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Rogue Art + Craft Fair

VISIT NEVADA SAGE WALDORF SCHOOL’S GOLDEN GNOME BOOTH

Join us in supporting Nevada Sage Waldorf School’s Golden Gnome and the work of 50 other independent artists and crafters from around the region at The Holland Project’s Annual Rogue Art + Craft Fair. Shop and browse the holiday market featuring one-of-a-kind handcrafted goods, local art, some food trucks, hot coffee, and other treats.

For more information contact Sara Kuhns at ParentCouncil@NevadaSageWaldorf.org.

Harvest Festival & Handmade Market

Saturday | October 13 | 3-5pm | Nevada Sage Waldorf School | Free Event
Hosted by Parent Council
Our annual Harvest Festival reflects the bounty of Autumn and a coming together of our community. Come out and join Nevada Sage Waldorf’s families and friends for an early evening with music, folk dancing, activities for the kids, shop our handmade market, and sample soup made by our class parents.
Activities
Children will enjoy activities such as the apple press, an acorn treasure hunt and handcrafting of leather goods.
Handmade Market
Browse the Handmade Market for knitted treasures, woodworking creations, baked goods and Fall decor.
Sign up at the festival for complimentary childcare while you shop the Handmade Market, provided for Early Childhood only for up to a half hour from 3:30 to 4:30 pm.
Soup’s On | Harvest Soup Tasting
Enjoy a tasting sample of delicious soup and bread provided by our Early Childhood and Grades families in our first Nevada Sage Waldorf’s first Soups On Harvest Soup Tasting.

Handmade Market

CALLING ALL CRAFTERS
We have a talented community (parents, children, teachers, grandparents) which values handwork and handmade items. Please share your talents with the community either with something you make, a service you can offer, or a class you could teach others.
Some ideas include: photography, weaving, beading, baking, cooking, soap making, woodworking, knitting, crochet, sewing, quilting, felting, gardening, fix-it services, welding, etc…
SUBMIT HANDMADE ITEMS BY OCTOBER 5TH
Please label each item with the name of the crafter and drop off your items at the school office.
DELIVER BAKED GOODS ON OCTOBER 13TH
Please wrap items to sell and include the ingredients on the labels. In the past, people have loved buying whole pies, cakes and loaves of bread as well as individual servings.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT – ERICA ARMSTRONG

Visioning Workshop | One Day Retreat

SATURDAY | SEPTEMBER 22 | 9AM – 5PM | NEVADA SAGE WALDORF SCHOOL
We strongly encourage at least one parent from every school family – grades, kindergarten and pre-K – to attend.

Breakfast social from 8:30 – 9:00am (coffee, tea, fruit, plus muffins and bagels from My Favorite Muffin)

Lunch will be provided by The Basil (vegetarian and dairy-free)

If you require childcare for the day, please contact the following qualified childcare providers;
Maria Herrera (775) 737-8994

Ana Rincon (775) 527-4201
Alex Streuber (702) 540-1491
Lanae Riggs (775) 720-9159

What’s your vision for our school?

Our School is Growing. Let’s build our dream school together.

All school families, faculty and board members are invited to join us for a full day Visioning Workshop to develop a unified vision for our dream school.

The day will include:

• Our history as a school

• Examples of other Waldorf schools who have turned their vision into reality

• Group Visioning of our ideal school

• Introduction of Acorns to Oaks, our campaign for growth

• Invite everyone to become involved in actively creating our vision

The Visioning Workshop will be moderated by George Hoffecker and Donna Burgess, from Hoffecker Burgess Consulting. They’ve had decades of experience helping Waldorf schools like ours develop unified, long-term visions for growth.

ACORNS TO OAKS CAMPAIGN | A CAMPAIGN TO GROW ON
This Visioning Workshop will be the official kick-off to our Acorns to Oaks campaign for growth. It’s an important first step in developing a unified vision for our dream school.
We invite you to come share your ideas about how our school should grow and how we can best serve our children and our community moving forward.
Our vision will ultimately come to life in a plan for a permanent campus that can hold our students for years to come and a capital campaign that will help us raise the funds we need to make our vision a reality.
The workshop will be facilitated by George Hoffecker and Donna Burgess from Hoffecker Burgess Consulting. They’ve had decades of experience helping Waldorf schools like ours develop unified, long-term visions for growth.
We look forward to seeing you at this event and to hear your vision for the future of our school. We encourage at least one parent from every school family to attend this event.
For more information, please contact Tom Qualls at ‭tqwrites@gmail.com.
Hosted by the Site Planning and Development Committee.

