- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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1 person is interested
Create a memorable summer by sharing your passion or area of expertise with our students!
ORGANIZATION: The Camphill School
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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1 person is interested
Camphill Special School's Extended School Year committee is looking to create a program of fun activities for our students during ESY. In order to do this we are looking for ideas and volunteers who can offer such activities. Therefore we want to ask our friends and neighbors if they can help us to find people who are willing to offer something. Do you know anyone who has a special talent/interest that might be willing to show to or share with our children? If so, please contact us at 610-804-3697 ext. 404 or aschuschke@camphillspecialschool.org!
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.
Camphill Special School is a Waldorf school accredited by AWSNA and the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Our school also is licensed by the Pennsylvania Departments of Education and Public Welfare and we are a Pennsylvania Approved Private School for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We are part of the worldwide Camphill movement and the only Camphill community in North America for children.
We offer residential and day academic and prevocational programs, as well as therapeutic care, for children in kindergarten through grade twelve. We also offer a Transition Program for young people ages eighteen to twenty-one.
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About The Camphill School
Location:
1784 Fairview Road, Glenmoore, PA 19343, US
Mission Statement
The Camphill School’s 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.
Description
Serving children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, The Camphill School is a licensed and approved private school that offers individualized education and therapy in an extended family setting. We offer residential and day academic and prevocational programs, as well as therapeutic care, for children in kindergarten through grade twelve. We also offer a Transition Program for young people ages eighteen to twenty-one. Our educational and vocational programs focus on bringing the arts and academics to life, weaving hands-on activities with skill building.
The Camphill ideal is to engage all the members of each community in meeting their own needs, as well as those of the community at large, to whatever extent their abilities allow. With heavy emphasis on experiential learning, the students learn academics in engaging ways. They learn how to play the piano, recorder, or hand bells; they stage concerts, dramatic performances, and elaborate puppet shows. They help with costumes and construct sets. Students here partake in woodworking, weaving, pottery, sewing, and gardening. The student run Beaver Farm produces all the beef, pork, chicken, and eggs needed by The Camphill School. They also learn food processing and cater meals with the produce they grow.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
1784 Fairview RoadGlenmoore, PA 19343
DATE POSTED
February 16, 2017
SKILLS
- Outdoor Recreation
- Special Needs
- Water Recreation
- Dance / Aerobics
- Fitness Instruction
- Theater Arts
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Varies, dependent on activity proposed
- Background check, PA Child Abuse Clearance, Fingerprinting or Arrest/Conviction Certification Report