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.
This week I have a photo diary from Beeke Meister, a volunteer coworker from Germany who is currently residing in Farm House. Baking in life skills with Alana. We’re making carrot cake. Outreach to the horse farm…
The zinnia is a flower we’ve grown for years at Beaver Farm and for many good reasons. It’s a beautiful flower and comes in many vibrant colors. Bees and butterflies love zinnias, and if you’re lucky, you may also attract some hummingbirds…
In spring, the trees of Beaver Farm blossom, and small water shoots spring up from the base of the trunks of our older trees and shrubs. This new growth is trimmed from the shrubs and the trees…
In 1965, Karl Koenig wrote an essay known as “The Three Essentials” of Camphill. Koenig’s “three essentials” were his attempt to articulate that special “something” that made Camphill different from other schools and boarding homes for children with special needs…
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.
