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• Upholding the highest standards of excellence and integrity in academics, the arts and human relationships

• Applying the innovative educational philosophy and curriculum of Rudolf Steiner in a contemporary context

• Honoring and valuing each child and his or her unique gifts

• Cultivating dynamic working relationships with and among the faculty, the board, the administration and the community of families

• Fostering a culture that welcomes and honors diversity of all kinds

• Committing to the stewardship of nature in an urban setting

We are a vibrant learning community that integrates the intellectual with the artistic and the practical with the beautiful, fostering the ability to engage fully in the world. Everything we do is based on a deep understanding of the developing child and focused on creating citizens of the world who possess a life-long love of learning. We achieve our mission by:

welcome to The Waldorf School of Philadelphia

a life-long love of learning

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Dear Waldorf School of Philadelphia Family and Friends,

I wish you a warm welcome to spring.

If you are like me, you cherish this time of year for its vibrancy, beauty, and ability to inspire. The spring season is also such a fascinating nexus of the present, past, and future - a time that enables one to focus on the moment, prompts one to appreciate the past, and stimulates one’s imagination for what is to come. When reflecting on the state of our school, I cannot help but draw parallels between the wonders of spring and the current developmental stage of our school. Like plants in springtime, our school is presently poised to come into full bloom.

The completion of our second successful school year at our amazingly beautiful campus is upon us and we continue to improve and grow. Like observing a newly forming blossom on a tree, when embarking on this transformational stage of development, one often reflects on how things have come to be. For us, this means honoring and appreciating the deep and intricate root systems that have been cultivated over the past twenty years. These roots enable new growth, nourish the minds and bodies of our students, and foster sustainability. For this, we have hundreds, if not thousands, of individuals to thank for the seeds they have planted and sowed to bring the school to this point.

Spring also is a time to take stock of the beauty and resources that surround us and envision the promise of the future. Similarly, for our school, this means recognizing the fruit of all of our hard work and creativity, and celebrating the fact that we have reached a new level of maturity. Like a budding garden, there is so much for us to be proud of and a palpable sense of excitement in the air for what tomorrow will hold.

As we enter into this new developmental phase, we do so with greater purpose and clarity than ever. To help us chart our path, we recently embarked on a revision to our strategic plan. Through the spring, summer and fall, we will be working diligently to craft our blueprint for a prosperous future. Thus far, this exercise has afforded us the time to think deeply about our school’s strength, areas for improvement, opportunities and needs. Like any garden, there are times when we must make changes, reinvest in what is working, seek and embrace new ideas, and protect key attributes in order to meet one’s goals. This is precisely what we hope to be doing through this process.

As we enter into a new lifecycle, we hope to do so with you. The work of tending to a healthy garden is ongoing and we can only do it together. We want to thank you for your contributions to date and hope we can count on your continued support.

Sincerely,

Anthony DeGuzmanExecutive Director

Brave and true I will be,Each good deed sets me free.

Each kind word makes me strong.

I will fight for the right,I will conquer the wrong.

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Did you attend another Waldorf school and live in Philadelphia? We would love to include you in our Alumni events and activities at The Waldorf School of Philadelphia. Email alumni@phillywaldorf.com.

Academy of the New ChurchCentral High SchoolCheltenham High SchoolDoane AcademyEdward R. Murrow High SchoolFriends Select SchoolGeorge SchoolGermantown Friends SchoolKimberton Waldorf SchoolLa Salle College High SchoolWilliam Penn CharterPhillips AcademyScience Leadership AcademySpringside Chestnut Hill AcademySpringfield Township High SchoolSt. Joseph’s Preparatory SchoolPhiladelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA)W. B. Saul High School

High schools include:Arcadia UniversityUniversity of the ArtsDrexel UniversityEmerson CollegeFranklin and Marshall CollegeGoucher CollegeGeorge Washington UniversityIthaca CollegeNortheastern UniversityParsons School of DesignPratt InstitutePennsylvania State UniversityReed CollegeTemple UniversityTulane UniversityUniversity of PittsburghUniversity of Pennsylvania

Colleges and universities include:

We take great pride in our alumni. By keeping in touch with our students after they leave, we are able to see how they apply their education and blossom outside our doors. WSP graduates attend a diverse range of high schools, colleges and universities after graduation and are part of a unique network of talented Waldorf alumni from around the world.

alumni journeys

In the ever-widening paths of life, May there be reflected, What in the golden years of youth, Impressed itself into the heart, Like a seal of true humanity.

