Weekender
A Newsletter from the Youth Initiative High School Waldorf Initiative
Viroqua, Wisconsin, USA Friday June 01, 2007 Editor: Conrad Rehbach
YIHS seniors performing at
the Temple Theatre in downtown Viroqua Moliere’s Tartuffe. Moira
Koons (left), Anna Chotzen (middle) and Lumen Hobbins (right).
Performances: Thursday May 31, Friday June 01 and Saturday June 02 at 7:30
PM. Tickets available at the door. Refreshments served before and at
intermission. Do not miss this once (actually 3) in a lifetime chance to
see this performance including a curtain warmer show (“The Folly”).
Thank You. Thank you the following people for their help with this year's architecture class: Rich Grams and the Gilgenbach family for allowing us to use their vehicles. Robert Schulz and Summer Deal Schulz for teaching us about slip-straw construction. Adrian Ugo and Justin Halvorson for letting us help out on the log home they are building. Liz Ptacek and Whet Moser for being our hosts in Chicago. Thank you!! —Jacob Hundt. A big thank you from all the faculty, staff and students to Patrick for working so hard on the yearbook! Hope it counts as physical therapy for your broken arm! I'd like to thank all of the parents and alumni who contributed vehicles and time so that our camping trip to Tillers could happen. So thank you to Rich Grams for loaning such a wonderfully roomy truck! I tried to get all of the potato chips out of the console. Hope the extra gas was worth your generosity! Thanks to Dawn Hundt (yet again) for loaning her lovely new van. (It has much better shocks than the old one.) Thank you to Sarah Caldwell for loaning us her van. Thank you to Jane Siemon for transporting people and lots of very wet gear in her truck. Thank you to Anton Bezin and Johnny Gambrell for being such wonderful chaperones and drivers. An excellent time was enjoyed by all from the hard work of stone masonry and ox driving to the impromptu mud slide and side trips to the swimming hole. A final thank you to Todd and Evie from Tillers who provided such sweet hospitality. Looking forward to the all-school camping trip. —Vicki Ramsay
YIHS enrollment/re-enrollment for 2007/2008 update. Grade 12 (9):
Aue, Vaughan/Kilkeary, Terra/Marshall, Troy/Pitsch, Madeleine/Rasikas,
Alek/Rehbach, Ita/Tully, Kyla/Wickert, Zach/Winningham, Talia. Grade 11
(12): Caldwell, Ben/Gilgenbach, Nicholas/Grams, Beau/Hundt, Henry/Lantro,
Ashontae/Lewicki, Jamie/Martin, Ian/Pitsch, Eva/Pollard, Eva/Romary,
Forest/Whited-Ford, Caleb/Kouba, Patrick. Grade 10 (10): Diaz,
Katie/Erickson, Sirsha/Hemingway, Freya/Hodges, Liberty/McNall, Randy/
Park, Thea/ Ribbens, Lucas/ Smith, Rebecca/Tully, Ian/Wickert, Ethan.
Grade 09 (5): Caldwell, Sam/Lantro, Joshua/Pollard, William/Wainscott,
Merla/Shrum, David.
Please note that all (re-) enrollment is conditional on fulfilling the following items:
- Re-enrollment forms have been submitted
- Registration fees have been submitted
- Tuition pledge forms have been submitted
- Tuition pledge balance for 2006/2007 has been paid on or before June 30, 2007
- If applicable, schedule and attend a pledge meeting with a member of the finance committee
- Supplies fees ($450) have been submitted on or before August 01, 2007
- Students have fulfilled the academic requirements for 2006/2007
- Students have fulfilled the student service hours requirements for the school year 2006/2007
Please contact me (Conrad) in case you have questions.
Visioning Session Scheduled! Please join us as we begin our
re-envisioning process! We are planning two evening sessions--the first on
Thursday, June 7th, from 6:30 - 9:30PM. These types of meetings are often
all-day affairs, but in order to accommodate summer travel schedules, we
have opted for two shorter sessions. This will give us all a chance for
reflection in between as well.
Terry Beck, professor at UW-LaCrosse, will be our facilitator. His children attended Pleasant Ridge, but he is largely unfamiliar with the Youth Initiative. Terry has an interest in organizational dynamics, and has kept up on innovations in this field.
Preliminarily, we see the first session as a place to clearly state what our values are, what we don't want to change, and, even, how we define the terms that we use regularly (What is our community, what is transparency, what is authority, what do we mean by youth initiative?). We will also identify opportunities for improvement, and, at the next meeting, use the values and definitions we've generated to find creative solutions to what challenges us.
Our first meeting, on June 7, will be held at WTC, Room 115. Please attend if you can. If you have input that you'd like to offer, but can't attend, please share it with one of us or someone else who will be there. Our second meeting time will be announced soon. —Charlene Elderkin & Liz Cox
YIHS CLASS OF 2007 GRADUATION: Sunday, June 3rd, 3:00pm- Ceremony, 5:00pm - Reception at The Kickapoo Valley Reserve. PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING LAWN CHAIRS AND BLANKETS TO SIT ON and potluck dish to serve 20 according to your class: —Junior families/deserts.—Sophomore families/Fruit and Vegetable trays and dips. —Freshman families/appetizers such as cheese and crackers, meat trays, spreads and finger size sandwiches. Drinks, cups, plates ... will be provided. In the unlikely event of rain the ceremony will take place inside where there is limited seating. Set up begins at 10:00 for the tent team and at 11:00 for Juniors and parents helping. Please call Carole Hanlein, Karen Pothen, or Kim Chotzen if you have any questions.
True Botanica Order---June 1. Please call or email you order to CaroleHanlein 634-4221, treeline@mwt.net ASAP, I will place the order on Monday morning as we have enough items. Next order will be first Friday in July if there are enough items needed (12) to order.
Parent Financial Commitment meetings. We are beginning to set these meetings up for mornings in June. Please contact Dawn, 608-452-3485, dawn@rotochopper.com
Quilt Raffle Tickets. Please turn in your raffle tickets and money
now! The drawing is on Sunday at the graduation ceremony! --Liz Cox
Looking for Sublet ... Our plants need a summer home! Some are large and could fill that empty corner in your house that has bad Feng Shui. Others just need a spot on your table. If you can help, please stop by and take a plant home ... it gets very hot at school in the summer, and watering can be irregular. Thanks.
Needs List
Seats for 15 passenger shuttle bus
Flat panel LCD computer monitors
Laptop computers
Video projectors
Overhead projector
Curtains or shades for all rooms
Beautification of an area of your choice at school
Cleaning services
Couches and Easy Chairs in good and sturdy condition
Letter size heavy duty 4 drawer filing cabinet
Desktop computers in working condition
Installation of a faucet in a bathroom
Someone to type up/proof read handwritten essays for the next newsletter
Calendar
Every Tuesday at 7 PM
Soccer. Driftless soccer pick-up games have started up again at the Viroqua High School football field. Everybody welcome. Goooaaaaaal!
YIHS Spring Play
Performances
Thursday May 31 at 7:30 PM
Friday June 01 at 7:30 PM
Saturday June 02 at 7:30 PM
Sunday June 03
3:00 PM YIHS Graduation Ceremony at Kickapoo Reserve (La Farge, Wisconsin)
Thursday June 07
6:30 PM Visioning Meeting
Wednesday August 01
3:00 PM Supplies fees for 2007/2008 ($450) are due
Mo—Fr August 27—31
School resumes/camping—rock climbing trip to Devil’s Lake
Tuesday September 04
8:20 AM Morning Circle in room 305/first day of classes for the school year 2007/2008 at the Landmark Center