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BLESSINGS
PWS Gala Reader
Thank you to Diana Koenigsberg, Ivy Reynolds, Doug Piburn, and
Lucas Janin for beautifully capturing the evening. Fantastic photos!
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Funding Our Future
One School, Two Campuses…
As we move towards the future, we are grateful for the
foundations built by those teachers, staff members, and parents
whose vision and labor built the programs and the facilities
we currently enjoy. We also are grateful for a community that
continuously comes together to envision possibilities that not
only will benefit our current students, but will further build a
legacy for future children and families, some not yet even born,
coming to meet Waldorf Education in the 21st century.
After acquiring our Mendocino property in 2012 just blocks from
our lower school campus, we are now blessed by two beautiful
campuses on a combined nearly 9 acres. We have exciting plans
for improvements to serve our growing educational programs.
A New Home for our High School…
Moving to our new campus on Mendocino Street
We are truly excited that the high school will have a permanent
home on a PWS-owned campus.
This beautiful 3-acre site offers
existing classrooms, offices,
and outdoor recreation spaces.
The proximity to our Mariposa
campus promotes community
and the one-school culture we
have been seeking. Having a fully
functioning Mendocino campus
expands possibilities for both
high-school and lower-school programs and events. Informed
by our long range Master Site Plan, construction and renovation
plans will be program-driven to meet the needs of our high
school, including science, art, humanities, and athletics. We
are currently in the budgeting and initial design phase.
Growing…
Expanding our Early Childhood Program
The indoor and outdoor spaces
available on the Mendocino
campus are perfect to fulfill the
goal of expanding the Poppy
Preschool and Sweet Pea Parent
Child programs.
With each
of these classes currently at
capacity and having a waitlist,
we look forward to offering this important program to more
families, and ultimately strengthening enrollment up through
the grades. Our teachers are truly excited to realize this
expansion, and are deeply committed to retaining the vision of
a nurturing environment that beautifully reflects and embodies
the rich warmth of our Early Childhood Programs. This plan also
creates additional indoor and outdoor spaces for the Lily and
Rose Kindergarten classes as the Poppies and Sweet Peas move
to Mendocino, freeing up much-needed room for our children
to play and grow.
Better than before…
Rebuilding the 1st and 2nd grade classrooms that were
destroyed in a fire as permanent structures (over and above what
our insurance will cover)
Since the accidental electrical fire that destroyed our 1st and
2nd grade portable classrooms in August of 2014, our entire
community has come together in a way that reflects the
strength of our school. Working with our insurance company,
a process of intensive research and planning has taken place so
that we may not only create the vision for replacement, but also
transform the tragedy of the fire into an amazing opportunity.
Pasadena Waldorf School has resided on its historic Scripps
Hall campus on Mariposa Street for over 28 years, and it is now
time to envision, design, and build permanent buildings that are
truly reflective of this powerful education and of all that we hold
important and dear as a community. This opportunity to rebuild
the 1st and 2nd grade classrooms as permanent structures now
becomes the first phase of our long range Master Site Plan and
informs the vision for all future facilities. Ensuring that our new
buildings have a beautiful aesthetic, enlarged spaces, natural
lighting, better ventilation, and improved outdoor spaces will
better serve our students as well as provide an important path
to the future of our campus facilities.
blessings COmmittee 2015
Chairs
DeAnne Todd
Fred Eric
fOOd
Chef Fred Eric
AuctiOns
Melanie Burgess
Joanna Simpson
Design & Art DirectiOn
Tamlyn Wright
Caro Foellmer
DecOratiOns
Michelle Goode
Nicole Schiller
AudiO
seating
Lighting
Special AdvisOrs
Markus Duran
Dwight Campbell
Graphic Design
Audra Donahue
Entertainment
DeAnne Todd
Pamela Forrest
Ron Hamad
Ted Masur
Gildart Jackson
Yuval Ron
Jeffrey Bernstein
Tara Hughes
Joanna Simpson
Gretchen Palmer
Blake Bailey
PWS DevelOpment
COmmittee cO-chairs
Ginger Gelber
Noreen Cruz
PWS Faculty AdvisOr
Adrienne Wilde
PWS DevelOpment Office
Melissa Puls
Jon Brody
BLESSINGS
On our Gala Team
DeAnne Todd, Gala Co-chair
I am so thankful Gildart Jackson made me stand on the stage
at the end of the Gala (even though I had just discovered my
jumpsuit had been on backwards the entire night). I was able to
take a minute and look out over the room and see what we had
accomplished and it was an amazing view. I couldn't believe
how you transformed the room from an empty shell to a Waldorf
Home completely reflecting our community. I will never forget it.
