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Current Events
MAY FAIRE 2024
SAVE THE DATE for Sanderling MAY FAIRE 2024 on Saturday, May 4th at 10am located at San Dieguito County Park, Upper Pavilion - ALL ARE WELCOME for this community event ✨
10 am Flower Crown Making ✨
11 am Children’s Dances & Performances ✨
12 pm Lunch & Dessert Served ✨
5th Grade Lunch Fundraiser:
$5 - $12 Vegan/GF/Meat Options will be available
$2 drinks
6th Grade Strawberry Shortcake/Bake Sale:
$6 strawberry shortcake
$4 baked goods
Sanderling Parent Association is fundraising with an art activity:
$10 Canvas Bag Decorating
Sanderling has a long tradition, as do many Waldorf Schools, of coming together and celebrating spring with the May Faire. Here in Southern California, “King Winter” does not bring harsh winters, and yet we experience the change of seasons. Especially this year, after much rain and cooler temperatures, we will all rejoice in celebrating spring. ✨
The earliest May Faire celebrations were held to honor the changing seasons from winter to spring, from darkness to light. The peasants in Europe brought in trees from the woods and danced around them celebrating spring. ✨
In ancient Roman times, a pine tree was brought to the “Temple of Cybele” in Rome as a spring ritual. Mayday is associated with Flora, the Roman goddess of flowers and spring. Garlands of flowers were gathered and carried to her temple. Youth danced around columns decorated with flowers.✨
The “May Queen” is representative of the Goddess Flora, the Goddess of Spring. Later, the celebration incorporated a maypole with ribbons and young girls danced around it wearing garlands of flowers. Hence, Sanderling children get to make flower crowns to wear during the festivities. ✨
May Faire celebrations are full of hope and renewal. As a Waldorf school, we close out our festivals every year with this whole school celebration. Rituals, traditions, and ceremonies are touchstones in our year and enrich the lives of our children and even ourselves as adults. ✨
Enrichment Evening at Sanderling
Featuring KEITH McCRARY for our next PARENT EDUCATION EVENING
THIS THURSDAY - 5:30-7:30 PM
We are very excited for this wonderful offering from Keith McCrary - longtime Waldorf educator, mentor and advisor.
We will be serving light snacks from 5:30-6:00pm and his talk will be in the Eurythmy room from 6-7:30pm.
Childcare will be provided. We are asking for $5 donations towards childcare if you would like to bring your child.
This is a public event so feel free to bring a friend!
Sanderling Waldorf
2024 Annual Gala
Indulge in a delicious dinner while enjoying live music and participating in thrilling auctions and raffles. Your presence and support will benefit our students by providing tuition assistance, enriching programs, and valuable school upgrades. Please help us continue to provide the best education possible by being part of this vital event for our school.
Saturday, June 1, 2024 at 5:30pm
2051 Cucina Italiana in Carlsbad
COCKTAILS + AUCTION + DINNER + ENTERTAINMENT
Early Bird Ticket pricing of $100.00 per ticket ends April 30th
Tickets include entry to the event, dinner, drinks, and entertainment. When checking out you can save your credit card for later use in the online auction and in-person raffle.
The live auction will be held on Saturday, June 1 during the Casino Night Gala. We will have a live auctioneer who will start the bidding at 8pm. After arriving at the Gala and signing in, you will receive a "paddle" with your bidding number that can be used to bid on things during the live auction. You can also preview those items in the catalog below, which will include this year's class projects!
