Westside Waldorf School

Join our team!!! We are hiring full-time positions for:
•Grades class teacher
•EC lead teacher
•EC assistant teacher

For more information visit: https://www.westsidewaldorf.org/waldorf-explore/join-our-team or send us a DM

Do you have your ticket yet?! Join us on Saturday, May 18th for our annual spring auction. Enjoy delicious food and drinks, live music with String Theory, a special surprise performance, silent auction, and dancing with a DJ under the stars. We can’t wait to celebrate with you! DM for RSVP information.

4th graders reading in the courtyard on a sunny spring day. We love to embrace being outside as often as possible. 📚🌱🌞

Community Education Event: Come hear Jack Petrash speak on Saturday, April 20th from 10 - 11:30am at Ocean Charter School.

Brought to you by Wellspring, a Waldorf-inspired collective for Southern California.

Tickets:
https://www.eventcreate.com/e/wellspringevent

Community Education Online Event: Wednesday 4/3 5:30pm PT
Love the Skin They Are In: Fostering Healthy Racial Identity Development in the Young Child with Keelah Helwig.
Offered by WECAN (the Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America)

Children as young as 3 months begin to notice race and by two years old, they are recognizing, exploring, and asking questions about the differences between themselves and others. We know that children thrive in loving environments where they are surrounded by parents and caregivers who both see and celebrate them. In this parent evening, we will explore what every adult can do to foster a school or home environment of belonging and affirmation. We will define Racial Identity Development and chart a path to support its unfolding as we encourage each child to embrace their own race and ethnicity and celebrate the race and ethnicity of others.

This live-only event will be held by Zoom on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at 3:30 pm HT, 5:30 pm PT, 6:30 pm MT, 7:30 pm CT, and 8:30 pm ET. This Parent Evening will not be recorded to allow for open and free sharing during the event.

https://store.waldorfearlychildhood.org/products/parent-evening-love-the-skin-they-are-in-fostering-healthy-racial-identity-development-in-the-young-child-with-keelah-helwig

Enjoying a picnic break along the stream on hiking day. 🥾☀️🌳⛰

Don’t hesitate, motivate so the bees can pollinate! Last chance to get tickets for Poppy Day: Saturday, March 23rd from 10a - 1p.

Celebrate spring with us at our Santa Monica early childhood campus and join us for planting, crafting, puppet shows, and a snack in the tea room.

Link for tickets:
https://bitly.ws/3euDn

Biodynamic Beekeeper and Farmer Gunther Hauk visited our early childhood classes. He told the story of a children’s book he wrote and spoke to the children about bee-ing kind to bees and all creatures. It was a very special day for all of us to spend time with such a wonderful educator and anthroposophist.

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Visit us and experience the uniqueness of a Waldorf education! Applications are still being considered for Fall 2024 and our spring tours are some of the last chances to visit. RSVP at www.westsidewaldorf.org/admissions/visit

Continuing our work with and their wonderful colleague Masumi! We feel very grateful to do this important and necessary DEI work with all our faculty and staff with the guidance from To the next 100 years of Waldorf!

Join us Wed 2/14 at 10am for our Santa Monica campus tour.
RSVP: https://www.westsidewaldorf.org/admissions/visit or DM us for more information. We can’t wait to see you!

Visit us! School tours are Feb 7th at Pacific Palisades and Feb 14th at Santa Monica. >> RSVP: westsidewaldorf.org/admissions/visit

➡️Join us at our first tour of our Pacific Palisades McComb campus for 2024 on Wednesday, January 24th from 9:00 - 10:15 a.m.! Limited spots are available so RSVP ASAP! This tour will take visitors on a journey through our preschool, kindergarten, grades 1 - 5, and parent-child programs. We hope to see you there!

Link to RSVP: https://form.jotform.com/232146719602151

Bringing light in the winter time, these window stars are made with careful folding and precision. It is a wonderful opportunity for kindergarten children to strengthen their fine motor skills and build their dexterity, while also laying the foundation for geometry.

Mark your calendars and save the date —Saturday, May 18th — Join us for our school gala and annual spring soiree! Stay tuned for more details…

“Stress reduction, greater physical health, a deeper sense of spirit, more creativity, a sense of play, even a safer life - these are the rewards that await a family when it invites more nature into children’s lives.” Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods

Our children are lucky to spend half of their day outside. There are numerous benefits for outdoor play environments: children build their confidence, resilience, they learn to challenge themselves, problem-solve and as a result learn to be adaptable while learning to care for the environment around them.

