Potomac Crescent Waldorf School

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Potomac Crescent regularly hosts a variety of events for the public. Social events include our Fall Festival, which is our biggest fundraiser each year, and a family dance in the Spring. Parent and Community Education events give parents and others the opportunity to deepen their understanding of Waldorf education. Information Evenings, Observation Mornings, and Open Houses give prospective parents a picture of what a Waldorf education can offer children and their families.

Family Events for the Public

2011 Fall Festival
Saturday, October 15, 2011: 10 a.m. -2 p.m.

Our Fall Festival offers indoor and outdoor games, activities and crafts for children, handcrafted toys, home decor and children's toys made by the Potomac Crescent Parent Handwork Group, a silent auction, a wholesome lunch and lots of fun. Bring the whole family and enjoy our favorite fundraising event.

2012 Family Dance
Saturday, May 12, 2012
3:00- 7:00 pm

Enjoy live musicians with professional caller, traditional and folk dances, wholesome vegetarian and non-vegetarian dinner. Bring the kids, bring Grandma, bring the whole neighborhood for a rollicking good time!

Parent and Community Education Talks

The Potomac Crescent Parent and Community Education committee offers a variety of guest speakers on a variety of topics true to the Waldorf experience. Notable guests have included Jack Petrash, Nancy Foster, Joan Almon, Cecelia Karpoff and others. No registration is necessary for these adults-only events.

Upcoming Events

Waldorf Education as Human Evolution
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
7:30 - 9 p.m.

Waldorf curriculum is in tune with and mirrors human evolutionary developments. This talk by Michael Judge, "Waldorf Education as Human Evolution", will illustrate how the child through developmental stages recapitulates human evolution and is met with themes that speak directly to the child's unfolding consciousness in the classroom.

Michael Judge has been in education for twenty-four years. He has done environmental education, been a teacher for youth-at-risk, and a Waldorf teacher for games, movement, and Main Lesson. He has worked with grades K-12, and was a Waldorf Basketball Coach for 17 years. He holds a BA from the University of Maryland, and has earned a State of Maryland Teaching Certificate, a Waldorf Teaching Certificate, and a Spatial Dynamics Certificate. He has been a student of history, prehistory, and science his whole life. He has been a student of Anthroposophy since 1978. Anthroposophy is the non-doctrinaire non-sectarian spiritual philosophy in which Waldorf Education has its roots. He currently lectures on the remarkable relationships between the current scientific views of evolution and the Waldorf/Anthroposophic views.

Recent Talks

The Waldorf Approach: Teaching to the Heart of Childhood
An Evening with Jack Petrash

A Morning in the Grades
With Grades Teacher Wendy Jackson

Fathering and Waldorf Education
A Workshop with Rob Schware and Bill Merkel

Waldorf Education - Back to the Future
An Evening with Jack Petrash

It's About Time: A Child's Perspective
A Talk with Cecelia Karpoff

Family Culture and the Role of Discipline
A Talk with Sharifa Oppenheimer

Rhythm in the Home
A Talk with Cecelia Karpof

The Stages of Early Childhood: A Map for the Journey
A Talk with Nancy Foster

The Vital Role of Play: Restoring It to Children's Lives
A Talk with Joan Almon

Information Evenings/Observation Mornings
Prospective parents’ first introduction to our school is often through an Information Evening. Join Potomac Crescent faculty to learn more about Waldorf education, our school, and class offerings. Those parents who attend the information evening are invited to join a tour of the school and observe the classes. These events are for adults only. No registration is necessary, but only those parents who attended the Information Evening will be invited to come to the Observation Morning.

Information Evening: Monday, September 26, 2011, 7:30 - 9 p.m. (adults only, please).

Information Evening: Wednesday, November 9, 2011, 7:30 - 9 p.m. (adults only, please).

Open House: Saturday, January 28, 2012

Information Evening: Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 7:30 - 9 p.m. (adults only, please). Those who attend this Information Evening will be invited to an observation morning on Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 8:30 - 10:00 a.m.

Information Evening: Monday, April 23, 2012, 7:30 - 9 p.m. (adults only, please.) Those who attend this Information Evening will be invited to an observation morning on Wednesday, April 23, 2012, 8:30 - 10:00 a.m.

Information Evening: Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 7:30 - 9 p.m. (adults only, please.) Those who attend this Information Evening will be invited to an observation morning on Thursday, May 31, 2012, 8:30 - 10:00 a.m.

Open Houses
Bring your children to enjoy a morning in a Waldorf early childhood class. The Waldorf education curriculum, based on the nearly century old philosophy of Rudolf Steiner, strives to teach the whole child-head, heart and hands-through a play-based morning for the kindergartens and through experiential, arts-based methods in the grades. Waldorf education trusts the wisdom of the human being and nurtures a sense of connection, support and responsibility within the community.

The early childhood classes will be open for children to play and enjoy circle time or a puppet play. Grades teachers will be available to talk with parents about our school at the January Open House.

Upcoming Open Houses

Grades and Kindergarten Open House: Saturday, January 28, 2012: 10:00 - 11:30 am (Snow date: TBA)

A Morning in the Grades with Grades Teachers Wendy Jackson and Sarah Smith
Postponed--New date to be announced

Have you ever wondered how a child's day begins in a Waldorf grades classroom? You can now experience that for yourself. Ms. Jackson and Ms. Smith invite prospective grades parents back to grade school as they may never have experienced it. Start the day as a child would—with songs, verses, and movement. Then move on to the main lesson for the morning. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a morning in a grades classroom is worth hours of reading about Waldorf education.

This workshop is geared toward parents of prospective grades children (either outside the school community, rising 1st graders or older, or within the community, Tall Oaks or older) who have never attended a previous Morning in the Grades . Parents should make arrangements for child care to attend this event.

Space is limited. Registration Required.
Please call 703.486.1309 or email outreach@potomaccrescentschool.org

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