REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY 2015–2016 • CALENDAR FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 2016–2017
Massimo Hamilton ’20, Grade 8
WALDORF SCHOOL | 330 County Route 21C, Ghent, NY 12075 | 518-672-7092 | www.hawthornevalleyschool.org
Association = Collaboration + Exchange
By Brett LaFave, High School Mathematics Teacher, and John Cronin, High School Geology Teacher
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Perhaps the most immediate result of the retreat has been the
closer alliance between the Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program and the HVWS high school teachers. As an example,
every year students in grade 9 spend a week in May at a field camp
located behind the HV Farmscape Ecology building. Traditionally,
students have learned and worked at the farm during this week,
overseen by HV farm staff. But this past spring, high school teachers and Farmscape Ecology created a geology field camp in order to
facilitate scientific learning and to teach the rigor of data collection
and analysis. The theme of the camp was “soil,” not only because
2015 has been designated the year of the soil by both the United
Nations and the United States Department of Agriculture, but also
because recognition of the soil as a key link in our food chain is a
core HVA value.
his year, staff from all the different branches of Hawthorne
Valley Association (HVA) attended an intensive off-campus
retreat in order to brainstorm more opportunities for better
interbranch collaboration and exchange. With an ever growing number of people whose lives are touched by HVA — students,
parents, interns, customers, and visitors — HVA is eager to enrich its
program content while emphasizing and promoting its core values
related to education, farming, and the arts.
The retreat was enormously successful. For Hawthorne Valley
Waldorf School (HVWS), an internal resource directory was
created describing on-going and past interbranch collaborations.
There are now more ways than ever for individual students, with
teacher and staff guidance, to engage with the different businesses
of Hawthorne Valley farm — from dairy production to the green
markets in New York City.
Gian Verna ’20, Grade 8
Natasha Wedd ’21, Grade 7
Siyu Zhou ’19, Grade 9
Students at the Farmscape Ecology geology camp
Iris Garwood Field ’21, Grade 7
At this year’s camp, students studied different types of soils, digging test holes throughout the valley. They gathered data on bedrock outcroppings, charting such variables as rock types, rock
structures, and bedding plane attitudes.
When students were not engaged in geological field work, they
analyzed soil samples in the school’s laboratory, comparing soils
from different test sites. They plotted bedrock data in order to
extrapolate the geological formations beneath the valley, and they
mapped the bedrock. They also learned the biology of composting
for creating healthy soil conditions, and they were taught how to
properly prepare compost.
Claudia Knab-Vispo of the Farmscape Ecology Program guided
students on a tour of the HVA “phenology” trail, along which cyclic
and seasonal natural phenomena are being intensively studied, especially in relationship to climate change. On an ongoing basis, high
school students and Farmscape Ecology staff will be monitoring and
recording data about selected plants found on this trail. These data
will then be analyzed in the context of the extensive database of local
natural phenomena, with observations dating even from the nineteenth century, which has been compiled by Farmscape Ecology.
The HVWS high school faculty is grateful to the Farmscape
Ecology staff for their friendly enthusiasm, extensive knowledge,
advocacy for the natural world, and passion for teaching. We look
forward to many years of close work together. ■
Berenika Lehrman ’20, Grade 8
Students at the Farmscape Ecology geology camp
Torrin Pewtherer ’23, Grade 5
SEPTEMBER
The Garden Child
Elanor King ’25, EARTH Program,
Grade 3
Sonnet
The breeze is blowing in the lonely
swings,
As if some ghostly children were at play.
And one little girl so softly sings
Of clouds and birds and trees, now all
asway.
When all the little boys and girls go
home,
There are some lonely ghosts of young
children
Who on the haunted playground like
to roam.
From where they come of that I do not
ken.
Among these spirits there is one quite
strange.
Upon the haunted yard he will ramble.
He talks of life and wishes his would
change.
Through his afterlife he now will amble.
But I have only seen them at their play
When the dawn arrives on Saturday.
Angelica
Yoshiya Suesada
Cronin ’00
’18, Grade 10
Berenika Lehrman ’20, Grade 8
SEPTEMBER 2016
Long live the garden child
As she plays in the bushes.
Let her keep on living,
Let her keep on playing in the flowers.
The little girls play with her
As she dances in the lilies.
Oh, long live the garden child
As she plays in the trees.
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In the night
When everything is silent,
That beautiful silent
Where you hear the cat purring,
The trees sway back and forth
In the cold.
