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Foxcroft School, founded in 1914, prepares young women in grades 9-12 for success in college and in life. Our outstanding academic program offers challenging courses, including Advanced Placement classes and an innovative STEM program. Our premiere equestrian program is nationally recognized, and our athletic teams have won conference and state championships. Our mission is to help every girl explore her unique voice and to develop the skills, confidence, and courage to share it with the world.

Stagebridge enriches the lives of older adults and their communities through the performing arts. Stagebridge works to fundamentally transform american attitudes towards aging from the traditional image of decline to a new vision of continuous growth. We accomplish this with nationally recognized and award-winning creative aging programs that offer older adults opportunities for lifelong learning and participation in the performing arts. Stagebridge’s unique position as a theatre company “for, by and of” seniors demonstrates in action the many ways in which elders improve and enrich our culture and our communities.

Kipp Bay Area Schools operates high-performing, college-preparatory public charter schools in the San Francisco Bay Area. Kipp Bay Area Schools is part of the nationally acclaimed Kipp Network of Kipp Schools Nationwide. Kipp Schools Nationwide successfully help students from educationally underserved communities develop the knowledge, skills, and character needed to succeed in college and the competitive world beyond. In the year ended June 30, 2013, Kipp Bay Area Schools operated seven high- performing institutions.           

Cranbrook Educational Community (CEC) is one of the world's leading centers of education, science and art. Comprised of a graduate Academy of Art, contemporary Art Museum, House & Gardens, natural history museum and Pre-K through 12 independent college preparatory schools, Cranbrook welcomes thousands of visitors and students to its campus each year. Founded by Detroit philanthropists George and Ellen Booth in 1904, Cranbrook's campus features the work of world-renowned architects. In 1989, Cranbrook was designated as a National Historic Landmark.

Since 1814, Emma Willard School has been one of the nation's leading college preparatory boarding and day schools for young women. At Emma Willard, every possible resource is dedicated to developing in students the values and skills that form the foundation of a life of accomplishment, leadership, and fulfillment. These include a love for the life of the mind, a commitment to service, courage and confidence, grace and creativity, and collaboration and friendship. Known for its rigor, the school promotes intellectual curiosity and disciplined study habits through a challenging curriculum distinguished by a wide array of advanced placement courses and electives.

We understand that kids need more than a safe haven from a life of crisis, trauma and neglect. That’s why we champion their best interests – empowering each of them to transcend their circumstances – with positive support and consistent, ongoing guidance. We believe everyone deserves a healthy childhood, a caring family, and a chance to learn, grow and change course. Allendale is a place where kids have the opportunity to restore their lives and discover a better future. We believe in every kid until they can believe in themselves. Founded in 1897, Allendale is a private, not-for-profit organization dedicated to excellence and innovation in the care, treatment, education and advocacy for families, children and youth with serious emotional, mental and behavioral health challenges.

The mission of Lindsay Wildlife Experience is to connect people with wildlife to inspire responsibility and respect for the world we share. The museum was founded in 1955 by Alexander Lindsay, a local businessman, to teach children about natural sciences, particularly wildlife and their habitats. Over the years, the museum has developed a permanent collection of live, non-releasable native California wildlife and related artifacts. Lindsay is also a leader in the field of wildlife rehabilitation with a full veterinary staff and more than 500 volunteers. It is the first, and frequently only, resource for those who encounter injured, ill, or orphaned wildlife of all species, native mammals, birds, amphibians, and reptiles . During the recent drought years, Lindsay has treated record number of wild animals (more than 5,700 in the first 10 months of 2015). Begun in 1970, this formal wildlife rehabilitation program was the first of its kind in the United States.

Founded in 1983, the mission of Writers in the Schools (WITS) is to engage children in the joy and power of reading and writing. WITS was founded through the University of Houston's renowned creative writing program to bring some of our nation's most talented writers into school and community classrooms to make a meaningful impact on the lives of children. The WITS program is an effective force for educational change, integrating arts and education to ignite a love of learning in more than 400,000 children and their teachers since its founding. WITS leads an international movement for creative learning, helping children and teachers across the world explore literacy in creative ways.

An Achievable Dream (AAD) is a nationally recognized K through 12 program dedicated to the belief that all children can learn and succeed regardless of their socioeconomic background. AAD operates two schools in a unique public/private partnership with Newport News Public Schools (NNPS). NNPS provides instructional and support elements common to all city schools, including basic curriculum and staffing, student services, transportation, food service, and maintenance. An Achievable Dream raises funds for and operates additional components that contribute significantly to the program's effectiveness. The focus at all grade levels is that college and successful careers are achievable for everyone.

The Columbus Academy has built a tradition of excellence upon a strong foundation forged by its founders in 1911. One of the premier Pre-K through grade 12 co-educational country day schools in the United States, Columbus Academy continues to provide area students with an exceptional academic education and a wide array of extra-curricular opportunities. Our motto, "In Quest of the Best" emphasizes developing the entire individual -- intellectually, socially, ethically, artistically and physically. 100% of Columbus Academy graduates attend major colleges and universities, and our students consistently place highly in state and national artistic, musical and choral competitions.

- to provide a challenging academic program in an atmosphere of mutual trust and respect, enhanced by caring, imaginative teachers and supportive parents, alumni and friends of the school; - to develop individual potential by promoting involvement in a broad range of academic and non-academic activities, in a nurturing environment characterized by close interaction between students, teachers, and a supporting staff; - to provide programs which stimulate curiosity, promote lifelong learning, emphasize process as well as content, and which value the importance of honor, personal integrity, responsible citizenship, and a respect for individual differences; and - to cultivate an appreciation for the broad ethnic, cultural, racial, and religious diversity of our school, community, nation and world.

The mission of The Loomis Chaffee School is to advance the development in spirit, mind and body of boys and girls drawn from diverse cultural and social backgrounds and to inspire in them a commitment to the best self and the common good. The goal of the school?s academic program is the formation of skilled and discerning minds in preparation for higher education and lifelong learning. Through its courses and community life, Loomis Chaffee also educates its students for service in the nation and in today's global civilization. In all things, the school aims to be, as its founders intended, "a shrine from which boys and girls shall take the highest inspirations for better and grander lives.