Camphill School Fri, 05 Apr 2024 16:53:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 The Biggest Community of All /news/the-biggest-community-of-all/ Fri, 05 Apr 2024 16:49:23 +0000 /?p=1923 Human beings are, like all living things, innately communal organisms. We breathe in the oxygen provided by plant life, and breathe out the carbon dioxide that the plants utilize as the basis for their anatomy. Our digestive system is laden with bacteria and other micro-organisms without which we could not draw goodness from the food we eat. We play lifelong hosts to this teeming community of…

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]]> Thoughts on the Music Curriculum at ·¬ÇÑÊÓƵ /news/thoughts-on-the-music-curriculum-at-the-camphill-school/ Tue, 06 Feb 2024 15:02:56 +0000 /?p=1891 “Music builds a bridge, it can tear down a wall. Music is a language that can speak to one and all.” From “Why We Sing” by Greg Gilpin, a favorite for our High School Choir to perform At ·¬ÇÑÊÓƵ, music accompanies our journey through the changing seasons and its many moods. Music awakens and nurtures the inner child. For all of our students, music is a means…

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]]> ·¬ÇÑÊÓƵ History – 2020s /news/the-camphill-school-history-2020s/ Sat, 09 Dec 2023 18:52:57 +0000 /?p=1850 Although we are only at the beginning of the 2020s, the last four years were significant in our history. Our school shut down on March 13, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A sense of uncertainty hit, and for a few days, we had no idea when and how we would be able to welcome back our students. Young volunteers from all over the world had to make life-changing decisions in those couple of weeks.

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]]> ·¬ÇÑÊÓƵ History – 2010s /news/the-camphill-school-history-2010s/ Sat, 25 Nov 2023 19:35:11 +0000 /?p=1812 The 2010s are part of our recent history, so it is hard to think about defining moments of that decade in our biography. Many of the current structures, staff members, and students we know today were here during those years. But I dare to say that the 2010s were the last few years of the traditional Camphill Special Schools. On December 9, 2014, we celebrated our first 50 years! It was a big…

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]]> ·¬ÇÑÊÓƵ History – 2000s /news/the-camphill-school-history-2000s/ Mon, 20 Nov 2023 23:01:30 +0000 /?p=1798 ·¬ÇÑÊÓƵ was always so much more than a school. Our community is one in over one hundred worldwide communities, where people with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities live, work, and care for each other. We host one of the Camphill Academy campuses, where adults from all over the planet come to learn about Curative Education. We also offer an integrated Waldorf…

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]]> ·¬ÇÑÊÓƵ History – 1990s /news/the-camphill-school-history-1990s/ Fri, 17 Nov 2023 22:43:38 +0000 /?p=1783 Many of ·¬ÇÑÊÓƵ faces you know now arrived at the community in the 90s. Guy, Sonja, Carsten, Sarah, Andrea… and the list goes on. Individuals who shaped what our community is today and continue to work tirelessly to make this place a home for so many. Claus Sproll described this period of time in the book The History of Beaver Run. These years after the first “generation”…

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]]> ·¬ÇÑÊÓƵ History – 1980s /news/the-camphill-school-history-1980s/ Tue, 14 Nov 2023 20:59:42 +0000 /?p=1758 The 80s brought a huge shift in how ·¬ÇÑÊÓƵ administrative side operated, and it is important for everyone to understand the society and what was happening at that moment in time. The school was operating in a world post-Civil Rights movement. People were becoming more aware of what is and what is not appropriate in the care and education of individuals with disabilities.

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]]> ·¬ÇÑÊÓƵ History – 1970s /news/the-camphill-school-history-1970s/ Fri, 10 Nov 2023 18:37:20 +0000 /?p=1743 ·¬ÇÑÊÓƵ experienced a decade of rapid growth in its first ten years. Children from all over the country were coming to study here. Volunteer numbers increased dramatically, and suddenly, physical space became a serious concern. By 1969, the village had three residential houses, and Rainbow Hall had just opened as a community space for large gatherings. However…

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]]> ·¬ÇÑÊÓƵ History – 1960s /news/the-camphill-school-history-1960s/ Sun, 05 Nov 2023 15:58:15 +0000 /?p=1724

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]]> The Camphill Gala 2023 /news/the-camphill-gala-2023/ Thu, 05 Oct 2023 20:26:46 +0000 /?p=1637 On of Friday, June 2, 175 guests gathered to support Camphill in maintaining our deep roots and enriching our new growth at the stunning Loch Aerie Mansion in Malvern. The Senior class earned a standing ovation with their performance of songs from their play, Beyond Beaver Run. Invictus was inducted as Corporate Partner and Joe and Lucia Sun were honored as Volunteers of the Year.

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