LCS Land School
Lake Country School's Rural Campus
In the heart of western Wisconsin, the Land School elevates our Montessori classroom experiences. Our farm offers an ideal setting for students to learn how to tend to the land, take care of animals, forage, and enjoy all that nature has to offer.
The Land School provides the LCS community with opportunities to develop a lasting connection with the land. This connection begins with early childhood classroom visits and culminates in a three-week farm residency for seventh and eighth graders known as the Erdkinder, or Farm Stay, experience for adolescents, a crucial element of a comprehensive Montessori junior high education.
Values and Principles of the Lake Country Land School
- Hands-on Learning: Encourage children to explore and discover connections through work with the hand and the land.
- Sustainable Farming: Commit to organic farming and land stewardship.
- Harmony with Nature: Strive for a sustainable balance between cultivated and wild areas.
- Simplicity and Beauty: Prioritize simplicity, order, beauty, and the practice of restoring and recycling over new construction.
- Sacredness of the Earth: Recognize and share the sacredness of the earth and the child's unique opportunity to experience it.
- Urban-Rural Connection: Foster meaningful relationships between urban and rural life.
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge this land as ancestral and traditional Dakota, Anishinaabe, and Ho-Chunk land, ceded by the Anishinaabe in 1837 as a result of U.S. government pressure. As we continue to learn about the land, the history, the present, and the act of publicly acknowledging the land, we commit ourselves to a process of ongoing relationship building and learning. We strive to develop programs, policies, and actions to combat Indigenous erasure and honor treaties moving forward in the ways we can as a school. We welcome you to join us on this journey and look forward to continuing the conversation. Learn more about how we honor our land and its ancestral roots.
Discover the many ways to engage with the Land School!
Mailing Address
N13183 30th Street
Glenwood City, WI 54013
Email (preferred means of communication)
Email the Land School staff to plan your visit, ask questions, or find out more about the Land School!
landschool@lakecountryschool.org
Phone
715-265-7770
Note: Email is preferred unless there are students on site and the call is urgent. Even while students are present, there is not always staff by the phone to hear it ring.
Land School staff can often be reached at the Lodge during the day, and messages can be left for them there. The student line for contacting students during a Farm Stay is 715-265-1124.
Directions
GPS may not be reliable once you are out near the Land School. We recommend using the directions below.
1. Take MN 36 east to Stillwater. Cross the St. Croix River on 36 and continue east on WI 64. Follow WI 64 eastbound through New Richmond and through the roundabout where WI 63 intersects.
2. Continue east on 64 through the tiny town of Forest until you get to County Road Q (about seven miles past Forest).
3. Turn left (north) on Q and take the second left (after the sheep farm) onto 1290th Avenue.
4. Take the first right onto 30th Street. The Farmstead is the first house on the left at the top of the second hill; its fire # is N13115. The Lodge is located slightly further north at N13183 30th Street.