High School students have the opportunity to live on a working horse farm, seeing first hand the joys and realities of working and living with horses. Willow Hill Farm is a complete equestrian facility offering boarding, training, lessons, sales and breeding. Foal watch, training young horses and going to competitions are some of the favorite activities. Chores each morning start the day before attending local high school which is situated 2 miles from the farm. Students ride 5 or more times each week and may participate in many other activities of our active equestrian center such as Polocrosse, Pony Club, Dressage and Jumping clinics.
Students learn to live and work together while increasing their riding skills.
They share responsibilities in the household and in the stable. Our program gives students the knowledge to choose their own area of speciality within the world of horses. An integral part of our family life is having meals together twice each day. The importance of completing high school well is stressed. All of our students have enjoyed AuSable Valley Central School of approximately 700 students in grades 7 through 12.