CfA/Antioch Summer Residencies 2025
As in previous summers, the entire month of July will be humming with activity on Abbot Hill. Imagine a beautiful hilltop campus overlooking agricultural fields, forest, and mountains. Now imagine that setting filled with adults seeking transformation, professional deepening, artistic engagement, and the fun that comes from leaving behind daily responsibilities and immersing oneself in an adult learning community. Delicious, freshly prepared organic meals, (relatively) comfortable dorm or off-campus accommodations, evening lectures and activities, a dip in the pool when the humidity threatens to overwhelm, and, of course, quick games of Pickleball in between classes!
News from Abbot Hill
The annual Abbot Hill Alumni Summer Gathering will take place on July 3 in the Big Room at High Mowing. Our theme is Rooted: Uniting Our Present Purpose to our Anthroposophical Foundation. Join us for a community gathering and discussion of our theme, followed by cake and our traditional dancing with music by Tattoo!
Centering: Alumni Spotlight: Melissa Farrell/WHiSTEP Class of 2023
“Encountering the other, ” continues Melissa, “and developing the ability to work together and solve problems with people with whom we may have little in common, with whom we may disagree, but with whom we share a common humanity – that is the work that we are preparing our students for. ”
Foreword by the Executive Director — Summer 2025
This is a profound time of year for teachers! The school year, itself an annual marathon, is winding down with its abundance (perhaps overabundance!) of class plays, curriculum-based trips, final projects, ceremonies, the honoring of graduates and parents finishing up and moving on. Perhaps there is a chance to look up from one’s work, get one’s head above water, clear at least a corner of one’s desk.