We believe that children thrive when they are surrounded by nurturing relationships and supported to encounter their world and to discover their own unique place in it.
Your donation to the School Around Us Co-Learning Community will help us to expand our calendar of workshops, classes and special events so that we can serve twice as many students and families in Southern Maine next year.
Will you support our vision today?
Here’s what your donation will support
Our learning Pavilion was built with the help of our parent community in 2021
Four Season Classrooms
Thanks to the global pandemic, SAU has been inspired to embrace our values of education that is immersed in the surrounding environment, and we share much in common with the “forest school” movement. Our 2021 fundraising goals include the construction of four-season shelters for multiple outdoor classrooms. While COVID may have been an inspiration, our desire to create integrated outdoor learning spaces is a long term commitment.
Junk2Funk Music Intensive with Trashcan Productions 2023
Workshops for the Community
Our educational vision at SAU is about creating dynamic experiences for learners of all ages—our students, their families, and the wider community. We are not a school, we are a learning ecosystem! Expanding our daytime, afternoon, evening and weekend programs is a goal for us in 2022.
Times Square in Manhattan NYC 2023
Multi-generational Adventures
At SAU our small size has always enabled us to create uncommon adventures for our students and their families. Whether it was hut-to-hut skiing, visiting DC during the election, or canoeing the Allagash, we have created indelible foundations for our self-directed and confident young learners.
54 years of Pioneering Leadership in Education
When you support SAU, you support a 52-year strong legacy of educational leadership in Southern Maine. Watch this video to see how we commemorated our 40th birthday with a look back at SAU’s roots.