The Juniper Hill School plans to host the Schoolhouse Stomp, an autumn festival and contra dance, which will take place at 180 Golden Ridge Road in Alna on Friday, Oct. 12 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. All are welcome. Guests are invited to bring a picnic dinner beginning at 5:30 p.m. Contra dancing will begin at 6 p.m. and conclude at 8 p.m. There will be a bake sale and activities (in addition to dancing) for kids. The event will be outdoors (tented) so guests are encouraged to dress warmly. The cost is $10/family or $5/individual (all proceeds go to support the school). The music and contra dancing will be provided by Derek DeGeer and The Hootenanny Band.

Juniper Hill School is a place-based, pre- and elementary school in Alna on Golden Ridge Road, serving four to eight year olds (pre-K through second grade) in 2012-2013. Founded in the fall of 2011, Juniper Hill will add a grade each subsequent year, culminating in a pre-K through eighth grade school.  

Juniper Hill School is continuing to accept enrollment applications in all programs, including a five-day school program, a three-day pre- and school program, and two single-day Nature Immersion programs for preschool and homeschooled children.

Using an integrated curriculum, immersion in the natural world, and social understanding, the School strives to create peaceful, creative, loving children who are becoming masters of their own learning and actively helping to make their community—and the world—a better place.

Juniper Hill School accepts donations to help support the School and its mission. For more information, visit www.juniperhillschool.org, email info@juniperhillschool.org, or call 586-5711.