SONIA Y. ANGELL, MD, MPH State Public Health Officer & Director State of California—Health and Human Services Agency California Department of Public Health GAVIN NEWSOM Governor August 3, 2020 TO: All Californians SUBJECT: California Department of Public Health Schools Guidance FAQs For PDF version click here. General What schools guidance has CDPH issued? All CDPH and...
Dear families, Our team has been working around the clock to create a Return to School Guide with the most up-to-date information and guidelines for resuming school instruction on September 8. Included in the guide: the revised Tuition Agreement Release Date, our Adaptive Tuition models, Learning...
Please click here to view the Community Town Hall in its entirety. At the Town Hall on July 22, WSOC committed to answering every question provided by participants. Following is the total of all questions asked (on Slido and Zoom) along with answers for you from...
Dear Community, Thank you for participating in our Community Town Hall on Wednesday evening. We presented a breadth of information and we hope the following resources will help in your review as we continue to move through the process of returning to school. If you missed the...
Dear Families, As we reach mid-July, your Return to School Committee continues to plan, strategize and revise as shifting circumstances arise. Whatever comes next, please know that we have a dedicated group of faculty, staff and Board members who continue to strive on your behalf. Your...
Dear families, Please join us for our next Virtual Town Hall on Wednesday, July 22 at 6pm. See flyer for details; registration information is below. Please register in advance! When: Jul 22, 2020 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Topic: WSOC July 22 Community Town Hall Register for...
SUMMER CAMP UPDATES Ms. Rusty’s Guitar Camp Grades: Rising Grades 4-7 Dates: July 6-10, July 13-17, July 20-24 Time: 12:30pm - 2:30pm Number of students: Total of 10 per session Location: Meadows Hall, WSOC Cost: $60 per week or $180 for all 3 weeks Sign up and details here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090944abad2fa1ff2-msrustys SAVE THE DATE for...
Dear Families, We are very grateful for your participation in our recent surveys and are pleased to share your feedback in this message. These questions will be used to inform our return to school planning. If you have specific questions regarding any of these surveys, please email...
Dear families, It's official! The last day of school for our 2019-20 school year! We wish you a summer filled with relaxing times with your family and hopefully lots of moments outside in nature. The weather has been very un-June-like with lots of warmth and sunlight....
Dear Families and Friends, Thank you for attending Wednesday evening’s Community Town Hall! We appreciate your flexibility in switching gears so quickly upon discovering we had a Zoom Meeting limit of 100, which was excluding waiting attendees. In the end, nearly 200 people were in attendance...
Dear families, This week, we are transitioning from our weekly Friday Leadership Message to a Friday Message from our Return to School Committee, comprised of Kim Eijpen (chair), Gina Garrison, Brooke Natzke, Douglas Garrett, and Board member David Kruse, M.D. Please enjoy the following video message from...
Friday Message from the WSOC Leadership Team Andrea Hubert, College of Teachers Chair Megan Brown, Board of Trustees Chair Douglas Garrett, School Administrator Dear WSOC Community, Wishing everyone a relaxing 3-day Memorial Day weekend! Returning to School Update….. One of the commitments your school leadership has made to you is to be...
Dear WSOC Community, Last night, the Board of Trustees voted, in collaboration with the College of Teachers and school directors, to approve the following: The enrollment contract date for withdrawal without financial obligation has been extended to July 31, 2020. The Friday Leadership Team message will have...
Friday Message from the WSOC Leadership Team Andrea Hubert, College of Teachers Chair Megan Brown, Board of Trustees Chair Douglas Garrett, School Administrator Learning Beyond the Classroom Update This past week, we have received important questions worth pondering from you, and we thank you for that. Questions such as, “What...
Friday Message from the WSOC Leadership Team Andrea Hubert, College of Teachers Chair Megan Brown, Board of Trustees Chair Douglas Garrett, School Administrator Learning Beyond the Classroom Update This week has seen much activity on campus – as I share with you this update, there are still a number of...
The North STAR (Stand Together Assistance Relief) Fund Dear Waldorf School of Orange County Community Members, Family and Alumni, In times of uncertainty, returning to one’s fundamental values becomes a North Star of sorts, a guiding light for one’s course. It is the commitment of the Waldorf...
Dear WSOC Community, In the Friday message, we announced the The North STAR (Stand Together Assistance Relief) Fund, an initiative to help those families in our community who have been hurt financially and are unable to pay tuition costs at this time. Any family who is struggling...
Friday Message from the WSOC Leadership Team Andrea Hubert, College of Teachers Chair Megan Brown, Board of Trustees Chair Douglas Garrett, School Administrator Dear WSOC Community, Waldorf education was founded in 1919 as a response to a world then in crisis. Its purpose is to heal the future through educating...
This last month has presented us all with many upheavals and challenges - social, financial, emotional; the physical time away from our Waldorf family. It also has brought some surprising silver linings: an ancestral call to bread baking (store shelves emptied of yeast and flour...
Dear WSOC family, I did not want the week to end without writing to let you know that your Board of Trustees and College of Teachers met last night to work together on a plan for meeting the tuition needs of those families who are suffering...
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YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AND WE WANT TO ANSWER… Dear WSOC Community, As we move forward facing this unprecedented situation together, we want to strengthen our listening and dialogue with you so we can serve you better. We've identified five areas of school life and are inviting your questions,...
Jack Petrash, longtime Waldorf teacher, educator, author and founder of the Nova Institute, recently visited Waldorf School of Orange County and shared the many ways in which Waldorf education is relevant (more so now than ever!) in today’s complex world. Speaking to a packed Eurythmy Hall...
Dear WSOC families, On behalf of the Board of Trustees, we want to express our gratitude for the outpouring of support provided by our community over the last few weeks as we moved into the new reality of this unprecedented situation. More importantly, we thank you...
Dearest WSOC School Community, As this message reaches you, we are hoping you are all well and safe, and carefully practicing health department recommendations. We are grateful first for the health care professionals and first responders that place themselves in harms-way each day to help others. We...
Waldorf School of Orange County Business Office Update Business Office Hours & Support The Waldorf School of Orange County business office will remain open through March 31st, 2020 with a planned, reduced schedule (slower response time), during the scheduled Spring Break. We are working on a number...
Dear Families, These are unprecedented times for the Waldorf School of Orange County community as we navigate the COVID-19 outbreak. This situation is rapidly evolving and our community must come together to help one another, show care and compassion for those who are vulnerable, and to...
Waldorf School Orange County is actively monitoring information from our public health officials. The Orange County Department of Health, the California Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with local governments, and health care providers across the state, are working...
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The North STAR (Stand Together Assistance Relief) Fund is a newly created initiative to support the Waldorf School of Orange County community during COVID-19 and specifically, to provide emergency tuition assistance for our families for school tuition payments in the current school year. Read More.. 
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