Weekly Bulletin

December 7, 2016
IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE:
  • Winter Spiral Appreciations
  • Winter Assembly
  • Parent Handwork Group –Needle Felting This December
  • Thank you from Redwood Empire Food Bank
  • Pledge Update
  • We've improved our punctuality percentages!
  • November Solar Energy Production Report
  • Homework Support –New Schedule Starting in January
  • Gratitude for the Kitchen Transformation
  • NEW Hot Lunch for January-February
  • The Q'ewar Waldorf dolls have arrived!
  • CREDO Nov/Dec News
  • Classified and Community Events 
  • Community Events
  • Classified
CALENDAR
 

Wednesday, December 7th: 1st & 2nd Grade Parent Evening

6:30-8:30pm
 

Friday, December 9th: 2nd Grade Lantern Walk
 

Friday, December 9th: 7th & 8th Grade Dance

7:00-9:45pm
 

Monday, December 12th: 8th Grade Nurse Screening

11am
 

Monday, December 12th: 4th Grade Parent Evening

6:30-8:00pm
 

Tuesday, December 13th: Charter Council Meeting

6-9pm in Handwork Room
 

Thursday, December 15th: Morningstar Solstice Gathering (w/ parents)

8:30-9:15am
 

Friday, December 16th: Winter Assembly (Kinder/All Grades)

12:00-12:40pm
 

December 19th – January 2nd: Winter Break –School Closed
 

Monday, January 9th: Parent Council Meeting

7-9pm
 

Tuesday, January 10th: Charter Council Meeting

6-9pm in Handwork Room
Winter Spiral Appreciations
Thank you to everyone who helped make the Winter Spiral a wonderful event to remember during these dark days of winter. A special thank you to our Faculty for setting up the spiral, which welcomed our students and their families with light and love. We would also like to express gratitude to all the parents who donated poinsettias, crystals, and the beautiful shells, and to the 8th grade, Ms. McKenzie, Mr. Jensen, Curt, and Ms. Godfrey for their help in disassembling the spiral.
Winter Assembly
You are warmly invited to the winter assembly, scheduled on December 16th at 12:00pm. Our early release schedule for that day is:
Grades 1-3         12:50pm
Grades 4-8         1:00pm
 
Parent Handwork Group –Needle Felting This December
Please join us in learning the art of needle-felting paintings to make lovely ornaments. Fridays in the SunRidge Handwork Room, 8:30 - 10:30am.
Thank you from Redwood Empire Food Bank!
Thank you for making a difference in our community. Your contributions help the Redwood Empire Food Bank provide critical hunger relief to children, families and seniors in need of emergency food assistance in our community.  
 
This November, you contributed 231 pounds of food to the REFB, allowing us to distribute the food necessary to provide over 185 meals to our neighbors in need.
 
One in every six people struggle with food insecurity in Sonoma County. The contributions from you, our dedicated partners, provide critical nutrition assistance for our neighbors in need and also makes a huge difference towards feeding over 82,000 people of all ages, every month - providing dignity and hope for the many who experience hunger in our community.
 
Thank you HomeSchool and Third Grade!
Pledges Received through November 2016: $59,575
Pledge Participation Rate: 80%
The amount needed to be on track through the end of November is $78,750. 
We’ve improved our punctuality percentages!
Tardies can become a significant problem at a school and schools often resort to punitive measures to address the issue. At SunRidge, we prefer to approach tardies not as a discipline issue but as an important educational concern. In our first attendance period we had 33% of our students arriving late 3 or more times.  The good news is that in our second attendance period that rate decreased to 25%!  To continue this trend, we need your help!
 
The importance of being on time is accentuated in a school guided by the core principles of Waldorf Education because there is a rhythm to the school day, beginning with a greeting and opening activities that address the whole child. SunRidge teachers prepare an interdisciplinary subject study for each main lesson period, during which key academic material is presented orally.  Frequently missing a part of this period is likely to have a detrimental effect on a student’s comprehension and completion of the main lesson subject. Arriving after the main lesson has begun also disrupts the activities, rhythm, and momentum of the class.
 
An occasional tardy is understandable. Recurring and significant tardiness (e.g., more than two a month or over 30 minutes late) indicate a problem that needs addressing. Your class teacher or the school manager can be a good resource for suggestions and ideas.  Please make every effort to ensure that your child arrives to school on time.
November Solar Energy Production Report
Our monthly energy report shows how our system performed and how much we contributed to offsetting the global carbon footprint.

The energy produced for November 2016 using our new solar panels was 1.07 MWh. The October total was 1.36MWh, and the total energy produced for the year to date is 6.45MWh. Our Carbon Offset for this month was 1,623 lbs, which means we have offset the carbon footprint to the equivalent of 19 trees. We are proud that our school is contributing to preserving our environment by using solar energy.
Homework Support –New Schedule Starting In January
Due to study hall offered during 4th period, homework support will end on Mondays beginning on January 9th. We’ll continue to offer it on Tuesday and Wednesday. 
Gratitude for the Kitchen Transformation
We wish to send out a warm thank you to Brandy Rucker and Kari Snyder. These two have teamed up and are keeping the dream of giving our children and our community a place to make and share food. They have helped do the dirty work, and now have a list of needs and wishes. They have also created some expectations and rules of conduct that will help guide us in our kitchen use. They will need help to keep the kitchen up to standards and the doors open. You can find out more, sign up, or share by looking at the lists they created in the kitchen itself. The door is open, please do pop in and see. We are so excited to start filling the hallways with warm smells from the oven, fresh crisp smells of cut vegetables, and aromatic spices! Feel free to contact Brandy as the Lead Parent in the kitchen with any questions or supportive thoughts at barefootwithbrandy@gmail.com.
NEW Hot Lunch for January-February!
Hot lunch order forms for January-February are now available. Order before the break for January orders. The day orders are due will be Wednesday at 3:00pm. Click here to download your hot lunch form for January-February.
The Q'ewar Waldorf dolls have arrived!
What is Q'ewar? It is a cooperative of indigenous women in Andahuaylillas, Perú that has been created out of anthroposophy's principles of social and educational transformation. This year we have hats, socks, mittens, gloves with open fingers, traditional gloves, little gnomes, and dolls' clothing made of alpaca, and baby alpaca wool. Ultra pretty, and warm for the winter. The ladies who make them show amazing creativity, and care about the quality of their work!   All the profits go back to the project. Besides clean, well-lighted and ventilated workshops, dental cleaning, self-improvement workshops, and health services provided through volunteers from around the world, the Q'ewar Project has built a Waldorf nursery, preschool, kindergarten and first grade. The ladies want their workshop and school's growth to continue, but have not been able to expand this year due to lack of economic resources. Please consider the Q'ewar Project offerings when making your gift list. Every purchase counts; every doll is a unique, work of art.  
 
