TO THE STUDENT
Shining Mountain offers the breadth and depth of a liberal arts education at the high school level along with extensive Outdoor Experiences which include farming, naturalist journaling, and wilderness training. Spanish is emphasized as a language to use in your day to day life. Courses are challenging and draw on all aspects of your being – artistic, intellectual, emotional, physical, scientific, mathematical, musical, creative, and spiritual. Socially, you have the best of both worlds: close friendships that span the entire student population in the High School and connections to students at other schools.
Your relationships at Shining Mountain form life-long bonds with peers and faculty alike. Teachers will take a personal interest in you and how you are doing. If you have a special interest or talent you wish to develop, the faculty will work to support you. When you are looking ahead beyond high school, our college counselor will provide one-on-one guidance to get you to the college or university of your choice or to create an alternative career plan.
TO THE PARENT
In addition to ensuring academic rigor, Shining Mountain Waldorf High School provides a safe, healthy learning environment in which your teenager can explore the many facets of his or her personality, yearnings to contribute to the world, and peer connections.
Our High School teachers are specialists who sharpen the growing intellectual skills of the adolescent and affirm their ideals through a carefully crafted curriculum. Yearly themes engage students in a developmentally appropriate way, both in content and teaching approach.
Through community service, students experience that they can make a difference in the world and enjoy a healthy relationship to the world at large.
Practical and fine arts, drama, and music and outdoor experiences further engage adolescents in healthy activities that nurture their need for self-expression and creative contribution. Competitive sports offer opportunities for team building and provide yet another arena for our young men and women to explore their potential.
