INREACH - Cincinnati Waldorf School

INREACH
...a newsletter of the Cincinnati Waldorf School
January 5, 2011
UPCOMING EVENTS
Jan 6 – Craft Guild, 8:30
Jan 7 – Alumni Games Night, 6:00-9:00
Jan 10 – Book Discussion Group, 8:45
Jan 10 – Board Meeting, 6:00
Jan 11 – Gala Meeting, 9:00
Jan 13 – Craft Guild, 8:30
Jan 13 – Community Meeting and Alumni Panel, 6:30
Jan 17 – NO SCHOOL
Jan 18 – Parent Association Meeting, 8:45
Jan 18 – Intro Tour, 9:00
Jan 20 – Craft Guild, 8:30
Jan 21 – Andrea Cheng Writing Workshop, 12:00-3:00
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Community Meeting Update
NEW DATE!
Please note that we have moved our planned CWS Community Meeting to next Thursday, January 13 to
coincide with our CWS Alumni Panel event. Please plan to attend this informative evening to hear from some of
our former graduates about their high school experience and to learn about important school information such
as changes to our annual Contract Signing Day and Student Fees. Please note specific details about our
Community Meeting:

• NEW DATE: January, 13
• 6:30-8:30 pm
• CWS Cafeteria
• Adult-only event; babes-in-arms are welcome!
• Topics: CWS Alumni speakers, changes to Contract Signing Day, New Student Fees Policy update, "Stateof-the-School"
update, Gala news, and more!
If you have any questions, please contact us in the main office.
Tuition Assistance Applications now being accepted for 2011-12
FACTS Grant and Aid is now accepting tuition assistance applications for the Cincinnati Waldorf School for the
2011-12 school year. The FACTS tuition assistance application is available online at www.factstuitionaid.com.
You must also complete the CWS Supplementary Tuition Form available on the CWS website at
http://www.cincinnatiwaldorfschool.org/enrollment/tuition-assistance.html. You may also submit a
Request for Waiver/Alternate Request for Waiver if applicable. The deadline for completing the tuition
assistance application for returning families is February 4, 2011. There will be no exceptions to this deadline.
There is no processing fee for tuition assistance applications.
2009 or 2010 Federal Tax Forms and Schedules and 2010 W-2 Forms must be submitted to FACTS in order for
your application to be processed. Please note that any award granted prior to the receipt of this information
may be subject to adjustment.
Please submit supporting documents directly to Karen Crick in the CWS Enrollment Office postmarked no later
than the application deadline and notify CWS by emailing Karen Crick at kcrick@cinciwaldorf.org once you
have applied for tuition assistance.
Full instructions for the tuition assistance application process are available at the CWS website. Please contact
Karen Crick at 513.541.0220 ext. 103 or kcrick@cinciwaldorf.org if you have any questions or need assistance.
NEW THIS YEAR: 2 WAYS TO RE-ENROLL YOUR CHILDREN AT THE CINCINNATI WALDORF SCHOOL!
OPTION 1: Complete and Return your Enrollment Contract along with a check for $400 (Enrollment Deposit of
$350 and FACTS Fee of $50) by Friday, February 4, 2011. You will receive the enrollment contract in the mail in
late January. When you submit your paperwork to Maria Schade in the Business Office, we ask you take the
time to review your child’s student file to make any necessary updates. If you are unable to update the student
file at that time, there will be several additional opportunities scheduled during the remainder of the school
year when you can stop in the Main Office to update your child's student file.
OPTION 2: If you do not return your signed Enrollment Contract and Enrollment Deposit by February 1 st , you
must attend contract signing day on Thursday, February 10 th . Contract signing will be held in the cafeteria from
8am to 4:30pm.

