 bedroom/2.5 

baths, hardwood floors, central A/C, 

an extra large deck & is located on a 

cul-de-sacm only 5 minutes walk from 

Green Meadow, NY/NJ Border & NYC 

Transportation. $315,000 Call Mary 

845.558.0645 or mary@baerhomes.com. 

Private ART & YOGA instructions in 

my studio or your home for children 

& adults. Taught by professional and 

experienced Waldorf art teacher and 

Certified Yoga instructor, including 

therapeutics. Painting and drawing in 

any art media, portfolio preparation and 

main lesson book assistance. Gosha 845- 

596-3478 gosha.karpowicz@gmail.com 

HOUSE FOR SALE BY OWNER. 

Chestnut Ridge, 3 bedroom high-ranch, 

2 baths, 2 car garage, large screened-in 

porch, half acre wooded lot. Includes 

attached 2 bedroom, 1 bath apartment 

with separate entrance. Easy walk 

through Mary Dailey field to GMWS. 

$424,000. 845-426-1407. 

Clockwork Construction Inc., Precision 

craftsmanship at affordable 

prices. GMWS parent Ben Williams. 

845-429-7735 

Spring Cleanse: Spring is in the air 

and with it a perfect time to cleanse 

the liver, reduce sluggishness, stiffness 

and excess fat in the system. Some of 

us like to do a cleanse once or twice 

a year, others never get to it. We 

will look at the reasons behind our 

decisions, cleansing protocols and 

some guidelines for making the most 

of the spring season. Join us for two 

free sessions presented by Mariola 

Strahlberg, LAc., at the Food Evolution 

in Bordonia, NY on March 21st at 7pm 

(call 845-507-0260) or at the Shining 

Mountain Acupuncture in Chestnut 

Ridge, NY on March 26th at 8pm (call 

845-425-7243). 

Husband of GMWS 6th grade teacher 

looking for employment. Experienced 

program and organization manager and 

management consultant with particular 

expertise in strategic and business 

planning, financial analysis and modeling, 

facilities management and information 

systems design and implementation. 

Equally comfortable in not-for-profit 

and commercial settings. Any leads 

on available positions or companies 

hiring—or introductions to people I 

could contact for such leads—would be 

greatly appreciated. Please contact Mark 

at (510) 225-8521 or via email at:mark@ 

greatendeavors.org. Thank you! 

Auto repair and Maintenance. 

GM parent in Chestnut Ridge with 

20 yrs experience. All types of cars, 

specializing in Subaru. Mobile Service. 

