Hello, TWS Friends.

Just a friendly reminder that tuition payments are due by the first of each month, which, as it happens, is today.

We really need to get your tuition by the first, because we use your tuition payments to pay the teachers. Since they show up at school on-time every day, we really like to pay them on time every month.

Also, every payment that comes in after the first actually costs the school time and money, since we have to spend extra time attending to each situation, time either spent by a board member, teacher, or paid employee. Needless to say, we don't have a lot of extra time or money, so we really, really appreciate your on-time payments.

I've been asked to remind us all about the official policy about late payments:

Tuition is due by the first of each month. If we haven't received your tuition by the 5th, you'll get a friendly reminder call from a board member, and if you haven't at least made payment arrangements with either Allison or Judith, our bookkeeper, by the 10th of the month, enrollment will be suspended, and we ask that your child not attend school until all payments have been brought up-to-date.

Good News from Taos Waldorf School

Celebrating Parent Partnership

Creative Approaches for Emergent Times

One of the ways Taos Waldorf School is adapting to changing times is through partnering with parents to meet many needs within our school.  From cleaning to team leadership to answering the phone, we are striving to pair the talents, abilities, and interests of our community with the necessary tasks of school functioning.  In this way, we are hoping to meet the economic reality of our times headon while creating a foundation of social renewal.

Happy Fall!

There are many exciting events and workshops happening over the next few weeks.

NON VIOLENT COMMUNICATION WORKSHOP THIS FRIDAY!!!  AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN NEW TOOLS FOR SUCCESSFUL COMMUNICATION.  SPREAD THE WORD – ALL WELCOME.  Suggested donation of $15.  Child care available.

HALLOWEEN IS NEXT WEEK—OCT. 31ST!  COSTUMES ARE GREAT – PLEASE REMEMBER NOTHING SCARY OR MEDIA INFLUENCED.  NO GOREY STUFF OR MASKS PLEASE.  The kids should wear their regular clothes to school and change during the day into their costumes.  There will be a costume parade at 2pm.

NATIVE AMERICAN CELEBRATION ON NOVEMBER 3RD!  THIS IS AN AMAZING CULTURAL EXPERIENCE AND FUNDRAISER FOR OUR SCHOOL --- DINNER, DRUMMING, STORIES AND MORE….PLEASE SHARE THE WORD – TICKETS ARE $50 AND ARE ON SALE NOW!

LANTERN WALK IS NOVEMBER 8TH!  WE WILL BE CELEBRATING OUR LANTERN WALK AT SCHOOL.  WE NEED SOME HELP WITH BREAD AND CIDER MAKING ---IF YOU HAVE INGREDIANTS TO DONATE FOR THE BREAD OR APPLE CIDER OR TIME TO HELP PREPARE PLEASE LET US KNOW.

Let's Help Send the 8th Grade to Chicago!

Thanks to Dean and Priscilla in Ojo Sarco, the Blue Spring Orchard apple harvest (100-200 bushels) has been made available to the 8th grade, for fund raising towards end of the year trip. You can find info. about the orchard at www.bluespringorchard.blogspot.com.
   
Fresh apple cider, from apples picked and pressed by the 8th grade under the  guidance of Mikayla's dad Ron Boyd, is available to pre-order.

Please sign up outside your classroom to pre-order cider for $8 per half gallon.   

Create for yourself a new, indomitable perception of faithfulness.  What is usually called faithfulness passes so quickly.  Let this be your faithfulness:

You will experience moments...fleeting moments...with the other person.  The human being will appear to you then as if filled, irradiated with the archetype of his spirit.

And then there may be....indeed, will be, other moments, long periods of time, when human beings are darkened.  But you will learn to say to yourself at such times:  the Spirit makes me strong.  I remember the archetype - I saw it once.  No illusion, no deception, shall rob me of it.

Always struggle for the image that you saw.  This struggle is faithfulness.  Striving thus for faithfulness, we shall be close to one another, as if endowed with the protective power of angels."

Rudolph Steiner

Harvestfest
Come one, come all to the annual Taos Waldorf School Harvestfest!!!  

Festivities are this Friday (that's tomorrow) from 5p to 7p at school in the big play yard.  It's a potluck, so bring something you love to eat and to share.  Please bring tableware for your family.

It will be a "music potluck" as well, so if you are a musician of any kind please bring your instrument, your voice, and your good cheer.  We will see what gets cooked up.  And don't forget the ever-popular sack races and field games!