Wellsprings Friends School provides alternative learning approaches, supportive community, and a culture of individual affirmation, in which teenagers are mentored and assisted towards meeting the challenges of adolescence and adulthood.

• To hire as staff only people with the personal level of maturity to support the growth of each student.
• To mutually decide with prospective students if this school is a good match for them, being open to accept and give a chance to students as much as possible.
• To make education at Wellsprings an opening up, not a filling up; and to take the time to get to know each student and her/his individual learning needs.
• To nourish a community where each person feels accepted and appreciated, and physically and emotionally safe.
• To use dialoguing and problem-solving to deal with any issues that arise in the community.
• To help our students develop an internal sense of responsibility rather than relying on externally imposed controls.
• To assure delight in the ethnic, cultural, and social class diversity among our students and staff, and recognize that every individual experiences the world in a unique way.
• To assure that our educational practices are in harmony with the Earth and with natural processes; to learn about sustaining the intricate, subtle and powerful web of life within and all around ourselves.