Volunteer: Conjure Winter Magic

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. Help is needed NOW to make craft kits, homemade game prizes, and organize live music.

Save the date: April 26 at the newly remodeled Alaska Native Heritage Center! Auction sustains holistic, public Waldorf-inspired K-8 education with the goal of Waldorf-trained teachers in every classroom. Auction also supplements integral school improvements and programs. It’s a good night for babysitters and a great evening for generous folks who pull out all the stops to support public Waldorf education in Anchorage with camaraderie, cajoling and cash.

• Email to join Winterberry Book Club.

• Email for Parent Workshops.

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."

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."

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.

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.

Learn: 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.

​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: Contact WCC president or WPG president

Join the Winterberry Charter Council to help govern our school or Winterberry Parent Guild to raise money to support students.

Give: Support Waldorf teacher training

Donations to this monthlong giving campaign fund Waldorf professional development for Winterberry's faculty. Give children the gift of inspired teachers and show strong support for public Waldorf education in Anchorage.

Dance with families and friends

Help roll out fall 2024 Family Dance – an evening event in October with folk band Relative Harmony. This is a recently revived, much-loved dance that strengthens bonds and welcomes new families into the fold with live music and a live caller.

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.