We have a barn and organic gardens. Southwest Trip A tutoring program and ESL instruction are available. A scholarship fund permits the school to provide tuition reductions to a number of students who would otherwise be unable to attend. Qualified children are admitted to all grades without regard to race, creed, color, or national origin. Whether they involve organizing for a climb, harvesting pumpkins, carrying firewood, shoveling snow from walkways, or working in the kitchen, all jobs are essential for the welfare of the community.
Children gain satisfaction from knowing that their labors are both useful and necessary.
The Clarks racially integrated the school in the 1940's, long before integration was an issue of national prominence. It is another core value to which the institution subscribes today. Thus the lesson was that no matter how big a problem seemed, you could gain control and command it, especially in the big world later on. Then the second subject was skiing, where courage is needed to get up a mountain and ski down. Click here for a form to recommend this web site to a friend by email.