Northstar

Kroka's Northstar Document

Created December 2016

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• A FARM-BASED WILDERNESS EXPEDITION SCHOOL AWAKENING CONSCIOUSNESS AND ALTRUISTIC WILL IN YOUNG PEOPLE WITH A FOUNDATION OF UNIVERSAL/EARTH-BASED SPIRITUALITY AND CONNECTION TO SOUL OF WORLD

• WE DRAW ON THE PRINCIPLES OF RUDOLF STEINER

• WE HAVE A TUITION-BLIND ADMISSION POLICY • OVER 50% OF OUR STUDENTS RECEIVE FINANCIAL AID

• WE PRACTICE HIGH-COMPETENCY ADVENTURE SPORTS TO ENABLE REMOTE/SELF-SUFFICIENT WILDERNESS EXPEDITIONS

• WE OFFER 4 WAYS TO PARTICIPATE: SUMMER, SCHOOL, SEMESTER, ONGOING COMMUNITY

• OUR IDEAL VISION: FULL CYCLE, THEN STUDENTS TAKE WHAT THEY’VE LEARNED OUT INTO THE WORLD

• WE SHED THE LAYERS BETWEEN OURSELVES AND THE WORLD: VULNERABILITY BRINGS US FACE TO FACE WITH OURSELVES + OTHERS, AND NATURE WORKS ON AND THROUGH US

• OUR LEADERS ARE COMMITTED TO MASTERY • LIVE WHAT WE TEACH • LIFE AND WORK IS ONE THING

• WE ARE LIVING A UNIQUE “KROKA CULTURE” OF SIMPLICITY•COMMUNITY•TRADITIONAL SKILLS•RIGOROUS WORK•CONSIDERATION FOR ALL OF LIFE

• “WE DON’T PORTAGE IF WE CAN PADDLE” • WE EMBRACE DISCOMFORT AND OCCUPY THE FULL CAPACITY OF THE OPPORTUNITY AT HAND

• WE TAKE APPROPRIATE RISKS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATURAL WORLD, AND GUIDE WITH INTUITION AND ATTUNEMENT

• WE FORGO CONVENIENCE IN ORDER TO HAVE A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE RESOURCES THAT SUSTAIN US: WARMTH, CLOTHING, SHELTER, NOURISHMENT

• WE BELIEVE THESE PRACTICES HELP US LIVE INTO THE UNIQUE ROLE OF HUMAN BEINGS IN THE WEB OF ALL LIFE