I am in awe of the talents of this group. My family has been at
other schools with a lot of talented parents but the difference
here is the love and reverence each of you has for your children,
the school, and the world. You give of your time selflessly and
with such ease. It was my sincere pleasure to create this Gala
with all of you. A final thank you to those who attended- you
made the night amazing. Thank you from the bottom of my
heart.
BLESSINGS
On our Gala Team
Fred Eric, Gala Co-chair
Amazing Grace!
Thank you all for putting together such a memorable
Gala. All of our focus and tireless persistence paid off
in creating a night of truly memorable proportions.
The Gala team 2015 brought it! It was such a rewarding
experience to work with this team, the combinations of
talents and heart were felt throughout the crowd.
BLESSINGS
On our Meal
We would like to once again extend our deep gratitude to our
incredible and innovative chefs: Govind Armstrong, Monique
King, Paul Rosenbluh, Laurent Quenioux, Barbara Monderine,
Connie Tran, Octavio Beccera, and our own Fred Eric. Also
thanks to Sammy Marvin from Bottega Louie for lending his
skills in the kitchen. The meal you created was one of the best
we’ve ever eaten, and without your incredible donation of food,
talents, and time, there is no way we could have produced
the Gala without charging $500 a plate! Thank you Wendy
Campbell for starting the evening with a beautiful Blessing on
Our Meal.
Guests were treated to amazing wines and cocktails at the
Gala, all donated by Anna & David deLaski’s Solminer Wine,
Palmina Wine, and Benziger Family Winery. Thank you winemakers! Mark Smith and Three of Clubs provided all the beer,
sodas, and delicious signature cocktails.
BLESSINGS
On our Production, Art & Decorations Teams
Tamlyn Wright, Caro Foellmer and the production, art and
decorations teams quite simply created magic. They turned
an empty soundstage at Quixote Studios into something not
unlike a dream. What a vision! The thousand string lights, huge
wooden tables, burlap fabric draping, incredible projections,
lighting and sound, the chandeliers, beautiful table decorations,
a huge stage, piano, and oh, that giant willow ball! There were
so many people who helped make this happen and we apologize
if we missed you in these pages.
Michelle Goode and Nicole
Schiller’s magical willow ball
and exquisite decorations on
the tables and throughout
the tent and soundstage took
many hours of strategizing,
prep, trips to the flower mart,
laborious work with zip-ties
and wires, all marvelously
supported by Bonnie Gavel,
Kellie Johnson, Jill ParkerJones, Leslie Suhy, and others.
Nic Larsen hardly ever touched the ground as he spent 12 hours
up in the air, literally, on a scissor lift rigging the lights and fabrics
to help turn an empty sound stage into a beautiful setting for
the evening. Audra Donahue graphically designed everything
from the invitation, program, posters, pens, and projections.
Matthew Labyorteaux had no idea what he was getting into when
he volunteered to help Markus Duran move the giant willow ball
to the Mendocino campus and the chandeliers to Quixote Studios.
Youssif Kamal tirelessly helped during setup and even came back
for another round of support late night. Josh Ivy did with some
heavy lifting then returned to be our Live Auction spotter. Joanna
Simpson somehow figured out seats for everyone, a great challenge
with tables that sit 35 people!
Grandparent Jill Parker-Jones may
have set new volunteer hour records
spending three days, splendidly
assisted by her husband Gary
Tubbs, doing just about everything.
Sheila Swift, Colleen Osborne,
Andrea Phillips, Gladys Alvarado,
and Ginger Gelber were rock stars,
setting up the auction and cocktail
reception tent with great vision and
expertise, working until the last
minute before the Gala began. Tobi
Datum was everywhere – driving to
the valley to get the lights, working
high on ladders and scissor lifts,
happily performing any odd job
that was needed, and was last seen with the Gala boat strapped
to the top of his car. Wolfgang Kring worked behind the scenes
helping the chefs and servers get ready for the big feast, and he
also donated the use of his awesome van that made several trips
to school and various kitchens all over town.
