LWHS Events
In addition to many annual events held for the school community, Living Wisdom High School also hosts a number of events each year to which the public is welcome. From open houses and shadow days, to teen meditation and parent workshops, to our annual Joy-a-thon, we are honored to share these events with the community.
Current and Past Events
Doors open @ 6:30pm
Join us at Ananda Temple, 2171 El Camino Real, Palo Alto CA 94306 at 7 pm on Thursday, May 9, 2024. Suggested donation of $10 to $15. Doors will open at 6:30 pm.
Ticket Price: adults $40+, children $25+
As part of our commitment to self-reliance, each student actively participates in entrepreneurial activities to contribute towards the expenses of the trip. In addition to their individual efforts, we are coming together to organize an enchanting evening fundraiser, and we would be honored to have you join us in supporting the students of Living Wisdom High School.
Reserve your seat below by February 9, 2024.
The "America the Beautiful" tour will take our students to some of the breathtaking natural wonders of the Western States, including iconic destinations such as the Grand Canyon and Zion National Park.
See updates from our trip on our Instagram page.
LWHS Camps
Living Wisdom Adventure Week
If you would like to attend both camps, there is the possibility to attend them simultaneously.
Camps are open to all rising and current 7th-12th graders. Enrollment at either Living Wisdom School and Living Wisdom High School is not necessary.
Annual Travel: Global Connections Academy
Service • Adventure • Self-Discovery
Every year, Living Wisdom High School students embark on a two-week journey of service projects and dynamic adventures. As part of the curriculum, students engage in the planning and fundraising, learning key life skills such as initiative, team-work, finances, and organization. Additionally, the curriculum throughout the year ties into preparing the students for the trip, covering topics of culture, language, geography, and the chosen service project.
Travel opens doors outwardly and inwardly, expanding one's perspective, knowledge of the world, and inner self. For teens, experiencing new cultures can ignite a spark for service to others, exploration, and taking charge of one's life. Living Wisdom High School alumni all emphasize the life-changing impact made through their experiences of travel and service.
Not only do these adventures offer a way to explore new possibilities, but they are a time for developing existing interests and qualities. Students may discover a deep enthusiasm or inspiration that could direct their life’s focus. They might also achieve inner success by overcoming a long-held limitation or by cultivating a new quality. Whatever the specifics, growth happens both outwardly and inwardly on these amazing trips. Comfort zones expand to encompass more than could previously be imagined. Old selves are inspired to embrace more fully one’s highest potentials. These trips are jewels in the LWHS experience.
Students prepare for and experience a journey that is transformative, joyful, adventurous, heart-opening, eye-opening, and priceless.
In the past, students have traveled to...
Scotland • Nepal • South Africa • Hong Kong • India • Peru • Panamá • México • Hawaii • US National Parks • Italy • Slovenia • Quebec • Costa Rica
2024 Summer Camp Series
Living Wisdom Adventure Week
Focusing on community building, adventure, self-discovery, creativity, and fun, participants will spend the week:
• Forming deep and meaningful friendships
• Learning survival & self-reliance skills
• Playing in the mountains
• Storytelling, stargazing, making music, & creating art
• Backpacking & immersing themselves in nature
• Practicing yoga & meditation
• Learning about themselves
• & Having fun together!
Work Hard + Play Hard
Join us for a lively summer camp where teachers Hazemach and Keshava will teach you powerful techniques to make studying fun, how to gamify your approach to learning, how to develop confidence through knowledge and mastery of materials, and how to express yourself creatively and originally through any medium of pursuit.
In this camp we will teach you how to study, how to communicate your knowledge, and we’ll have a ton of fun doing it. Interspersed with our mental exercises, we will engage the body and will and express ourselves in play and sports.
One part study-training, one part fun-training, this camp will change the way you look at learning, school, and life in general. Obstacles don’t have to be daunting anymore; they can become your most enjoyed elements of life!
Come play, study, laugh, and have fun with us. It’s fun to have fun, and by the end, we’re sure you’ll know how.
This immersive camp will run from Monday-Friday, from 9am-4pm. Every day will include training in learning systems, effective approaches to studying, note-taking, memorization, presentation skills, rhetoric, logic, and other topics, as well as sporting games, activities, adventures, and lots of vigorous fun.
This camp is strongly recommended for incoming LWHS students, as it will lay the foundation for how to succeed in our academic and scholastic community. All others welcome.
Keshava was a professional stuntman and stunt-coordinator in the Los Angeles Film industry and used to help teach stage combat at the acting academy, Theatre of Arts.
Hazemach is a lifelong martial artist and competitive karate practitioner. He brings years of experience, teaching, and skill to our camp as well as a mind-blowing round-house kick. Don't believe us? See below for yourself!
Raja Yoga for Teens Retreat
This one week retreat is an in-depth exploration of the nature of happiness, tools for success, and a roadmap to Self-realization. In a fast-paced world filled with endless entertainment and stress, Raja Yoga for Teens Retreat creates a community of young people seeking enduring truths and practical solutions to life's challenges. Based on the yoga teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda, this interactive program integrates timeless & universal spiritual wisdom into modern daily life.
In this immersive experience, there will be late-morning and evening workshops, teens will learn and practice:
Additional highlights of the program include:
*Students who have previously taken Raja Yoga for Teens or a similar program are encouraged to enroll. Experiences will vary and the themes and topics are worth a lifetime of inquiry, reflection, and practice!
Program Leaders
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Students & Parents Say
The teachers never cease to amaze me as they constantly think outside the box helping each child, as an individual, learn how to live and navigate the rocky road of youth. Wish I'd been in such a school as a kid.”
- Ken Atwell, former LWHS parent and grandparent