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Annual Giving letter from the Faculty Chair ~

On August 28, CWS opened its doors for the 2012-13 school year to over 160 students, both new and returning.  Two months later, our year is in full swing. We have four thriving Early Childhood classes this year and eight new faculty members, and already our students have enjoyed several festivals and field trips.

It is promising to be another beautiful spring in Charlottesville; and as you know, the rhythms of life and seasons are an integral part of a CWS student's experience.  The results of years of caring for the land on our new campus, building playgrounds, and planting gardens are apparent all around us, but still the work continues.  Already third-grade students have applied the lasagna layering technique to build a series of vegetable beds, which they have planted with winter crops.  A team of parents and UVA student volunteers has built drainage ditches and laid a stone path along these gardens.  The front flower gardens, donated and lovingly tended by an alumna parent, have filled out and given us yet another beautiful display.  Apple trees donated by a current parent have been planted by the ever-industrious third grade; and the kindergarten and nursery children continue to help their teachers sow seeds, rake leaves, and gather flowers in the waning growing season.
 
While we continue to celebrate spring here on campus, it is the perfect time for everyone in our community to think back on the wonderful seasons their families have spent at CWS.  What is your favorite memory?  Perhaps it was watching your child or grandchild cross the stage during the Rose Ceremony to enter the Grade School, or maybe it was as a student, alongside your classmates as you brought the dragon to life in the Michaelmas play.  Perhaps it was watching your beloved kindergarten teacher perform a puppet play.  Wouldn't you love to support a whole new group of students making memories of their own?
 
Did you know that CWS provides 65% of its current families with some form of financial aid?  This high percentage allows us to support many families who would otherwise not be able to afford a Waldorf education.  Tuition alone cannot cover all of CWS’s financial responsibilities.  That is where Annual Giving comes in.  If every family, past and present, pledged at least ten dollars a month, CWS could continue to provide an amazing Waldorf education to all the students who want to attend our school.
 
Please consider a tax-deductible donation to the Charlottesville Waldorf School and help us reach our Annual Giving goal of $120,000. Every contribution, large or small, makes a big difference in the lives of our students – those enrolled today and those yet to come.
 
With warmest wishes and gratitude for your support in this season,
 

Suzanne M. Lamb
Faculty Chairwoman