Character First
Character, practiced daily.
Kindness, responsibility, respect, courage, patience, gratitude, cooperation, integrity. Eight virtues we don't teach as lessons — we live as culture.
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Eight commitments,
practiced every day.
Our approach is not a method we advertise — it is the atmosphere children live inside. Here is what it looks like from a parent's point of view.
Rooted in Nature
River, forest and mountain — the first teachers.
Smith Rock, the Deschutes, the Cascades. Central Oregon is not our backdrop — it is our curriculum.
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Trilingual · EN · ES · ASL
Three languages, one belonging.
English, Spanish and American Sign Language grow together — not as classes, but as the everyday air of our rooms.
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Creativity & Expression
Studios where ideas become visible.
Watercolor, clay, music, storytelling, building. Long, unhurried project blocks that honor how children truly think.
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Practical Life
Real work, real independence.
Pouring, sorting, preparing food, caring for the environment. The quiet skills that build confident hands and minds.
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Emotional Intelligence
Big feelings, gentle language.
Educators name feelings, model regulation and hold calm when the day gets loud.
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Early Leadership
Helping, listening, choosing well.
Leadership at Stone River is service and reflection — never competition, never superiority.
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Family Partnership
Two-way, bilingual, always respectful.
Families are true partners — daily updates, transparent processes and no surprises.
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