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Blossom Valley - Education From The Inside Out

Blossom Valley is a Waldorf-inspired K-8 homechool co-op; nourishing young hearts and minds, cultivating creativity, community, and reverence for the earth.

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Blossom Valley - Education From The Inside Out

Blossom Valley - Education From The Inside Out

Blossom Valley - Education From The Inside Out

Blossom Valley - Education From The Inside Out

Blossom Valley - Education From The Inside Out

Blossom Valley is a Waldorf-inspired K-8 homechool co-op; nourishing young hearts and minds, cultivating creativity, community, and reverence for the earth.

Blossom Valley is a Waldorf-inspired K-8 homechool co-op; nourishing young hearts and minds, cultivating creativity, community, and reverence for the earth.

Blossom Valley is a Waldorf-inspired K-8 homechool co-op; nourishing young hearts and minds, cultivating creativity, community, and reverence for the earth.

Blossom Valley is a Waldorf-inspired K-8 homechool co-op; nourishing young hearts and minds, cultivating creativity, community, and reverence for the earth.

Blossom Valley School
Blossom Valley School
Blossom Valley School
Blossom Valley School
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Paonia, United States
$7,415 USD 47 backers
15% of $48,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
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IMAGINE a school where children are taught from the inside out, creatively engaged with their hearts and bodies, revered as whole human beings, each unfolding in their own time.  Academic subjects are infused with art, music, movement, imagination and practical life skills, teaching to multiple intelligences and learning styles.  Cultivating compassion for one another and the natural world is a part of their everyday learning.

 

      

 

This is Blossom Valley School, a Waldorf-inspired, Kindergarten-8th grade, located in the verdant valley of Paonia, Colorado, in Delta County.  This area is steeped in an agricultural tradition, with the largest number of organic and biodynamic farms per capita than anywhere else in the US.  We have also been designated a Colorado Creative District due to the large number of artists and musicians practicing in our area. Waldorf-inspired education incorporates farming, art, movement and music into every aspect of the curriculum, making a Waldorf-inspired school a perfect fit for our community and culture.

 

 

Providing a deeply nourishing foundation for our children is invaluable.  While we have been blessed by a strong group of committed parents and teachers, our school is struggling to balance our budget this year.  In previous years, we had access to public funds through a homeschooling program, but these funds are not available to us this year.  Our enrollment is lower than we projected, for financial reasons, and several families are requesting financial assistance due to hardship.  Delta County’s average household income is below the state’s average.  Blossom Valley families have prioritized this type of education above all else, even when it is a financial hardship for them. In order to make our budget balance, our teachers have agreed to an inadequate wage and parents and community members are volunteering hundreds of hours to keep our program going. Children are making their main lesson books rather than buying them and teachers are buying supplies with their personal funds. We are committed to building upon the excellent start we have made in the last three years.  In order to continue building, we must make it through this year.

Our team has written and submitted an application to become a charter school for the 2014-2015 school year.  If this is approved, we will be able to offer tuition-free, Waldorf-inspired classes to anyone who wants it.

 

 

We are asking for your help.

Your gift in the amount of $25 and up will go to directly enrich the hearts and minds of our children. Our goal of $48,000 will fund teachers’ salaries and much needed materials that will keep us going until the end of the school year.  By helping us reach our goal, you will provide a tuition-free year for five children in grades 1-8, and tuition assistance for five preschool/ kindergarten children. You do not have to contribute the amounts defined for the perks on the right.  Any amount you choose to give is appreciated.  You will receive a confirmation of your donation from FirstGiving.com (the Indiegogo payment processor), and the payment will go to The Learning Cooperative (our fiscal agent).  If we exceed our goal, funds will be put toward tuition-assistance for next year, in the event our charter is not approved, or a building for us if it is approved.

 

 

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You are all valuable members of our community! Thank you for helping us continue to bring a unique and outstanding education to the children of the North Fork Valley, preparing them for a future of unlimited possibilities in a complicated and unpredictable world.

Please visit us online:

http://blossomvalleyschool.org

https://www.facebook.com/blossomvalleyschool

 

                  

 

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