“It is not so much what we are taught, but what we are surrounded by, that determines the course of our lives: the music and poetry and talk, the bright cocoon of life that is June 2008 woven around us.” Linden Corner School • 3201 Hillsboro Pike, Nashville, TN 37215 • 615.354.0270 • lindencorner.org -Julie Keller Laura Asks At the end of May, we graduated our second class from Linden Corner School. I decided to interview our three graduates to find out about their LCS experience and what they are looking forward to in high school. Enjoy hearing from Amanda Howell, Aiden Holley & Josh Kutsko.

LD: How long have you been at Linden Corner? Aiden: Almost 6 years. Amanda: I’ve been at LCS for about 3 ½ years. Josh: 5 years. LD: What is your favorite memory of being a student at LCS? Aiden: There are so many, but one I really enjoyed was having Ginny in our class and coming early every day to school to play with Ginny and talk to Ms. Way. Josh Kutsko, Amanda Howell & Aiden Holley Amanda: I have so many awesome memories here. I couldn’t possibly pick a favorite. LD: What have been your favorite main lesson blocks and why? Josh: Getting to school early in 7th grade to hang out with Ms. Way Josh: My favorite block of all time was European Geography, because and Ginny and play cards with friends. Ms. Way was an awesome teacher and made it really interesting. I LD: What will you miss about the school? Will you come back loved the medieval period, all science blocks in seventh/eighth grade, for Elves’ Faire and other activities at the school? and our English block with Ms. Bouldin. Amanda: What I will miss is the free-spirited atmosphere that this Amanda: My favorite block was probably Astronomy because we got school has provided. I will most definitely try to keep involved in to learn about the stars. school activities like the Elves’ Faire, etc. Aiden: My all-time favorite block was our short story block with Ms. Josh: I will miss knowing and being friends with everyone. I will Bouldin, because we read cool stories and had a lot of fun laughing probably come to events if I won’t miss much that day. and talking about the stories. Aiden: I will miss the awesome people here as well as the recesses LD: How confident do you feel about your academic and friends. I’ll probably come for Elves’ Faire and next year’s 8th preparedness for high school? grade graduation. Josh: I feel slightly nervous—not about the classes, just the different LD: Where are you going to school next year? What are you structure. Every single block helped me learn important things. looking forward to in high school? Aiden: I feel confident, but some blocks, like the geography and Aiden: I’m going to Hume Fogg…looking forward to new friends, English, seemed much too short. and not having to drive so far. Amanda: I feel pretty confident about academics. Amanda: I am going to Nashville School of the Arts (NSA). What LD: What would be some fun alumni activities for you? I’m looking forward to is all the people I know who are going there Aiden: It would be fun to have an alumni party every year in the as well. Fellowship Hall with all the alumni from last year, too. For our class Josh: I am going to University School of Nashville (USN), and I look alone we’ll probably just keep in touch since there are only three of us. forward to the orchestra there. Amanda: Just hanging out, you know, doing anything. LD: How do you feel art & music have enriched your learning LD: And, as always, what is your favorite experience here? paleta flavor? Aiden: It’s made my schooling a lot more fun and has made me a Aiden: Caramel, but it has a special Spanish great musician and artist. I probably would never have discovered I name. I just forgot the real name. had that in me if it weren’t for this school. Amanda: My favorite flavor is chocolate Josh: One, I think art and music should always be integrated with strawberry. (By the way, when we answer this, academics, and two, I got a scholarship to USN because of violin. does it mean we get a free one?) —Laura Duke, LCS Parent and Amanda: It’s really helped me to understand the tasks given to me in Josh: Watermelon. Enrollment Coordinator the past years. outreach committee unbroken circular weaving of the leaf forms the linden tree is soft and favored for carving. indicate our eternal shared commitment to The first wood Mr. Bale gives our children our children through Waldorf education. And to carve in woodworking class is basswood. finally, the colors of the seasons are chosen to It is a favored wood used in crafting musical symbolize the cycle and rhythm of the year, instruments, particularly flutes and drums— celebrated throughout each school day as well perfect for this Waldorf school in Music City as with community-wide festivals. that offers us woodcarving and so much music. The term “linden” is of Germanic origin. he Outreach Committee is thrilled to The Linden Tree and Linden Corner Waldorf education is also of German origin— Thave completed its yearlong project of The Linden tree refers to the genus of Tilia and the linden tree, like Waldorf education, new school name, logo, and website. We will found in Europe; the native species in Eastern is the best of what the German culture has to officially begin the 2008-2009 school year as North America (and Tennessee) is known as offer. The linden tree has been sacred to the Linden Waldorf School! We extend heartfelt Basswood. These trees love water and have Germanic and Slavic people for centuries as thanks to each of you for your participation. huge heart-shaped leaves. There is absolutely a “tree of peace” and/or the “tree of life.” In nothing poisonous about the Linden tree, the pre-Christian times, village communities The Symbolism of the Linden Waldorf and it is prized by all kinds of sentient beings gathered under the linden tree to hold their School Logo as a source of food, shelter, shade and even “Dings” or councils to settle disputes between We begin with the familiar form of the clothing. Perfumes and teas are made from its citizens. They also danced around the linden linden leaf, significant in the school’s history. fragrant flowers. Squirrels, chipmunks, and tree during festivals. By intertwining the leaf element into a form bees also enjoy the flowers, deer eat its bark, Even today the linden tree is a symbol of drawing and adding a watercolor texture, we and all kinds of critters nest in its frequently peace and life in these countries. Over the years, relate our logo to the art that is an everyday hollow trunk. Linden honey is treasured for the heart-shaped leaves have served as the logo part of learning in a Waldorf school. Three its lightness and flavor, and linden tea is an on our literature—symbolizing the warmth and leaves symbolize the trinity of heart, head, herbal remedy for anxiety and high blood love of this Linden Corner community. and hands, or the thinking, feeling and pressure (among other things), bark was used Special thanks to Sylvia Hurdle and Kristen Beahm willing aspect of the education, while the for making shoes and clothing, and the wood of for contributing to this article.