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Giovanna Hassell ’21, Grade 7
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Orientation for all new
High School students
Labor Day
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Grade 12 Hermit Island
trip—through 9/23
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Grade 1 playgroup begins
9:00–11:00
Kindergarten
opening celebration
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7:00 G
rade 4 class
meeting
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8:15 M
orning
kindergarten begins
8:15-9:30 PTA meeting
7:00 G
rade 3 class
meeting
Eid al-Adha*
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7:00 G
rade 8 class
meeting
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8:15-9:30 PTA meeting
7:00 Grade 6 class
meeting
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8:15 H
igh School &
Lower School begin
8:45 F lower ceremony,
parents welcome
10:00 A
ll-school
welcome-back
orientation
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morning social
Full day of Kindergarten
including playgroup
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7:00 Grades 9 & 12 class
meetings
7:00 K
indergarten parent
orientation
Winner of the 7th Grade Poetry Foundation contest
and published in their annual Poetry on Our Terms
(St. Louis, Missouri)
Eclipse
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7:00 G
rade 7 class
meeting
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Parent-child fall Thursday
classes begin—through
12/8
7:00 Grade 5 class
meeting
Autumn begins
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Michaelmas work day &
pageant
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7:00 Grade 1 class
meeting
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Parent-child fall Friday
classes begin—through
12/9
7:00 G
rade 2 class
meeting
Sun setting, moon rising,
Stars streaming the skies,
The sky’s sparkling, and the clouds
turning pinky-red
As they surround the moon,
clouds surrounding
The moon in circles,
The moon turning red, as cold winds
blow by,
Even moonlight itself turns red.
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HVA 5K race day
Giovanna Hassell ’21, Grade 7
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Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School
Myra Crane ’17, Grade 11
OCTOBER
School Song:
Alleluia for All Things
Of light and darkness and the colors
seven,
Stretching their rainbow bridge from
earth to heaven,
We sing this day with thankful hearts
and say,
Alleluia, alleluia.
Of Sun and Moon, the lamps of night
and day,
Stars and the planets sounding on
their way,
We sing this day with thankful hearts
and say,
Alleluia, alleluia.
Of times and seasons, evening and
fresh morn,
Of birth and death, green blade and
golden corn,
We sing this day with thankful hearts
and say,
Alleluia, alleluia.
A. C. Harwood
A. C. Harwood (1898–1975) was a London-born
Waldorf teacher, editor, and writer, and was the
author of The Recovery of Man in Childhood
(Myrin Institute, Great Barrington, MA).
Finn Williams ’26, Grade 2
OCTOBER 2016
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Of all created things of earth and sky,
Of God and man, things lowly and
things high,
We sing this day with thankful hearts
and say,
Alleluia, alleluia.
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Class pictures
7:00 P TA media
education meeting
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Class pictures
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Class pictures
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Class pictures
Rosh Hashanah*
School closed
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10:00–4:00
Hawthorne Valley
fall festival and school
open house
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Columbus Day
School closed
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1:00–6:00
American Red Cross
blood drive
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8:15-9:30 PTA meeting
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Grade 8 visits High School
Oliver Towe ’25, Grade 3
Sukkot*
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Teacher development
day, Kindergarten,
Lower School closed,
High School open
Yom Kippur*
School closed
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PSAT, grades 10 & 11
7:00 G
rades 10 & 11 class
meetings
Middle School parents
visit High School main
lesson
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7:00 M
iddle School
parents information
session
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Middle School parents
visit High School main
lesson
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Halloween coffee house
Amelie Whitby ’25, Grade 3
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5:30-7:30
Halloween celebration
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Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School
Development Report
by Caroline Geisler, Administrative Chair
● Annual fund. The HVWS annual fund is
supported by parents, alumni, alumni parents, grandparents, friends, and members
of our business community. As this calendar goes to press, we have achieved our
annual fund goal. This year’s annual fund
was greatly augmented by a $50,000 1:1
matching gift from alumni parents Kerry
Fletcher and Leif Garbisch ’05, ’07, ’12. This
gift inspired the parent community to initiate a parent-participation challenge. We
reached 93% parent participation, and 7
classes achieved 100% parent participation.
The enthusiasm surrounding the parentparticipation challenge also encouraged a
group of parent donors to give $500 to the
annual fund for every class able to achieve
100% parent participation.
● Support for the health and well-being
of the HVWS faculty and staff. An anonymous donor made it possible again for each
faculty and staff family to receive a CSA
share from Hawthorne Valley Farm. We are
deeply grateful to the donor for celebrating
the wonderful synergies and collaboration
between the school and farm.
John Burfeind ’23, Grade 5
● Capacity-building grant. A grant donated
to HVA to support capacity-building programs has continued to benefit HVWS.
The grant supports place-based educational
opportunities and a host of essential central
services for HVA, from marketing to information technology.
● The 24th annual Henriette Reiss Award.
Graduating senior Cecilia Bellows ’16 and
HVWS alumna Elizabeth Gale ’15 received
this year’s Henriette Reiss Award for artistic endeavor. The Henriette Reiss Award was
established in 1993, and it is given annually
to current or former HVWS graduates. A
check was presented to Cecilia and Elizabeth
by Seamus Maynard ’99, a former Henriette
Reiss award recipient. Cecilia will use the
award to help her pursue her interest in theatre in Portland, Oregon. Since graduating,
Elizabeth has attended Concordia University in Montreal, with a focus on theater as a
force for personal and social change. The gift
will help her continue her schooling.
