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The Camphill Gala 2023

The Camphill Gala 2023 raised over $165,000 for our students…

The Chocolate Factory – Prom 2023

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…

Beyond Beaver Run, The Senior Class Play

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…

Please Welcome Kai Peter Callesen!

Silvan and Mereet welcomed baby Kai this past Saturday! At 4:13am on December 10, our community grew by one as the 7lb 2.2oz little Beaver Farmer got his first glimpse of mom and dad. Silvan’s journey with Camphill began in 1994 when he was born at our Beaver Run campus to his parents Carsten and Safina…

Giving Tuesday 2022

Donate on Tuesday, November 29th, 2022, to create transformative educational opportunities for The Camphill School students. Join together with the Camphill community by making your gift on this national day of giving…

The Three Essentials: Our Work Takes Root

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…

Intention and Meaning

Driving down Children’s Village Lane, you enter a village with many homes, with many people. Our children are not at home within themselves, but here they find an outer home as they live with others and others live with them…

A Center Focus: Blackboard drawings

Visitors to our school always comment on the blackboard drawings. They often ask, “Who DID this?!” in wonderment at the beauty and skill expressed in each classroom. They often may puzzle at the reason behind such a practice…

More than Just a School: Eight Decades of Utopian Research

The Camphill School is a small piece of the larger Camphill Movement, which was founded by Dr. Karl Koenig in World War II. Dr. Koenig and his friends were refugees fleeing Nazi occupied Austria, and when they began their work in Scotland in 1940…

Engaging The Will: Main Lesson Books

A distinguishing feature of Waldorf® education is the Main Lesson block: a daily ninety-minute period devoted to a particular subject for three to four weeks. Components of the lesson consist not only of listening to subject material but also active participation…