Tuition Schedule for 2011-2012 is as follows:
Nursery 5day $6,255
Nursery 3day $5,180
Kindergarten 5day $6,255
Kindergarten 3day $5,484
Nursery 2day $3,543
Grade 1-Grade 3 $9,667
Grade 4-Grade 8 $10,135
Sibling Discount: Siblings receive a 10% (2 nd child), 20% (3 rd child) or 30% (4 th child or greater) discount.
Families enrolled prior to the 2009-10 school year will be grandfathered in and continue to receive a 20%
discount for each additional child enrolled in CWS through their tenure with the school.
New this year: Grade School Student Fees. These fees will provide the Cincinnati Waldorf School faculty the
ability to plan class experiences both inside and outside the classroom based on a fixed, secure fund per
student. Class trips include such field experiences as theater productions, Pentathlon, Medieval Games,
Renaissance trip, canoe trip, ropes courses, climbing trip, camping, farm block experience, pumpkin patch, etc.
Parents will not be asked for additional fees throughout the school year to cover class experiences including
fieldtrips with the exception of the Grade 8 Class Trip. Remaining fees necessary for the Grade 8 Trip will be
earned by each individual family with the hope that a family will encourage their student to earn the remaining
amount via home & community service (i.e.: child care services, home chores, summer work, etc.). The
remaining fees necessary will be determined by the end of Grade 7.
Student fees are collected as part of the tuition contract and accounted for through the CWS budget. Student
fees may be paid in full in June directly to CWS or may be included as part of a family’s FACTS tuition payment
agreement. Any unused annual student fees are rolled over into the Grade 8 Trip fund for that particular class.
Students who leave CWS prior to grade 8 will not receive fee reimbursements. Forfeited fees will roll into the
Grade 8 Trip fund for each particular class.
Grade School Student Fees for 2011-2012:
Grade One $50 Grade Five $200
Grade Two $100 Grade Six $300
Grade Three $150 Grade Seven $300
Grade Four $150 Grade Eight $300

Families with 2, 3 or 4 year olds not yet enrolled at CWS:
New Enrollment for Siblings opens February 1. Siblings of currently enrolled CWS students get first priority, but
must go through the regular admissions process. Please fill out an application for Early Childhood Enrollment
(available on our website www.cincinnatiwaldorfschool.org ) or in the enrollment office. We will be scheduling
visit days in February, so be sure to get your application to Karen Crick as soon as possible! Children must be
three years old by June 1, 2011 to be accepted into the 5day or 3day Nursery, and three years old by December
31, 2011 (and potty trained) to be accepted into the 2day Nursery. The Nursery is expected to fill quickly this
year, so be sure to get your application in February 1!
Families with children entering the second year of Kindergarten:
If your child is entering his⁄her “Kindergarten” year (often the second year of Kindergarten at CWS, the year
before First Grade) then please pay close attention to this message! Your family may be eligible for an Ed Choice
scholarship. This scholarship is available to families if they live in specific Cincinnati neighborhoods. Pleasant
Ridge, Clifton, Northside, College Hill, Oakley, and many other neighborhoods are on the list. This is an amazing
deal that will pay some or almost all of your tuition, but you must apply in the “Kindergarten” year or the deal is
off. Please contact Karen Crick for more info, and a list of neighborhoods at kcrick@cinciwaldorf.org or
513.541.0220.ext 103 or www.edchoice.ohio.gov .
2011 Starry Night Gala Meeting
Tuesday, January 11th in the Community Room
9:00 am
The 2011 Starry Night Gala will be held on April 16th and is hosted by wonderful volunteers of our CWS
community. Last year, we raised over $57,000 which contributed to a portion of the operating budget. The
funds raised directly affect our children.
We need MANY volunteers to make this a successful event. Please contact Tammy Duvall at
tmduvall@hotmail.com or 513-289-0030 if interested but unable to attend.
Enrichment News
Just a reminder that the new session begins this Thursday, Jan 6. If you have not yet signed up and are planning
on doing so, please do so immediately. Contact Sarah Miller at magicmeadow@cincinnatwaldorfschool.org
or 675-2226. Thanks!
CWS Request for Proposal
The CWS Administrative Team announces the Requests for Proposals on a potential renovation project for our
current Eurythmy classroom. We are seeking professional contractors to bid on a proposal to renovate the
current eurythmy classroom to include a proper-shaped space that is square rather than the current
rectangular shape that cannot ideally accommodate necessary classroom movement patterns. While Ms.