Coming Soon: LindenWaldorf.org

his summer, the Outreach Committee will finish an ambitious, Tyearlong effort to redesign our website. The new site, www.LindenWaldorf.org, is designed to be a dynamic tool for research and communications—a place to keep tabs on everything going on at the school as well as to find in-depth information about all things “Waldorf.” Here’s some ways you will be able to use the site in your everyday life: • look up the date of your child’s next concert • show friends sample student workbooks • learn about the curriculum your children will be studying • seek answers to questions, like “Has school been cancelled due to snow?” • forward the web address to friends who are interested in Waldorf Ed • research articles on child development • keep tabs on how our alumni are doing in high school • discover a craft idea to share with your child • register for special events • email friends a flier about the Elves Faire (or other event) • donate or volunteer your time • look at pictures from the latest big event • check the school handbook • discover who is on the Board of Trustees or its committees • download enrollment applications • check Linden Seed Store hours • link to more about topics in the Manse Minutes or Leaflet newsletters • and much more! Our website will be able to grow with our school, thanks to the dynamic tools provided by SiteMason hosting and web development Watch your email box this summer for an announcement when services (donated by owner and Linden parent Tim Moses). Its content the site is “live”—then share it with all your friends and family. management tools enable our administrative staff to keep the site loaded Help us spread the word about Waldorf education in Tennessee! with fresh content and up-to-the-minute news. Kristen Beahm 2 Grace, Beauty, Strength, and Speed: Fifth Graders Compete in Atlanta Pentathlon

n Monday, April 28, ten discus, relay running, long jump, OLinden fifth graders headed and Greek wrestling, as well as eastward to Atlanta along with performances of plays, music, several parents and their class and dancing by all participating teacher, Mrs. Ross, for the much- schools. Competition morning anticipated Pentathlon. Our dawned cold and bright as the own Ms. Roff was already in city-states processed into an attendance as an event judge and open field ringed with trees to coach. The festivities began with begin. It was beautiful to see the solemn and reverent opening these children, who have been ceremonies, complete with working towards this event Olympic flame, drum all year, take up their Linden students were circle, and the places with joy especially honored for Olympic Oath, and equipoise their grace and beauty spoken in as they in Greek wrestling, unison by all endeavored discus, and javelin; athletes. 86 to “win with received honorable students grace and mentions in discus, Jack, Natalie, and Addie—Athens from seven lose with javelin, Greek wrestling, and Waldorf dignity.” long jump; and were awarded for hearts full of gratitude and the schools The longest javelin and discus throws. resounding notes of “Glorious were in competition The Waldorf School of Atlanta Apollo” reflecting the beauty of attendance, was beautiful brought the 2008 Pentathlon the three days. Many thanks ! and each in to behold! to a close by lighting the to Ms. Roff, Ms. Ross, Hyram el v was welcomed ja All too soon, Olympic torch from the brazier Williams, Diane Bishop, and e into one of the s th the closing and passing the flame to The Laura Duke for their leadership ow city-states of Athens, Margo thr ceremonies marked Redmont School of Birmingham, and assistance throughout. Sparta, Corinth, or Thebes. The the conclusion of the three who will host the Pentathlon next Linden Waldorf School looks following day was filled with days. Every athlete received a year. Everyone in attendance left forward to hosting the Pentathlon intensive training in javelin, laurel wreath and medal, and the grounds that afternoon with in Nashville in 2010! Janie Wilkerson

