Weekender
A Newsletter from the Youth Initiative High School Waldorf Initiative
Viroqua, Wisconsin, USA Friday December 08, 2006 Editor: Conrad Rehbach
Calendar
Every Wednesday
3:15 PM Administration Group Meeting
Monday Dec 11
3:15 PM Long Range Planning Meeting
7:00 PM Sports Committee Meeting at Celtic Park Stadium aka 305
Tuesday Dec 12
3:15 PM Personnel Meeting
7:00 PM Board Meeting
Thursday Dec 14
7:00 PM Parent Meeting
Monday Dec 18
3:15 PM Faculty Meeting
Dec 25—Jan 05
Holiday Break—NO SCHOOL
Needs List
1. Area rug for Jacob’s office (5’ x 3’ or so)
2. Seats for 15 passenger shuttle bus
3. Flat panel LCD computer monitors
4. Curtains or shades for all rooms
5. Office type chairs
6. Beautification of an area of your choice at school
7. Cleaning services
8. YIHS sign for Landmark Center building (12’ x 8’)
9. Someone to make and install a door with a lock for the costume room
10. Someone to fix/caulk leaking sky lights
Hang them up to dry. Photographs being aired in the YIHS darkroom. Fine Arts/Photography course. Instructor: Ben Agar
Guest Teacher Visit. On Friday November 30, Youth Initiative High School had a very exciting visitor. Dr. Alfred McCoy taught the 12th Grade world history class, delivering a lecture on the history of psychological torture. Dr. McCoy is a professor of History at the University of Wisconsin and the author of numerous books, including The Politics of Heroin and a A Question of Torture. His talk examined the role of the CIA in developing and disseminating the methods of torture most famously used at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and the Abu Ghraib prison.
Parent Meeting. The next parent meeting will be on Thursday December 14, 2006 at 7:00 PM in room 305. Please send agenda items to Conrad by Thursday 6:59 PM or earlier.
Great Outdoor Fishing. Hello Everyone: This summer, one of our long-time supporters donated land at Dutch Hollow Lake near La Valle to benefit the school. We are now selling the land with the help of Tom Reuter of America's Land & Home Store in Westby (check out the listing at http://www.landandhomestore.com/vacantland.htm or call Tom at 608-634-4955). If you, a family member, friend, business associate or neighbor might be interested, please have them contact Tom--the sale will greatly benefit our school! Spread the word--it's a lovely site for a residence or vacation home. If your friends or parents are looking for land in the area, please tell them to call Tom. Lot 477, Summit Point Drive, LaValle, Sauk Co. $5,900 Priced to sell! Beautiful offshore lake lot with an elevated building site. Rolling hills abound in this great Dutch Hollow Lake community. Dutch Hollow Lake is a 200+ acre crystal clear lake in NW Sauk County. Incredible water recreational area for your use. Hiking, Biking and snowmobiling; horseback trails weave throughout the lake and residential areas. Great fishing and a pleasant year-round and summer crowd. Please call Tom to find out more about association dues and protective covenants; 608-634-4955.
Board Agenda. Next Board Meeting is Tuesday December 12, 2006 at 7:00 PM.
1. Introductions, Check in
2. Approval of minutes & agenda
3. New Admissions committee structure, Conrad Rehbach, Decision
4. Finance report, Conrad Rehbach
5. Development Report – Board help needed for fundraising, Liz Cox
6. Fundraising Revisions, Theresa, Intro/discuss
7. Voting procedure * (below) Charlene Discuss/dec?
8. Determining process for closed session w/o student board members) below Charlene Discuss
9. Care Group Process revisions – Theresa Carey Discuss/Decision
10. Board Liability Insurance
11. New business: Managing special needs, Reporting abuse, Theresa Intro
Evaluation, choose facilitator for next Meeting
Sophia Institute.
Adult Education/Teacher Training
in Viroqua, Wisconsin, USA. Foundation Studies Courses in Anthroposophy
and the Arts. New Course Starting January 27, 2007. Part I: Introduction
to Waldorf Education/Introduction to the Path of Self Development as given
in Anthroposophy/Artistic Courses.
Detailed
Course Description at
www.sophiainstitute.us or contact
Conrad Rehbach at
sauerkraut@mwt.net or 608-637-7091. Registration deadline: January 15,
2007.
Sessions:
Saturday January 27, 2007 (10:00 AM—3:00 PM)
Saturday February 10, 2007 (10:00 AM—3:00 PM)
Saturday February 17, 2007 (10:00 AM—3:00 PM)
Saturday March 03, 2007 (10:00 AM—3:00 PM)
Friday/Saturday/Sunday March 16-18 (Weekend Workshop)
Saturday March 31, 2007 (10:00 AM—3:00 PM)
Saturday April 21, 2007, 2006 (10:00 AM—3:00 PM)
Saturday May 05, 2007 (10:00 AM—3:00 PM)
BrainStorm 8.0 is seeking proposals for the Sunday, March 11 hands on sessions as well as the Monday, March 12 and Tuesday, March 13 breakout sessions. If you would like to present any sessions, please go to http://www.brainstormk12.com click on the 'Presenters' button and fill out the form. Please remember to click on the 'Save' button to submit your proposal. Keep in mind that our conference attendees are all K-12 IT staff; please think about this audience as you plan your session(s). After you save the form, a page confirming your submission will appear. Workshop proposals are due by 5pm on Friday, December 16, 2006. If you have multiple ideas, please remember to submit one idea per form. Feel free to submit as many ideas as you see fit. You will be contacted via email regarding your session(s) status in BrainStorm 8.0 at a later date. The Eighth Annual K-12 Information Technology Conference Sunday, March 11, 2007 - Tuesday, March 13, 2007 at Kalahari Resort - Wisconsin Dells, WI
Christian Community News. Dear friends, We are, after all, going to have our usual Sunday morning conversation this coming Sunday 10th December.
It will take place again at Sarah Kamin's home - 637 Garfield Ave - at 11 am. We will continue reading and discussing Adam Bittleston's book, Human Needs and Cosmic Answers. The first December chapter is, surprisingly perhaps, on The Rainbow. Incidentally, the Christian Community bookstall (inaugurated at the Pleasant Ridge Holiday Fair) has several copies of this book if any of you would like to purchase it. The following Sunday 17th December will be our monthly Lay Service, at 11am at the Old Main Building, followed by a potluck. We are also discussing the possibility of having a short service on Christmas Day morning: if any of you who receive this would be interested in this, do please let me know. We are also in the process of arranging events for the Holy Nights (25th Dec - 6th January) and will let you all know more about them as details emerge. Last Sunday, the Christian Community - Viroqua steering group agreed upon a budget for 2007. You will shortly receive a copy of it in the mail along with a request for financial contributions to this new initiative. Best wishes, -- Paul Newton (637-8057)