● HVWS events. While fun and helping
to build community, school events were
also successful financially. As always, parent
volunteers were essential to the success of
the events. The events were made possible
through the generosity of many individual
and business supporters, who are listed on
the donor pages of this calendar. Assisted
by hard-working class representatives, Anna
Taiga skillfully took on the leadership of the
Yuletide fair, for which we are most grateful.
NOVEMBER 2016
NOVEMBER
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or the school year of 2015 to 2016, fundraising at Hawthorne Valley Waldorf
School (HVWS) and at Hawthorne Valley Association (HVA) was very successful. Thanks to the generosity of donors, HVWS is able to support two thirds of
families with adjusted tuition, which is based on demonstrated financial need.
As a consequence, while maintaining a rich array of programming, HVWS has great
diversity in its student body.
At the back of the calendar, donors are listed who have made a contribution during the
past school year. Please read the names of these persons and organizations and acknowledge them, for so much generosity is represented here. In addition to direct money contributions, please remember, too, that many parents and community members make
precious gifts of their time and attention, sharing talent, expertise, skills, and goodwill.
Without these largely silent gifts, HVWS could not be as vibrant as it is.
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At the Winter concert, students in grades 4
through 12 wonderfully presented Handel’s
Messiah at St. Mary’s Church in Hudson, NY.
The spring fair and May Day celebration was
fun and festive, with excellent support from
HVWS administrative staff and from parents,
teachers, and students. The day ended with a
potluck and pig roast for the whole school
and community, sponsored by the PTA and
led by parent Karine Bouise-Towe, who generously donated the pig as well as enormous
time and energy. HVA hosted a “Spring Soiree” that was elegant and well attended.
Lauren Haberland, the HVA development
director, directed this event, supported by
host committee co-chairs Diane Burfeind
and Joanna Jean Roy. Many sponsors supported the event very generously, and there
were splendid silent auction donations. At a
benefit concert at Mass MOCA, the amazing
and nationally acclaimed band The National
gave a tremendous gift to HVA. The proceeds from this concert will support all HVA
education programs. HVA is tremendously
grateful to kindergarten parents Aaron and
Stine Dessner for making this event possible.
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● Children of the Future Scholarship
Endowment fund. This fund is an endowment restricted to student scholarships. The
fund provided $35,000 to our scholarship
pool in the past year. The fund is managed
by an HVA investment committee and the
investment firm Smith Barney.
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8:15–9:30 PTA meeting
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Grade 8 play
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4:30 K
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walk
5:30 S t. Martin’s pageant
for grades 1–3
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1:30 Parent assembly
3:00 D
ismissal for
Thanksgiving recess
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Grade 8 play
10:00–1:00
High School open house
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Veterans Day
School closed
Election day
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Grade 8 play
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7:00 H
igh School parentteacher conferences
7:00 K
indergarten parent
evening
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7:00 G
rade 5 class
meeting
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Thanksgiving
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Advent Gardens
4:00 Kindergarten
5:30 Grades 1–3
KG & LS parent-teacher
conferences
KG & LS closed
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Advent assembly
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Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School
Members of the development committee of
the PTA deserve special mention for helping
to make fundraising so successful this year.
These members are Jason Duffy, Karine
Bouise-Towe, Elizabeth Adams, Alex Sierck,
and Anna Taiga. Throughout the year, the
entire PTA strove diligently and creatively
to bring about greater collaboration and
communication among parents, teachers,
and staff. HVWS is deeply grateful for this
work and warmly thanks the PTA co-chairs
for their considerate support: Allison Fox,
Christina Lowery, Isabelle Rooney, Regina
Shea, Cara Stone, and Anna Taiga. ■
DECEMBER
Childhood
Children need to be introduced to
a life of principles,
and given the freedom to discover
their own.
Childhood is a time to be loved and to love,
to express fear and to learn trust,
to be serious, to be calm,
and to celebrate with laughter and joy.
The spirit of childhood calls for
protection and nurture.
It is an essential part of every
human being
and needs to be kept alive.
Children have the right to dream,
and to grow at their own pace.
They have the right to make mistakes,
and the right to be forgiven.
The Alliance for Childhood
The Alliance for Childhood is a partnership
dedicated to healthy childhood (www.allianceforchildhood.org). Reprinted with permission.
Children have the right to be spared
violence and hunger,
to have a home and protection.
They need support for growing up healthy,
with good habits and sound nutrition.
Children need people to respect,
adults whose example and loving authority
they follow.
They need a range of experience —
tenderness and kindness,
boldness and courage, even mischief and
misbehavior.
Children need a loving relationship
with the earth —
with animals and with nature,
with families and community.
Aliou Abdussami ’16, Grade 12
Children need moments for reflection and
space for curiosity,
protective boundaries and freedom
to create,
and time to play, to work, to rest.
Owen Jansen ’25, Grade 3
DECEMBER 2016
Childhood is a time for learning about the
essentials —
about the heavenly world and the earthly,
about goodness, beauty, and truth.
