Administrator News
Dear Parents,
 A belated Happy Valentine's Day and a heartfelt thank you to the PO and all of the parents who helped provide such a wonderful Valentine lunch for the faculty & staff yesterday. We all felt very loved and appreciated!
We hope lots of our families will be able to support the High School Girls Basketball Team in their last game of the season. It is at the Hillsborough Central Rec Center at 4:30 this afternoon. 8th Grade Project Presentations are also this evening beginning at 6:30pm in the Brown Wing. There have been some amazing projects this year, and we are excited to hear the students share about this important 8th grade experience.
Monday, February 27th will be an in-service day which the faculty are using as a curriculum workshop. We will be using this valuable time to refine and update our Curriculum Guide; documenting some recent curriculum innovation and envisioning where we are headed in the near future. Inspiring and exciting work for all of us!
We hope everyone enjoys some extra time with family over the Winter Break and returns healthy and refreshed. We look forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday, February 28th. Thank you for all you do in support of our school,
Christina Wise Director of Administration
Financial Aid Applications Due March 10, 2017
All re-enrolling 2017-2018 families must submit their Financial Aid application by March 10.
The Tuition Adjustment application period is January 3-March 10, 2017. Tax Returns from 2016 will be required for submission. All Tuition Adjustment applications must be COMPLETED by March 10 for families to receive their Tuition Agreement before 2017-2018 tuition payments begin June 1st. Families applying for assistance will receive a letter detailing their assistance offer in the first two week of April if their application meets the deadline. The application can be found at TADS.com.
Early Childhood Re-Enrollment
 In December, all families received a mailing from the Administration regarding re-enrollment for 2017-2018.
On January 25, re-enrolling Nursery and Kindergarten families received a notification from TADS via email to enroll their returning student and pay their deposit.
The deadline to re-enroll was February 6, 2017. A re-enrollment extension was provided and sent on Saturday, February 11 prompting families to re-enroll before February 15th. On February 15, new families received their acceptance notification.
Our Early Childhood program requires immediate re-enrollment to ensure that returning families do not lose a spot in the program and to ensure that new families receive their notification to enroll.
If you have not re-enrolled your Nursery or Kindergarten student, please do so today.
If you have questions about tuition or financial aid, please email Finance Director, Mary Deutsch, at mdeutsch@emersonwaldorf.org.
Annual All-School Meeting on March 6 – Save the Date!
 Everyone is invited to our yearly All-School Meeting on Monday, March 6, at 5:30pm in the Richards room of the EWS High School. At this meeting, school leaders will review the accomplishments and celebrations of last year and the goals and objectives for this coming year. There will be light hors d'oeuvres from Mediterranean Deli! This meeting is a requirement of WEANC (Waldorf Educational Association of North Carolina), the 501(c) (3) nonprofit corporation that manages the Emerson Waldorf School. Parents of enrolled students are members of WEANC. We hope to see you there! – EWS Board of Directors
Dee Anne Lamb Thanks Emerson Waldorf School
 We received a beautiful thank you note from Dee Anne Lamb after the dedication of the "Dee Anne Lofland Lamb Library and Community Room" at the High School last month. "Dear Friends, How blessed I am to have had the privilege of being part of Emerson Waldorf School, to have watched children grow and blossom under the warm and wise guidance of their teachers and parents and to be able to see some of my own grandchildren thrive there! And I too have grown as I learned to work with others in our community, our hearts and eyes focused on building a strong future for the School based on the hard work of those who came before me."
Annual Giving Update
8 5 % OF GIVING GOAL REACHED!
1:1 MATCH for any NEW or ADDITIONAL gift to the Annual Fund Campaign has been EXTENDED until FEBRUARY 28, 2017!Thanks to everyone for their generosity! We're almost at $65,000. If you haven't made your annual gift, please do so! Maybe you have a little more to share, if so, please consider making an additional gift! Click here to donate: emersonwaldorf.org/donateOr email Mary to add a donation to your TADS account: mdeutsch@emersonwaldorf.orgAnnual giving is a tradition at Emerson, another demonstration of commitment to each other and the school. Here's our wish list: 1 generous donor to give a gift of $1000 3 generous donors to give a gift of $500 each 10 generous donors to give a gift of $100 each 20 generous donors give a gift of $50 each 20 generous donors give a gift of $25 each Would you be one of these generous donors? Deb Feinberg Director of Development
Vote EWS in Indy Best of 2017 – Let's Win AGAIN!
 For the last several years, we've won the Best of Early Childhood and Best Summer Camp in Orange County. Let's keep those Best Of spots! Just takes 4 minutes! The process is simple: - CLICK HERE to vote
- Select Services category
- Scroll down to Early Childhood Learning Facility in Orange County and select EWS
- Scroll quite a bit further down to Summer Camps in Orange County and select EWS
- That's it! There's no submit button – as soon as you hit nominate, your nomination is saved.
