- Curriculum Overview
- After School
- Events and Celebrations
- Service Learning and Partnerships
- Special Assemblies
- Mini Courses
Events & Celebrations
Candle Making Week
Children have been making hand-dipped candles at SRV for decades. Candle Making Week has most recently been scheduled to take place in mid-January, often during the week preceding our Winter Festival. During this week the wood shop is turned into a candle studio. Parents and teachers provide the children with many colors of melted wax, and the children hand-dip their wicks. The youngest children may be heard quietly reciting the litany "Wax, water, wipe!" as they concentrate on making the wonderfully crooked, blobby and often ultimately brown candles. Older children become more skilled and creative, often using the time to mold beautiful and clever candles or wax sculptures. The children look forward to Candle Making Week all year, and alumni often report that it was one of their most memorable activities at school.
Events and Celebrations Links
- Apple Day
- Bead Ceremony
- Bird Walk
- Book Fair
- Candle Making Week
- High Spirits
- May Fair