Rebecca Gendry spent half her time
on a scissor lift rigging lights and so
much more. Late Friday night during
setup, Dwight Campbell and April
Keltner directed and installed the
gorgeous lighting assisted by Eric
Adkins, Tobi Datum, Anthony Dimino
and Kim Ha. Andrew Huber and Peter
Listro never sat down during the entire
evening perfectly executing the follow
spot and lighting boards. Cynthia Reis
worked for hours as a child-wrangler
and helped open and install over 1,000
string lights.
The PWS Audio Guild consisting of
Markus Duran, Murry Hammond
(and Annie!), and Timothy
Fitzpatrick, was working overtime
throughout the setup, event, and
strike. They handled the sounds
in the tent and the soundstage,
making sure the instruments were
crisp and speakers could be heard
loud and clear.
While not volunteering seemingly everywhere there was a need,
at the end of a long setup day Alan Jergens dutifully repainted
the white flooring to ensure it would be clean and ready for the
big night. Cassiel Hamilton painted the chef’s appetizer and the
friendly Gala welcome signs.
Gildart Jackson returned to the Gala stage as our emcee and
once again filled the room with his perfect blend of humor
and heart as he took us on the evening’s journey.
Pamela Forrest was the Gala
producer and writer extraordinaire!
One minute she was on the stage,
the next behind the mixing console
executing perfect timing and
sequencing throughout the night.
Thank you Pamela and DeAnne
Todd for the many hours you
spent with the teams producing a
flawless evening. You told us we
would be finished by 9:45 p.m.
and you nailed it!
BLESSINGS
On our Film
Blessings to Ron Hamad for directing another beautiful film,
Harvest, encapsulating the arc of Waldorf Education at our
school. Your brilliance once again captivated the audience and
will forever live in the hearts of all of us. Thank you to Mark
Haslett for weaving the interviews with Blair Manzke, Arthur
Pittis, Dennis Demanett, and Kathy Rinden into a lovely story.
The narrative was voiced by
our own Adrienne Wilde.
Parents Kurt Brabbée and Tobi
Datum helped Ron capture
the shots in classrooms, on
campus, on a farm, and in
our families’ homes. Thank
you PWS High School music
teacher Ted Masur for creating
the beautiful score for the film and for his collaboration with
Ron on integrating the entire PWS High School student body
into the presentation. James Hood not only performed the
hang drum instrumentation for the score, he also arranged
for PWS High School student Glenna Adkins to record the
cello solo at a local recording studio. Thank you to the PWS
Teachers, Students, and Families who allowed us into your
classrooms and homes to make the film. Look for Harvest on
the PWS website and Facebook page soon.
BLESSINGS
On our Dancers
Tara Hughes choreographed a gorgeous sweeping opening
dance that set the tone for the evening, beautifully performed
by 4th grade student Sadie Neville, PWS grad Savoy Bailey,
parents Julia Bantner, Lilia Lopez, Chad Bantner, Tara Hughes,
and DeAnne Todd. 4th grade student Louna Janin sang the
vocals of Stephen Sondheim’s Our Time recorded by Jeffrey
Bernstein and Markus Duran that introduced the theme
that now is “our time” for the school. The dance ended with
the first standing ovation of many throughout the evening.
Thank you dancers for delivering such a graceful and striking
performance.
BLESSINGS
On our Music
Music was a big theme at the Gala and we are so grateful to
have Yuval Ron and Jeffrey Bernstein in our community. Yuval
coordinated the many fabulous entertainers heard throughout
the night. We are in awe of the talents of Livia Reiner, Clay
Allen, Shelly Wilner, Timothy Fitzpatrick, Teo Castro, Yuval
Ron, and Jeffrey Bernstein who performed throughout the
cocktail reception and dinner courses. Jeffrey Bernstein wrote
a beautiful score for the Paul Livadary film and worked with
PWS High School music teacher Ted Masur and the PWS High
School Students on the final number, Our Time.
BLESSINGS
On our Auctions
Melanie Burgess, supported by Joanna Simpson, procured
a stunning array of auction items. This year we introduced
auctioneer John Kunkle, who did a fabulous job of getting top
bids for the live auction and keeping the pace of the evening
going at a great rate. Thank you Jennifer Pitt & Andy Mueller/
The Quiet Life for getting the PWS hats printed!
