Big thanks to everyone who came out to support Comedy Night! We raised more $8,000 for the school and gave four students (including Clare, pictured here) a chance to showcase their talent on stage.

One of the highlights of the night came from PSCS parent Julia Smith, who gave a testimonial that captured the gift of PSCS in a way that we’ve never heard before. Julia, who was a physician for 20 years, called PSCS “the ulimate preventive medicine.” Here’s an excerpt:

“It wasn’t long after I entered into practice that I discovered that the majority of patients who came to see me did not have disease. Rather their symptoms derived most often from some kind of distress about their lives—they felt at the effect of life instead of being the authors of their lives.

“It struck me that this was the ‘desperation of the masses’ Thoreau talked of over a century ago and patients would bring their desperation to the one place they could legitimately bring it—the doctor's office. And yet what they needed was not treatment; they needed new learning. They needed in fact what it is that our children get when they come to PSCS—the encouragement to turn toward themselves, to discover and live from passion and connection instead of fear and separation, to experience themselves as having a purpose, a set of gifts that gives them a unique and valued place in the human community. “

Isn’t that great?

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New families applying for next year
The application period for applying to PSCS next year closed on Friday, and we’re thrilled about the families that are considering joining our family. And, we’re getting the sense that the feeling is mutual. Here’s part of an email we received from one mom:

“Well, first let me say that [my son] was glowing. [He] isn't only willing to visit, I think he's willing to move in. He came home saying that if he could have dreamt up any school, created the school, and attended a school—it would be PSCS. It most certainly impressed him, tremendously. As it did for both [my husband] and me. So, thanks to you all for the wonderful peek into a learning environment that seems to mirror what lives in my family's combined vision of what an optimal, exciting, dynamic learning environment can look like!”