Please contact Marcela at (707) 544-2874 or spanisharts@sbcglobal.net    
 
For pictures about their amazing work please visit Marcela's Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/marcela.mejia.161/posts/10154710263658560?comment_id=10154710482818560   
 
For more information about the Q'ewar Project please click on the link to visit The Q'ewar Project | A social work initiative.
CREDO Nov/Dec News 
Credo High Enrollment Process for 2017-2018 school year:
  • We welcome you! To get into the first lottery, applications must be submitted by 4:00 pm, Wednesday, January 11th. Application packets may be emailed to enroll@credohigh.org. Hard copies may be dropped off or mailed to the Credo High School, attention Jodi Boyle, at 1290 Southwest Blvd., Rohnert Park, 94928. Look for the application packet on the Credo High website under Enroll: www.credohigh.org.
Stay informed about Credo's Move to SOMO Village and our becoming the world's first One Planet Living School: It takes a community to build a new campus and we need you. Play a role in making the dream a reality. Contact Kelly Hennessy at kahennessy@earthlink.net or (707) 536-6214 to discuss how you can be part of the solution.
Classified & Community Events
At the end of every week’s bulletin, a section titles Community Events will appear containing happenings in the community that may be of interest to SunRidge families. The Classified section will follow containing not-for-profit ads regarding housing, items for sale, and other community needs. Please email your requests for these sections to Makena in the SunRidge office mcollin@twinhillsusd.org for review and possible placement in future bulletins. Requests should be submitted no later than the end of the day on Monday every week. 
COMMUNITY EVENTS

Piano Lessons Available after/at School
$35 per month  --Affordable & Accessible
Move Over Mozart Est. 1988
Lynn Fleck (707) 824-0307
www.MozartPianoLearning.com
Please click here to fill out a sign-up form.
CLASSIFIED
(We can list rentals; parents selling used items, free items, lost and found, or trades. With the exception of private, after-school care available for SunRidge students, we do not list for-profit business ads. After 2-3 publications, ads will automatically be dropped)

Chicken Coop for Sale or Trade  
We are selling our chicken coop since we are not able to have chickens anymore after moving. It is a great coop and has served us well with between 4 and 13 chickens in it. It is a converted playhouse. Dimensions are 8ft 1inch by 6ft 5 inches wide (where the door is) by 6ft 10 inches high at the highest point of the roof. Must be able to come and pick it up in Forestville. Price is negotiable, we're basically just trying to cover our costs but are totally willing to work with you. Needs to go ASAP! Please call Dana Gundling if interested at 707-332-6225, no texts please. Thanks for looking!

Housing Needed
My name is Jennifer Smith. I'm a Sunridge mother of 3. I have a daughter in 4th grade and twin girls in kindergarten. Our home recently flooded and we are not able to live there. We are in need of immediate housing. We are open to housesitting someones home or utilizing an available unit. In exchange I can offer care to the land, animals ,an elder resident....I am open to creative ideas. I am currently (and temporarily) not able to offer monetary exchange. Any creative ideas or solutions to share please contact Jenn (415) 233 0799 or email starrlightcounsel@gmail.com 

SunRidge Family Looking for Housing
A family of 5 that tells Norwegian troll tales and often makes music as FAUN FABLES is looking for housing! Around the bend, through the trees, up the lane, do you know of a forgotten grandma house, a funky barn, a beguiling shack, a-once general store with our name on it? Is there a puzzling structure on your family property that our carpentry/handyman skills could emancipate into a cozy home? Let us know. We bring a full gamut of handyman skills (carpentry, electrical, plumbing, painting), kitchen wisdom, good house organizing & housekeeping, plus as much music, folk crafts, gathering, conversation, time-out-of-time, family joy and seasonal living as you can stomach.
 
We are also looking for work. Our collective skill set:
All handyman work (carpentry, electrical, plumbing, painting.)
Theater & Music workshops with youth
Housecleaning
House organizing/clutter management
Doll/Toy Making & Design (clay, molds, castings, tooling patterns)
Illustration (2D)
Metal antiquing (patina, texture)
Stained Glass & Art restoration
Personal Assistant work
 
For any information on possible jobs or housing, please write to Dawn & Nils at faun.fables.info@gmail.com  (11/30)

Housing Needed
Hello community! Hoping to find a small and temporary living situation. Ideally a granny unit or separate studio space but open to house sitting or subletting a space. Needed ASAP, have a steady income and great references. Please send any and all suggestions my way. (Looking for a friend) amberrisucci@gmail.com (11/16)
 
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