Type Private Status Active Grades Pass/Fail Phone +1 608-637-6445 Faculty 21 | Established 1996 Administrator Jacob Hundt Nickname YIHS Founded 1996 | |
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The Youth Initiative High School is a private high school located in Viroqua, Wisconsin. The school was started in 1996 as a collaboration between a group of students, teachers and parents. It is democratically run, with students receiving one third of the decision-making power along with parents and school faculty.
It is founded on a Waldorf curriculum and has been recognized by the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America as a developing member.
In 2015, Youth Initiative High School was chosen by the international organization Ashoka as a "Changemaker School", making it the first high school in the United States to receive the award.
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