Thank you to all of our donors who contributed beautiful and
thoughtful pieces to the silent and live auctions, class projects,
and raffles: Alicia & Jason Adams (Bootleg Theater), Altadena
Fire Station 11, Border Grill, Mary Christopher, Collins Family,
Cathleen Cox Bain, Noel Daniel, Monica De Francisco, Film
Independent, Bonnie Gavel & Josh Welsh, Nina Hachigian
& Joe Day, Cassiel & Jason Hamilton, Jill Parker-Jones &
Gary Tubbs, Elite Helicopter Tours, Heidi Rose Robbins, il
Capriccio, Fred 62, Charise & Josh Ivy, Maggie Mahboubian
(Lalun Naturals), Sacha Malin & Dori Levanoni, Josie Maran
& Ali Alborzi (Josie Maran Cosmetics), Dabs Myla, Melinda &
Matthew Nix, Veronique & Guido Hunziker-Tschopp, Jennifer
Pitt & Andy Mueller, Jill Jason Ross & Brendan Ross, Nicole
Schiller & Paul Petrunia, Eddie & Lorraine Vontista (Eagle Rock
Juice), and Maud Winchester & Lucas Reiner (Hope Springs).
Deepest gratitude to The PWS Doll Makers consisting of
Caro Foellmer, Kellie Johnson, Julia Bantner, Lilia Lopez,
Tammy Kennedy, Shannon Brousseau, Monica De Francisco,
Karine Dermenjyan, Amy Chu-Robin, and Sacha Malin for
the jawdropping Gala Doll. Lastly, thank you PWS Students,
Teachers, and Parents for creating those priceless works of art.
BLESSINGS
On our Sponsors
There is no way we could have produced the Gala without
the incredible support from our community partners. Keith
Greco from Greco Design donated the wood dining tables,
chandeliers, linens, bars, and more. He literally turned over
his giant warehouse to us. Thank you Tamlyn Wright &
Silent House Productions for procuring the amazing in-kind
support from All Access Staging for the incredible (and
enormous) stage, CenterStaging for the beautiful baby grand
piano, PRG for string lights, VER for the awesome projector
and audio mixing console, and Dano Rowley for his crew of
professional riggers for raising the fabrics, lights, and willow
ball. Thank you Shellie Rodriguez and Pat Dolphin from
Dolphin Event Services, our favorite event rental company
ever, for providing several thousand items including plates,
bowls, glasses, tables, and the enormous tent for the cocktail
reception. Illumination Dynamics and Robert Guzman’s
Concept Lighting donated thousands of dollars worth of
lights, cables, gels, and more. Thank you Bradley Thordarson
for helping with the donation from Green Set who donated
all the beautiful trees and greenery that helped create the
magical environment. Lastly, a huge PWS thank you to Mikel
Elliott, Cambria Bacher, and the entire crew at Quixote
Studios - what an incredbile place to host the Gala!
BLESSINGS
On our High School
Coordinating the High School students’ performance
became a full time job and we extend our deepest gratitude
to Julia Echevarria, Cynthia Martinez, Ted Masur, Arthur
Pittis and all the PWS High School Students. Thank you
Andrea Phillips, Joanna Holbek-Mathews, and Jennifer
Willhite for chaperoning the students all afternoon
and evening. You all went above and beyond the call of
duty to deliver a performance that was nothing short of
breathtaking.
BLESSINGS
On our Founder
In 1979, Paul Livadary founded Pasadena Waldorf School. Since
its humble beginnings the school has now grown into a thriving
educational institution spanning Early Childhood through High
School with our first high school class graduating in 2016. Paul
Livadary laid the foundation that our families are benefiting
from today. Our community gave thanks to our founder Paul
Livadary for the most amazing gift and blessing we could ever
dream of. It was an honor to host Paul and his family and thank
him for the gift of Pasadena Waldorf School.
One of the highlights of the
night was “Letters to Paul”.
Attendees were asked to
write a letter to Paul which
were presented to him. It was
clear that Paul has touched
many people’s lives in a
way they will never forget.
Founding parent Barry
Sanders read his moving
and powerful “Homage to
Paul” letter to a delighted
audience. Barry’s speech is a
must read! We’ve printed it
in the following section.
The Gala Committee would like to thank Kirsten Everberg and
the Kindergarten-Grade 11 PWS Students for creating the
beautiful paintings of the tree in front of Scripps Hall for Paul,
Michelle Foxx for her perfect calligraphy inscription, Yuval
Ron for traveling on Mother’s Day to Paul Livadary’s house
to rehearse for their brilliant performance, and alumni parent
Peter West, who worked behind the scenes to recut the Paul
Livadary film along with Jeffrey Bernstein composing a new
original score.
