Middle Way School

Middle Way School An independent school in the Hudson Valley, infusing modern education with Buddhist wisdom and compassion.

We lead with loving-kindness to transform how children relate to learning, cultivating minds that aspire to benefit all beings and the world.

Our sixth-grade Tigers recently installed a climbing tower for their goat friends — a gift they designed, built, and ass...
05/31/2026

Our sixth-grade Tigers recently installed a climbing tower for their goat friends — a gift they designed, built, and assembled together. 🐐

The process started with assessing what the goats actually needed and would enjoy. The project then moved through designing structures, pitching ideas, building models, and developing real construction and woodworking skills to actualize their vision together.

Last week, they assembled the finished structure on site and got the satisfaction of seeing the goats interact with their creation right away.

Afterward, students took some time to just be — sitting together in the sunshine, reflecting on a job well done, and enjoying the company of their four-legged friends.

☀️Special thanks to Napping Horse Farm for such an enriching partnership in education this year. Jaya and Jake do an incredible job of offering a safe, loving, healing space for animals in need of a home. The inspiration they have offered our students and the love and care they extend to our community is profoundly beautiful.



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05/31/2026

Did you know you can support our school by ordering a t-shirt, sweatshirt, or tank top with messages of loving kindness and natural wonder? Choose from a wide range of colors and sizes for both adults and kids!

Link in bio, or here:
https://www.bonfire.com/store/middle-way-school

Middle Way School is more than an independent school. We are helping to build a global education movement to cultivate a wiser, more compassionate generation—and we need vital partners like you to sustain our school and grow this unique model of education. Your support creates an immediate impact: providing tuition assistance so every child can access this education; training our exceptional educators; and enriching family programs that strengthen our entire community. Beyond our walls, your support helps us share our emerging curriculum with the world. Our aspiration is for the seeds of wisdom and compassion, planted at our school, to flourish in classrooms worldwide.

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This spring, students took meaningful steps toward healing our local ecosystem by planting regionally appropriate unders...
05/30/2026

This spring, students took meaningful steps toward healing our local ecosystem by planting regionally appropriate understory species within our campus forest enclosure, including jack-in-the-pulpit, wild geranium, and Solomon’s seal. This Forest Restoration Project is supported by an Ecological Restoration Grant from Partners for Climate Action, which supports community-led efforts to rebuild biodiversity and strengthen climate resilience.

Naturally occurring understory plants play a vital role in forest health. They stabilize soil, support pollinators, provide habitat for wildlife, and help regulate moisture and temperature on the forest floor—functions that are especially critical as our region adapts to a changing climate. By reintroducing these species, our students are not just planting seedlings; they are restoring the layered complexity that makes a forest thrive.

This project is also a powerful learning experience, connecting students directly to ecological and environmental science, and the long-term thinking required to care for a living landscape. We are proud to see our students take an active role in this important work.

The next time you visit our campus, we invite you to stop by the forest enclosure and witness the transformation unfolding… season by season, root by root.

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05/28/2026

Some of the most precious learning happens in between the lessons — watching sunlight move across a petal, following the river with your eyes, resting in the cool of the shade, and making space to really listen.

We protect time for stillness during the school day, because a child who learns to slow down and notice the world grows into someone who truly sees it.

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Our students really enjoyed their recent visit to The Lisa Libraries in Kingston, browsing shelves and learning more abo...
05/28/2026

Our students really enjoyed their recent visit to The Lisa Libraries in Kingston, browsing shelves and learning more about the power of literacy in every community.

The Lisa Libraries does something incredible: they make sure books find their way into the communities and the hands of children who need them most.

They supplement under-filled shelves as well as provide books to many children who may never have owned a book before. Some of the libraries they’ve established across the country have been at day-care centers, prison visiting areas for children of incarcerated parents, and after-school programs.

Middle Way School readers are learning that open access to books deepens our understanding of one another, and of the wider world. Literacy isn’t only a skill — it’s a portal to a world of discovery and possibilities, and every child deserves to walk through it.