-Rudolf Steiner, to the first graduating class of Waldorf studentsStuttgart, Germany, 1924

Helayna HoffmanHome School

Maya LethererAbington Friends School

Gabriel Martinez-ZuvriaKimberton Waldorf School

Daniel Rogers-PetroAcademy of the New Church

Lucas SeminPasadena Waldorf School

Preston WatersGeorge School

Gwen CaseyCAPA

Luca CosciaScience Leadership Academy

Spider Basso DavisScience Leadership Academy

Anais deCaumetteCAPA

Hauna DirkseCouncil Rock

Damien Dos SantosScience Leadership Academy

Class of 2016

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fund-a-need giving backEach spring we come together for an evening of fun to raise our paddles in support of our kids and their beloved school. Good music, one-of-a-kind items to bid on, food and biodynamic wine weave together to ensure that a wonderful time is had by all.

A special initiative of the auction is our Fund-A-Need, which allows us to highlight a special project for which to raise funds. Together in April 2016 over 30 parents, teachers, grandparents, alumni parents, and staff raised their paddles for a total of $10,000+ in order to make our dream of a 20 foot custom made steel slide come true.

When we join together we can make our dreams a reality.

[Slide designed and fabricated by Iron Studio, Ltd.]

At Philly Waldorf, we give back to our own school community and to the city in which we live.

Philadelphia is a diverse and dynamic place and home to the largest national event organized for the

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service. In January each year we join more than 140,000 volunteers to support Face to Face, a multi-service organization

serving the most vulnerable members of the Germantown community of Philadelphia where our

school is located.

Face to Face serves more than 2,500 people living in “deep poverty”—that is, a family of four

living off of $11,700 a year. Each January we come together and pack hundreds of toiletry kits

and snack bags for the people who visit Face to Face. After nearly a decade of building our relationship with Face to Face, our students,

teachers, parents, and staff continue the mutually transforming and beneficial work to support our

neighbors living in Philadelphia. Join us to give back on January 15, 2018

If we will make the right choice, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our world into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.

- Martin Luther King, Jr., “Beyond Vietnam”, April 4,1967, Riverside Church, New York City

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our donor communityLead DonorsAgnieszka and Andrew ChristmanAndrea SmithCatherine and Vincente deGuzman*CMGRP, Inc.Curtis Anthony, Sr. David LincolnGreater Kansas City Community FoundationJeanne and Tom Wagner*Jennifer and Paul CroweJohn Hedlund*Kirsten and Adam CarangiLaya and Gary Charlestein*M&T Charitable FoundationMartha and Darryl Biery*Morris Ballen*Philly Office RetailRebecca Levine and Chris MorrellRecyclebankRSF Social FinanceThornedge FoundationWhole Kids FoundationZdenka Gottwaldova and Zafar Abdullah

Community of DonorsAdminServiceAi Zhang and Daniel AddysonAlex and Chris KujawaAlexandra Borders and Michael TakatsAlice and Richard CervantesAlissa and Daniel RyanAllison Budschalow and Jonathan BarnesAmanda and Robin Mitchell-BoyaskAmy and Chris Hoover

Andrea Hornick and Daniel BarberAndrew Chirls and Jim BiluzziAni Maitin and Willie MirskyAnia and Jason AlbinoAnna Ziegner and Alexei MedvedevAnne and John KernAnthony CambeiroAntoinette ChapmanAriel Baumet and Matt GibsonAruna Nathan and Vikram SeshadriAshley Montague and Michael RowBarbara HogueBarbara Vandegrift*Barbara WestlundBeam, ltd.Beatrice HedlundBetsy SweeneyBettina and Patrick de CaumetteBlackbird PizzeriaBoardman Hamilton Co.Boel NevilleBrie Radis and Shelley HedlundCarol L. WeiserCarolyn and Chris StanishCatherine McNichol and Dave Barman Cathy and Mitchell OwenChristine Weiser and Robert GiglioCo-People Creative ProductionsCristina and Mark ShiffmanCynthia Way and Vance LehmkuhlDaila Pravs and Sean PhelanKathleen and Daniel Flynn*Daniel DalsethDaniel MatsukawaDaphne and Jason FifieldCornelia and David SternerMichele and David HenseyDavid McCandlish

David SansweetDawn HannahJane and Dennis McAuliffe*Diane and David Versaw-BarnesDigital InnovationDori and Gary PersinottiEdward R. and Marsha Hill Eleanor and James CarrElena WinstonElfant Wissahickon RealtorsElizabeth and Aaron UltimoElizabeth Cairo-Koenig and Joaquin KoenigElizabeth Goralczyk and Girish NairElizabeth Miller and Tim HarbesonEniko and John ImredyErika EbertFiorella WoodworkingFraces CaseyFranky Carrozza and Eric GreenbergFreda Real EstateGEICOGenie and Ameet RavitalGitte PengGretchen Hagan CruzHeather and Jamie ReillyHiggins Welch Real EstateHillary Burdette and Bob WhitakerHillary GentekosHiroko MatsukawaInfiniti of Willow GroveJamie and Scott SeibertJanet JepsenJanine Van Patten and Daniel KelleyJen and Chris KinkaJennifer and Donald GatensJennifer and Edward Miskiel

