Vancouver Waldorf School Blog

Week At A Glance December 9 – 13 Dear Community, I love the celebrations of light that take place during the month of December. If your family celebrates a festival not currently marked on our calendar, please speak to your class teacher about creating the opportunity to share from your heritage and faith. Our Christmas Concert is tomorrow evening at

Week At A Glance December 2 – 6 Dear Community, We began the week with a reverent assembly for Advent. In the darkened Hall, a representative from each grade walked the Advent Spiral and placed a lit candle along the evergreen path while beautiful soft music played on the piano. The faculty shared a story about the stars and mineral

The VWS is proud to present our annual rendition of The Oberufer Shepherds’ Play Thursday, December 19, 7:00 pm Come one, come all! Each year, on the last day of school before the winter break, the faculty, staff, and members of our community come together to perform The Shepherds’ Play, as a gift to the students and parents in our

Week At A Glance November 25 – 29 Dear Community, Year after year, I am blown away by how our community comes together to host our Children’s Winter Fair. We talk about the Fair as being a gift from our parents to the children, and I have to share that this year, that sentiment struck a deeper more resonant chord

Christmas Concert Our Annual Christmas Concert is on Wednesday, December 11 at 7:00 pm at Highlands United Church 3255 Edgemont Boulevard, North Vancouver. Please mark your calendars and take note of the below requirements. Black & White Concert Dress Code Concert performers are required to wear black pants, knee-length (or longer) skirts or dresses; white sleeved tops that cover the

Week At A Glance November 4 – 8 Dear Community, What a wonderful start to the month of November! Glimmering in the calendar this week are lantern walks in the Kindergartens, Grade 1 and 2 classes, and on Thursday evening at 7:00 pm in the GS Hall, our Grade 7 Class is presenting their play, Camelot. Then on the horizon, we have

AWSNA Visit Follow Up For four days last week, our school had the pleasure of hosting the AWSNA Accreditation team, consisting of teachers and administrators from other Waldorf Schools. As a gift before they left on Wednesday, they took the time to verbally share their warm observations of our school’s strengths, as well as the challenges they identified for our

Week At A Glance October 28 – November 1 Dear Community, (Parents) Please watch your inbox for a detailed message about the Children’s Winter Fair and Night Market which will be sent shortly. The email will include initial information about Class Assignments, Activity Coordinators, Food Donations, Night Market, Red Door Store, Marketing (lawn signs & postering), and Grounds Decorating. The

Week At A Glance October 21 – 25 Dear VWS Families, As you enter the school over the next three days, you may notice a few new friendly faces. As mentioned in the newsletter, we have welcomed a 7-member AWSNA Accreditation Team from other Waldorf schools across the continent. They are here visiting classrooms at each campus; meeting with faculty,