Sunflower Kindergarten After many weeks of hard work, the Sunflower Kindergarteners welcome their dear little babies in a naming ceremony. Each name is chosen with care, just as they have sewn the baby dolls with Frau Olney.

Mya Morrill and Sunny (well dressed by her sister’s handwork!)

What wonderful times we have had in the Frau Olney with Maxi Baudenbacher Sunflower Kindergarten this year. The children (and baby Felix) have worked and played hard and are now ready to cross the “Rainbow Bridge” as they move on to their next adventure. Congratulations! 3 MAY FAIRE AND GRANDPARENTS DAY

upper grades concert lower grades concert

Josh and Andrew

My heroes! You played like real pros and sang like Congratulations to our 3rd-5th graders angels. Many thanks!!! on a beautiful Spring concert! The excitement and anticipation of the concert 15-20 minutes prior is one of those special moments for me at Linden Corner. Classes are bonding together, music is still being practiced What a sound! You became a real and the children are so anxious for the minutes to Philharmonic tonight!! go by so the concert can begin! Each piece performed was a gift for our ears and spirit that evening. Thanks for the overwhelming support of our program by parents and faculty that Mr. Fink and I have received throughout the year! —Mrs.Sprouse

1ST Grade—Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain Class Plays . . . 5th Grade—Prometheus, the Fire-Bringer

