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For over 30 years, NYC Outward Bound Schools has been transforming schools and changing lives by bringing out the best in students, teachers and school leaders throughout the City. We transform schools and change lives by bringing our educational approach to NYC’s young people and their public schools, with a focus on students from educationally underserved communities. Our uniquely powerful approach joins together demanding and engaging learning with an emphasis on community and character. We prepare students for success in college, careers, and citizenship, while simultaneously working to redefine what educational excellence looks like in New York City’s public schools. Every day, we are proving that all students, regardless of background or circumstance, are capable of achieving at high levels and that transformation and innovation can happen within the public school system.  

Walking Mountains Science Center's mission is to awaken a sense of wonder and inspire environmental stewardship through natural science education. To that end, we are focused on the following goals: 1. Improve the science literacy among the students in Eagle County by providing hands-on, experiential natural science education programs, indoors and out, that excite them about learning science and increase their knowledge of our mountain environment 2. Train exceptional science teachers through a graduate fellowship program whose participants serve as our educators for 15 months, then pursue their masters degrees and teaching careers where they continue to inspire students wherever they are located 3. Provide innovative science and environmental education programs for adults and families, both residents and visitors, that make them aware of the importance of sustainability, energy conservation, and the protection of our mountain environment, inspiring to take what they learned back to their home communities 4. Involve members of the community in citizen science projects, i.e. monitoring the water quality in Buck Creek on our campus, participating in annual bird counts, etc.

Facing History and Ourselves uses lessons of history to challenge teachers and their students to stand up to bigotry and hate. At Facing History and Ourselves, we believe the bigotry and hate that we witness today are the legacy of brutal injustices of the past. Facing our collective history and how it informs our attitudes and behaviors allows us to choose a world of equity and justice. Facing History’s resources address racism, antisemitism, and prejudice at pivotal moments in history; we help students connect choices made in the past to those they will confront in their own lives. Through our partnership with educators around the world, Facing History and Ourselves reaches millions of students in thousands of classrooms every year. Independent research studies show that experience in a Facing History classroom motivates students to become upstanders in their communities, whether by challenging negative stereotypes at the dinner table, standing up to a bully in their neighborhood, or registering to vote when they are eligible. Together we are creating the next generation of leaders who will build a world based on knowledge and compassion, the foundation for more democratic, equitable, and just societies.

Children’s Historical Publishing (CHPS) was created to provide learning-activity educational programs that integrate history, art, science & technology to enrich the education of students on underserved topics. The programs serve to educate, entertain, and inspire children to grow and realize their potential. CHPS has produced 31 programs since 2001 for youth in the Miami Valley, Ohio area. CHPS programs align with state grade school education standards. Over 550,000 Learning Activity Books with companion Teacher Curriculum guides have been distributed to Miami Valley area public and private schools and after school care centers. All topics fill the gap about local topics, especially history in the Miami Valley area.Date of Incorporation: Founded in 1994 as not for profit Home-Based Arts USA. To be more clearly aligned with our mission we became Children’s Historical Publishing in 2014.Children’s Historical Publishing is a respected and successful 501c3 organization recognized by leaders in education in our area. Our motto “from success to significance” drives our choice of topics. We strive to instill hope and belief that when a person works to overcome challenges they can succeed.

Genesis School offers creative approaches to learning by adapting to each student's needs. We are committed to fostering a welcoming learning environment for young people to support their efforts and aspirations, while celebrating their value and endless potential. Our core beliefs: * We are committed to academic achievement and excellence in education. * Students deserve a fresh start on their educational journey. * Learning structures should be adaptable to meet individual needs. * Effective education requires a partnership between school and parent. * Effective learning requires appropriate resources and qualified staff. * Caring, qualified teachers and a specialized staff can make all the difference in turning a young person's life around. Our responsibility is vast because Genesis Promise Academy is the only charter school in the Kansas City area serving at-risk and high-risk inner city youth during those vulnerable years, grades kindergarten - 8. We know how to address the special needs of young people and have been doing so for over 30 years. We have a proven track record. And when we are successful keeping young people in school, we help fortify the community's skill base and enhance family cohesiveness.

Communities In Schools (CIS) is the nation’s leading dropout prevention organization, with a mission to surround students with a community of support empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. For more than 30 years, CIS has connected needed community resources with schools. By bringing caring adults and a wide variety of services into schools to address children’s unmet needs, CIS provides a linkbetween educators and the community. The results of CIS’s model are that teachers are free to teach and students, many at risk of dropping out, have the opportunity to focus on learning. To help students stay in school, we identify and bring together in one place – public schools – all the resources and services available in the community that kids need to be successful. These services vary from one community to the next and from state to state and address specific needs such as academic support, mentoring, health care, family strengthening, career development, summer and after-school programs, alternative education models, and service learning. Today, the CIS network is comprised of nearly 5,000 passionate professionals working in close to 200 local affiliate nonprofits in 27 states and the District of Columbia, as well as 53,000 community volunteers, serving 1.2 million young people in more than 2,400 schools around the nation.