We’re grateful for the many people, organizations, and public libraries that keep stories accessible to everyone!

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Every river connects to something larger — and so do the people who call it home.We really enjoyed stepping into the wor...
05/28/2026

Every river connects to something larger — and so do the people who call it home.

We really enjoyed stepping into the world of ships, rivers, and Hudson Valley history at the Hudson River Maritime Museum in Kingston, NY. We explored exhibits, imagined life on the water, and made connections between past and present.

The highlight? A ride on the Solaris, a solar-powered boat that glides silently along the Hudson itself! It was a scenic reminder that the river isn’t just history — it’s alive, it’s local, and we’re all part of it.

We had a day full of curiosity, wonder, and connections ☀️

Thank you for hosting our third and fourth grade scholars!

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✨ Circuits in action! Our third-grade Dragons kicked off their electricity unit by exploring the stories of often-overlo...
05/28/2026

✨ Circuits in action! Our third-grade Dragons kicked off their electricity unit by exploring the stories of often-overlooked inventors: Lewis Latimer, Joseph Swan, and Maude Adams—scientists and engineers who shaped the history of the lightbulb. 

From there, students dove into hands-on experimentation with copper wire, batteries, and bulbs, discovering how every part of a circuit must work together to transfer energy. They had a blast made real-world connections, exploring how the circuits inside everyday electronics like fans and bulbs actually function.

Problem-solving, testing, and making connections—science lights us up! 💡

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Each drop of water holds so much more than we normally notice. 🌊This week, our second-grade Ravens stepped out the class...
05/27/2026

Each drop of water holds so much more than we normally notice. 🌊

This week, our second-grade Ravens stepped out the classroom and into the estuary alongside Sloop Clearwater’s Tideline Discovery Program for a hands-on aquatic field study. They explored the wonderful world of water, discovering the tiny creatures that form the foundation of the web of life.

With nets in hand and curiosity leading the way, students caught, identified, and classified fish and aquatic macro invertebrates. They evaluated the health of our local waterways through first-hand interactions with the living environment.

What they observed was more than science! They found that nothing exists alone: a mayfly larva, a shoreline reed, a fish, a child, and a river are all part of one unbroken web, each sustaining the other in ways that often go unnoticed.

To protect one element is to protect them all.

🌿 Thank you, and for an amazing day of discovery!

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Our library specializes in big ideas for young readers. 📚Over the years, we’ve built a growing collection of children’s ...
05/26/2026

Our library specializes in big ideas for young readers. 📚

Over the years, we’ve built a growing collection of children’s books that explore concepts like interconnection—the threads between self and other, human and nature, action and consequence, and so much more.

Why start young? As children develop, these concepts quietly take root: compassion for all beings, a sense of belonging to the natural world, and an awareness of how our actions ripple outward.

Young minds nurtured in this way develop expansive thinking. They’re more open to possibility, more creative in their problem-solving, and more capable of holding the wellbeing of others alongside their own.

Through books, they’re cultivating a genuine responsibility for the wider world.

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From forest and farm to the lunch table. 🌿At our school, learning to identify the plants on our campus is just the begin...
05/26/2026

From forest and farm to the lunch table. 🌿

At our school, learning to identify the plants on our campus is just the beginning. Over the years, students learn to forage responsibly, cook creatively, and nourish one another with intention.

For our 5th and 6th graders, that arc led to a cooking challenge with limited ingredients, limited time, and hungry classmates to feed. Working in teams, they built a recipe from scratch — and the menu that emerged was a full culinary journey through the day. Mashed root vegetables, scrambled eggs, sautéed knotweed crostini, gnocchi with nettle and garlic mustard pesto, and sweet truffles topped with violets and dandelions.

The result was part cooking creativity, part life lesson: math, teamwork, ingenuity, and genuine care for the people at the table.

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268 West Saugerties Road
Saugerties, NY
12477

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Monday 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 3:30pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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+18452465006

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https://middlewayschool.org/give/, https://www.hvgives.org/organizations/middle-way-sc

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