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American Friends of Maru a Pula, Inc., or AFMAP, serves as a support organization for MAP in this country. American "friends" include past MAP teachers, students, former workers in Botswana and others interested in encouraging fine education in southern Africa. Founded in 1972, Maru-a-Pula is an independent, non-profit secondary school established as a non-racial institution rooted in Botswana. Maru-a-Pula offers a rigorous curriculum that prepares students for entry to highly selective universities and to pursue challenging careers. Through programs emphasizing self-discipline and community service, each student learns personal and social responsibility. Maru-a-Pula encourages its students to exercise leadership that is compassionate, democratic and tolerant.

St. Aloysius helps the children and families in our community overcome their challenges by providing the education, counseling, mental health care, and resources they need to heal and grow.

St. Joseph Orphanage is a comprehensive behavioral health and educational treatment agency helping children and families on the road to recovery and success.

The specific objectives of St. George's are to give its students the opportunity of developing to the fullest extent possible the particular gifts that are theirs and to encourage in them the desire to do so. Their immediate job after leaving school is to handle successfully the demands of college; later it is hoped that their lives will be ones of constructive service to the world and to God.

Collegiate School strives to educate each boy to reach his highest level of intellectual, ethical, artistic, and physical development. Drawing on what is known about boys' growth and learning, the school offers a rigorous K-12 program rich in opportunities for cultivating individual talents and interests in a climate of collaboration and respect. Collegiate continues its historic tradition in New York City of educating a diverse and talented student body and of helping boys to become independent adults and responsible citizens who will lead and serve.

The mission of Suicide Prevention & Crisis Service of Tompkins County is to promote constructive responses to crisis and trauma and to prevent violence - to self and others - through direct support and community education.

Since 2011, The Future Project has been building a movement to turn schools across the country into places that unlock the passion and purpose of everyone inside them.

The Quad Preparatory School transforms the lives of twice-exceptional students -- gifted children with learning differences -- by redefining the experience of school. Our unparalleled and personalized model fully integrates social and emotional learning with engaging academics. By teaching to the way each individual student learns, we empower them to rise to the level of their talents and go on to contribute to communities of excellence.

We aim to inspire lifelong learning in a community that is supportive, safe and accepting where creativity and curiosity thrive. We plan to do that through providing opportunities for the Kearsarge area homeschooled children through an active mentorship program, workshops, clubs, community service and events in order to enrich the homeschool experience. While we are focused on the Kearsarge area, Gear Up Homeschoolers welcomes all homeschoolers.

Founded in 1893, Mercersburg Academy prepares young men and women from diverse backgrounds for college and for life in a global community. Students at Mercersburg pursue a rigorous and dynamic curriculum while learning to live together harmoniously in a supportive residential environment. An independent college-preparatory school in south-central Pennsylvania, the Academy offers a rigorous academic program to 430 boarding and day students from 31 states and 33 nations. In small classes, students and faculty work eye to eye and mind to mind, as they deepen their understanding of their subjects and of themselves. Mercersburg graduates go on to the nation's top colleges and universities. Our alumni include Rhodes scholars, Olympians, and a Nobel laureate.

Founded in 1785, The Episcopal Academy educates qualified, motivated students to grow intellectually, physically, and spiritually, and to share their talents generously. We are a coeducational community of learners and teachers working to achieve excellence through a strong academic program, comprehensive athletics, and vibrant arts. Our school's Episcopalian heritage with its respect for all faiths forms the basis of our life together. Through a rigorous academic curriculum, complemented by religious instruction, community service, the arts, and athletics, Episcopal Academy seeks to cultivate the mind, body, and spirit of each student. The school endeavors to instill a belief in God and respect for faith, encourage good work habits and thoroughness, and inspire a thirst for knowledge.

The Extra Mile Education Foundation supports the education of urban children in select Pittsburgh parochial elementary schools through operational and scholarship support. The schools are in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods, and the students are primarily African American and non-Catholic.