Michael, our Eurythmy teacher, continues to do an excellent job with the space she has been given, it is our
hope to consider the ideal space for the eurythmy program.
If you or someone you know is a professional contractor and are interested in submitting a proposal on this
potential project to possibly begin this summer, please contact Christine Masur at either 513-541-0220
extension 101 or via email at cmasur@cinciwaldorf.org. Thank you for helping us spread the word and
sharing your personal recommendations of contractors!
Jump Rope & Circus Classes at CWS!
Grades 1-8
Non Waldorf students are most welcome.
CIRCUS-a unique blend of theatre, movement, imagination, physical skill, adventure, and child-like wonder. ~by
Steve Roenker
STILT WALKING, ACROBATICS, CLOWNING, ROLLING GLOBE, AND MORE! Steve Roenker, director of My Nose
Turns Red Theatre Company, professional clown and youth circus educator will be conducting a 9 week Circus
class
3:00 – 4:45 Wednesdays, January 19 – March 16, in the cafeteria and/or movement room.
Class will perform as part of THE MY NOSE TURNS RED YOUTH CIRCUS SPRING EXTRAVAGANZA , 2:00 March 19
in the Jarson Kaplan Theatre, Aronoff Center for the Arts.
Cost: $135, Siblings $ 105. (Can pay in parts). For more info or to register call Steve at 859-581-7100 or
rednose@fuse.net”
Snow Delays and Closings Reminder
In the event of snow or treacherous road conditions, school may be closed or be put on a two hour delay.
Please consult the following local radio or television channels for an announcement: Radio WKRC (550 AM),
WLW (700 AM), Television Channel 5, Channel 9 WCPO and Channel 12 News School Watch between 6:00 a.m. -
9:00 a.m. School closing information is posted on the CWS website before 6:00 a.m. – this is always your best
bet for accurate and timely information.
CWS does not automatically follow Cincinnati Public Schools' decisions. Once the students are here, school will
remain open. Parents are always free to make the decision to keep their children home from school, or to
retrieve them early, if concerns about the weather or road conditions arise. If bad weather will affect the
Extended Care program, parents will receive a phone call before 2:00 p.m.
If CWS is on a two hour delay the school start time would be 10:15. Grades school and Early Childhood classes
will be in session.
If your child rides the yellow bus there will be NO morning bus service to CWS on delay days. If your child
rides the yellow bus and Cincinnati Public Schools close, there will be NO afternoon yellow bus service for
CWS.

If we must go beyond the 3 snow days permitted by the O.D.E., we will use the following as contingency days:
MLK Day, President’s Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, and an additional day at the end of the year.
Alumni Games Night
-Join us in the Little Flower gymnasium on Friday, January 7, 6 - 9 p.m.
-For alumni currently in grades 9 - 12
-We will play basketball, volleyball, dodgeball and maybe more
-Cost: bring $3 to cover pizza and drinks
-Games supervisors: Jim Olson and Chris Leonard
-Space may be limited, so please RSVP to Jim Olson at jamesolson@fuse.net
Andrea Cheng returns to CWS
Andrea Cheng, an award-winning author, will be visiting the Cincinnati Waldorf School again on Friday, January
21 st , from 12:00 – 3:00.
Her presentation will be in the 8 th grade classroom. The focus of her presentation will be to the 7 th and 8 th
graders; however, all adult community members are welcome to attend.
Ms. Cheng has published several multicultural picture books, middle-grade chapter books, as well as young
adult novels. The daughter of Hungarian immigrants, Mrs. Cheng grew up in Cincinnati among extended family
members, most of whom had survived the Holocaust. She studied Chinese at Cornell University and
apprenticed to a bookmaker in Switzerland. Currently she teaches English as a Second Language at Cincinnati
State and lives with her three children and her husband, Jim, the son of Chinese immigrants.
One of Andrea Cheng’s novels, Marika, is the story of a young Jewish girl living in Hungary during the Nazi
occupation. The young girl is successfully hidden and survives. Ms. Cheng wrote this story about her mother
who, at 82 years old still teaches every day. Ms. Cheng’s mother, Marika, will be accompanying her on this visit.
The focus of this presentation will be on Marika’s story of survival and the inspiration from meeting Marika
herself.
Please join us for this inspirational presentation!
Warmly,
Connie Davis
Great Fund Raising Opportunity from Living Crafts Magazine
Dear Friends:
As a former Waldorf school administrator and mother of a Waldorf alumna, I’m excited to extend your school a
fundraising offer from Living Crafts magazine. We believe that this offer will provide added value to your
community members while raising funds for your school.

