Many hands make light work.
Attend Spring Auction
Party: Auction funds are allocated according to WPG's mission to support the school and teachers for betterment of students.
It’s a good night for babysitters and a great evening for generous folks who pull out all the stops to support public charter Waldorf-inspired education.
Attend Book Club & Workshops
Learn: Read and learn together at monthly parent Book Club gatherings. Offer a workshop about your skills, expertise, hobbies, and interests. It's a fun way to share our know-how. "Empower and enliven families with Waldorf inspiration. We're in this together."
Engage in Mutual Aid
Care: Create a network of care and generosity
Participate in fall and spring gear swaps and winter toy swap, fill Thanksgiving/Holiday baskets. Interdependence reduces waste and material demands on our planet while strengthening our school community."Give and take, take and give. Each to the other. As long as we live."
Celebrate Seasonal Festivals
Volunteer: Coordinate with your teacher
Connect to the rhythms of the earth and cosmos with special Waldorf rituals like rose ceremony, festival of courage, lantern walk, festival of light, spiral walk, Mayfest.
Serve the School Community
Volunteer: Read Winterberry weekly e-newsletter
Lead community service efforts like managing the school store, coordinate faculty lunches, organize gear swap, lost & found clean-outs. Help orchestrate school picture day, join clean-up events, help with play yard improvement. Support holiday giving efforts. Read the weekly "Winterberry Business" school e-newsletter to learn more.
Advocate for Public Education
Advocate: WCC legislative subcommittee
Winterberry is a Waldorf-inspired public charter school of the Anchorage School District. As such, our school relies on BSA (base student allocation) – state funds received based on enrollment. Learn more about the work of Winterberry's Legislative Subcommittee. You can also receive updates and action alerts from Great Alaska Schools.
Support Your Class
​Volunteer: Coordinate with your teacher
Respond to teacher requests for field trip support, special supplies, class projects, celebrations and learning opportunities. Prioritize parent-teacher conferences, class parent nights, go to open house and student showcase events like winter assembly and class plays. Help "big kids" raise funds for Eighth Grade Trip.
Serve on a Board
Govern: Our school has three governing bodies. Serve on the academic policy council (WCC) or the parent group (WPG) to have a voice in the policies, practices, communications and culture of our school in support of students.
Give to GARDEN in October
Give: Support Waldorf teacher training
Donations to this monthlong giving campaign fund Waldorf professional development for Winterberry's faculty.
Attend Family Dance Potluck
Dance: Gather with families and friends and bring a dish to share with families new and old. Welcomes new faces into the fold with live music and a live caller and a shared meal.
Sell & Shop at Beautiful Bazaar
Shop: Support WPG & Winterberry vendors
This fundraiser showcases Winterberry community's creations alongside local artists and vendors ahead of the holidays. Invite friends, family and other sellers. There's still space! Volunteer to help set up, point-of-sale, take down.
Feb 1, 2025: Winter Faire
This "friend raiser" invites the wider Anchorage community to visit our school while supporting upper-grade classes raising money for their Eighth Grade Trip. The volunteer effort is jolly with food prep, games, crafts, fairy realms, FUN.
Annual Events & Ongoing Efforts
There are many ways to weave a strong connection of interdependence with your school community and build the village it takes to raise and educate children. This unique, holistic, Waldorf-inspired education is somewhat different from current mainstream schools because everything that happens at Winterberry is guided by the natural timeline of child development. WPG's events and efforts aim to employ developmentally appropriate activities and engagement for children and families.