3rd Grade—The Twelve Sons of Jacob

4 20 Ideas for Summer Fun A BIG THANK YOU From the teachers of Linden to the parents of Linden 1 Teach your child a song you liked to sing as a child. 2 Watch a sunrise together. We thank you for all the many ways you make such a wonderful difference in the life of the school, the 3 Put family pictures in an album. children, the teachers, and the administration. 4 Help your child learn how to sew on a button. • volunteering as room parent • organizing & attending private music lessons Give your young child a bucket of water and a paint • handling class fundraising 5 brush to “paint” with outdoors. • creating costumes and props for class plays 6 Visit the library. Take plenty of time to browse. • volunteering endless hours • serving on the Board of Trustees 7 Take time to look at the shapes of the clouds. • substitute teaching • encouraging practice on instruments Make a window garden by planting seeds in cut-down 8 milk cartons. • being involved • giving gifts to the class: flowers, books, silks, On a rainy day, put on boots and go for a walk in & more 9 the puddles. • organizing class Gala projects Scribble in time to music. Use a big piece of paper. • bringing snacks during ERB testing 10 When the music stops switch to another color crayon. • making the Elves’ Faire a huge success • participating on committees Take turns clapping a simple pattern and having the • assisting with handwork other person try to repeat it. 11 • organizing community service work Leave a surprise note for your child under a pillow • driving on field trips 12 or in a pocket. • reading during handwork time • organizing snacks for various events Go to the store together and buy a fresh fruit or • reading during lunch 13 vegetable that neither of you has ever tasted before. Prepare it for a snack together. • organizing the weekly egg sale • moral support Learn how long a minute really is. One person 14 watches the second hand on a clock while the other one sings, talks, claps or is quiet for one minute straight. Summer is here! Go on a picnic. Keep the food simple and the place Looking for wonderful books for your children? Here are some 15 close by. favorites: parent-tested, kid-approved. Look for them at your favorite library or bookstore. Happy reading, everyone! Mail yourselves a letter from the post office. 16 First Grade (read aloud) On a rainy day let your child make a fort using chairs, Flower books by Cicely Mary Barker 17 couch cushions, sheets and blankets. Nature Stories by Thornton Burgess Catwings series by Ursula LeGuin Summer is a good time to call your child’s attention to anything by Elsa Belskow 18 fragrance: the smell of a hot sidewalk when a rainshower The Snail House by Allan Ahlberg begins, freshly cut grass, flowers, moist earth. Night in the Country by Cynthia Rylant Owl Moon by Jane Yolen Cut an apple in half from side to side to find the star The Big Big Sea by Martin Waddell 19 formed by the seeds. Owl Babies by Martin Waddell The Toot and Puddle series by Holly Hobbie Happy Birth Day! by Robie Harris 20 Make mud pies. You Be Good and I’ll Be Night (poetry) by Eve Merriam adapted from The Well-Centered Child, May 1994, © by Sally Nurss continued on back 5 Second Grade The Moffats and others by Eleanor Estes Wizard of Earthsea, The Farthest Shore, (read aloud) My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula LeGuin Clown of God, Big Anthony, Strega Nona, Animal Family by Randall Jarrel Call of the Wild by Jack London Oliver Butto is a Sissy, and others The Railway Children by E. Nesbit Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton by Tomie dePaola The Borrowers by Mary Norton The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain The Light Princess, The Princess and the All of a Kind Family by Sydney Taylor Watership Down by Richard Adams Goblin, The Princess and Curdie Boxcar Children by Gertrude Warner Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt by George MacDonald Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink Fifth & Sixth Grade Silent Spring by Rachel Carson Winnie the Pooh and others by A.A. Milne (read alone or read aloud) Frederick’s Fables by Leo Lionni My Antonia and O Pioneers by Willa Cather Many Moons by James Thurber Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech Last of the Mohicans & Louis Slobodkin Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman by James Fennimore Cooper Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf Heidi by Johanna Spyri David Copperfield, Oliver Twist, Tale of Two The Quiltmaker’s Gift by Jeff Brumbeau Kidnapped, Treasure Island Cities, and others by Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco by The Outsiders and That Was Then, This is Now The Salamander Room by Anne Mazer Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Two by S.E. Hinton All the Places to Love by Patricia McLachlan Towers, Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes Mole Music by David McPhail Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee The Mousehole Cat by Antonia Barber Spirits, Heroes, and Hunters from North Animal Farm and 1984 by George Orwell Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch American and Indian Mythology Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger by Eileen Spinelli by Marion Wood Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift This Land is Your Land by Woody Guthrie The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe Whoever You Are by Mem Fox The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis The Mare on the Hill by Thomas Locker The Saturdays, The Four-Story Mistake, Sunflower House by Eve Bunting Spiderweb for Two, And Then There Were Children, Nature & Us The Butterfly House by Eve Bunting Five by Elizabeth Enright Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran The Long Secret by Eleanor Estes This year’s annual regional Waldorf Weslandia by Paul Fleischman Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh parenting conference will be built The Blue Hill Meadows by Cynthia Rylant The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame around the theme “Children, Nature The Raft by Jim LaMarche Paddle to the Sea by Holling D. Holling & Us” and will be held October 25-26 The Lighthouse Family series by Cynthia Rylant A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle in Boulder. The conference will feature anything by Lois Lenski internationally-known speakers on Third & Fourth Grade Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell nature education. Joseph Cornell has (read alone or read aloud) Around the World in 80 Days, Journey to the been a leader in the field since his first Spring Story, Summer Story, Autumn Story, Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues book, Sharing Nature with Children, Winter Story, The World of Brambley Hedge Under the Sea by Jules Verne was published 25 years ago; his six by Jill Barklem Chronicles of Prydain by Alexander Sharing Nature books have been The Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll translated into 20 languages. Sharon Tales of a Korean Grandmother The Little Prince by Antoine de St. Exupery Lovejoy’s books are equally well known by Frances Carpenter The Boys’ Sherlock Holmes and have provided the inspiration that Down the Mountain by Ellis Credle by Sir has helped introduced hundreds of Matilda, The BFG, The Witches, James Hitty: Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field thousands of children to the wonders of and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving nature through gardening (Sunflower The Frances series by Russell Hoban Number the Stars by Lois Lowry Houses, Hollyhock Days, and Roots, The Jungle Book, Just So Stories Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery Shoots, Buckets & Boots). Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls by Rudyard Kipling Keynotes working out of Anthroposophy Eli, Big, Bad Bruce by Bill Peet The Yearling by Marjorie Rawlings Rootabaga Stories by Carl Sandburg include Craig Holdrege, founder and The Tale of Peter Rabbit series by Beatrix Potter director of The Nature Institute in Red Indian Folk and Fairy Tales by Sanders The Witch of Blackbird Pond and The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth Speare Ghent, NY and Chris Korrow, a bio- Doctor DeSoto, Sylvester and the Magic dynamic farmer and film maker living Pebble by William Steig Seventh & Eighth Grade in Kentucky. In addition, there will be Stuart Little, The Trumpet of the Swan, more than three dozen workshops on Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White Robinson Crusoe by Daniel DeFoe deepening your relationship with nature Celtic Wonder Tales, The Tangle-Coated Horse The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas and ways to share that with your family. by Ella Young Anything by Lloyd Alexander Pippi Longstocking series by Astrid Lindgren Little Women and Little Men A complete brochure and secure online The Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder by Louisa May Alcott registration will be available the end of Miss Hickory by Carolyn S. Bailey Sounder by William Armstrong May at www.waldorfinthehome.com or The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank by calling 303-546-0070. The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt The conference is organized by Rahima Baldwin Dancy Half Magic and others by Edward Eager The Keeping Days by Norman Johnston and co-sponsored by Informed Family Life, Bright and Morning Star by Rosemary Harris Shining Mountain Waldorf School, Thimble Summer and Gone-Away Lake and Wild Bear Center for Nature Discovery. by Elizabeth Enright Tales of King Arthur by Roger Greene 6 from the administration by providing oversight to the and collaborative working. At school’s curriculum development, the beginning of each week we The number of changes What lies behind us and what faculty hiring and dismissal, and discuss highlights of the previous undertaken at Linden Corner professional development. week. Among those highlights lies before us are tiny matters in the past few months is I am thankful for parent this year have been bringing substantial and astonishingly compared to what lies within us. volunteers who energetically processes and efficiencies to successful. I observed active, —Ralph Waldo Emerson give countless hours and donate work previously addressed in sacrificially to provide Waldorf ad hoc fashion; streamlining effective working in every aspect t’s courageous work to help a education to our community. requests and resources; hosting of the brand new administrative developing Waldorf school Without their dynamism, full visitor mornings and having staff and I observed peaceful, Igrow and thrive in Nashville. generosity of time and talents, and to increase the frequency because productive working in the It takes the commitment and strength of will, our developing of so much interest; significantly undaunted determination of many. school could not operate. increased enrollment in the (mostly new) faculty. I am thankful to the faculty I am thankful to an grades program; acceptance of —Kathleen Young, visiting Waldorf educator who demonstrate a true desire administrative team comprised of our students to the academic to strengthen and deepen their warm people who have brought magnet school lottery; full early work in the classroom. This professionalism and solidarity childhood program classes and a bringing out the best in ourselves includes pedagogical study that truly model teamwork waiting pool for next fall. and in one another. I hope that and working with Rudolf I’m thankful for students who the summer brings each of you Steiner’s insights about child It is clear that Nashville wants arrive daily with contagious rest, renewal and rejuvenation as development. The formation of a Waldorf School in its midst. enthusiasm and whose love for we prepare for another year in learning inspires and motivates a Faculty Leadership Council, The school remains vibrant strengthening and stabilizing the of which the Administrator is a all of us. gift of Linden Waldorf School. part, provides a foundation for and prosperous. It’s been an honor to work stability and continuity in our —Betsy Gimenez, AWSNA with a school community that Blessings on our work, school. The council directs the Leadership Council representative reaffirms what Waldorf education Eileen Smith pedagogical arm of the school and visiting Waldorf educator represents—learning, striving and

