The Tuesday Notice
September 1, 2026
Dear Siskiyou School Families,
What a Friday we had! Huge thanks to every family who showed up, tools in hand, to spruce up our campus at last week's Work Party. Whether you pulled weeds, dusted, hauled mulch, or sanded a huge deck, you made a real difference, and our campus looks better for it. This is what makes our school ours, parents rolling up their sleeves to care for the place our children spend their days.
If you weren't able to join us, there are plenty of other ways to pitch in throughout the year. Flower Fairy sign-ups (see below!) are a small commitment that make a big visible difference around classrooms, and we'll have more work days on the calendar as the year goes on. Keep an eye out for those dates. We're not tallying hours or checking boxes for the 16 hours we request from each family. What matters is the spirit behind it, every hour parents give is an hour our school doesn't have to pay someone else to do that work, which helps us keep tuition lower for all our families. However you're able to contribute, it counts, and we're grateful!
With gratitude,
In a Waldorf classroom, you'll almost always find a few fresh flowers somewhere, on the nature table, at the front of the room, marking a birthday or the start of a new season. It's a small thing, but it carries a lot of meaning. Flowers help children feel connected to the natural rhythms of the year, and they turn everyday moments into something a little more special and worth pausing for. They also reflect something we care about deeply here, surrounding children with real beauty, not screens or plastic, so their days are filled with things that are alive, changing, and worth noticing.
If you have a garden with some color and green, or an impulse to bring something alive into your child's classroom, consider being a Flower Fairy and donating a garden cut or store bought bouquet to a classroom or the main hallway! Sign up with the link below.
Waldorf education leans heavily on storytelling from the class teacher, and a quieter brain is a hungrier one. When a child's mind isn't full of screen noise, they arrive in the classroom more eager for story, more open to the images their teacher offers, and more receptive to the way that story carries the curriculum and the learning happening in class. Less screen time at home makes more room for that magic to land.
If there's one item you label, make it your child's water bottle! We'd love all jackets and sweaters to have labels, but that's hard if you're intending to pass them down or re-sell them. But, if you want an item to return to you, please label it. And inevitably every two months or so, we end up with a glut of unlabled water bottles that end up at Goodwill.
3-Bedroom Home for Sale in Ashland Cohousing
A 3-bedroom, 1½-bath townhome is for sale by owner in Ashland Cohousing—an intentional community of 13 homes with shared gardens, play areas, workshop, and community house. We currently have five children ages 6–12 and would especially love to welcome another family with children!
The 1,272 sq. ft. home + loft features radiant heat, passive-solar design, solar panels, private yard, and a first-floor bedroom. Some deferred maintenance should be anticipated.
Maximum sale price: $221,663. The home is part of the City of Ashland Affordable Housing Program, and buyers must meet income requirements (generally below 60% of area median income).
Cohousing residents actively participate in community life and contribute about 10 hours/month to community responsibilities.
Learn more: https://ashlandcoho.com/
Affordable housing eligibility: Linda Reid, City of Ashland — (541) 552-2043
If eligible please and you want a tour, please email Ryan Ginn: ryan@ryanginn.com
The Siskiyou School
Email: office@siskiyouschool.org
Website: www.siskiyouschool.org
Location: 631 Clay Street, Ashland, OR, USA
Phone: 541-482-8223