Central Sands is a 9-12th Grade, collaborative, tuition-free public high school working out of the core principles of Public Waldorf Education. Our learning community utilizes integrated curriculum to cultivate mindful leaders in an ever-changing world.

Our Mission

Drawing inspiration from Waldorf pedagogy, we seek to create a learning community that fosters individual growth through the processes of thinking, feeling, and willing. Thinking processes will be developed through knowledge based learning and integrated curriculum. With an emphasis on process over product, and the utilization of self-assessment, students will develop self-motivation and a growth mindset. The teaching and practice of mindfulness will enhance our students’ thinking skills, as well as their feeling processes by nurturing compassion and resilience. Through experience learning, our students take their knowledge and passion, and transform it into social practice, building their sense of will.

Upcoming events.

August 21st: New/Returning Parent Orientation

August 23rd: Sunset Lake Potluck in Amherst

August 26th: New Student Orientation

August 27th: Fall MAP Assessments (All students)

August 28th and 29th: All Student Orientation at Glacier Hollow

September 2nd: First Day of Classes

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History & Timeline

2017-2018
Planning for a new HS Begins

2019-2020
Planning for Grant Application

2020-2021
Apply for WSP Grant

2021-2022
Awarded $800k WCSP Grant

February 2022
Enrollment Opens

2022-2023
School opens to 9-11th Graders

2023-2024
School opens to 9-12th Graders

June 2024
First Graduating class!

Our highest endeavor must be to develop free human beings who are able of themselves to impart purpose and direction in their lives.

~Rudolf Steiner