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		<title>Healthy Lunch Box Ideas!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raelee Peirce</dc:creator>
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		<title>The Rose Ceremony</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 02:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raelee Peirce</dc:creator>
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		<title>Our High School &#8211; The School You Wish You Had</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 17:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raelee Peirce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Often Waldorf immediately comes to mind for parents who are familiar with the philosophy of Rudolf Steiner as an amazing preschool and early grades experience.  Parents become more cautious and unsure about choosing Waldorf education for their middle and high school kids. Although we have just graduated only our 6th class of seniors at the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thiswaldorflife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12426943&amp;post=328&amp;subd=thiswaldorflife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Apologies and New Beginnings</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 21:33:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been busy, much too busy and as the year draws to a close, I have realized that I neglected to share all the wonderful and amazing experiences that we have had with you.  So, on that note, EWS continues to prove to be the best place for my son to grow and mature. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thiswaldorflife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12426943&amp;post=321&amp;subd=thiswaldorflife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Waldorf Kindergarten-Your Best Bet For College</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raelee Peirce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s note: Erika Christakis, MEd, MPH, is an early childhood teacher and former preschool director. Nicholas Christakis, MD, PhD, is a professor of medicine and sociology at Harvard University. Together, they serve as Masters of Pforzheimer House, one of the undergraduate residential houses at Harvard College. (CNN) &#8212; Every day where we work, we see [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thiswaldorflife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12426943&amp;post=314&amp;subd=thiswaldorflife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Celebration of Light</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raelee Peirce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On December 14 Emerson Waldorf School will celebrate St. Lucia Day, a celebration of light (Lucia&#8217;s name is derived from &#8220;lux&#8221;- meaning &#8220;light&#8221;) and she is the patron saint of blindness. In the old Julian calendar, December 13 was the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year. St. Lucia represents light during the darkest [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thiswaldorflife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12426943&amp;post=305&amp;subd=thiswaldorflife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Annual Spiral of Light</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raelee Peirce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s time for the Kindergarten, First, Second and Third Grade students to participate in the Spiral of Light event with with their families Saturday, December 11th. As the Winter Solstice approaches, the days grow ever shorter and nighttime&#8217;s darkness increases. The desire for light during this dark, restful time of winter is brought into being [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thiswaldorflife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12426943&amp;post=300&amp;subd=thiswaldorflife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Parent&#8217;s Role</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 02:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raelee Peirce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I experienced another delightful and informative parent evening in my daughter&#8217;s class at the Emerson Waldorf School.  The evening began with a watercolor painting activity.  Our teacher then shared with us some basic information about the development of the brain and how it relates to our own children.  She explained the 3 stages of development [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thiswaldorflife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12426943&amp;post=294&amp;subd=thiswaldorflife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fall Festivals</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raelee Peirce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My son is obsessed with dragons and swords…The second grade curriculum continues to prove that this is where he is meant to be – Legends and Fables are exactly what he needs to grow.  His dreamy and imaginative spirit blends with the stories of courage and inner strength.  This education, rooted in truth, beauty, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thiswaldorflife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12426943&amp;post=286&amp;subd=thiswaldorflife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Halloween Sugar Sprite Fairy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raelee Peirce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt from: Our Little Nature Nest Blog The Sugar Sprite Fairy comes on Halloween. She comes in search of candy. She can get sugar from the flower nectar all spring, summer, and some in fall, but in winter there is simply not enough sugary nectar to feed herself &#38; all of her kid sprites.  She [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thiswaldorflife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12426943&amp;post=281&amp;subd=thiswaldorflife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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