School Calendar

Keep tabs on all that’s happening at The Denver Waldorf School. Used primarily by currently enrolled families, our school calendar gives a monthly view of upcoming school holidays, festivals, plays, music concerts, sporting events, and other important dates. For more on our lineup of events, please visit our Events page.

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	May 2024
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			1 3rd Grade Field Trip 3rd Grade Field Trip Starts: 8:30 am Ends: May 1, 2024 - 2:00 pm Location: Light Root Community Farm, 7715 Arapahoe Rd, Boulder, CO 80301, USA Description: We will do many amazing things including milk cows, collect eggs, feed calves and so much more! More details... Parent Belonging Group Parent Belonging Group Starts: 8:30 am Ends: May 1, 2024 - 10:00 am Description: This is the former Racial Justice Group. We will continue to read books about race, and identity, and broaden our topics to other important matters such as gender, neurodiversity, and more. All parents are welcome to join. More details... Sweet Peas Sweet Peas Starts: 8:30 am Ends: May 1, 2024 - 10:00 am Location: Woodrose (KG) Description: Sweet Peas is an 8-week session each Wednesday morning from 8:30 – 10am for parents and/or caregivers and children 12 months to 2 ½ years old to experience Waldorf. The warm and simple rhythm guides children and their families through activities such as bread baking, sharing songs and puppet plays, taking time for self care, and of course, play! Parents will have the opportunity to join in discussion around child development, rhythm and family life, and embark in seasonal crafting. Register here More details... • • •	2 MS Ultimate Frisbee Practice MS Ultimate Frisbee Practice Starts: 3:30 pm Ends: May 2, 2024 - 5:00 pm Description: All players will go outside with their class after school for regular dismissal, but one of the coaches will come and collect them on their way to the field for practice. DO NOT got to the Gym/Athletic entrance. Right now the practices will be held at football field across the street from the school. Players need to bring proper clothing for the weather, a water bottle, cleats if possible and a snack for after school if necessary. More details... HS Basketball Practice HS Basketball Practice Starts: 4:00 pm Ends: May 2, 2024 - 5:30 pm More details... • •	3 1/2 Day HS - 12:00 dismissal 1/2 Day HS - 12:00 dismissal Starts: 12:00 am Ends: May 3, 2024 - 11:59 pm More details... All ECE Family May Day Celebration All ECE Family May Day Celebration Starts: 8:30 am Ends: May 3, 2024 - 12:30 pm Location: DWS South Playground Description: All children and their families are invited. We will have a track and field type day of events with a snack/tea to follow. More details... 2nd Grade Sweet Cow 2nd Grade Sweet Cow Starts: 1:45 pm Ends: May 3, 2024 - 3:15 pm More details... HS Prom HS Prom Starts: 6:30 pm Ends: May 3, 2024 - 10:00 pm More details... • • • •	4 MS Ultimate Frisbee Tournament MS Ultimate Frisbee Tournament Starts: 8:00 am Ends: May 4, 2024 - 3:00 pm Location: North Sports Fields, 10085 E 57th Ave, Denver, CO 80238, USA More details... Sweet Peas Sweet Peas Starts: 8:30 am Ends: May 4, 2024 - 10:00 am Location: morning glory Description: Sweet Peas is an 8-week session each Saturday morning from 8:30 – 10am for parents and/or caregivers and children 12 months to 2 ½ years old to experience Waldorf. The warm and simple rhythm guides children and their families through activities such as bread baking, sharing songs and puppet plays, taking time for self care, and of course, play! Parents will have the opportunity to join in discussion around child development, rhythm and family life, and embark in seasonal crafting. Register here More details... HS Sports Banquet HS Sports Banquet Starts: 5:00 pm Ends: May 4, 2024 - 7:00 pm Description: We will be ordering a Chipotle Bar this year so please purchase your tickets by April 26th so we can get the right amount of food. Below is the link to purchase tickets. https://gofan.co/event/1490852?schoolId=CO68932 More details... • • •