What would you say to people who wonder how their children will do Focus on the Grad Qafter coming out of Linden Corner? by Sonia Merchant Not to worry, I guess. Academically they’ll be up to it and even if Here’s the second installment in our series Athey don’t know little things they can catch up quickly. A woman, designed to answer the question “How do a teacher at Hillsboro (Suzanne Frensley, who is a LCS fourth grade your school’s graduates do in high school?” parent), went to our English teacher and asked how the Linden Corner kids were doing. My English teacher spoke highly of us. And so she Lilly Olney (LCS ’07) dropped by the office one (Suzanne) decided to put her kids here. I guess that says something. day after a long day at Hillsboro High. She was What do you miss the most about Linden Corner School? cheerful, thoughtful, and honest—and, I must Q say, very humble considering her great beauty and brains. There was just something about it. I don’t know how to explain Ait well. My class was so tight as a unit. It was like a family. The Lilly, thank you so much for doing this. So, how has it been, adjusting to teachers made us think really hard and deeply. Qhigh school socially and academically? What’s your favorite thing about Hillsboro? In the beginning it was a little difficult because I had to get used Q Ato how each teacher teaches. My grades are really good. It was just It takes time getting used to, but I like having so many people there. getting comfortable with new people, I guess, and that would be the same AIt’s like the real world. So much is going on, just like the real world. thing everywhere. I didn’t like school at all at first. But, by November I There was something you once said to me about being grateful your got really comfortable. Now I like going to see my friends and everything. Qparents let you have a long childhood. Would you please talk a little I’ve heard that you have received amazing grades and enrolled in about that? Qadvanced classes like IB, AP and honors classes. It was nice to be sheltered so much. I got to have a real childhood. I think a lot of people at my high school didn’t get to have that. They don’t offer IB until 11th grade. (Oops.) I really like my AP A Now kids have to grow up so quickly. Here [at LCS] they don’t. We class. The rest are honors. A didn’t have to deal with so much pressure here. I think it was just right. So, you can really handle the academics? (Reader: I admit this was a I was happy at Linden Corner. I’m happy at high school now, too. leading question—I was trying to get her to talk about the incredible Q What’s the most obvious way your Waldorf education helped you? grades I knew she was getting.) Q I think everyone who was in our class can handle it.(I already said I think when we are in English and discussing things, I find it easy Ahumble, right?) Ato find things like symbolism because we talked a lot like that. All right, well, tell me things you really liked about Linden Corner. Linden Corner School taught me how to learn and how to understand Q things that helped with everything .I wasn’t just fed facts. (Thanks Lilly) I liked everything about Linden Corner, really, and I miss it. I miss Ait a lot. The teachers were really good. They really taught you how to look deeper into things, how to analyze them better. That was good.