May Faire Festival

16th Annual May Faire Festival

Saturday | May 4 | 10am – 2pm | Bartley Ranch Regional Park

May Pole Dance at Noon

FREE ADMISSION (Booth tickets will be available for purchase at the entrance.)

BRING…Your family for a celebration of Spring and enjoy the maypole dancing at noon!

ENJOY….Crafts & games, local artisan craft booths, face painting, henna art, cake walk, maypole dancing, live music, delicious sustenance by Thali Restaurant’s food truck, and all around celebrating!

EURYTHMY PERFORMANCE…Susan Strauss, Storyteller & Eurythmist, will tell the Nez Perce story, “Creation of Day & Night” and the Japanese tale, “Birds of Fortune.”

This festival welcomes the return of Spring – the rebirth and growth of new plant life, the lengthening of the daylight hours, and the strengthening warmth of the sun. May Faire is our largest celebration of the year and it is being held at beautiful Bartley Ranch! This lovely event is a special time for the community to enjoy games, activities, live music, and food! Please invite your friends and family and neighbors to celebrate with us!

There are many opportunities to get involved and support May Faire, and we need each families participation to create this special event.

Contact:

Kathleen Deyling | May Faire Chair

Martinmas & Lantern Walk

Friday | November 16 | 4:30 to 5:30 pm
Idlewild Park | Rose Garden next to the California Building
2055 Idlewild Dr. | Reno, NV 89509
Early Childhood and Grades 1 -3
Each November, we commemorate the Feast of Saint Martin with a Lantern Walk. This year, the 1st through 3rd Grades will present a short play of “Saint Martin and the Beggar” followed by the lantern walk. A note for Early Childhood families, the story of St. Martin is saved for when children are in the grades school. The preschool and kindergarten child enjoys making a lantern in class and learning lantern songs to be sung at our special event.
Join us as we celebrate and process in a mood of quiet reverence, singing under the stars accompanied with their glimmering lanterns. Younger and older siblings of students participating in the walk and/or pageant are welcome to attend this event with their families.
Let us remember the deed of Saint Martin and keep kindled our inner light during the approaching outer darkness of winter.
Synopsis of the story of St. Martin:
St. Martin, a Roman soldier, swiftly rode on his snow-white steed through icy streets. He met an aged, ailing beggar. “Oh, could you spare a coin for one so poor, I pray?” Martin drew his rich, woolen cloak more tightly around his shoulders, yet all the while the wind cut keenly through the rags the beggar wore. Soon Martin’s heart grew with compassion for the beggar. He drew his sword and he cut his bright red cloak in two. One half he wrapped around the beggar and by this deed his life did save.

Michaelmas Festival – Grades Early Release

Michaelmas Festival & Potluck

Friday | September 28 | 5:30 – 7 pm
(Grades Early Release 1:15 pm. Aftercare will be offered from 1:15 to 5:30 pm.)
Michaelmas, a festival of awakening the “will” and fostering “courage”, is celebrated in Waldorf schools across the globe. Michael, translates to a question, “Who is like God?” and calls on our higher forces to face our inner “dragons”. This time of year, when the summer’s sun wanes and the cold and crisp air begins to arrive, we tend to move toward the comfort of home, and so does our reflective consciousness move inward to the warmth of self. These dragons are not external monsters, but rather live within all humankind; yet, we can overcome any struggle with our awakened righteous consciousness-our spear! Join us to celebrate and rejoice in Michael ’s spirit.
Burning bright my shield and spear,
Strong and true my bow.
Against the dragons fearful might
To battle forth I go!
With mighty arm and noble heart
Firm steps I fearless take,
To conquer him who binds us all
For mankind’s sake, I rise up tall.
-author unknown

Festival Schedule

5:30 p.m. | Community Gathering begins in the Great Room
5:40 p.m. | Performances from the grade school students
5:50 p.m. | Potluck and Dragon bread cutting.
6:45 p.m. | Circle Dance in the Great Room
7:00 p.m | Close of Festival
*Potluck: Please bring a dish to share! Our potlucks will be in the Grade School Play Yard and are always zero waste events, so please bring plates, utensils and cups or drinks from home.

Bake Sale | Fundraiser for Ms. Jackson’s Class

Friday | March 1 | 3:00 – 4:00 pm @ NSWS

Stock up on delicious home-baked treats and help Ms. Jackson’s students raise money to help fund their class trip this spring. Tell your family and friends to stop by the BAKE SALE on MARCH 1 hosted by the 4th/5th-grade students.

BAKE SALE LOCATION

3:00 – 4:00 pm | Outside in front of the school

Cash or checks only…thanks.

For more information call (775) 348-6622.