5	6 College Night Series College Night Series Starts: 4:00 pm Ends: May 6, 2024 - 5:30 pm Location: via Zoom Description: Join Laura Shope for this informative series of lively evening sessions focused on different aspects of the college and post-secondary application process. Open to all DWS parents and supporters, these sessions are particularly useful for families of high school students and especially during the junior year. All sessions will be via zoom. Making the Most of Summer and Preparing to Apply zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/93102910129?pwd=OTY0VS9lQUdjUWNSQzRlcSs2R2xoQT09 More details... •	7 1st Grade Field Trip 1st Grade Field Trip Starts: 8:30 am Ends: May 7, 2024 - 3:00 pm Description: Hike More details... Parent Council Meeting Parent Council Meeting Starts: 2:00 pm Ends: May 7, 2024 - 3:30 pm More details... Math Study Hall Math Study Hall Starts: 3:30 pm Ends: May 7, 2024 - 4:30 pm Location: 8th Grade Classroom Description: Students are to be picked up outside the main doors (do not ring the doorbell, students will meet parents at the main door). Students left at 4:40 will be taken to aftercare. More details... Fencing Club Fencing Club Starts: 3:45 pm Ends: May 7, 2024 - 5:00 pm Description: 1st-5th Grades. Register in BigSIS. Denver Fencing Foundation More details... Coding Club Coding Club Starts: 4:00 pm Ends: May 7, 2024 - 6:00 pm Location: HS Computer Lab Description: 9th-12th Grades Taught by Talon Poole More details... • • • • •	8 Belonging Parent Group Belonging Parent Group Starts: 8:30 am Ends: May 8, 2024 - 9:30 am Description: Our group is dedicated to having a place where DWS parents can go to connect, read books (in the theme of DEI) and learn from one another. Starting Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates in January. Next book will be Real Queer America by Samantha Allen More details... DEI Committee Meeting DEI Committee Meeting Starts: 2:00 pm Ends: May 8, 2024 - 3:30 pm Location: Parent Council Room More details... • •	9 ACIS Dominican Republic June Trip Meeting ACIS Dominican Republic June Trip Meeting Starts: 5:30 pm Ends: May 9, 2024 - 6:00 pm Description: Mckenna More details... 12th Grade Class Play Performance 12th Grade Class Play Performance Starts: 6:00 pm Ends: May 9, 2024 - 7:00 pm More details... • •	10 Pentathlon Pentathlon Starts: 12:00 am Ends: May 10, 2024 - 11:59 pm Location: Harvard Gulch Park, corner of Warren and Clarkson More details... Larkspur Mother's Day Morning Tea Larkspur Mother's Day Morning Tea Starts: 8:30 am Ends: May 10, 2024 - 12:30 pm Description: Details forthcoming More details... Woodrose Mothers' Day Tea Woodrose Mothers' Day Tea Starts: 8:45 am Ends: May 10, 2024 - 9:30 am More details... 3rd Grade Field Trip 3rd Grade Field Trip Starts: 9:30 am Ends: May 10, 2024 - 9:30 pm Description: Ranch in Sedalia. This late day event will be in lieu of an overnight. Leave from school, pick up from the Ranch. We will build soil, make owl and bat boxes, visit our goat herding neighbors and interact with the goats, collect eggs and interact with the chickens and so much more. I will make dinner for everyone and we will enjoy a campfire with marshmallow roasting and hopefully some star gazing. Everyone is welcome to come at any time during the day, but we will need drivers and chaperones for most of the day as we do on regular field trips. If it helps to think of this trip as an overnight, but one where you get to sleep in your own bed..... More details... Taylor Swift Dance Party Taylor Swift Dance Party Starts: 3:30 pm Ends: May 10, 2024 - 5:30 pm Description: Kelly Molinet - Faculty Sponsor Auction Experience hosted by Whitney Frost More details... • • • • •	11 12th Grade Class Trip 12th Grade Class Trip Starts: 12:00 am Ends: May 18, 2024 - 11:59 pm Location: Dominican Republic More details... Sweet Peas Sweet Peas Starts: 8:30 am Ends: May 11, 2024 - 10:00 am Location: morning glory Description: Sweet Peas is an 8-week session each Saturday morning from 8:30 – 10am for parents and/or caregivers and children 12 months to 2 ½ years old to experience Waldorf. The warm and simple rhythm guides children and their families through activities such as bread baking, sharing songs and puppet plays, taking time for self care, and of course, play! Parents will have the opportunity to join in discussion around child development, rhythm and family life, and embark in seasonal crafting. Register here More details... • •