Thank you to Melissa Puls, Becky Gafvert, Mary Christopher,
and Barry Sanders for speaking so eloquently to the attendees
about Paul, his vision, and the founding of the school. Thank you
to Grace & Barry Sanders and Mary Christopher, our earliest
parents and teacher, for flying thousands of miles to join us.
Lastly thank you to Paul’s wife Marina Day who worked with us
for months to ensure this night was a perfect moment in time
for Paul and their family.
BLESSINGS
Homage to Paul by Barry Sanders
I am here this evening to tell you about answering the call. I am here to tell
you about trust and faith and believing deeply in a person and answering a
call to change the way education looks, and the way teaching gets carried
out, and the way trust develops.
In 1980, I had a sabbatical from the Claremont Colleges, which Grace and I
and our daughter spent living in the studio of the Frank Lloyd Wright house
in Pasadena. We had written off the local elementary school and Grace
made a telephone call to this mysterious person who had the year before
started something called a Waldorf School in some church in some small
town close by Pasadena. We knew something about such Rudolf Steiner
esoterica since Grace’s sister had a few years before chosen Waldorf
for her two sons in Davis, California. Besides, we were in no position to
complain about what was esoteric and what was mainstream, since we
had named our daughter, Kali— Kali Isa.
School would start for us that fall, 1980, at the First Methodist Church, in
La Canada. But there was a catch (in the early years, there were numerous
catches, many more than Joseph Heller’s scant 22): There was not really
any room at the church for this Waldorf school—for any school, for that
matter. So, on Monday mornings, we were told, we would have to haul all
the school desks and chairs out of the basement, set up the classroom,
and on Friday afternoons, put everything back in place in the basement—
chairs, desks, wastebaskets, bits of chalk and chewing gum, erasers and
earphones, blackboards and backpacks: Everything. We were a school on
the run, in disguise, in desperate need of space and, much more startling,
in desperate need of its most basic ingredient, students.
Indeed, we knew that the school had actually begun the year before. Grace
had visited it but did not like the teacher and Paul, feeling the same way,
had hired for the current year a brand new teacher. Paul assured us that,
since she had come from Hawaii, even if she was not great she would be
at least pleasant. She proved more than great; she became our dear, dear
friend, Mary Christopher. We enrolled that fall with the promise from Paul
of eight children. The first week of school, three children left. All three
from a single family. Suddenly, we were down to five—a very shaky five.
Four of them were kindergärtners; Kali, our daughter, was the only firstgrader. Who would fall next? It began to feel as if we were in an Agatha
Christie novel: one by one, two by two, people suddenly vanishing from
the scene. Late Friday afternoon, even the school was gone.
That second week of the semester, Paul took decisive action. We needed
to generate some interest, garner some publicity. We needed to let people
know we existed, and oh yes, we needed students. He decided to hold a
recruiting session at the La Crescenta Library. To bring out the crowds, he
took a full-page ad in the Star News. Grace and I of course went. We went
early in order to get a seat. When we got there, we knew we had our work
cut out for us. While the auditorium held several hundred people, only
three or four people managed to show up, and they were old enough to
have children who, themselves, were now collecting social security. Paul
introduced himself and one of the four promptly left. (Nothing personal,
the older woman said, as she hobbled out the door.) The remaining
three ladies said they were eager to hear about the education from that
wonderful hotel they remembered in their youth, the Waldorf Astoria.
This man, tonight’s shining star, Paul Livadary, forever undaunted, spoke
with enthusiasm and resolve, as if the auditorium were packed and he
commanded the stage at Carnegie Hall.
Grace and I sat in the audience and had one of those basic and startling
realizations: we had no building, naturally; we had a brand new teacher,
surely; no endowment, particularly; no students, actually; and the head of
the operation himself had no experience, ever, with starting a school. OK,
we said, if we want our kid to ever reach college, we better get to work!
And so we did. Paul not only signed us up that year for a promise called
the Pasadena Waldorf School. He signed us up for a lifetime commitment.
He signed us up out of immediate friendship and love and a bold desire
to change the face of education, yes, but also to change the nature of
relationships and trust and, most of all, to resurrect the most elemental
force, the human spirit. He signed us up so that, as a majority of ten or
twelve innocent souls, we might help save a bit of the world in our own
crazy, off-kilter, heroic way. And we signed up with Paul for his love and
his relentless power and his commitment, not to the ka-ching of a cash
register, but to the I-Ching of seeing in a completely different and brand
new register.