Jennifer Blauvelt and James WalstonJennifer Monti and Allison HarperJennifer PersinottiJennifer Rezeli and Scott KellyJennifer Starrels and John StinsonJerika and Lance JohnstoneJessie Menken and Nat WestonJill E. AllenJill M. DeuelJoanna and David BaskinJohn E. McGovern & Associates, P.C.John WicksJolley Bruce Christman*Joyce and Charles Spence*Judith LodatoJulianna and Brian AmesJune Ann and James Gregorio*Karen FrancksKarl SurkanKate Carr and Giancarlo DiPasqualeKathleen and Donald KrayKathleen and Frank Rezeli*Kathleen and John BerkowitzKaty Baker-Cohen and Ibrahim MoumouniKim and Alex MillsKimberly and Alan Hoffman*Kira and Thomas GartnerLaura Adang and Brandon KremerLaw Office of Michael Van BuskirkLeslie and Chris McLaughlinLilana DohnertLina BernardiLinda Pennington and Michael LehrLinette and Kyle KielinskiLisa and Ben Boswell

Lisa and Todd HoweLoretta Borko and Dave MoserLucy BrannonLynn Fields HarrisMaggie and Jeff DavisMarcia and Raphael RadollMargaret BerkowitzMari Prentice and Gregg MulpaganoMarilyn Hobday and Dennis Pierce*Mark WatersMary Ellen EngleMary N. Budschalow*Mary Suzanne Reilly*Meg and Anthony deGuzmanMegan Bridge and Peter PriceMichelle MartinezMiki and Stephen DickersonMiriam Peskowitz and Robert BairdMolly Flynn and Tim WagnerMolly SmithMonica and Matthew BookbinderNelly K. LincolnNicole Barrick and Brett NaylorNicole NicolaNili Kabala and Oren IlanOleksandra ParashchukOlena Shumska and Paul HurlburtPamela BentonParagon Supply Co, Inc.Patricia CorneliusPaul G. and Bobbie DavisPaul Seibert*Pavel EfremoffPenn Book CenterPhyllis L BabacockRachel and TH KernRachel ShumskyRaymond C. Lynch

Resource Real EstateRhea and Eugene NunooRobin and Brian deVillaRolando BrownRoots2RiseRoxanne GregorioSally and Bernard Dobroski*Sandra StroussSasha and Alex DewsSeneca and Elton BrandSofian CleanersSonja SeawrightSophia ButrosSophie and Chris SimpsonStephanie and Christopher BujakStephanie and Luke McDowellStephanie Pierson-Vadillo and Pedro VadilloStephanie Witzman and Russell D’AielloStephen and Martha Takats*Susan and John WestonSusan MontagueSusan RubinoffSusanna Fries and Tilo GrosserSuzanne Durand and Everett FerriTheresa and Jon KaskeyTheresa deGuzmanTiffany and Elvin VasquezTiffany Kim and John LeeUnivest Bank and TrustValerie and Edward RogersVinyluxWellington DavisWendy SeiferheldWissahickon Tree & LandscapeYoga for Annual FundYulia BrucknerYumi Hart Kendall*

* = member of Grandparents’ & Special Friends’ Giving Circle

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in-kind donorsWe are so thankful for the much-needed gifts of materials or services to our school grounds, annual Ode to JoyRide, Holiday Fair and Spring Auction.

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Acme Supermarket – Mt Airy Act II PlayhouseAli’s Wagon, Ltd. Ambler TheaterAmy IgnatowAndrew ChristmanAnia Mazurkiewicz-MunozAnn Elizabeth Barnes and Richard MeyersAnna and Aldo MagazzeniAnna ZiegnerArden TheaterArt + Science Salon and SpaArtists and Craftsman SupplyAzima Therapeutic MassageBig Blue Marble BooksBJ’s Wholesale Club ConshohockenBlue Banyan YogaBR MovingBrett NaylorCharacter DevelopmentChestnut Hill Music AcademyChrist Church Preservation Trust

Cin CinCity Wild Summer Day CampCKO KickboxingCulture Hair StudioDaniel FabianDaniel MatsukawaDebra BassoDieselDigital InnovationDominic EpiscopoEarth, Bread and BreweryElixir Coffee RoastersElkhart Yoga and ReikiElla VanillaElton BrandEqual ExchangeErich DeHavenErin LeeteEssential Bodyworkeviama life spaFalls Flowers, LLCFarmhausFrank McCarthyFreeman’s Auction HouseGIANT – Whitemarsh

