We read the best, well-written books full of inspiring and engaging (thus living) ideas that are rich in vocabulary. Traditional textbooks, dry facts, and books that are “busy” with too many pictures are avoided. All students act, experiment, read the classics, sing, read and act Shakespeare, speak French or Latin, paint, walk in nature, dance, type, garden, eat outside, and read orally. Students write narrations, play instruments, and do chores in their classrooms and around the schoolhouse. Upper school students compete in a sport and complete an internship program to graduate.