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Kindergarten and
Lower School
On the twelfth day of Advent my friends
all gave to me:
12 friendly chickens,
11 floral skirts,
10 Maypole ribbons,
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10:00-4:00 Yuletide fair
9 gluten-free cookies,
8 main lesson book pages,
7 balls of yarn,
6 wooden flutes,
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Advent assembly
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8:15-9:30 PTA meeting
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7:00 Grade 2 class
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inter concert
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7:00 W
inter concert
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5 block crayons,
4 eurythmy slippers,
3 beeswax candles,
2 knitted socks,
And a gnome holding a pinecone!
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7:00 S hepherds play
Magdalen Garrity ’20 and
Charlotte Ivy ’20, Grade 8
Mawlid al-Nabi*
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Winter solstice
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Christmas
Hanukkah*
Kwanzaa begins
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New Year’s Eve
Isabelle Hamann ’22, Grade 6
* These holidays begin at sundown the evening before.
Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School
JANUARY
Finance Report
by Cliff Keyes, Chief Financial Officer,
Hawthorne Valley Association
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Revenue
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
■ Tuition & fees 94.0%
■ Fundraising
5.5%
■ Other income
0.5%
Expenses
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
Natasha Wedd ’21, Grade 7
■ Personnel
■ Financial aid
■ Facilities
47.0%
31.6%
6.0%
■ Program support 5.4%
■ Other expenses 10.0%
JANUARY 2017
or another year in a row, Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School
(HVWS) completed the fiscal year with a balanced budget.
Although a budget deficit was originally projected for the
fiscal year, HVWS closed that gap by means of exceptional fundraising and careful budget management.
The balance sheet of HVWS continues to be strong. The debt
burden of HVWS is low and is held by friends of the school at
low interest rates. Tuition receivables are well managed and are
also quite low.
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Fundraising at HVWS was more than 40%
higher than in the previous year. This great
accomplishment was made possible by the
extraordinary matching gift from alumni
parents Kerry Fletcher and Leif Garbisch ’05,
’07, ’12, and by the enthusiastic parent-participation campaign that followed that gift.
The Children of the Future Scholarship
Endowment fund contributed $35,000 to
the scholarship pool, and individual donors
contributed $25,000 to the scholarship pool.
Each of these contributions helped the school
accommodate the financial needs of parents.
Budget reports from many other private
day schools display hard struggles and deficits. In contrast, the practices of farsighted
administration and exacting variance budget
analysis at HVWS — as well as the embrace
of a wonderfully supportive community –
have enabled the financial foundation of
HVWS to remain firm. Let us be thankful for
what we can achieve together. ■
December
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8:15-9:30 PTA meeting
Epiphany
New Year’s Day
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Thursday classes begin
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Martin Luther King,
Jr., Day
School closed
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Friday classes begin
— through 3/17
Science fair for
Middle School
6:30 PTA potluck
Lunar New Year
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Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School
Sebastian Sanchez ’19, Grade 9
FEBRUARY
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y first year as athletic director at Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School was
fantastic, and I am full of thanks. First of all, thanks to the coaches, all of
whom put countless hours into Wildcat athletics. Then thanks to faculty,
staff, and students for supporting the athletics program and for welcoming me with open arms. Then thanks to parents and student hosts for bringing athletes to practice, for baking goods for bake sales, and for enthusiastically supporting the
Wildcats. Finally, one last time, thanks to those coaches who for various reasons cannot
return this upcoming year — I am grateful for the enthusiasm, thoughtful care, and hard
work you brought to our teams.
Top: Wyatt Powers ’22, Grade 6
Bottom: Lila Porcelly ’22, Grade 6
● Girls’ and boys’ modified and varsity
cross-country. With over 20 runners on
the roster, the cross-country team was
very large this year. Led by coach Rob Popper, the runners performed tremendously
during the season, focused on bettering
themselves and setting personal goals at
every race. A special congratulations to
Sebastian Sanchez, who qualified for and
ran the New York State cross-country
championship.
● Girls’ modified and varsity basketball. Led by coaches Taylor Race and Brian
Yorck, the varsity girls improved greatly
throughout the season. The team had many
first-year players, including a few who had
not played basketball before, so it was a
year of learning and fundamentals. The
girls’ modified team had a very successful
season, their strong suit being speed and
endurance. By the end of the season, the
girls were a very cohesive unit, working well
together on and off the court.
● Boys’ modified and varsity basketball.
Led by coaches Steve Simonak and Jonathan
Schulman, the varsity team had many close
games and won some very competitive
matches. All players improved individually,
promising an exciting upcoming season.
The boys’ modified basketball team was
undefeated for the second year in a row,
even with only eight players on its roster.
The team worked very well together and
scored impressive numbers.
● Boys’ varsity volleyball. Led by coach
Leo Sanchez, the varsity team had only
six players on its roster, but devotion and
love of the game produced some very close
matches against tough competition. The
team had fun, learning many new techniques and skills.
● Boys’ and girls’ team soccer. HVWS
and the local community fielded two soccer teams this past season. Led by coaches
Leo Sanchez, Mark Teague, and Roy Tau,
both teams worked cohesively as units and
improved drastically throughout the season. The soccer season combined fun and
hard work, and the dedication of the players was evident on the field. ■
FEBRUARY 2017
Bottom: Zoë Jansen ’22, Grade 6
By Taylor Race, Athletic Director
● Girls’ modified and varsity volleyball.