Please do this NOW, as polls close on March 5th! Thank you!!
UNC Journalism Students Writes Article on Emma's Social Awareness Lecture Series
 CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- A student at Emerson Waldorf High School put
together a speaker series for her senior project that consists of three
speaker panels and one film screening in an effort to create dialogue
about injustices facing the community and the world as a whole. Emma
Hulbert said the main goal of her project entitled “It's Time to Wake
Up – Social Awareness Through Conversation” is to spread awareness of
injustice and racism to an audience that may not directly experience
such things. “Those experiencing racism, for example, do not need
to be told about racism,” she said. “It is the people who don’t notice,
or choose to ignore, who are the intended audience of my project.” Emerson
Waldorf School in Chapel Hill is one of many Waldorf schools in the
nation. Their goal is to provide a creative learning environment based
on the philosophy and teachings of Dr. Rudolf Steiner, an Austrian
philosopher during the late 19th and early 20th century.
College Acceptances for Our Seniors
 Below is a list of colleges where our seniors have been accepted thus far in the school year. Guilford College UNC-Chapel Hill Hampshire College UNC-Asheville Ursinus College UNC-Greensboro Hollins University University of Kentucky UNC-Charlotte Agnes Scott College Eckerd College University of Vermont Ithaca College Loyola Univeristy (MD) Juniata College Goucher College University of Mary Washington Virginia Tech Denison University
Early Childhood Info Sessions for Inquiring New Families
.jpg "02 (1)") If you have a Nursery or Kindergarten aged-child for the 2017-2018 school year, contact admissions@emersonwaldorf.org to register to attend our upcoming Information Sessions. - Monday, March 6th Kindergarten Information Session
- Thursday, March 9th Nursery Information Session
Parents attend with their child to meet our teachers and experience our classrooms.
High School Open House – Join Us, Invite Friends!
How Eurythmy Supports the Developing Human Being
EWS Gala – Picnic at the Park – Save the Date!
 The EWS Gala Committee has been busy planning a wonderful event for our community! Thank you Kristy Burrows, Cydney English, Nadia Heuberger, and Danielle Tanzer for stepping up!
When: Saturday, March 25th, 6:30pm
Where: The Murphey School
See you at the Gala!
Donations for Cabin
Dear Friends, We are currently outfitting our farm cabin to house a visiting teacher who will be assisting in the lower grades for the remainder of this school year. If you have any of the following items, please let us know. Items can be dropped off on the front porch of the cabin next Monday through Wednesday and we can make arrangements to pick up larger items. Thanks!
Wish List:
• Comfy chair (for living room)
• 2 to 3 table lamps
• Rug
• Full / Queen bed
• Twin bed
• 2 nightstands or small tables that could serve this purpose
• dresser
• kitchen utensils (basic set of silverware & common cooking things)
• towels & sheet sets
Summer Camp Registration Now Open!
Grade 8 Projects – Check Them Out TONIGHT!
 We have quite a line-up of projects this year! Please come out and see what our eighth graders have been up to! When: Thursday, February 16, 6:30-8pm Where: EWS High School Gaga Ball Pit - Ella Clothes and Feelings - Tessa Blacksmithing - André Study of Dreams - Addison Creating a Vision for Race Unity - Isabel Writing a Book - Kiara Making a Puppet Show - Violet Therapy through Music - Julia The Theremin - Henry V. Railroad Transportation - Lingyu Making Jewelry - Shanice A Study of Cooking - Aurora In Grandfather's Footsteps - Mira Blacksmithing - Henry M. Creative Art Piece - Rania Leather Armor - Michelle
Class of 2017 Ireland Trip
 We are the senior class at Emerson Waldorf School in Chapel Hill. We are raising money for our class trip to Ireland, where we will visit wonders such as New Grange and Kilkenny Castle. We have previously studied these architectural phenomena but now we have the chance to experience them in depth. Please help make this trip possible by donating to our fund.
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Upcoming Events
2/15 4th Grade Play "Thor the Bride" at Hinoki 2:15pm
2/15 7th Grade Physics Presentations 6:30pm
2/16 HS Girls Basketball vs. Carolina Friends @ HOME 4:30pm
2/16 4th Grade Play "Thor the Bride" at the Hinoki 5pm
2/16 8th Grade Project Presentations 6:30pm
2/17 8th Grade Trip to Chestnut Ridge 8:00am
2/17 HALF DAY - NOON DISMISSAL for Nursery - 12th Grade
2/17 Parent/Teacher Conferences for N-8th grade
2/17 HS Faculty In-Service 12-3:30pm
2/20-27 WINTER BREAK - NO SCHOOL - NO AFTERCARE
2/28 School Back in Session for N-12th
2/28 6th Grade Physics Night 7pm
3/1 Eurythmy Sessions for Parents in Eurythmy Room 8:45am
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