Inspired by Rudolf Steiner’s Waldorf education system, the mission of Desert Marigold School is to provide an educational context that emphasizes not only intellectual achievement, but also the imaginative, artistic, and moral growth of its students. By addressing their heads, hands and hearts, the school will encourage students to be life-long learners and independent thinkers as well as self motivated, self-disciplined, creative, adaptable and responsible individuals. We seek to establish and maintain a school that provides an individualized, nurturing approach to educating its students, preparing them not only for higher education, but for the rest of their lives. We will require and use an active partnership of teachers, families and the community, as well as a continued affiliation with the world-wide Waldorf movement to achieve the following goals: 1. To ensure each child’s excellence in core academic skills by providing a curriculum enlivened with the arts of painting, music, drama, movement, singing, sculpture and hand work. 2. To educate according to age and development, so that learning and growth are united. 3. To present the curriculum in multiple and integrated ways, so students have many different opportunities to learn concepts, as well as see the relationship to the larger whole. 4. To nourish the spirit of curiosity so that students continue to learn long after the end of formal training. 5. To encourage fundamental values and life skills, including responsibility, perseverance, integrity, self-discipline, trustworthiness, craftsmanship, friendship and compassion. 6. To make available this quality of education for all ethnic and socioeconomic sectors in our community.

Yeshiva High School for Girls Inc, aka Ma'ayanot, is a Yeshiva and college preparatory high school for girls dedicated to the following objectives: to foster the development of a Torah personality: -whose life decisions are guided by the values and traditions of a Halakhically committed community -who strives to build a personal relationship with God through fulfillment of מצות, study and reflection -who is committed to acting with integrity, compassion and respect in her relationships with people -whose general conduct is informed by both a love and fear of hashem to provide an academically stimulating and challenging program that: -promotes active, critical, and creative thought -fosters both the discipline and joy of learning -sharpens the student's ability to communicate articulately and effectively -encourages collaborative intellectual activity and respect for the opinions of others to provide curricular and co-curricular programs that: -tap a variety of student strengths and talents -develop the student's proficiency in the use of technology and other resources -encourage the development of leadership qualities, initiative and teamwork to foster in the student the development of: -self-awareness and self respect -a sense of responsibility for personal academic achievement -an appreciation for her ability to impact on her environment to foster in the student an awareness of: -her membership in various communities including family, school, Jewish nation, the united states and the world at large -her obligations and commitments to those communities -the centrality of Israel in her life -the rich texture of the world around her to attract teachers who: -possess superior academic credentials -demonstrate broad-based knowledge coupled with expertise in their specific disciplines -exhibit personal integrity and commitment to the philosophy of the school -employ effective pedagogic strategies to meet the individual needs of students -strive to grow professionally and to share their expertise with their colleagues

The mission of JCDS, Boston’s Jewish Community Day School, is to provide a premier education that:• Nurtures each student’s capacity for intellectual discovery and decision-making within a respectful, pluralist, bilingual Hebrew-English environment.• Gives our graduates the ability to create their futures informed by Jewish values, texts and culture, and to make a difference in their communities and the world.• Kindles the flame of lifelong learning in all its constituencies and serves as an inspirational model of innovative, effective and joyful teaching and learning beyond the school.Our Core Values:• JCDS’ course of study is rigorous and intentional, yet flexible and personalized. Academic Excellence is built on strong skills, citizenship, and Jewish literacy set in a nurturing and relaxed atmosphere.• JCDS fosters curiosity, cherishes varied perspectives, engages students and welcomes every family as a partner. JCDS’ Intentional Pluralism embraces families from a broad range of Jewish expression, practice, and belief through our shared traditions, texts, and language.• In JCDS’ cutting-edge Hebrew instruction program, students experience and learn in both Hebrew and English Throughout the Day in a single, integrated curriculum, which connects our teaching units across disciplines and between Jewish and General studies.• JCDS is a Joyful Jewish Community that learns and celebrates together in rich, colorful, and meaningful ways. The creative community spirit and school mission go well beyond the walls of JCDS, for events like life cycle celebrations, Shabbat meals, and weekend soccer games.• At JCDS each child is known by the faculty and administration. A culture of caring teachers, parents, and peers supports the high aspirations of our hard working students. This Whole Child approach leads to students who grow to be the best version of themselves.

To promote educational excellence in our community by raising funds to award teacher grants to educators and managing privately funded teacher grant and scholarship funds to award grants to educators and scholarships to students..

The “3” in 3 Mariposas Montessori represents children, parents, and teachers. By using the Montessori method, supporting and collaborating with parents and training local teachers, 3MM has created a model for early childhood education that makes a difference.

The V.L. Murray PTO is the organization in which parents, in conjunction with teachers and staff, aim to supplement the academic experience for the Murray students.​​​