Led by coaches Amy Flaum and Leo Sanchez, the girls’ modified and varsity teams
had a year of growth and learning. The
varsity team graduated four seniors, all of
whom were positive role models for the
younger players. The girls were enthusiastic throughout the season and learned
valuable skills to take with them through
coming years.
Top: Ingrid Pilgrim ’22, Grade 6
Center: Violet Middlebrook ’22,
Grade 6
Athletics Report
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Modified basketball
tournament at Green
Meadow
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Modified basketball
tournament at Green
Meadow
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Varsity basketball
tournament at Kimberton
— through 2/12
Syona Morrison ’18, Grade 10
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Valentine’s Day
coffee house
3:00 D
ismissal for midwinter break
Valentine’s Day
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Presidents’ Day
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School reopens
Grade 3 farm trip—
through 3/3
Maha Shivaratri
28
8:15-9:30 PTA meeting
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Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School
Olivia Strompf ’28, Kindergarten
Time
MARCH
The clock is broken. I counted the time myself for a while, marking it out on the floor, but
then I slept, I don’t know for how long, and now I don’t know what time it is. The clock is
stuck at 3:48 and 7 seconds. I stare at it. Twice every day, for one second, the clock is correct. I try to feel those moments. They must feel different, right? Moments when things are
true instead of just broken. Sometimes I stare at the clock for so long that I think it might
be moving, it must be moving. It really must. I could swear I saw it moving! But it never
moves: 3:48 in the morning, 3:48 in the afternoon. Magic times when reality might be real.
I stare at the broken clock and hear it tick. (Prompt: a broken clock.)
Ava Teague ’18, Grade 10
The Illusion of Time
Joshua Desetta ’19, Grade 9
Sachi Cappo ’24, Grade 4
Fiona Kenyon ’16, Grade 12
MARCH 2017
People rush through their lives, waiting on their tiptoes for time to run out. Nowadays
everything is scheduled, everything has a designated time, everything must be finished by
a specific time. People quicken their steps as they check their wristwatches, glancing nervously over their shoulders as they walk, waiting for time to finally catch up with them. I
lived like this. Clocks and time once rushed me through life, until something opened me
to the truth about time: a broken clock. People think that time is rushing by them, slipping
through their fingers, but they are wrong. They say time stops for no one, but when my
clock broke it stopped for me. It didn’t only stop, it ceased to exist. Time no longer had a
hold on me. I realized that there was no such thing as time. Things change, they age, they
shift, but they do not slip into a past realm. I have lived my life five times since my clock
broke. I do not know how long it has been, but to me it has been an eternity. I know the
leaves have changed several times, but I did not count. I have been floating in a timeless
ocean for so long, I cannot remember when time existed. To me, time is like the devil. If
you believe in him he’s real, and he’ll take you away one day. But I do not believe in time,
time will never take me from this dream reality. (Prompt: a broken clock.)
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3/10
Ash Wednesday
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begins
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7:00 K
indergarten parent
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Teacher visiting day,
Kindergarten closed
7:00 G
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meeting
Fall & Winter
sports banquet
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10:00-2:00
All school open house
Syona Morrison ’18, Grade 10
Purim*
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Thursday classes begin
— through 6/2
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meeting
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Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School
Cameron Tietsworth ’19, Grade 9
APRIL
EARTH: Waldorf Education
Infused with Nature
By Stu Summer, Lead Teacher
Sidhartha Kalsi ’27, Grade 1
Ava Teague ’18, Grade 10
APRIL 2017
T
he EARTH program has completed its third year of
individualized Waldorf education that emphasizes
hands-on real projects, personal responsibility, and an
integration of academics, arts, and practical farm work.
During the year, seven students, two girls and five boys, ages 8 to
12 years, made their own food, clothing, metal ware, and shelter.
They cared for animals, winterized a cabin classroom, and cut ash,
hickory, and elm firewood.
Most importantly, they grew stronger and harder working,
more responsible and self-reliant. These soul capacities supported
poetry writing, mathematics, descriptions of history and geography, and musical, dramatic and artistic expression.
Three children, now ready to work in a larger classroom setting, graduated from the EARTH program this year. My fellow
teachers and I are very grateful to our wonderful students, their
parents, and the wonderful supporters who make this pioneering
work possible. ■
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Spring finally comes.
Flowers look up to the sky:
You shine in my eyes.
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Early childhood
puppets & tea
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2017
Haikus Written for ESL Class
Saturday
Zheng Liu ’16, Grade 12
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Past never came back.
Dreaming of future at light,
As it is right now.
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Grade 10 play
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Grade 10 play
Benafsha Nader ’17, Grade 11
7:00 H
igh school class
meetings
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10:30 Parent assembly
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ismissal for
spring break
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Melting white pure snow,
Lush leaves and blooming petals:
End winter, start spring.
Good Friday
School Closed
Passover*
Palm Sunday
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11
8:15-9:30 PTA meeting
Past is in the past.