Living Crafts was borne out of a passion for handwork and, in particular, an interest in the natural crafts that are
so prevalent among Waldorf schools. Living Crafts is the only craft magazine aligned with a Waldorf lifestyle,
which makes it a perfect fit for your families. If you are not already familiar with the magazine, please visit our
web site at www.LivingCrafts.com for details.
We would like to offer your school the opportunity to receive $7 for each subscription ordered between now
and February 14. As an added incentive for community members to participate, subscribers will receive one
extra issue (retail value $6.99) with their subscription.
This offer might be ideal for a class-specific fundraiser (as opposed to using it to augment your Annual Giving
fund), but it would be entirely up to you, of course, to decide how to use the funds.
I understand that some fundraising efforts seem to take more time to administer than they are worth. For this
reason, we have crafted (pun intended!) this fundraiser to be as seamless as possible for you. Here’s how it
works:
1. You announce the offer to your school’s community and make the subscription forms available in
your office and/or on your school’s web site (or provide them with a link to the forms on our web site).
The forms can be downloaded from our web site here:
http://www.livingcrafts.com/page/School_Fundraising
2. Parents (and other community members) submit completed subscription forms to the office.
3. The office holds onto the completed forms until the February 14 deadline and then sends the
batch (along with a batch cover sheet) to Living Crafts. The batch cover sheet can also be downloaded
from our web site here: http://www.livingcrafts.com/page/School_Fundraising
4. Living Crafts processes the subscriptions and sends a check for the total donation amount to the
school within 30 days of receiving the subscription batch.
Because checks are made payable to Living Crafts, there’s no individual payments for you to deposit and track.
(Your bookkeeper will love you for it!) In addition, you can direct questions about the offer to us to ease the
burden on your office staff. The school earns money, parents get a free issue of a magazine they love, and the
magazine’s sustainability is supported.
If you are interested in taking us up on this special offer, please let me know so that I can answer any questions
you may have and, if you like, send you some sample articles that you can cut and paste into your newsletter,
email, or community letter to announce the offer.
Best wishes for a restful holiday break!
Sincerely yours,
Meredith Hunnibell
meredith@livingcrafts.com
www.livingcrafts.com
Missing:
Someone picked up little Max Mergner's snowboard right before Holiday Break and the family was unable to
find it after searching inside and out at CWS. It does have his name on it, silver shoe buckles and is much missed
… If you know its whereabouts, please notify Michele Mergner at stripeandyellow@yahoo.com. Thanks!

PARENT ASSOCIATION NEWS
***Next PA meeting will be January 18th at 8:45 in the Community Room. See you there!***
Agenda:
-Teacher Appreciation
-Grants
-Board Report
-Volunteer Opportunities
MAGIC MEADOW NEWS
Thank you for a wonderful holiday season … it was lovely to see so many of you in the store. We appreciate
your support!
And a special thanks to the fabulous parent volunteers who keep the Magic Meadow going … Marti Araujo,
Evonne Morales, Angelia Brandt and Colleen Hensley.
PARENT-TO-PARENT
[Information, activities and meetings that are not specifically CWS-related, but may be of interest to other families.
Submissions must be approved by the Admin Team before publication.]
Back Acres Farm delivering to CWS!
Back Acres Farm is excited to start delivery of their locally grown fare at CWS NEXT Wednesday, January 12.
Back Acres Farm specializes in naturally grown, hormone-free meats, cheeses, and eggs. During the winter, they
carry small amounts of local and commercial organic produce. They plan to set up in the cafeteria from
2:30(ish) to 3:15 during pick-up on Wednesdays.
If you are interested in picking up an order on Wednesday, January 12, please check out the price list below for
available items, and send me your order no later than NOON on MONDAY, January 10 at
debbie.moll@gmail.com. I will forward a list of orders to Patty, who will prepare them for delivery on
Wednesday. You can pay by cash or check when you receive your order.
The price list starts below. Availability of items will vary from week to week. Most cuts of meat, cheese, butter,
and eggs are available every week, as are organic potatoes and onions.
Thanks for your interest!
Debbie

