Neskowin Valley School

Neskowin Valley School gave my kids the thirst to want to learn for the rest of their life's !!!!! Great School!!!!
—Submitted by a parent

Neskowin Valley School is a small school with a big mission to help discover, encourage, and nourish young peoples' inner strengths while providing a school environment which promotes community and the principles of sustainability by example and through holistic learning. Rather than extracting children from the natural world for hours each day during which lessons are taught with proscribed texts and rote learning, Neskowin staff develops and implements a time-tested curriculum which incorporates cross-disciplines of teaching and learning as well as utilizing an expansive range of indoor and outdoor experiences to supplement, exemplify, and provide interactive opportunities for staff and students alike. For instance, if the salmon are gathering up the river, staff and parents carpool the kids up to see the fish, and teach the lessons of the stream-dependent ocean-going salmon, their habitat requirements, discussion of that location's appearance, positive and negative impacts on salmon's existence, and so on. Children will often be given the opportunity to paint, sculpt, write, and artistically express their sense of 'salmon' in addition to learning the facts. I cannot speak highly enough of such wonderfully integrated learning. I wish every child had the opportunity to experience such a school.
—Submitted by a parent