Information about Independent School?

Many of our schools are independent and are designed to complement public schools by providing a quality education in a caring, supportive, nurturing learning environment. While each is unique in focus, style, academic expectations, extracurricular offerings, and emphasis, all provide a solid academic program that prepares its students for college and a productive life as community oriented citizen and leader. (AIMS)

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Independent military schools are governed by an independent board of trustees, which includes parents.  This allows schools the opportunity to define their own missions and the freedom to develop quality curriculums that best meets the needs of their students.  Funding for independent schools does not come from taxes or churches but rather from tuition-paying families and charitable contributions. (AIMS)

Families and students value independent schools for creating learning communities where students thrive in small classes led by nurturing faculty who set high academic standards and then work closely with each student. Families also like the fact that independent schools stress a well-rounded education by encouraging student's participation in athletics, music, theater, clubs, and other extracurricular activites.  They also emphasize co-curricular activities which correlate academic work to community service and citizenship. (AIMS)

According to a recent National Public Opinion Poll, independent schools:

• offer a more personalized and customized education
• provide a more civil and controlled learning environment
• have smaller classes and more individualized attention
• have greater emphasis on values, manners, and discipline (AIMS)