The school is located in northern Oakland County on 12 acres (49,000 m2) of woods and rolling meadows in Oxford.

Inspired by the collective works of R. Buckminster Fuller and J. Krishnamurti, the school is devoted to thinking in whole systems and developing tools for self-awareness.

[1] The curriculum of the school embraces the theory of multiple intelligences and uses a developmental approach pioneered by Jean Piaget, Lawrence Kohlberg and Susanne Cook-Greuter.

The school started experimenting with alternative energy in 1973 and has continued to develop an ecologically sustainable curriculum using tools and artifacts to demonstrate the effectiveness of working with nature's design.

The Community-Supported Agriculture, or CSA,[2] serves as an outdoor classroom, allowing students to plant seeds, harvest, and learn about the food cycle.