Page 62 - Sonoma County Gazette - August 2018

Growing Sustainable Children
By Tracie Saucier
By Date
Aug 1 ~ Preparing for Wildfire - Are you interested in using prescribed fire as a management tool? Are you curious about options for planning and implementing prescribed fire projects on your land? $15, 8a-2:30p, Cloverdale Veterans Memorial Building, 205 W 1st St., Cloverdale, ucanr.edu
Aug 2 ~ Middle School Girls Explore STEM Possibilities at First Girls Tinker Academy - 9:45a-12p, Sonoma State University Makerspace, 1801 E. Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park, 707-755-5722, ctesonomacounty.org
Aug 2, Sep 6 ~ Alliance for a Just, Equitable, & Sustainable Recovery & Rebuild - Discuss planning for the rebuild stage and actions/events/ policy to protect labor and immigrant rights of rebuild workers. 4p-5:30p, SEIU Local 1021, 600 B St, Santa Rosa, northbayjobswithjustice.org
Aug 3 ~ Climate Chat - Go Solar with Confidence - Homeowners: have you been thinking about going solar, but don’t know who to trust, or what questions to ask prospective solar providers? RSVP 12p - 1p, WORK Petaluma, 10 4th St., workpetaluma.com/lunchtime-lesson- go-solar-with-confidence/
Aug 8 ~ Science Buzz Café - Chance Massaro: Neuroscience and the Power of Intention, $5; 7p, The Abbey / Hopmonk Tavern, 230 Petaluma Ave., Sebastopol, sciencebuzzcafe.org
Aug 11 ~ SR Rural Cemetery Tour- Learn the stories of the people of Sonoma County and California during an 80 minute docent-led walk. Tours depart from Franklin Gate every 20 minutes. FREE, 10a - 12p, SR Rural Cemetery, 1600 Franklin Ave., Santa Rosa, srcity. org/1080/Tours-Events
Aug 13,20,27 ~ Spanish Conversation Club - Speak Spanish and learn from each other and instructor, Amalia.FREE, 7:30-9p, Sebastopol Regional Library, 7140 Bodega Ave., Sebastopol, 707-823- 7691, sonomacounty.libcal.com
Aug 14 ~ Science Buzz Café - Daniel Osmer, Social Entrepreneur - Economic Conversation, $5; 7p, Graventstein Grill "Top of the Hill", 8050 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol, Daniel Osmer, sciencebuzzcafe.org/, daniel@ sciencebuzzcafe.org
Aug 14 ~ Final Passages: Lets Talk About Death - Film and Discussion - $5- $15, 6:30p - 9p, Sebastopol Grange Hall, 6000 Hwy 12, Sebastopol, 707-824-0268, finalpassages.org, info@finalpassages. org
Aug 14 - Aug 21 ~ Free SAT Intensive Prep Class - 5-hour SAT Intensive Preparation class with local test preparation consultant Ellen Jakes Kelm, PhD. Cloverdale Community Library, 401 N. Cloverdale Blvd, Cloverdale, 707- 894-5271, sonomacounty.libcal.com
Aug 16 ~ Crash Course in Computer Audio - An informal session covering ways to make any computer or portable device sound great. FREE, 5:30p - 7:30p, Lavish Hi-Fi, 1044 4th St., Santa Rosa, 707-433-9199, lavishautomation.com
Aug 19- Aug 26 ~ Free SAT Intensive Prep Class - 5-hour SAT Intensive Preparation class with local test preparation consultant Ellen Jakes Kelm, PhD. Free, Roseland Community Library, 779 Sebastopol Rd., Santa Rosa, 707-548- 7873, sonomacounty.libcal.com
Aug 19 ~ Penngrove Community Church Anniversary Service and FREE BBQ 10:30-3:30p, Penngrove Park, 11800 Main St., 707-795-5919, brownpapertickets.com
Aug 20 ~ SRJC Genealogy Program - Become Your Family’s Historian - No fee for Older Adults Program courses. Denise Beeson at (707) 694-6826, santarosa.edu, dbeeson@santarosa.edu
Aug 28 ~ Build Club - Explore industrial design, architecture, and other applied sciences through creative play. FREE, 3:30p - 4:30p, Sebastopol Regional Library, 7140 Bodega Ave., Sebastopol, 707-823-7691, sonomacounty.libcal.com
Ongoing
Education is changing. Research has found that a holistic, multi- disciplinary approach to curriculum, with a focus on subject matter and personal development is not only valuable, but essential. Such a multi- disciplinary approach to education develops exceptional students and individuals in a number of ways. Students learn to be creative, critical thinkers with a strong moral compass, who are open and resilient, and can turn challenges into possibilities.