History creates future.
Starting lights are on.
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Hanchen Xiao ’16, Grade 12
Spring is beautiful:
Insects fly and flowers bloom,
Sweet wind gently blows.
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Flora Xu ’18, Grade 10
Easter
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Earth Day
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School reopens
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8:15-9:30 PTA meeting
7:00 G
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meetings
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Senior project
presentations
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presentations
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Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School
Sundara Hesse ’22, Grade 6
MAY
Senior Roundup • Class of 2016
by Caroline Geisler, Director of College Guidance
M
Fiona Kenyon
● Aliou
Abdussami will join the United States Coast
Guard.
● Blaise Ballinger will work with his family to launch a
local restaurant.
Matthew Niederman
Alexandra Eleazar
Cecilia Bellows
Hanchen Xiao
Naho Hirohata
ecilia Bellows will attend Portland Community
C
College in Portland, Oregon, and then transfer for a
four-year degree.
● Jeremiah Cronin will work as a musician and then
attend college in 2017.
● Jeffrey DeCaro will devote a year to music and art
and then enter trade school for plumbing.
● Alexandra Eleazar will attend Smith College in
Northampton, Massachusetts, to study computer
programming and gender studies.
● Melissa Frishkoff will attend the Center of Natural
Wellness Massage School in Albany, New York, and
then St. Michael’s College in Burlington, Vermont.
● Naho Hirohata will attend Hunter College in New
York City to study art and psychology.
● Fiona Kenyon will attend Goucher College in
Plainfield, Vermont.
● Zheng Liu will attend Ohio State University,
Columbus, Ohio, to study business.
● Carla Namuth will travel for a year and then attend
Goucher College in Plainfield, Vermont.
● Matthew Niederman will attend Case Western
Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, to study
aerospace engineering.
●
Liri Ronen
MAY 2017
embers of the class of 2016 are dedicated to social causes and to self-expression, and they can often be found on the
road “less well travelled.” They are artists, activists, entrepreneurs, and scientists. Their senior
projects included a start-up business model, fashion
design, music composition, a social work project, an
oral history project, photography, a one-person play, a
traditional Chinese tea ceremony, and animation. They
were transformed by their service trip to the Dominican Republic, where they experienced the struggles
and capacities of people living in extreme poverty. In
their economics block, they were entrepreneurs, creating inspiring businesses across many sectors. For their
senior play, they filled the auditorium with the complexity and strange beauty of Goethe’s Faust. HVWS is
proud of the class of 2016.
Here is a roundup of their future plans:
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iri Ronen will attend Bard College in
L
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, to
study music performance and pre-med
science.
● Rachel Ruark will attend SUNY
Plattsburg in Plattsburgh, New York, to
study forensic science and psychology.
● Roseleen Tau will attend Buffalo State in
Buffalo, New York, to study psychology
and nursing.
● Mary Wedd will travel abroad and work
and then attend college in 2017.
● Hanchen Xiao will attend Santa Barbara
Community College, California, and
then transfer to University of California,
Santa Barbara. ■
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assembly
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May Day celebration &
spring fair
Cinco de Mayo
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Kindergarten May pole
festival
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practicum —
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High School prom
Mother’s Day
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Grade 5 Olympiad
Jeffrey DeCaro
Ramadan*
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Memorial Day
School closed
* This holiday begins at sundown the evening before.
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Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School
Mary Wedd
JUNE
The “I”
(Excerpts from a Graduation Speech)
By Fiona Kenyon ’16, Grade 12
I
Robin
Cecilia
Proechel-Bensman
Hamilton ’25
’25, Grade 3
Valdemar Hegli ’21, Grade 7
JUNE 2017
n my first year at Hawthorne Valley, when I was in seventh
grade, the class was taken to the Hulbert Center to climb
the ropes courses and to canoe. As a new kid in the class, I
was shy and didn’t want to stand out, and I tried as much
as possible to fit seamlessly into this tightly knit class. Then, in
tenth grade, the class put on the play You Can’t Take it With You
by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. Emotions run high during
play season, and relationships can be made or broken. I put aside
personal preferences, seeing the strength of a collaborative effort.
Then, in the eleventh grade, for the block on Parzival, Mr. Müller
wrote a big letter “I” on the chalkboard. This letter represented
individuality, underscoring that Parzival is about the individual
quest in life.
But it was only just recently, as I wandered through the senior
displays of my graduating class, that I really understood about the
“I.” In these senior displays, I saw the eclectic collection that each
member of our class had decided would best epitomize who they
are. What a diverse group of individuals our class had grown into,
and how delicate the balance between individuality and participation in a larger group.
What stage of life best would best describe who any of us are at
a given moment? The answer is every stage. Each of us is changing,
growing, and developing. The noun “human being” has the verb
“being” in it. Since this is the human condition, it is easy to lose
sight of who we are right now, forgetting that each moment is a
part of the process that leads us where we go next.
