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Haven School
Haven is a classical nature school dedicated to the pursuit of wonder and wisdom through the liberal, common, and fine arts. Haven cultivates a place of belonging and becoming, fostering a love of beauty, goodness, and truth.
A Tuition-Free Homeschool Enrichment Program for 7th-12th Grade Students
Particulars
At Haven School, we offer integrated science and arts education for students in 7th-12th grade. These courses meet two days a week for a total of thirty weeks during the school year. The courses for each grade include: Science through Nature, Fine Art + Nature Illustration, and the Common Arts. These courses teach foundational skills of wonder, inquiry learning, close reading, and specific art mediums.
Purpose
Haven Classical educates children in the truest and fullest sense. Our whole-person pedagogy gives students the necessary tools of learning and cultivates a wonder and love for all that is genuinely true, good, and beautiful. We emphasize classical learning because we want our students to read, speak, and think well in order to pursue happy and integrated lives in the service of others. Dedicated to forming a spirit of care and connection between children and the natural world, Haven thrives with family engagement and fosters a sense of purpose and participation.
Practice
Education is more than just imparting knowledge and skill. Education is a life-long endeavor and involves the whole person. We seek to incorporate our students into the wisdom of thousands of years of thought, discovery, culture, and arts. Though intentional teaching and wonder-led learning students develop a sense of wonder, empathy, and creativity.
Course of Study
In the pursuit of whole-person education, Haven’s curricula and culture is designed to cultivate a confidence and literacy in the natural world through classical arts and science education. Education in this deep and comprehensive sense extends beyond the classroom and is more than mere acquisition of skills and knowledge; it encompasses the whole of one‘s life. At Haven we take education seriously because we take children seriously. We honor the dignity of their humanity and encourage them to actively pursue the purpose they were made for. For this reason, Haven seeks to involve families actively in the life of the school and in the education of their children.
Our courses keep the classical tradition in a nature-centric environment. Our model uses classic texts across the curriculum, inquiry based learning, and real life practice to teach young people to contemplate and comprehend the world with the goal of finding their own place in it.
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Questions?
Never be indoors when you can rightly be without.
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-Charlotte Mason, 19th century educator
Haven School is authorized by Education ReEnvisioned BOCES as a public homeschool enrichment program.
