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The Horace Mann School was founded in 1887 as a co-educational experimental and developmental unit of Columbia University's Teachers College. It became financially and administratively independent in 1946, and now is a co-educational college preparatory day school enrolling students in nursery through twelfth grade. Horace Mann seeks to educate and nurture its students and to help them fulfill their potential. To attain this goal, the School provides a challenging and rigorous set of academic and extracurricular programs within a caring and supportive environment. Students are encouraged to test and learn about themselves, to develop a concern for others and to grow intellectually, physically, socially and emotionally. The School encourages students to understand that learning is a lifelong endeavor that is valuable in itself.

Founded in 1903, Isidore Newman School is a co-educational independent school, serving pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, where students are valued individually, engaged academically, and taught to be socially responsible. Newman is the only co-educational, non-sectarian, independent day school in the city of New Orleans. The School prides itself on reaching out to the community, through Breakthrough New Orleans, a free program that prepares area students for independent schools; through STARS, where our lower school students share science labs with area students, and through a wide variety of community service activities happening throughout the school year in all divisions.

Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy Is A Pluralistic Jewish Day School For Students In Grades Six Through Twelve From A Broad Variety Of Backgrounds. The School Integrates A Comprehensive And Rigorous College Preparatory Curriculum With The Teaching Of Essential Jewish And American Values And Texts. Barrack Graduates Value Diversity, Celebrate The Richness Of Judaism's Language, Culture, And History, And Have A Strong Connection To Israel. Barrack Prepares Future Leaders Of The American, Jewish, And Global Communities Who Work For A Better World Through Acts Of Justice And Compassion.

The Philips Brooks School Community inspires students to love learning, to develop a spiritual nature, to commuicate effectively, to be kind to others and to respect the uniqueness of each person. 

Founded in 1923, John Burroughs School is a coeducational, college preparatory school for grades 7-12. John Burroughs School seeks to instill the joy of living through active learning, integrity, and service to others. Our mission is to foster in our students academic, physical and creative fulfillment, together with strength of character, while helping them become productive members of our school community. John Burroughs promotes an atmosphere of understanding, trust, respect, and accomplishment among our faculty, staff, students, and parents. We embrace democratic ideals, the liberal arts and concern for the environment. We believe that excellence in education goes hand in hand with diversity, which we value and celebrate.

Founded in 1908, the Katherine Delmar Burke School (Burke's) is an independent, non-sectarian elementary school. Burke's prepares able, motivated girls for academic challenge, life in community and lifelong love of learning. Burke's celebrates childhood as the best preparation for adulthood, enabling girls to take risks and become confident in who they are. Burke's embraces individual and cultural differences, teaching that each girl can make a difference in her world. The mission of the Katherine Delmar Burke School is to educate, encourage and empower girls. Our emphasis on academic achievement has clear and measurable outcomes. Nearly 90% of recent Burke's graduates earned admission into their first choice high schools.

Kent Denver School continues the proud traditions of the Kent School for Girls, founded in 1922, and the Denver Country Day School, founded for boys in 1953. The schools united in 1974 to form Kent Denver School. Excellence in scholarship and character is the goal of a Kent Denver education. We seek to build a caring, diverse community of responsible citizens. To that end, the school provides a challenging college preparatory curriculum and sets high ethical standards. There are 659 students at Kent Denver, 222 in the middle school and 437 in the upper school. The school has 78 full- and part-time faculty, 51 of whom have advanced degrees.

The FPAJMZ mission is to support the City of Palo Alto in its efforts to provide exciting and interactive museum exhibits, offer science education programs, and improve zoo and museum facilities.

Spark's mission is to provide life-changing apprenticeships to youth in underserved communities across the United States.

TrueSpark's mission is to expose, immerse, and engage America's youth on issues of character through watching inspiring movies and participating in interactive activities.

The Virginia Avenue Project empowers kids to think creatively, courageously and critically about life goals and choices by providing free, Writing and Performing Arts programming, in conjunction with long-term mentoring, throughout their growing years.

Kimball Union Academy prepares students for the challenges of tomorrow’s world by inspiring academic mastery, creativity, responsibility, and leadership.