FALL 2010:  Grades 1-2-3-4

  Children in Handwork Class

FOUR DAY SCHOOL PROGRAM with BIO-IMMERSION FOCUS

Monday-Thursday, 9 am to 3 pm

$325 per month MTW Days, $140 per month Monday One-Day Option, Thursday BioDays are $300 per term for 10 weeks in-house children, $400 if not enrolled in Shining Star Grades Class, There will be 3 10-week terms each year for the BioDay Program.

Our NORTHEAST Portland Waldorf School will offer a four-day program in Fall 2010 for children in grades 1-2-3-4.  One day per week (Thursdays) will be spent on a farm, in a forest, in a field, in unstructured wilderness learning about Mother Earth and Nature.  Connecting children with nature is one of the primary goals of Shining Star School Grades program.  Families are welcome to join the school on Thursdays in our Bio Immersion Program.  Monday-Weds will be spent at our inner city urban campus located at 2120 NE Tillamook. 

The children will be offered main lessons based on their age grouping, and come together for other subject classes such as handwork, foreign language, music, and games.  We are very interested to include families into our school as an inclusive learning community with mixed ages and a monthly workshop will be offered to help encourage parents to learn to express their artistic sides, their practical skills (handwork, woodworking, etc) and becoming more aware of the fundamentals of Waldorf education principles and methods.

We are very interested to attract families who value a bit more family time with our four day program as well as our Homeschool Enrichment Day, Mondays, when children attend from near and far, enjoying wonderful friendships, artistic lessons and play, and provide our community with beautiful benefits of expanded friendships.

Shining Star Waldorf School is leading the way with our history of purposefully small classes, wide-open doors, desire to push the envelope in the education of the child, and particularly, in re-inforcing the amazing and comprehensive opportunities for enormously significant lessons taken directly from the Book of Nature.  We believe children learn best by 'doing' rather than 'hearing' or 'reading' about someone else's experiences.  Are you interested to help pionner an inner city experimental program that delivers all the benefits of outdoor experiences as well? 

Please consider visiting our grades program and observe our vibrant, kind, intelligent children.  Meet our dynamic parent body.  Encounter our caring teachers.  We would welcome you on our journey!  We will accept 30 children total for fall 2010.

Space is limited in our classes for Fall 2010.  Please come to our Open Houses and turn in your initial application early.  Email shiningstarschool@yahoo.com for an Initial Application.  We do offer limited tuition reduction.  Children must be six by September to apply for the Grades Bio Immersion Grades Program.


Faculty:

Marsha Johnson, Lead Teacher
Chi Moore, Grades Teacher, First Grade Main Lessons and others
Beth Wieting, Main Lesson Teacher
Mariyah Burns, Main Lesson Teacher
Paula Anderson, Handwork Teacher
Lenka White, Strings Teacher
Lorca Stritzel, French Professeur


To apply, go here