BACK ACRES FARM PRICE LIST:
Lamb:
Leg roasts....................................................................................................$9.99 @ lb
Leg of Lamb (cut in 1/2)...............................................................................$8.99 @ lb
Stew Meat...................................................................................................$8.99 @ lb
Lamb Chops (butterflied or single)..............................................................$14.99 @ lb
Center Cut Lamb Steaks (usually 2 in pk)....................................................$9.99 @ lb
Slab Ribs......................................................................................................$7.99 @ lb
Free Range Eggs: ........................................................................................$4.00 @ doz
Cheese:.......................................................................................................$14.99 @ lb
Chicken:
· Various sized wedges usually about $6 - $7
· Cheddar~~Italian herb~~Swiss~~Gouda~~Gruyere~~Chowda~~Flat Rock
· Whole Chicken......................................................................$3.50/lb
· Ground Chicken....................................................................$6.99/lb
· Liver or Gizzards or Hearts....................................................$2.50/lb
· Wings~~6 pk.........................................................................$2.99/lb
· Legs~~6 pk............................................................................$3.99/lb
· Thighs~~6 pk.........................................................................$4.99/lb
· Sweet Italian Chicken Sausage links or patties......................$7.99/lb
Boneless/skinless Breasts 2 in a pack.......................................$7.99 @ lb
Turkey: ground (1 lb pks)................................................................$6.99 @ lb
Grass Fed Beef:
· Lean Ground Beef.................................................................$4.99 lb
· Thick cut T-Bone...................................................................$14.99 lb
· Lean Ground Beef Patties (4-1/4lb).......................................$6.00 pk
· Roast. Arm ............. .............................................................$7.99 lb
Roast Pot and Sirloin...........................................................$9.99 lb
· Liver......................................................................................$5.99 lb
· Soup Bones...........................................................................$5.99 lb
· Short Ribs.............................................................................$5.99 lb
Whole Hog Sausage...................................................................................$4.99/lb
Pork Loin: Roasts about 1-2 lbs...................................................................$6.99 @ lb
Loin Chops 2 to a pack................................................................$6.99 @ lb

Local Produce:
· Potatoes white or red or purple..........................................$1.00/lb
· Sweet Candy Onions. or Purple.............................................$2.50/lb
· Butternut Squash.................................................................. $2.00/Each
· Organic Puffed Speltz............................................................$1.25/bag
Commercial Organics:
Extra Goodies:
· Green Peppers......................................................................$3.25/lb
· Cipolline Onions (tiny)...........................................................$2.00/lb
· Granny Smith Apples & Jonathan..........................................$.50/each
· Carrots ..................................................................................$1.50/lb
· Zucchini..................................................................................$.75each
· Oranges .................................................................................3/$1.00
· Homemade Bread & Butter Pickles.............................,…......$5.50/jar
· Patty’s Full Fat Greek Yogurt..................................................$4.00/pint
Patty’s Cottage Cheese.....................SM $4.00...............................LG $8.00
Homemade Root Beer 1/2 gal..........................................................$4.00
WANTED:
Might anyone be wanting to off-load a snowboard package, with bindings and boots size 7, 8, or 9 A little (or
not so little) boy's birthday is fast approaching.
Please contact Krystal Dawson at 349-6490 or mail@krystaldawson.com
Thank you!
8th Graders Available for Babysitting
Need a sitter to help out Get that help and support the 8th graders at the same time as they continue their
fund raising efforts for their 8th grade trip in the spring! The following 8th grade students are willing and able to
sit:
Eric Araujo, age 14, Red Cross Babysitter Trained; Home 244-5644; Lives in the Delhi area
Zoe Barnhart, age 14, Red Cross Babysitter Trained; Home 961-0335; Lives in the Clifton area
Savannah Castellano, age 13, Red Cross Babysitter Trained; Home #681-6975; Lives in the Colerain/Mt. Airy
area
Oonagh Davis, age 13, Home 513-367-0572
Lina Macovei, age 14, Red Cross Babysitter Trained; Home 561-8390; Lives in the Madisonville area

