Summer 2025 Housing & Meals
Dear Students / Program Participants:
Welcome to CfA / Antioch University summer programs.
- Please preview the table below, find your program with dates and the corresponding rates.
- Make your reservations using the button directly below the table.
Important update:
As we are getting closer to our summer programs opening date of June 29, 2025, we need to submit our room and board reservations together with payment to our hosts – the High Mowing School. Therefore:
- Those already invoiced and booked must secure their booking by submitting their payment in full no later than June 15, after which date all unpaid bookings will become null and void.
- We will, however, continue to accept new reservations / bookings all the way till June 28 but with credit cards only. No checks!
- Dorm reservations will be closed on June 29th and all meals will need to be purchased upon arrival using the self checkout kiosk in the dining hall.
High Mowing School Dorms & Meal Plan Rates per Program
| Program Name | Mentoring | Renewal | Kairos | Antioch YR 3 & WHiSTEP (3 weeks) | TSHE | WHiSTEP (2 weeks) | Antioch YR 1&2 (2 weeks) |
| Program Dates | June 29-July 4 | June 29-July 4 | July 6-11 | July 6-27 | July 6-27 | July 12-27 | July 12-27 |
| Single | $276.00 | $276.00 | $276.00 | $828.00 | $828.00 | $552.00 | $552.00 |
| Double | $218.00 | $218.00 | $218.00 | $654.00 | $654.00 | $436.00 | $436.00 |
| Triple | $180.00 | $180.00 | $180.00 | $540.00 | $540.00 | $360.00 | $360.00 |
| Village Housing | $164.00 | $164.00 | $164.00 | $492.00 | $492.00 | $328.00 | $328.00 |
| Meal Plans | |||||||
| Program Name | Mentoring | Renewal | Kairos | Antioch YR 3 & WHiSTEP (3 weeks)) | TSHE | WHiSTEP (2 weeks) | Antioch YR 1&2 (2 weeks) |
| Program Dates | June 29-July 4 | June 29-July 4 | July 6-11 | July 6-27 | July 6-27 | July 12-27 | July 12-27 |
| Breakfasts @ $11 ea | $55.00 | $55.00 | $55.00 | $209.00 | $209.00 | $154.00 | $154.00 |
| Snacks @ $4.50 ea | $22.50 | $22.50 | $22.50 | $81.00 | $81.00 | $58.50 | $58.50 |
| Lunches @ $18 ea | $90.00 | $90.00 | $90.00 | $342.00 | $342.00 | $252.00 | $252.00 |
| Dinners @ $11.50 ea | $57.50 | $57.50 | $57.50 | $207.00 | $207.00 | $149.50 | $149.50 |
| All meals | $225.00 | $225.00 | $225.00 | $839.00 | $839.00 | $614.00 | $614.00 |
Sample High Mowing Kitchen Menu (Subject to Variations)
Welcome Letter from our Hosts
We are very pleased to welcome you to the High Mowing School campus.
Founded in 1942 as a high school, merged with Pine Hill Waldorf School in 2017, HMS is home to over 340 students in preschool through grade 12 and remains the only boarding Waldorf school in North America. Our boarding students come to us from Waldorf and other schools in the US and abroad to make HMS their home. Truly, it is they who welcome you as guests to HMS, in their dorm rooms, their dining hall, their classrooms, their campus.
Many of our students come to know about High Mowing School at the recommendation of a participant in CFA programs: we thank you for your continued recommendation of HMS as a Waldorf high school of choice. Every summer, HMS rents its campus to the Center for Anthroposophy and transforms into the center for renewal and teacher training you are now attending.
We are proud of our lasting, strong ties with CFA, inspired by and grateful for the work you imbue our campus with during these weeks of discovery, study, conversations, and artistic expression. The summer transformation of the HMS campus requires a tremendous amount of additional work for our faculty, administrative staff, and maintenance group. The end-of-school work – classrooms packing, cleaning, moving that others often handle in their own time during the months of June and July – takes place in one week, and most larger maintenance projects that typically happen in the ten weeks of summer break are delayed to August.
This means that on occasion, construction or maintenance work may disrupt the calm, bucolic environment HMS typically provides. HMS is a fully functioning Waldorf school, and as such is not able to provide the type of amenities and services one expects of a conference center whose sole purpose is to host events.
The role of HMS in your experience of your coursework with the Center for Anthroposophy pertains only to facilities and meals. We do our very best to provide you with a pleasant stay within the limitations of our capacity as a school campus.
On behalf of our faculty, staff, and students, I thank you for remembering that HMS campus is indeed a school, and for holding and treating our campus with the same level of understanding and care you extend the school you work in, your place of work, or your own home. Please refer to the CFA Visitors Guidelines document for additional information to make your visit more successful. I wish you an inspiring and rejuvenating summer experience with the Center of Anthroposophy.
Welcome to Abbot Hill,
Katherine C. Meyer, Head of School
What is provided and what to bring:
- Bed and Desk
- Sheets
- Blanket (extra blanket may be requested if needed)
- Pillow
- Bath towel (not to be used as a pool towel)
- Overhead light
- Desk lamp
- Fan
- Bathing Suit and Beach Towel (there is a pool)!
- Bug Spray & Tick Repellent
- Sunscreen
- Umbrella
Please click on the image above to access the full size pdf.
Floor plans for illustration only. Rooms will be assigned by CfA Housing Coordinator.
VILLAGE HOUSING Village Housing is located on the right side of the Pine Hill Drive directly across Abbot Hill Road from High Mowing’s driveway. (¼ mile / 5 minute walk to main building at High Mowing)
There are two separate buildings at the Village:
Building #9:
- 14 spaces / 2 rooms each with one bunk bed (2 spaces each room) / 1 room with 2 bunk beds (4 spaces) / 1 room with 3 bunk beds (6 spaces)
- Sheets, blankets & towels are provided. Each bed is provided with a small bed light.
- 3 bathrooms each with sink, toilet & shower
- Kitchen: sink, refrigerator, microwave cooking only
- Comfortable common sitting space, area with school desks & blackboar
Building #11:
- 12 spaces / 1 room with 2 twin beds (2 spaces) / 1 room with 2 bunk beds (4 spaces) / 1 room with 3 bunk beds (6 spaces)
- Sheets, blankets & towels are provided. Each bed is provided with a small bed light.
- 3 bathrooms each with sink, toilet & shower
- Kitchen: sink, refrigerator, microwave cooking only (no use of stove/oven)
- Comfortable common sitting space, area with school desks & blackboard
On Campus Meals
Meals Calendar
Meal Times
Off-Campus Housing
Every year we compile a list of local community housing opportunities for those who wish to stay off-campus. Please contact your program coordinator / cohort advisor for details. Click here to learn more about off-campus housing options.
