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Our Programs
Touchstone prepares children for the future they face as active, engaged thinkers in the 21st century.
We offer a comprehensive early childhood, elementary, and middle school education.
BE YOU
AND BE KNOWN
About Touchstone
Progressive Education since 1982.
Our mission at Touchstone is to cultivate a joyful learning community committed to creating a more innovative, just, and sustainable world.
Touchstone offers a unique approach to progressive education through building relationships, independent and collaborative learning, critical thinking, interdependence with nature, and nature based ecoliteracy.
Touchstone was founded in 1982 by parents and educators who knew that children learn best when they are respected as individuals and actively engaged in their own learning.
At a Glance
Progressive education that values collaboration, understanding, and diversity.
Members of our community live in
19 Towns
52%
of our students receive financial assistance
6:1
student teacher ratio
120
minutes average spent outdoors
per class per day
Members of our community include single, LGBTQ+, trans, non-binary, blended, and interracial families.
Welcome
12
students per class
average class size
Admissions Process
We want you here
1. Inquire
2. Family Tour
3. Apply
4. Student Visit
What parents are saying
Parents value Touchstone’s unmatched learning community with its purposeful blend of individuality, collaboration, and plenty of outdoor time.
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