PARENT COMMITTEES

All Westside Waldorf School parents are automatically members of the Parent Community Council (PCC). The Parent Community Council's mission is to raise funds, sponsor activities, provide a forum for parent concerns, and to support the aims of the School. Each class is represented at the meetings by designated Class Representatives, who volunteer to attend all Parent Community Council meetings and to communicate its news and upcoming events back to the teachers and parents. As part of its educational mission, the Parent Community Council sponsors The Waldorf Appreciation Program, a series of lectures by teachers or outside speakers to deepen our understanding of the Waldorf philosophy. The Waldorf Appreciation Lecture Series has been for several years hosted impressive authors, teachers, and other national and international figures in Waldorf Education and Anthroposophy, who have delivered in-depth presentations on various subjects of interest i.e "On Being Human," "Milk Teeth," "The Nine Year Change," and "Public Education Reform." There are monthly Parent Community Council meetings.

Parent Volunteer Work
Voluntary participation deepens the parent connection to the School, and enlivens the family's experience of the education when families participate in the festival life of the School and on the following committees to help in the various aspects of School life:

COMMITTEES

Building and Safety: maintenance/cosmetic maintenance, health and safety, landscaping, organizing community workdays.

Enrollment: enrollment tours, Waldorf Appreciation Lecture Series, public speaking, farmers market table outreach, 15th St. Grand Opening Celebration.

Festival of Lights: costumes, lighting, writing, story telling, music, cooking, artistic activities for our winter solstice celebration.

Finance: business, finance, legal, operations, banking, accounting.

Fundraising: Annual Giving Campaign, capital campaign, grants.

Halloween Enchantment Festival: costumes, set-up rooms, lighting, writing, story telling, music, cooking, artistic activities.

Hospitality: "Hospitality Table" setup, also act as a resource for other committees to help with school tours, lectures, PA meetings, host families.

Marketing: printing, design, public relations, graphic arts, media, website freshening, all to improve public awareness of Waldorf and WWS.

May Faire Festival: April 30, 2005: costumes, lighting, writing, story telling, music, cooking, artistic activities, crafts.

Scrip: help to set up the scrip table in the courtyard at drop-off and pickup so families can make purchases while raising money for the School.

Site: real estate, construction, architecture.