The Greenfield Center School integrates a challenging curriculum with ethical decision-making to develop the skills and convictions for creating just communities. The Center School promotes personal growth in an atmosphere of warmth and mutual respect. The school’s practices are built around an integration of social and academic learning. Children and adults form a vision of equitable and compassionate communities through active participation in their classroom, school, and the world beyond. The Center School fosters a developmental approach to education, recognizing that children need a balance of physical, social, emotional, and intellectual learning. The school’s philosophy supports classroom communities in which individuals feel known and included. The curriculum is designed to engage participants in meaningful intellectual, academic, and creative endeavors. Through critical engagement with their work and their world, students and teachers become informed, ethical problem solvers. The Center School's graduates are well prepared to excel in any academic setting. In addition, the school’s goal is that students emerge with the skills and inclinations to be reflective, empathetic, hopeful, and courageous citizens in the world