Since 1963, The Camphill School has been dedicated to children and youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities by offering individualized hands-on learning opportunities, fulfilling work, and meaningful social connections.
Our Mission
Our mission is to create wholeness for children and youth with developmental disabilities through education, extended family living, and therapy so that they may be better understood, they may more fully unfold their potential, and they may meaningfully participate in life.
Each year as we enter the month of May, the buzz in high school is prom! This year was no expectation; on Friday, May 19, 2023, the schoolhouse was transformed into a factory. This wasn’t just any factory. It was Charlie’s Factory from the classic 1971 movie Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory…
The 12th Grade play is a big moment in the senior year at Beaver Run. The students work together on props, sets, costumes, and, of course, the acting. When possible, they are given the chance to provide input too. The play is meant to allow them to share and create something together before they move on. At the same time, it should allow each teen to shine as an individual…
The pigs on the farm have been called “little bulldozers” for a good reason: they are quick and thorough in clearing the land of overgrowth and rooting out refuse left by previous tenants…
Our highest endeavor must be to develop free human beings who are able of themselves to impart purpose and direction to their lives. The need for imagination, a sense of truth, and a feeling of responsibility—these three forces are the very nerve of education.