✨Westside Waldorf is enrolling now! There are limited spaces available for the current school year in select classes, and we are accepting applications for the 2023/2024 school year through February. Visit our website to book a tour or submit an inquiry. We hope to meet you soon!

Register now for our winter session of parent-child classes. These are classes specifically for the young child, ages 0-3 years old, to attend with their parents and/ or caregivers. Classes are Monday - Thursday and for different age groups. Check out our website to learn more, send a DM or call with any questions. We look forward to seeing you and your wee ones for this fun and special time!

https://www.westsidewaldorf.org/programs/parent-child
310.454.7064

Last call for 2024-2025 applications!

TODAY is the deadline to apply preschool, kindergarten, and grades 1-5 for the 2024-2025 school year. We can’t wait to welcome you into our community!

Late applications considered if space allows.

Link to admissions applications in our bio.

Last call for 2024-2025 applications!

TODAY is the application deadline to apply for preschool, kindergarten, and grades 1-5. We can’t wait to welcome you into our community!

Late applications considered if space allows.

Link to admissions applications in our bio!

Join us for our FINAL Pacific Palisades Campus Tour of 2023 on Wednesday, December 6th from 9:00 - 10:15am! Tour our preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school before Friday's application deadline for Fall 2024. We look forward to meeting you!

RSVP here: https://form.jotform.com/232146843827158

✨It is Giving Tuesday! A gift to Westside Waldorf is a gift for the future — the future of our school and the next generation of children that will shape the future. Your generosity of spirit allows us to provide an education that cultivates and nurtures self-directed students and lifelong learning. Thank you for helping us to continue this meaningful work. ✨

Apply today for a spot in the 2024/2025 school year! Accepting applications now for Preschool, Kindergarten, and Grades 1 - 5.

Early Childhood:
https://www.westsidewaldorf.org/admissions/apply/early-childhood-application

Grades:
https://www.westsidewaldorf.org/admissions/apply/grades-application

Get your tickets for Little Snowdrop Village on Saturday December 2nd from 10a - 1p at our Santa Monica campus. Specifically designed as a holiday experience for the very young, infants, toddlers, preschool, and kindergarteners. See you there!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-little-snowdrop-village-tickets-764208597487?aff=oddtdtcreator

>>>Join us for OPEN HOUSE!
Saturday 11/11 from 10a - 12p

Experience a morning in the Waldorf classroom with our teachers. RSVP at link below. (adults only)
https://form.jotform.com/232146822672153

🚨OPEN HOUSE alert! >> Join us Saturday 11/11 from 10a - 12p at our McComb Palisades campus. Experience what it’s like to be a student at a Waldorf school and take classes with our teachers. RSVP: [email protected]. See you soon!

🧶 Why knitting?! Knitting is a practical art that is taught throughout Waldorf education. It helps the left and right hemispheres of the brain to weave connections and build neural pathways. Knitting also supports hand-eye coordination as the eyes see what the hands feel. It is a wonderful fine motor skill activity that the children learn first in preschool with finger-crochet, finger-knitting in kindergarten, and after making their own knitting needles in first grade, they learn to knit with them. Knitting projects progress through the grades and become rites of passage when each child knits their animal, flute bag, gnome, and more!

More tickets released!!!! Due to high demand, we have added more tickets for Halloween Enchantment on Saturday October 28th.

Join us on magical, wonder-filled journeys through our enchanted land. As you make your way, you will meet beloved fairy tale characters who have come to life, and they will share a story or song and offer a small gift to the children.

This is an alternative to the often scary, sugar-filled activities of trick-or-treating. This event is specifically for toddlers and young children up to 10 years old and is open to the public.

Lots of firsts for the first grade - writing, reading, and knitting oh, my!

Handwork Photo Dump! The start of the year has been focused on making knitting needles, harvesting, plant dyeing, and geography. Grades 3 and 4 wet felted Earth 🌍 balls as they have been in a geography block. Children harvested marigolds and eucalyptus leaves to make our own plant dye-baths. The results are stunning! Such beauty from the multitudes that mother nature offers, right here in our own garden!