Buy Your Under the Stars Gala Tickets Now!

Tickets are now onsale for our annual spring gala and auction event! Tickets are $60 each and can be purchased with cash, check (made out to Maple Village School), or online via Paypal:

Once you purchase a ticket, your name will be added to the guest list. Please contact us if you would like your tickets to be transferred to another person.

For more information on the gala, please see the Facebook event page. We hope to see you there!

MVS Love Letter Contest Winners Announced

We have a winner!  The Schneider family has won the MVS Love Letter contest, earning a pair of tickets to our Spring Gala!  Thank you to all of the participants for your thoughtful, creative, heartwarming words. <3

Maple Village School is Hiring!

Maple Village School is Hiring!

We are seeking the following positions for the 2013-2014 school year:

Preschool Lead Teacher
Kindergarten Assistant
Spanish Teacher
Eurythmy Teacher (4 classes per week)
Morning Care Teacher (immediate opening)

We invite you to join us as we continue to grow.  This coming fall we will add Grade Four to our current programs, which include Parent/Toddler classes, Bridge, Preschool, Kindergarten, and Grades One through Three.  We plan to build a full K-8 elementary school and to pursue AWSNA accreditation.  Currently we are a Developing Member of the Waldorf Early Childhood Association (WECAN). Though small, our community features an active parent body, a committed board and supportive faculty and staff.

Ideal candidates will have a pioneering spirit and a passion for spreading the dream of Waldorf education.  In addition, candidates will either have or be seeking full Waldorf teacher certification.  Teaching experience, strong self-direction, and a joyful spirit are highly desirable.  These are a part-time positions.

We are located in Belmont Heights, an idyllic residential neighborhood in east Long Beach.  The area is a quiet gem in Los Angeles County: walkable, diverse, close to the beach and not congested.

Please send your resume, cover letter, and three references to Christina at info@maplevillageschool.org.

Buy Your Raffle Tickets Now!

We have two amazingly beautiful handmade creations to raffle in our 2013 Maple Village School Spring Fundraiser. A CUSTOM-MADE knitted Story Blanket and a HUGE set of hand felted woolen toys created by our very own fiber artist, Cathrine Ji. Tickets for each raffle cost $5… or $20 for a set of 5 tickets.

Both raffle items will be shipped, free of charge, to anywhere in the world.

1. The Custom-Made Story Blanket

If you win this raffle, you will be able to choose the theme of your story blanket and we will make it for you according to your vision. The knitted Story Blanket in the photos was hand knitted by our Maple Village School parents to raffle at our Harvest Faire last year.  It’s theme was ‘The Four Seasons’ and as you can see it is divided into Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. It was amazingly stunning. Other ideas for a theme would be; WOODLAND, with forest greens, streams and toadstools or FARMYARD, with veggie patches, ploughed land and wheat fields or BEACH, with the sea and waves and sand and seaweed… your imagination is the limit.

Your blanket will be 3 x 4 feet big and will be a hand knitted collaboration by our Maple Village community. It will be completed by July 1st, 2013.

2. The Needle Felted Toys

Each creation is an utter delight! They have been lovingly hand felted by renowned Maple Village Fiber Artist, Cathrine Ji. There are 12 ENCHANTING items in this raffle… a HUGE toadstool house with a door and a roof that open for imaginative play, Mother Earth and her Seed Baby, a Spring Fairy and her flying pony, Pegasus, Mr. and Mrs. Gnome and their two bunnies and their two chickens, a sweet little yellow duck and the most GORGEOUS felted playscape, HUGE… 2 feet by 4 feet big… hours and hours of imaginative play.

The draw will take place on May 17, 2013 and winners will be announced and contacted immediately.
If you win, your treasures will be shipped to you, free of charge, anywhere in the world.  For those using Paypal to purchase tickets, winners will be contacted via their Paypal email/contact info.

All proceeds will go to Maple Village School.

To see more photos of the gorgeous raffle items, visit our GALA RAFFLE Page.

Pleases share this raffle with everyone.

Good luck to all!

Morning Care Teacher Needed!

Maple Village School in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Morning Care Teacher to begin as early as April 8th, 2013.  The position is part-time, five mornings per week (Monday through Friday).  Our Morning Care program runs from 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. and involves supervising a small group of children ages 4-9 outside in the play yard before the school day begins at 9:00.

Ideal candidates will have experience working with young children and an interest in Waldorf education.  12 ECE units are required.

This year our school offers a 3-day preschool, a 5-day kindergarten, grades one through three, and programs for toddlers. We plan to grow a K-8 elementary school and to seek full AWSNA accreditation. Though small, our community features an active parent body, a committed board and supportive faculty and staff.

Please contact Christina at 562.434.8200 or at info@maplevillageschool.org for more information. To apply for this position, submit your resume, a cover letter and three references to: info@maplevillageschool.org or to P.O. Box 14498, Long Beach, CA 90803.

Gala Donations: Thank you!

We want to thank the following business donors for their contributions and support of our growing school!  Our 2013 “Under the Stars” Gala Auction Fundraiser Event promises to be brilliant!   We thank you, our twinkling star donors!

AMC Theaters
A Toy Garden
Brown Sheep Yarn Co.
Castle of Costa Mesa
Coffee Cup Cafe
Do-Re-Wee Music
Dr. Hauschka
Farmers Market – Long Beach
Whole Foods Long Beach
Honey Pacifica
I Godinger & Co.
Illustration by Nicole Ichtertz
Mercurius
Palumba
Trader Joes
Veggie Grill

Blue Windows
Bowers Kidseum
Dream Inspired Design
Earthroots Field School
Granola Babies
Open Ended Creations
Scratch Bakery
Shelby Sanchez
Spring Street Farm Project
Temecula Olive Oil Co.
Weir Dolls and Crafts
Zen Baby Shop

Desserts donated (so far):

Anandamide: Psychedelicatessen
Creative Bakery
Little Tart Bakery
Porto’s Bakery
C-Salt Gourmet’s artisanal chocolates

Open House Days: Walk Through the Classes Feb. 15 & March 15!

Walk Through the Classes

Friday, February 15th & Friday, March 15th, 2013
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
RSVP Required

This is your chance to see all of our classes in action!  We will lead a small group of interested adults around to step into each of our classrooms while they are in session.  Observed classes will include Preschool, Kindergarten, Grade One, and Grade Two & Three.  There will be time before and after the observations to talk with our Administrator and ask questions.

Space is very limited, so make sure to contact us if you would like to reserve a spot!