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Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
At the end of our senior trip to the Dominican Republic, each of us regretted leaving
so soon, without having done more for others while we were there. I found myself asking, “Shouldn’t I have done this better?” and
“What if I had done that instead?” I knew
who I was as an individual, and I knew who
I was as a member of my class. Now I wanted
to know who I was in the world. What was
the difference I had made? Upon reflection,
I realized that I had done everything that
I was supposed to do and that I had done
everything that I needed to do — a fact that
has led to where I am now. That is why we
cannot live lives of “what ifs” or “should I’s.”
We have to live lives of “I am.”
I am — the girl who waited shyly in the
corner on that first day of seventh grade. I
am — the one who laughed with all of you
on those sweet summer days. I am — the
one who cried with you for the loss of a
loved one. And you are all the people I’ll
never forget. ■
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playgroup
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Lower School &
High School end
10:30 Rose ceremony
12:30 Dismissal
5:00 Grade 8 celebration
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igh School
graduation
Last day of Kindergarten
playgroup
Last day of Kindergarten
2:00 Henriette Reiss
Award ceremony
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Aurora Stokum ’22, Grade 6
* This holiday begins at sundown the evening before.
Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School
JULY
How Is Waldorf
Education Different?
(Excerpts from a Graduation Speech)
By Zheng Liu ’16, Grade 12
A
Myra Crane ’17, Grade 11
Benafsha Nader ’17, Grade 11
Rebekah Bacote ’17, Grade 11
Winni Wilzig ’25, Grade 3
J U LY 2 0 1 7
Oliver Wendell-Braly ’17, Grade 11
s an international student without any knowledge
about Waldorf education, I had mixed feelings about
Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School when I first arrived.
I came here wishing to learn new content, new ways
of studying, even to have an entirely new experience of life. But I
soon found that the school was not about traditional academics.
Compared with non-Waldorf schools, Hawthorne Valley seemed
really different.
Here is an example. Once in tenth grade, Mr. Madey took us
outside to walk by the creek bank in order to ask us a mathrelated question: “We have some measuring tools. How do we
measure the length of the tree that is on the other side of the
creek, without going over the creek?” My first reaction was frustration: because that question was typical of the math questions
that appear on question sheets, why did we need to walk outside
with tools to answer it? I was annoyed to leave a warm classroom and stand freezing in the early spring weather to finish this
assignment. But as I experienced the transformation of theory
into practical work, I saw the value of what we were assigned.
Through measuring and calculating with numbers and formulas, we became a part of the math.
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Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School
Not only did practical work with mathematics open my eyes to Waldorf education, but so did the nuanced connections
between subjects I was taught, even
between science and art subjects. For
example, the main lesson book is a big part
of our academic career in high school, and
in each main lesson book a certain amount
of drawing is required. At first I felt really
angry about the drawings. Because I am
not a student who would ever major in
fine arts, why should I strive to complete
beautiful drawings or paintings? But then
I heard something that made me feel lucky
that I had done all these artistic projects. I
learned from a teacher that painting helps
one with imagination and creativity —
and that imagination and creativity are
extremely important for science, especially
for mathematics.
In a twelfth grade math class recently,
Mr. LaFave taught a calculus formula using
an example of a baseball bat’s volume. An
anatomic view of a baseball bat was drawn
on the board, and within 20 minutes, all
of the class got the idea of what the formula was about and how it worked. In a
casual conversation with Mr. LaFave later,
he mentioned how talented Waldorf students are in graphic perception and in the
ability to associate different subjects. Earlier in his teaching career, he had used the
same example of a baseball bat’s volume in
teaching calculus, but his students did not
understand it.
Later on, I started seeing the bigger picture behind the school. By observing the
way teachers teach and the forms of school
assignment, I realized that this school is
more about the education of human beings
than about separate academic subjects. As
a result of being here, I am not just a student who has completed his academic and
athletic high school requirements. Rather, I
am a well-rounded, grown-up young adult,
ready for a better future. ■
AUGUST
Yakko Hassell ’19, Grade 9
A bird must soar on its own wings,
But if it falters as it sings,
The flock’s chorus will carry it along
Until it remembers again its song.
And I doubt that I’m wrong
When I say
That these themes of flight will continue on
Long after today
Within
This class,
This heart.
AUGUST 2017
A song,
A theme of flight.
Dear friends, in some ways this is where a new life begins while
another ends. . . .
It has been.
It has been a swirling kaleidoscope of laughter and tears
All these years,
Guiding, healing, hating and loving,
Coaxing and vexing, pushing and shoving:
A family of peers.
A heart,
An organic pulsing beat. . . .
It’s bittersweet.
My beloved class,
When Grandpa Vanderhof said “you can’t take it with you”
We knew what he meant.
Who really cares in the end about how much money was
(or wasn’t) spent?
It’s our love, our inspiration, creation, and determination
that we can take with us as we fly.
The sky
seems endless, enormous, and filled with infinite possibility.
And we . . .
We can take hold of the responsibility.
We have already.
The economy, the poverty, the sovereignty, policy, ecology,
polarity, scarcity, community,
Mentality,
society, anxiety. . . .
We know the reality.
