Come and experience Waldorf lessons and a student art gallery, and have time to meet and socialize with other Tamarack community members. Drinks and dessert will be available after the lessons.

Adults will pick two lessons (one in each session) to participate in for the first part of the evening. Arrive at 5:30 to sign in and choose your lessons. We will have a number of teachers present and teaching classes, from woodworking to geometry, so get here early and sign up! The classes are first come, first served.

The second half of the evening will take place in our community hall. Student artwork will be on display, and dessert and drinks will be available. We'll also have a small silent auction to benefit our school beautification fund.

This is a free, adults-only, 21+ event.

Even though the event is free, we ask that you register ahead of time. You can do so on our Eventbrite page. Invite friends and family members!

Join Tamarack families and guests and make small votive candles or beeswax luminaries!

This event is kid-friendly, but you will need to be on alert as there will be cords and hot beeswax within reach.

This event is open house style - you may arrive anytime between 10 AM and 12:15 PM to begin your projects and leave when you are done.

Things to bring with you: essential oils (if you would like to scent your candles), dried/pressed flowers and leaves (for the luminaries), and a mug for tea and coffee.

Click this link to register in ParentSquare — all are welcome!

Come learn what Tamarack is all about! Prospective families will be guided throughout the building, learn about the admissions process, see classrooms, and meet with faculty. No registration is necessary.

Learn about how:

• The arts are woven into every day.
• Learning is experienced through all senses.
• Children don’t spend the majority of their time seated at a desk and listening to a teacher. They are actively involved in their own learning!
• Tamarack Waldorf students go outside every single day.
• We revere and respect all cultures, beliefs and origins.
• Immersion in nature is central to our curriculum, even as an urban school.
• You will come to love our school as much as your child does.

You may park in the parking lot and enter through the doors near the sandbox.

The Shepherd's Play is one of three plays that traditionally is put on by Waldorf school staff, parents and community members as a way to bring some humor to the holiday season. Tamarack and Prairie Hill have putting on the second of the three plays, The Shepherd's Play, together for both school communities for over 15 years.  After a year's hiatus, the Shepherd's play is back at Tamarack for a family evening presentation All are welcome!

Learn more about this unique Waldorf Tradition here.

From Mr. Celenza, play director:

Greetings most Reverent Waldorf Community,

In service to our community, our faculty/alumni/parent body will be performing “The Shepherd’s Play!”

For as long as I have been active in the Waldorf School, this play has marked a seasonal milestone of our year; especially for the students.  It hopes to awaken a reverence for humanity and the seasons of the earth.

The play is about transformation; a refocusing inwardly and outwardly. This play is also very old. A German tradition established on the Uberofer Islands. It has its roots in Christianity and therefore celebrates the story of the birth of “the Christ”. It is portrayed through the eyes of the simple people who lived through it and their struggles with re-imagining their world and embracing love and unity as a guiding light.

There are pearls in this play for us to find for ourselves. Questions to welcome and dialog to invoke. 

Everything is holy.
Come and enjoy this simple rendition presented by the familiar faces in our community.

Dutifully and warmly,
Chet Celenza

We are excited to bring back our Wreath Making Workshop! Katie Schwarz (Tamarack parent), who has over 20 years of floral experience, will lead this workshop.

Supplies to be furnished include a wreath form and fresh evergreens. Participants should bring their own hand shears if possible but there will be some on hand. Participants are also encouraged to bring evergreens or other decorative elements from home, such as interesting trimmings from their own yard, dried seed heads, feathers, bells, ornaments, ribbons, etc.

Food and drinks will be available.

Young children are welcome but will need adult supervision.

This is a drop-in event, but you must pay ahead of time. Click here to register and pay.

Parents/caregivers and their children are invited to join us for our outdoor nature class. This free class is held at the Riverside Urban Ecology Center.

Join us most 2nd and 4th Fridays of the Month:

September 13 & 27

October 11 & 25

November 8 & 22

January 10 & 24

February 7 & 21

March 14 & 28

April 11

May 9 & 23

Meet at the Riverside Park Urban Ecology Center

From 10:30AM - 12:00PM

Activities May Include:

• hike

• playtime

• circle time

• puppet play/story

• seasonal craft

• parenting support/discussions

This playgroup is ideal for children from 2-5 years of age but siblings are always welcome. Plan for being outside for the entire time.

Access to the building is only for emergency bathroom use until noon.

This class will take place rain or shine unless conditions are unsafe. Please make sure to check the Tamarack Website and social media posts for updates.

This class seeks to be a warm, nurturing, and safe place for parents/caregivers and their children to learn songs, fingerplays, and other fun activities in nature and foster a supportive community for the parents/caregivers. This is a free class and is open to all.

Meet the Class Leader:

Martha Flores has been a Waldorf Early Childhood teacher for over 20 years. She currently serves as Tamarack’s Early Childhood Chair.

Learn more about Martha here.

Join us on Sunday, November 17th at 4:45 PM in the school parking lot for our 2024 Lantern Walk

November clearly marks the change in seasons and draws even more attention to the necessity of light. Acknowledging the importance of light, whether it is the light of the sun or moon or the more ethereal concept of "inner light", has been a significant component of many cultures across time.

One way Tamarack brings a time to pause and consider the light (in its many forms) is our Lantern Walk. The students make handmade lanterns out of jars and candles in the weeks leading up to the festival. We meet in the school parking lot at 4:45, just as the sun is going down, and walk around the neighborhood with our lanterns lit, singing songs about our inner and outer light.

Parents, grandparents, friends, and alum are welcome!

We are so excited to host Tamarack’s second annual Fall Fest on Saturday, November 2nd from 10 am to 3 pm! The school parking lot and basement will be transformed into a vibrant autumnal festival full of games, activities, music, vendors, and food.

Meet Our Vendors

ArkaType Symbology — handknit hats, cat-ear hats, 100% beeswax candles, handmade witchy jewelry, crystals and stones, and other small gifts

Empowered Soul MKE — spiritual gifts and services, essentials oil rollers, crystals, smudge sticks, bracelets, stickers, gratitude journals

Gabriella Poulos — handmade quilts

heARTs Creations & Gifts — jewelry, clothing and home decor created through crochet, sewing, and beading

Lora Flora — homemade clothing and other accessories

Ms. Mara's Elderberry and More — homemade elderberry syrup and roller bottle blends for wellness

Megan Made That — crochet and knit accessories and toys

Mineral Cellar — rocks and minerals

Olivia Glynn Arts — Illustration pieces of nature and fantasy, in the form of magnets, trinket boxes, earrings, pins, wall pieces and more, also adorable crochet creatures

Rock Beach Memories — Handmade beaded jewelry

Té Amo — small batch organic herbal teas and other herbal products

The Wool Hound — Linen goods like napkins, totes, and bandanas

Musicians

We are excited to have FIVE awesome community musicians sharing their talents with us throughout the day!

Chris Darby, Tamarack Parent, from 10 AM - 10:50 AM

Holly Haebig, Tamarack Parent, from 11 AM - 11:50 AM

Billy Judge Baldus, Tamarack Parent, from 12 PM - 12:50 PM

Blujae, friend of a Tamarack family, from 1 PM - 1:50 PM

David Melby-Gibbons, Tamarack Parent, from 2 PM - 3 PM

Join us for our annual May Festival!