[1] The credo of the school was stated on a plaque installed at the entrance to a new classroom building in the mid-1950s, "All Men are created equal in dignity and rights".

Six days per week, students, whose number never exceeded about 200, were required to assemble after breakfast and listen to 20 minutes of recorded music.

For a brief period in the 1970s immediately following Maeder's retirement in 1971, and during the directorship of Thomas Newman, the Berkshire Folk Society performed monthly on winter evenings.

During this period, visiting artists included Malcolm Cecil, as well as both Joseph Jarman of the Art Ensemble of Chicago and Richard Abrams, each noted for their early connection with the Chicago-based Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians.

Throughout the school's history, there were frequent gatherings of the student body modeled on the New England town meeting, during which open discussions were held, and votes taken on matters of interest.

In April 2009 the DeSisto parcel was sold at auction to Sheehan Health Group (a nursing home concern) for about $1.35 million,[4] while extensive areas to the north and south of the former campus that were previously held by the Maeder family as forest and meadows had been subject to residential subdivision and development.

[5] Other notable alumni include comedian Chevy Chase,[6] physician Kenneth C. Edelin (who later taught at the school),[7] and political theorist Benjamin Barber.