Seeking New Members
Children Singing in Service is a children’s community choir open to all students in grades 4-8, meeting Mondays
from 3:45 – 5:30 in the parish center at Cardinal Pacelli School in Mt. Lookout. We have a carpool getting CWS
kids to and from Mt. Lookout. Get involved in a great community service! Make new friends! Currently, we
have 16 singers from Cardinal Pacelli, Kilgour, Mercy Montessori, and Cincinnati Waldorf. No auditions - all
welcome. New Term begins Monday, January 24. For more information contact Maura Robson at
maurarobson@zoomtown.com or 513-607-8225.
Usui Reiki Classes
Please contact Maria Kammerer with questions or to schedule a Reiki session, m2kammerer@yahoo.com or
513-378-7970.
Reiki is a Japanese holistic healing technique that enhances relaxation and helps bring balance to the physical,
mental, emotional, and spiritual being. Reiki classes are a great opportunity to learn and receive a day of
relaxation and healing. In addition it is an incredible opportunity for self transformation and growth. After the
class you will have the ability to give an unlimited amount of Reiki to yourself and others! Reiki manuals are also
included with the classes.
Reiki Level One prepares the participant to become a Reiki channel. During class we discuss the history of Reiki,
the Reiki principles, and receive a Reiki Level One Attunement. We will also demonstrate and practice giving
Self Reiki and Reiki to others.
Reiki Level One Class Date: January 15
Time: 9:00am-6:30pm
Place: The Library at Cincinnati Waldorf School
cost: $200
Reiki Level Two is a continuation of the Reiki journey. In Level Two you will increase your Reiki energy, and learn
about the Level Two symbols. You will learn how to apply Reiki to heal unwanted habits, emotional/mental
balance and to do Distant Healing. During class we will be practicing Reiki, doing meditations, talking about the
energy system, and receiving a Reiki Level Two Attunement.
Reiki Level Two Class Dates: January 22, and March 5th
Prerequisite: Reiki Level One
Time: 9:00am-6:30pm
Place: The Library at Cincinnati Waldorf School
cost: $200
Advanced Reiki Training and the Reiki Master class are taught together in a three day retreat. Please join me in
increasing your Reiki energy, working closer with Reiki guides, mediation, Reiki aura clearing, and working at a
higher level of energy work. In addition you will learn how to do attunements. This three day retreat will be full
of healing experiences as we travel together on our path with Reiki. RSVP by February 1 st .
Advanced Reiki Training and Master Class: April 8 6:30-9pm, 9, and 10 th .
Prerequisite: Reiki I and II. Experience giving, and receiving Reiki and Distant Reiki
Place: Grailville
cost (room and board is included): $850

School Choice Legislation Update
A group of Ohio legislators introduced a bill in December that would award $20 million in tax credits for tuition
scholarships that would then be awarded to low and middle income students who wish to attend or continue
attending a private school. If your family would be directly affected by this legislation or you would like to learn
more about it, we encourage you to visit School Choice’s website here: http://scohio.org/.
FRIENDS OF WALDORF
Follow the link below to learn about local businesses that support Waldorf education and the work of Cincinnati
Waldorf School.
http://cincinnatiwaldorfschool.org/friends-of-waldorf.html
Friends of Waldorf are local businesses who support the Cincinnati Waldorf School through reciprocal
website links, forwarding of CWS special event notices to their patron lists, and donations of goods,
services and/or financial support. If you are interested in your business becoming a Friend of Waldorf,
please contact Christine Masur for approval. The Administrative Team reserves the right to determine
the compatibility of a business with our CWS mission and philosophy.
Next Inreach submission deadline:
Tuesday, January 18 at 9:00 a.m.