12	13 High School Community Council High School Community Council Starts: 8:30 am Ends: May 13, 2024 - 9:30 am More details... •	14 HS Geology Field Trip HS Geology Field Trip Starts: 8:30 am Ends: May 14, 2024 - 3:30 pm Description: 9th Grade Sarah Meyer, Laura Shope More details... Fencing Club Fencing Club Starts: 3:45 pm Ends: May 14, 2024 - 5:00 pm Description: 1st-5th Grades. Register in BigSIS. Denver Fencing Foundation More details... Coding Club Coding Club Starts: 4:00 pm Ends: May 14, 2024 - 6:00 pm Location: HS Computer Lab Description: 9th-12th Grades Taught by Talon Poole More details... • • •	15 6th Grade Medieval Games Class Trip 6th Grade Medieval Games Class Trip Starts: 7:00 am Ends: May 17, 2024 - 5:00 pm Description: We will be camping at Marble campground We will visit Iron Springs and caves on the way to the campsite on Wednesday. More details... 8th Grade Project Presentations 8th Grade Project Presentations Starts: 4:00 pm Ends: May 15, 2024 - 6:00 pm More details... • •	16 8th Grade Project Presentations 8th Grade Project Presentations Starts: 4:00 pm Ends: May 16, 2024 - 6:00 pm More details... •	17 5th Grade Field Trip - Van Use 5th Grade Field Trip - Van Use Starts: 9:00 am Ends: May 17, 2024 - 3:30 pm Location: Bear Creek Lake Park, Lakewood, CO, USA Description: Families meet us at the park (after entrance, go left at the Y, and Muskrat Meadows is the second picnic area on the right) at 3:30 for potluck. There will be a sign up coming. Parents will bring the students home when they choose. More details... •	18 Sweet Peas Sweet Peas Starts: 8:30 am Ends: May 18, 2024 - 10:00 am Location: morning glory Description: Sweet Peas is an 8-week session each Saturday morning from 8:30 – 10am for parents and/or caregivers and children 12 months to 2 ½ years old to experience Waldorf. The warm and simple rhythm guides children and their families through activities such as bread baking, sharing songs and puppet plays, taking time for self care, and of course, play! Parents will have the opportunity to join in discussion around child development, rhythm and family life, and embark in seasonal crafting. Register here More details... •
19	20 2nd Grade Field Trip 2nd Grade Field Trip Starts: 10:00 am Ends: May 20, 2024 - 3:00 pm Location: Boulder, CO, USA Description: Chautauqua and Bluebell Trail More details... Board Meeting Board Meeting Starts: 6:00 pm Ends: May 20, 2024 - 8:00 pm More details... • •	21 HS Geology Field Trip HS Geology Field Trip Starts: 8:30 am Ends: May 21, 2024 - 3:30 pm Description: 9th Grade Sarah Meyer, Laura Shope More details... Fencing Club Fencing Club Starts: 3:45 pm Ends: May 21, 2024 - 5:00 pm Description: 1st-5th Grades. Register in BigSIS. Denver Fencing Foundation More details... Coding Club Coding Club Starts: 4:00 pm Ends: May 21, 2024 - 6:00 pm Location: HS Computer Lab Description: 9th-12th Grades Taught by Talon Poole More details... • • •	22 8th Grade field trip to Bear Creek Lake Park 8th Grade field trip to Bear Creek Lake Park Starts: 9:00 am Ends: May 22, 2024 - 3:30 pm More details... •	23 8th Grade 12:30 Dismissal 8th Grade 12:30 Dismissal Starts: 12:00 am Ends: May 23, 2024 - 11:59 pm Description: In preparation for 8th grade continuation More details... Last Day ECE 12:30 Dismissal Last Day ECE 12:30 Dismissal Starts: 12:00 am Ends: May 23, 2024 - 11:59 pm More details... ECE Last Day of School/Golden Knights' Graduation ECE Last Day of School/Golden Knights' Graduation Starts: 8:30 am Ends: May 23, 2024 - 12:30 pm Description: All children are invited for the morning, 8:30 - 12:30. Woodrose Golden Knight Graduation will begin at 11:30. More details... 8th Grade Continuation 8th Grade Continuation Starts: 6:00 pm Ends: May 23, 2024 - 8:00 pm More details... • • • •	24 LAST DAY OF SCHOOL 1/2 Day 1st - 12th - 12:30 Dismissal - NO AFTERCARE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL 1/2 Day 1st - 12th - 12:30 Dismissal - NO AFTERCARE Starts: 12:00 am Ends: May 24, 2024 - 11:59 pm More details... Rose Ceremony Rose Ceremony Starts: 11:30 am Ends: May 24, 2024 - 12:30 pm More details... End of Year Popsicle Party End of Year Popsicle Party Starts: 12:30 pm Ends: May 24, 2024 - 1:00 pm Location: DWS Playground More details... HS Graduation HS Graduation Starts: 6:00 pm Ends: May 24, 2024 - 8:00 pm More details... • • • •	25
26	27 MS Girls Basketball Camp MS Girls Basketball Camp Starts: 9:00 am Ends: May 27, 2024 - 12:00 pm More details... •	28 MS Girls Basketball Camp MS Girls Basketball Camp Starts: 9:00 am Ends: May 28, 2024 - 12:00 pm More details... •	29 MS Girls Basketball Camp MS Girls Basketball Camp Starts: 9:00 am Ends: May 29, 2024 - 12:00 pm More details... •	30 MS Girls Basketball Camp MS Girls Basketball Camp Starts: 9:00 am Ends: May 30, 2024 - 12:00 pm More details... •	31 MS Girls Basketball Camp MS Girls Basketball Camp Starts: 9:00 am Ends: May 31, 2024 - 12:00 pm More details... •