They experience the security of belonging to a community whose life and work they find challenging and engaging. At Far Brook, a child's intelligence and creativity are honored. The program is one that stimulates curiosity and initiative in children while fostering independence and developing the ability to think, reflect, feel and conceptualize.
Teachers encourage children to approach problems in as many different ways as possible .
A Far Brook education combines a strong academic program with a genuine interest in the development of the whole child and an emphasis on learning through the arts. Far Brook is unique in its inter- disciplinary approach to learning through which children receive a classical liberal arts education at an elementary school level. At Far Brook , there is an acceptance of the fact that children are capable of feelings, attitudes and responses far more profound than is generally believed. Far Brook begins by educating a child in the midst of nature in all seasons and weather. The buildings are one story.