This approach to learning integrates the arts with academic rigor, and experiential, hands-on activities. Students have the opportunity to take risks, think imaginatively and embrace new opportunities with initiative, creativity, and resilience. This instills in them the curiosity to learn on their own.
Additionally, focusing on a single subject for longer periods of time, allows students to approach their studies intensively, studying and inquiring on their own, and considering not only the subject at hand, but how it relates to their lives and the world in which they live. Graduates emerge with a strong sense of purpose, the ability to solve complex problems, and the courage to meet challenges successfully.
Developing well-rounded individuals.
A curriculum designed to develop not only the student’s mind but also their character encourages empathy, collaboration, and shared responsibility cultivating openness to possibilities and a sense of stewardship. Courses that
focus on a full range of academics with the practical arts, movement arts and social arts help develop centered, capable students with a full complement of the interests and skills that can help them lead to a successful, richer and happier life.
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Tracie Saucier is the Admissions Director for Summerfield Waldorf School in Santa Rosa. Her commitment to education which allows children to thrive as they grow into independent adults is at the heart of her belief in Waldorf education principles. Tracie can be reached at 707-575-7194 ext. 102. To learn more about Waldorf education, visit SummerfieldWaldorf.org
History Museum of Sonoma County
This includes sports, performance theater, fine arts, music and school gardens where food is grown and children are a part of the annual
cycle of sowing and reaping. Over
the years, students develop a deep relationship with the land and become land stewards who care about the earth. Students also learn practical, hands-on skills and problem solving. Such inclusive curriculum gives students a strong sense of capability and self-belief.
The Fire Collection, History Museum of Sonoma County, 425 Seventh St., Santa Rosa, museumsc.org, 707-579-1500
Water and Wastewater Treatment Operators in Training Program - Preparing qualified individuals for a career in the wastewater and water industry, 707-521-1848, Ryan Kirchner, Ryan.Kirchner@scwa.ca.gov
Thru Aug 5 ~ 50 Years of Franklin
- Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center, 2301 Hardies Lane, Upstairs Changing Gallery, Santa Rosa, 707-579-4452, schulzmuseum.org
Students who engage in a variety of disciplines along with standards of academics, critical thinking, and independent research helps our young people to acquire the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in life after school.
Aug 9 - Jan 27 ~ Working Dogs Exhibition
Current research is shifting the paradigm of what colleges and employers are looking for in high school and college graduates.
Celebrating these four-legged heroes as Schulz portrayed them in Peanuts. $5- $12, Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center, 2301 Hardies Ln., Upstairs Changing Gallery, Santa Rosa, 707-579-4452, schulzmuseum.org
Thru Sep 15 ~ I Do Exhibit - Vintage wedding gowns from Petaluma families will be on display. Thu-Sat, 10-4p, Sun, 12-3p, Petaluma Historical Library and Museum, 20 Fourth St., Petaluma, 707- 778-4398, petalumamuseum.com
Thru Sep 16 ~ Lost Santa Rosa - Explores the changing face of Santa Rosa during the City’s 150-year anniversary. Tue-Sun, 11-5p, Museums of Sonoma County, 425 7th St., East Gallery, Santa Rosa, 707-579- 1500, museumsc.org/history-museum/
FREE. Open Sat., 1-4p, and on the second Tuesday of each month, 5-7p, Cotati Historical Society, 201 W Sierra Ave., West end of Cotati City Hall, Cotati, 707- 794-0305, cotatihistoricalsociety.org/ what-you-can-do, chsinfo@sonic.net
The conventional wisdom that STEM classes and ‘hard skills’ (especially tech skills) are essential for today and tomorrow’s workplace are being upended
by articles which reveal that employers—even in the tech industry—are now acknowledging that what they are people who are team players with good communication skills, empathy, and insights into others.
Thru Dec 31 ~ Cotati Historical Society
What’s clear is that colleges and employers from all sectors want young people with a strong moral compass who can think for themselves. The goal is not only to provide an education but also to feed the imagination, to encourage freedom in thought and to foster personal and interpersonal skills in order to develop students who can better find success in whatever they set out to do.
And when Google conducted an extensive internal review of hiring and performance, they discovered that the most successful teams on their staff are those with the strongest ‘soft skills’: empathy, generosity, insight into others’ points of view, emotional intelligence, and being able to make connections. After discovering this, Google modified its hiring practices and now embrace a much wider range of graduates with majors in humanities and the arts as well as those with STEM backgrounds.