7 Goodbye to the 8th Grade

s our three eighth graders Aiden played a variety of parts, Amove on to high school, it from spooky Marley, the ghost, is natural to consider what the to a washerwoman. His passion school has gained from their for drama and his acting ability presence over the years and in were very evident from his particular this last year. Their performances, as was his own performances in “A Christmas zany twist on the characters. Carol” give a wonderful This zaniness and the ability picture of who they are both to be true to themselves are individually and as a group. characteristics of this class in Josh played the part of Scrooge’s general. It takes courage to be nephew, who persevered in seeing true to one’s self in a world that the best in his Uncle, remaining demands conformity—and that is loyal to him in spite of his Uncle’s the very world of the adolescent. unsociable behavior. Josh has Although these three particular students are very much individuals demonstrated this type of positivity for her spiritual journey. Her independent project, a with different interests and Josh’s and loyalty in his relationships project reflects her warm heart history of war, demonstrated capacities, they share in common with his 8th grade classmates and and her great interest in social the love he has for the Waldorf the courage to be different from to the school as a whole. harmony and community. curriculum as well as his interest the norm. Thank you, 8th grade, The confident delivery of her in history and his faith in learning Amanda played the part of a for modeling this for all of us. homeless person and sang a solo, “sermon” demonstrates her as a means of improving the revealing her compassion for The independent projects ability to stand before people and world. Josh is convinced that the downtrodden in addition to that the eighth graders presented be heard. She will be attending by learning from our mistakes her beautiful singing voice and reflect the varied interests and Nashville School of the Arts next (that is, war) we can avoid them musical talent. She was also abilities in these individuals. year and I am sure will continue in the future. No doubt he is the ghost of Christmas past, the Amanda examined the concept of to be heard there, too! convinced of this from personal kindest of the three ghosts. divinity and provided a testimonial Aiden’s filmmaking project experience—he has mastered demonstrates how multi-talented learning from his mistakes he is. Not only did he produce thereby becoming a formidable two films, he acted in them, academician. Josh’s interest in created the stories, edited, and learning is a gift to his peers filmed part of them. Indeed, and teachers, and the University Aiden can do anything he School of Nashville is fortunate to decides put his mind and effort have him next year. In addition to toward. Generally, he chooses to being an excellent student, he will direct his efforts towards artistic add tremendously to their music endeavors as anyone who has program as a talented violinist. seen his beautifully crafted main So, eighth graders, thank you lesson books or his photography for inspiring us with your artistry, can confirm. However, the same with your music, with your regard is true when he turns towards for others, with your hard work academic pursuits, and he will be and tenacity, and above all for a wonderful asset to Hume Fogg your courage. We will miss you next year. all tremendously! Sylvia Hurdle