We knew Paul only a month, not much more. Paul did not want us to move
back to Claremont. We could buy a house in Pasadena, but we had no
money. That is not a problem, Paul assured us. As I say, we knew him for
but a month or two and he simply fixed the problem by writing us a check
for the down payment on a house. That was Paul—immediate, generous,
loving, daring, imaginative, believing, un-swayed by logic or details or the
stubbornness of reality. He would get done what he wanted to get done
or what needed to get done. He wanted us to remain in Pasadena; and
we did not want to commute to this very real and very ideal but barely
incarnated school. When Paul has something in mind, Reality knows
enough to stand aside! Behind the Livadary force, logic and impossibility
can only wither.
We love you Paul. We always have and we always will. Saint Augustine
uses Saint Paul—not this one; he is not quite that old—for his example
of true friendship. Paul is walking side by side with Peter on the road to
Martyrdom. At a certain moment, they find themselves confronted by
Roman soldiers. Peter and Paul disregard the commotion around them
and lean into each other, forehead touching forehead, holding each other’s
hands—in prayer, perhaps, but certainly in a very fleshy connection, in
solidarity. They press together so close that they cannot see each other;
so close that, even though they peer eye to eye, they cannot recognize each
other. They make of their “excessive proximity” to each other something
grander than what only one of them might do alone, and certainly what
just two simple acquaintances cannot ever hope to do. They look at each
other and they look into each other.
I point out that a relationship like this, so deep and so intimate and so
consequential, cannot be re-produced, cannot be captured in painting or in
photography. It can barely be conceptualized. A person must experience
it. A person must feel it in the flesh and in the spirit. That is all. Paul and
Peter are two; Paul and Peter are more than two, greater than two. In their
newly constructed stance, they are monumentally One. Stand next to our
dear Paul. This one. Peer into his eyes. You will find yourself transformed
into something new and immediate—into that very special category called
friend. No other recognition is needed. No other re-cognition is indeed
possible.
Paul, my dear and deep and most committed friend, I love you. I can say
nothing more and I can say nothing less. After standing so close to you
all these years—not always eye to eye, but always—always—forehead
pressed deeply to forehead—I know you as both Dear Paul and also as its
twinning, Dear Friend.
And, yes, since you are all wondering about it—this is only natural in our
world to wonder about the bottom line—Grace and I did not have to rob
Peter to pay our Paul. We simply and gladly, in very short order, repaid the
house loan.
BLESSINGS
On our School
Melissa Puls & Jon Brody, PWS Development Office
What a magical night! It is always quite humbling when
a group of parents create a shared vision and execute
it to perfection. A year ago Fred Eric and DeAnne
Todd approached us separately about ideas for the
2015 Gala. Fred had this wild idea of bringing in top
LA chef friends of his and making the food part of the
show. DeAnne wanted to produce the entertainment focusing on homegrown talent and tell the story about
who we are as a community. Fred and DeAnne came
together to produce a Gala like no other and their
talents complemented one another perfectly. A vision
was formed, a theme came into focus, and an amazing
array of talented parents, teachers, and friends came
together to form the Gala Committee. Fast forward one
year later and we are in awe of what you produced. The
night was perfect, and we cannot thank you enough for
the gift you created for our school and community.
We raised a lot of money, over $65,000 net, for Funding
Our Future, and everyone was proud to be a part of this
extraordinary community, all in support of a Waldorf
Education for our children.
There are two people in particular who made incredible
contributions that went largely unseen to most. Thank
you Gretchen Palmer and Blake Bailey! You were our
team’s mentors this year, advising us throughout the
planning, attending meetings, coaching us, helping us
steer clear of potential pitfalls, and guiding us through
the journey. We are beyond grateful for what you
continue to bring to PWS.
Lastly, whether you helped with the planning, donated
money or in-kind, sponsored a teacher, or attended the
Gala, we want to thank YOU, our PWS Community! Your
support for Pasadena Waldorf School is unwavering,
and the joy you bring to the school every day is always
appreciated and never taken for granted.
What a Blessing to have a room filled with amazing
parents, teachers, staff members, alumni, grandparents,
community partners, and our school’s founder, Paul
Livadary. It is an honor and a joy to serve you and the
school.
See you next year at the Gala! (What will you dream up
next?)
BLESSINGS
Thank You PWS!