Golden ViolinsGoldfish Swim SchoolGreen Soul greendesignGregory PrestegordGretchen HaganHagley Museum and LibraryHandcraft WorkshopHead AreaHigh Point Café Indigo Nature Arts Camp, Kim SolesJamie SeibertJennifer CroweJenny Staple DesignsJessica AlfaroJohn WicksJolley ChristmanJune Day PhotographyKimberton Whole FoodsLakshmi Hair StudioLi-Lac ChocolatesLoco PezLongwood GardensLush

M. Elaine Adams PhotographyMario RodriguezMelissa Morris and David LincolnMercuriusMiriam PeskowitzMoko Organic BeautyMoore Brothers Wine CompanyNesting HouseNicole BarrickNicole NicolaOyster HousePaper Scissors StonePenn Book CenterPenn MuseumPhiladelphia Community AcupuncturePhiladelphia Dance TheaterPhiladelphia Film SocietyPhiladelphia FlyersPhiladelphia PhilliesPhiladelphia ZooPhyllis BabcockPrimex Garden Center

Renee McMichaelRetro City StudiosRhino Chiropractic CenterRikumoRita’s Water Ice, Wayne AvenueRittenhouse SoundworksRobin deVillaRoss & McCrea, L.L.P.Ruth SeeleySaffron CreationsSesame PlaceShop Rite – Ridge Avenue Silverwood FloralsSix Senses Clay StudioSlife ProductionsSource BodyworkStar PilatesSusanne FriesSweet Freedom BakeryTavern on the HillTeresa Stein and John LockwoodThe Cedar’s HouseThe Duke Barber Company

The Electric Temple Tattoo StudioThe Handwork StudioTheresa and Jon KaskeyTom CusackTop of the Hill MarketTrader Joe’s – Center CityTria Café Ultimo CoffeeUrban OutfittersVia BicyclesVinyluxWaldorf ClothingWalnut Lane Suzuki Piano ProgramWeavers Way Co-opWegman’s – King of PrussiaWeledaWendy EmeryWissahickon Dance AcademyWissahickon HoneyWissahickon Tree & Landscape ServicesYumi Kendall

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many ways to give

Individual GiftsWe strive for 100% participation from our parent community. All gifts of all sizes are appreciated and are fully tax-deductible as allowed by law. Donations can be made through cash, check, credit card or securely online.

Grandparent and Special Friends Giving CircleThe sustainability of our school cannot rest alone on the shoulders of our parents, faculty, and staff. We are encouraged by how many grandparents, aunts, uncles, siblings and other loved ones pitch in to support our school. Become a member of our Giving Circle today.

Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program (EITC)The EITC Program directs business taxes to The Waldorf School of Philadelphia (Philadelphia Waldorf Initiative, Inc.) that we then use to support our students and families who seek financial assistance. Thank you to SnapCab for their generous support.

In the 2015-16 school year our school became eligible to receive scholarship funds through the Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) program for implementation in the 2016-17 school year.

ScholarshipsWe owe a debt of gratitude to The Children’s Scholarship Fund Philadelphia for their support in the 2015-16 school year. Their continued generosity allows us to offer assistance to students and families, which keeps our community intact. We are grateful for their ongoing support.

Corporate Matching GiftsDoes your company have a corporate matching gift program? If so, you can double your dollars to benefit our school and really make an impact. Thanks to the following companies and the parents who work for them:

• Aetna Foundation, Inc• GlaxoSmithKline Foundation

We fundraise at our school similar to how we educate our students - by working to meet the needs and ability of each individual donor through a diversity of ways to give back. Please contact our Director of Development, Allison Budschalow Barnes at development@phillywaldorf.com, for more information or to make a donation.

This 2015-2016 Annual Report includes gifts made between July 1, 2015, and June 30, 2016. We make every effort to provide a complete list of all donors to our school and apologize if we have inadvertently omitted or misrepresented a donor. Please advise of any errors by emailing development@phillywaldorf.com.

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July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016

faculty and staff57%

tuition income82%

82% Tuition Income $2,283,043 5% Fundraising events and contributions $142,695 3% Supply fees $95,030 5% Other Program fees $127,989 5% Other Income $145,855

Total Operating Income $2,794,612 Double Benefit Contributions $75,048 Total Income $2,869,660

57% Personnel costs & benefits $1,726,300 28% Rent and occupancy $827,939 3% Classroom supplies & furnishings $102,768 1% Administration $41,239 3% Professional and program fees $84,517 1% Insurance $40,790 1% Development /Fundraising $18,170 1% Recruitment /Admissions $39,541 1% Depreciation $12,195 1% Moving Costs $30,526 3% Miscellaneous $79,652 Total Expense $3,003,637

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