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8 8th Grade Parents Offer Words of Gratitude

y son, Aiden, has attended Linden e came to Linden Corner School in fter five wonderful years at Linden MCorner School since the third grade. Wearly 2005. Amanda fit right in and ACorner, Josh will be heading to University I have witnessed a lot of growing pains and we immediately saw a light shine through School of Nashville in the fall. We moved here some difficult times, but despite everything her spirit that I knew was always there. Our from Boston five years ago and Linden Corner he has always been very happy, stimulated, experience here has been one of shared has been "home" ever since. Joshua has nurtured, and loved in the classroom caring for not only my child but for all of made friends here I believe he will have for a environment. He has the children at lifetime...and so have I. developed a strong this school. I For the last five years every single day of sense of self worth, feel as though school life has been a gift. Josh has loved integrity, and belief I joined a big coming to school each morning. He has in his intellectual family who was soaked up the rich Waldorf curriculum and artistic abilities. going to help me each year, and he has thrived in the music He has maintained with my child program. I recently picked him up from a his joy of learning and I in return musical practice and he was in a very upbeat and his open heart. would help in mood. I asked him why, and he said, "I get In addition, he any way I could. high from playing good music!" Is there any is a creative and All of the people price tag we can put on hearing those words? imaginative young who make up So many different teachers, administrators man who thinks this school, and parents have been a friend, guide, and outside the box, especially the caregiver of Josh during these years. I am asks questions, and children, are very so grateful to each of you. I asked Josh a knows how to problem-solve. These are special and loving. There is no other school few years ago the main difference between a the qualities that will ultimately help him like this in this town. I hope that our time here public school he used to attend and Linden to be successful in the world. I am so has benefited this community. What we take Corner and he said, “At Linden Corner grateful that the school with its Waldorf away from this experience is priceless and will everyone knows your name.” curriculum has been there to help nurture continue to shine its light on Amanda for the The only real downside of Linden Corner is these qualities in him. I am grateful for the rest of her life. My only regret is that we didn’t that it becomes so much a part of you, saying ability of the school to learn and grow more come sooner! I love you all and thank you for good-bye is painful. So I guess we will have to efficient and wise each year. being there for us. come back and visit often! Angela Holley Barbie Howell Carolyn Kutsko

First Grade Class prepares to present the Eighth Graders with roses in the Reverse Rose Ceremony. Group Hug! 9 The Best Is Yet To Come!! The Gala, Online Auction, and Annual Fund Drive together bring our fundraising total to Knighting Ceremony for Sixth Grade $117,000. The sixth graders studied the Middle The 40% of remaining families who have not Ages during the month of May. They contributed to the annual will fund will receive each took up the challenge of proving a plea by phone from a parent volunteer the meaning of chivalry in our current to help us raise another $10,000. Linden age, as well as learning many new songs and skills. They studied the art of social Waldorf School is committed to supporting dance, chose a worthy cause for which our teachers in their Waldorf training which to fight (such as Aids in Africa, abused strengthens our classrooms and our school. So . . . if your animals, the elderly), carved a sword conscience is telling and sewed a tunic, memorized the Pater you it’s time to ante- Noster, learned to write in Uncial hand up to support this and created a beautiful illuminated wonderful, magical manuscript about one of the characters place—then listen to it from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. They also memorized the first eighteen lines and open your wallet! of the General Prologue in its original Todd ‘Gala Man’ Burr of the middle English. famous Burr-itos, If you see one of Chair, Development Committee them, ask him/ her to share with Special appearance from Frankie, Audrey, Sammy,you about the and Marilyn! experience. Truly, they are a group of knights/dames to respect and GOOD NEIGHBOR admire! jAUTOSERVICE —Bernice Lowe Good Neighbor Shell 4TH GRADE TRIP—Fall Creek Falls & Auto Service

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