Camphill Special Schools Inc

1784 Fairview Road, Glenmoore, PA, 19343-0193
Tel: (610)469-9236
Grades: K - 12 | 93 students
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Camphill Special School is a Waldorf school, as well as 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. Camphill Special School's mission is to create wholeness for children and youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities through education and therapy in extended family living so that they may be better understood and their disabilities moderated, that they may more fully unfold their potential, and that they more fully and meaningfully participate in life.

School Overview:
Camphill Special Schools Inc
School Type Special Education School
School Membership(s) Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Association of Waldorf Schools of North America
Religious Affiliation Nonsectarian
Grades Offered Grades Kindergarten - 12
Offers Post-Graduate Year Yes
Learning Difference Programs Yes
Learning Programs Supported Intellectual and Developmental Delays
Year Founded 1963
Student Body
Total Students 93 students
Student Body Type Co-ed
% Students of Color 13% (PA School Avg.: 19%)
Students by Grade
 
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers 13 teachers
Student : Teacher Ratio 8:1 (National school avg.: 13:1)
% Faculty w/Advanced Degree 10%
Average Class Size 10 students
Classroom dress code Casual
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline None / Rolling
Yearly Tuition Cost $69,000
Tuition Notes This is the residential rate. A day rate is available.Some financial aid for private pay.
% on Financial Aid 15%
Average Financial Aid Grant $10,000
Acceptance Rate 80%
Admissions Director Bernard Wolf
Admissions Associate Tina Bruckner

School Notes:

  • Camphill Special School is a nonprofit Pennsylvania Approved Private School and Waldorf school that offers day and residential programs for children and youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities that may include, but are not restricted to, mental retardation (MR), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD), Down Syndrome, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), Fragile X Syndrome, Williams Syndrome, and other syndromes associated with intellectual disability. Camphill Special School is part of the worldwide Camphill Movement and the only Camphill community in North America for children, as well as the only Waldorf school in the country for children with developmental and intellectual disabilities.

    • Profile last updated: 01/18/2013

Nearby Schools:

Camphill Special Schools Inc
Gr. K-12 | 0 mi. away
Upattinas School
Gr. K-12 | 2.6 mi. away
Childrens House Of Northern Chester County
Gr. Nursery/Preschool-PK | 2.7 mi. away
Devereux Brandywine
Gr. 2-12 | 2.8 mi. away
St Matthews Preschool & Kindergarten
Gr. K | 2.9 mi. away
Windsor Christian Academy
Gr. K-8 | 4.2 mi. away

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