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High Meadow School

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High Meadow School

N-8 progressive independent school on 10 wooded acres in Stone Ridge, NY. Inspiring curiosity, outdoor learning, and student voice! 🌳🌈

Though High Meadow School has grown and continues to evolve in response to the latest research in child development and education, it holds fast to its philosophical roots in the progressive education genesis and traditions…

In 1896, John Dewey, an educator, philosopher and psychologist established The Laboratory School in Chicago. He had 2 motivating factors: (1) a desire to test his theory that

children learn best by doing and (2) a concern that as American culture became increasingly mechanized and its communities more far-flung, its children would lose the opportunity to participate in the democratic principles by which small towns operated. At the very heart of progressive education lies 4 principles:

Education should prepare students to participate actively in a free, diverse and democratic society. Education should have the learner, not the teacher or the subject matter, at the center of the classroom experience. Education should be intrinsically, not extrinsically motivating. Teachers are the researchers in their classroom and are in collaboration with each other and the child to find the best way for that child to learn. Everything we do at High Meadow School reflects these beliefs- whether building relationships with and between children or with and between parents; creating curriculum; performing community service or communicating via whole school assemblies and presentations, staff meetings or parent meetings. Whenever any element of the program or experience is changed, we are particularly considerate and mindful of the benefit or loss to what High Meadow School stands for.

08/19/2026

At High Meadow, we believe that education isn't just about what happens inside the classroom—it’s about discovering who you are and how you fit into the world around you. 🌈✨

"High Meadow’s school model allows students to experience childhood as a time of full curiosity and exploration of self and the world, while coming to understand the vital role they play in the community with other people."
— Michelle Healy, Head of School

Here’s to learning, growing, and building community together every single day. 🌿 ❤️

📍 Learn more about our school model at the link in bio!

08/14/2026

Get veggies this fall! 🥕🥬 Open to all local neighbors and community members!

🚨 Sign-up for fall closes on Tuesday, September 1st, 2026!

From September 8 through November 24, enjoy an assortment of delicious, seasonal veggies grown in the Catskills—including salad greens, braising greens, herbs, and a selection of whatever delectable vegetables are being harvested that week!

Community Supported Agriculture in Stone Ridge! The 607 CSA is a food sovereignty project based in the Northern Catskills of NY and funded through their parent organization, Catskills Agrarian Alliance. They offer abundant, diverse veggie shares sourced from four collaborating vegetable farms, plus season-long add-ons of pastured meat, eggs, dairy, and items from 40+ neighboring farms—a true whole-diet CSA!

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05/20/2026

Your child is only going to spend one year in third grade: shouldn't it be the very best? If your current second grader would benefit from learning by doing in a child-centered, empowering school environment to grow through the transitional years from childhood to adolescence, now is the time to join us! Fill out an admissions inquiry via our link in bio to start the process.

05/02/2026

Come on out for The Mulberry Jam today at ! Gates open at 2!

Music from 🎶 activities from 🌳✨ food from

We’re starting up the fire pits, and enjoying a Hudson Valley spring day! ☀️

It’s going to be an amazing day!

04/25/2026

This time next Saturday, we will opening the gates to The Mulberry Jam!
Get ready for live music from Mystic Bowie's Talking Dreads and family friendly activities from Wayfinder Adventures .

We'll be eating good food from & taproom & outdoor bars will be pouring drinks.

If you don't have your tickets, yet, what are you waiting for? Prices go up at the door. Don't Wait! Children 14 & under are free!

See you there!

04/07/2026

You don't want to miss The Mulberry Jam at ! Get your tickets now!

03/31/2026

We are sure to have a lovely day at The Mulberry Jam! We are teaming up with and for a full day of activities to excite, educate and bring out the kid in all of us! Join us May 2 at

03/27/2026

Our Headliner for The Mulberry Jam is Mystic Bowies’s Talking Dreads, who will certainly burn down the house! 🔥🔥🔥 Get you early bird tickets now.

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On “Life During Wartime,” the first single from Talking Heads’ 1979 album Fear of Music, David Byrne
famously sang the immortal lyrics, “This ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco…no time for dancing…” Yet
all those anti-fun declarations go gleefully out the window when Mystic Bowie, aka the “Head Dread,”
takes the stage, re-imagining and infusing fresh life into the Talking Heads’ classic catalog with his high
octane mix of roots reggae, ska and lover’s rock (aka “romantic reggae”).

Since debuting his musically revolutionary Talking Dreads project live at the High Times Music Festival
on the beach in Negril in late 2015, the charismatic Jamaican-born singer and performer has electrified
audiences at more than 300 shows across North America – spinning the heads of initially skeptical
Talking Heads fans, and getting everyone else grooving along to the infectious, joyous rhythms and
jubilant spirit of his native island.

03/26/2026

Our middle school, made up of our 6th through 8th grade, is a perfect place for adolescents to grow their identity and learn in a small, student-centered environment. Spots are available for 26-27; join us!

03/24/2026

We seek to cultivate belonging and access for every child. For the 2025-2026 school year, we committed $345,000 of our program revenue to financial assistance reflecting our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
The Mulberry Jam supports access for students

Get your Early Bird Tickets Now.

Address

3643 Main Street
Stone Ridge, NY
12484

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 3pm
Tuesday	9am - 3pm
Wednesday	9am - 3pm
Thursday	9am - 3pm
Friday	9am - 3pm

Telephone

+18456874855

Website

http://www.highmeadowschool.org/

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