Myra Crane ’17, Grade 11
Méabh Rooney ’19, Grade 9
A Poem for Graduation
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Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Is this where it ends? Do we say goodbye?
Perhaps. . . .
But whatever we do,
Dear friends,
Let’s fly!
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Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School
Tianyi Zhao ’17, Grade 11
SEPTEMBER
By Sylvie Bergquist ’22, Grade 6
O
n Wednesday, my class and I went spelunking. We got off at
the side of the road and walked through a space that looked
as if a dragon or giant had lumbered through, leaving a path of
rubble in its wake. Going into the cave was like going down a
hobbit hole; we went in by sliding down a log. Then on hands
and knees we crawled through an expanse that looked and felt as
though it had been a stone dance floor for miniature people, with
pillars rising up to hold the ceiling. The feet of the dancers had
made grooves and shallow dips in the floor. We crawled on until
we came to a room where we could all fit in. With all eyes peering
out of the darkness, it looked as if the room was full of animals,
some big and some small. We sat there quietly with our lamps
off, restoring the cave to such darkness that you couldn’t be sure
whether your eyes were open or closed.
The guide put on his light, just one light in that inexpressible
darkness, and it made all the difference, one small candle shining alone, never going out. We kept walking, stumbling through
puddles and squeezing through narrow spaces. Sometimes you
felt like a worm in a hole. As we continued, the ground got more
and more unstable and rocky. When we came to a place where
hurricane Irene had blown in, we had to turn around.
As we went back to the entrance by a different route, the sound
of shuffling feet became more prominent as the trail became
rockier. I felt darkness closing around me but felt reassured when
I heard splashing feet ahead. We had entered a long, wide, and
very, very deep puddle, through which we had to crawl. I took
a tentative step forward and then plowed on. It felt as though I
Alexander Madey ’20, Grade 8
SEPTEMBER 2017
Sonia Slauson ’28, Rose Kindergarten
Spelunking
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had fallen into a lake in the middle of winter, first floating, then dragged down by the
weight of wet clothing. The water was only
about a foot high but felt higher, soaking
me as icy liquid seeped into my boots.
A few feet away from light and fresh air,
my spirits lifted but sank when I learned
that we needed to worm through a final
tunnel. As I crawled forward, a weird sense
of relief came over me: this really wasn’t
very difficult. The tunnel tilted upwards,
and I pulled myself out into the light,
which I seemed to have been missing for
a hundred years. As I struggled up, a voice
said: “Turn off your headlamp, you don’t
want it to run out of batteries, do you?” ■
School begins
Labor Day
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School closed
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* These holidays begin at sundown the evening before.
Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School
Cornelius Conant ’17, Grade 11
Thank you!
The following gifts were contributed by our generous donor community and are listed below by each type of fund.
Donors who gave after this calendar went to press will be acknowledged in next year’s annual report.
We have taken great care to list each donor’s name accurately. If your name was improperly listed or omitted,
please accept our apologies and notify the Development Office at 518.672.7092, ext 231.
Annual Fund
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Christianna Abel
Ranji & Kathy Abeyatunge
Kevin & Mary Albert
Glen Berger & Karin Almquist
Rob Williams &
Susanne Ameln-Pietzner
Elizabeth Collins &
Daniele Artistico
Francis Greenburger &
Isabel Autones
Elizabeth Aylward
Pamela Badila
Susan Baer ’96
Ford Bailey &
Antonia Paloma Bailey
John & Diane Barnes
Sylvia Bausman
Nadja Jiguet & Marc Blachere
Blue Marble Ice Cream
Keith & Teresa Bogdanovich
David & Sherill Bolevice
Emily Bolevice ’00
Carol Bonci
Stephen & Julie Boothroyd
Douglas & Kathleen Bradley
Paul & Diane Burfeind
Burfeind & Sons Contracting
Keira Cannon
Raymond & Bridget Cappo
Margaret Carlson
Jong-Won Choi
Kathleen Clark
Elizabeth Clark
Jennie Clifford
Elizabeth Coe
Meaghan McKenna
& Jason Coffin
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Art behind donor list:
Soren Abeyatunge ’28,
Rose Kindergarten
Art behind back page: Jasmin Mentzer ’18, Grade 10
Classical Composition
as a Senior Project
By Larry Glatt, PhD, Music Director
E
very year, at least one student at Hawthorne Valley Waldorf
School (HVWS) chooses some aspect of music for a senior
project. This year Liri Ronen chose classical composition.
Displaying an unusual degree of talent and diligence, Liri wrote an
amazing horn concerto in three movements. The music is tuneful,
intricate, and evocative, and it provided Liri an opportunity to
showcase his considerable talent on the French horn. Part of the
concerto score is shown on this page.
For graduation, Liri also arranged a musical selection from the
film score of Titanic for the high school chorus and graduating
seniors. This arrangement was the first time ever that a HVWS
student had prepared a composition for public performance by a
large ensemble. The premiere at graduation was beautiful. In a year
marked by many musical highlights, the composition work of Liri
stood out as especially exciting. ■
Jasmin Mentzer ’18, Grade 10