Call Vincent Russell home 845-735- 

1086 cell 845-300-9991 email vince@ 

jowpainrelief.com 


March Events Calendar 

Monday, March 5 1pm Tea and Play: Chestnut Ridge and Tarrytown Campuses 

3:15pm Equestrian Program 

7:30pm 3rd Grade Parent Meeting 

7:30pm 

12th Grade Parent Meeting 

Tuesday, March 6 7:30pm 2nd Grade Parent Meeting 

Wednesday, March 7 3:15pm Equestrian Program 

7pm 

1st Grade Parent Meeting 

Friday, March 9 9am Introductory Session for Prospective Parents 

Saturday, March 10 9am Doll Making Workshop 

Monday, March 12 

9:30am 

2pm 

7pm 

Tuesday, March 13 7pm 7th Grade Parent Meeting 

Joyful Beginnings: Chestnut Ridge and Tarrytown Campuses 

Enrollment House Party: Nyack 

School Closed: Faculty Professional Development Day 

Parent/Faculty Study Group 

Wednesday, March 14 8:30am Walk Through the Grades 


7:15pm 6th Grade Parent Meeting 

7:30pm Simplicity Parenting Course 

Friday, March 16 7:30pm Miss Representation Film Screening 

Saturday, March 17 9am Doll Making Workshop 

Sunday, March 18 3pm Cello Recital; Students of Julie Diesslin-August 



4:15pm Co-ed HS Volleyball vs. Collegiate High School 

7:30pm Literacy the Waldorf Way: A Talk by Anna Silber 

Wednesday, March 21 3:15 Equestrian Program 

Thursday, March 22 7:30pm 10th Grade Play 

Friday, March 23 9am Introductory Session for Prospective Parents 

7:30pm 10th Grade Play 

Saturday, March 24 6pm Raise the Lights! Fundraising Auction 



High School Week Begins 

7pm 

Parent/Faculty Study Group 

Tuesday, March 27 4:15pm Co-ed HS Volleyball vs. Collegiate High School 

7pm 

Rockland Holistic Moms Meeting 

7:30pm Sunbridge Institute Informational Evening 

Wednesday, March 28 3:15pm Equestrian Program 

7:30pm Simplicity Parenting Course 

Friday, March 30 

7pm 

High school Week Ends 

8th Grade Talent Show 

Saturday, March 31 10am Wise Mama, Happy Baby: A Talk on Pregnancy & Nutrition by Jill Cruz 

10:30am 3rd Grade Play 

WhyWaldorf Works The Waldorf curriculum is broad and comprehensive, 

structured to respond to the three developmental phases of childhood: from birth to 

approximately 6 or 7 years, from 7 to 14 years and from 14 to 18 years. Rudolf Steiner, the 

founder of Waldorf Education, stressed to teachers that the best way to provide meaningful 

support for the child is to comprehend these phases fully and to bring “age appropriate” 

content to the children that nourishes healthy growth. (From www.whywaldorfworks.org) 

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FREE MONEY, GET 

YOUR FREE 

MONEY!!! 

STEP RIGHT UP 

AND GET YOUR 

FREE MONEY!!! 

 

SCRIP is about FREE MONEY. Raising FREE MONEY for Green Meadow 

Waldorf School. 

Why is this important Because tuition we pay for our kids to come here 

pays about 85% of the cost of educating them; obviously even less if we 

get discounts or tuition assistance, as many families do. The school has 

a development program to try to cover the gap – Annual Fund, other 

fundraising activities – but nothing is as effective as SCRIP at getting 

OTHER PEOPLE outside our community to contribute to Green Meadow. 

That’s because SCRIP involves merchants PAYING THE SCHOOL FOR 

THE PRIVILEGE OF SELLING US STUFF (GROCERIES, ETC.) THAT WE 

WOULD OTHERWISE BUY AND PAY FOR ANYWAY. By channeling our 

grocery and other routine purchases through the SCRIP program, Green 

Meadow gets about 5% of the proceeds, and parents pay nothing more 

than the same prices at the same stores they would otherwise frequent. 

SCRIP is the universal fundraiser in that EVERYONE CAN AFFORD TO 

PARTICIPATE IN IT. The school knows that not everyone can afford to 

be a big donor to Annual Funds and capital campaigns (although 

everyone is expected to participate to the extent they can.) BUT IF YOU 

BUY GROCERIES, YOU CAN AFFORD TO BE IN SCRIP, the fundraising 

program that costs NOTHING, and which everyone can be part of. 

The easiest way to participate is to sign up for AUTO-‐SCRIP, where it is 

delivered to you automatically each month. The volunteer “SCRIP Rep” 

for your class can show you how to sign up. It’s easy, and you will be 

doing your part to assure our children all get the education we want for 

them.

Saddle up y’all and save the 

date… 

The 3 rd Grade Farm Dance 

Is on the horizon!!! 

FRIDAY APRIL 27 TH 

Now mark it down ya hear 

Live music 

Amazing auction 

Face painting 

Great food 

Prizes prizes and more prizes 

Come and spin our Wheel of Wonder and see 

what you win….. 

Many more surprises to be unveiled as time 

draws closer. You wont want to miss this!

March 2012 - Green Meadow Waldorf School

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