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Prepare our students for college and for life in a community defined by robust academics, inspiration, engagement, and care.

Marathon Kids® is a free, six month running/walking, nutrition and gardening program designed to provide a resonating, elegantly simple fitness and nutrition vehicle for K-5th graders and their families. The mission of Marathon Kids is to build a lifelong love of running and walking, combined with the ability to make and enjoy healthy food choices. We aim to help reduce childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes by moving children and their families from sedentary to non-sedentary lifestyles.

Crane Country Day School is dedicated to providing an experiential education characterized by a thoughtful balance of academic challenge and creative expression. We thrive as a community that builds character and confidence, while celebrating the joy in learning. Crane Country Day School is committed to sustaining a diverse and inclusive community in which each member is respected and valued. We believe that a diversity of voices and backgrounds enriches the educational experience.

Culver educates its students for leadership and responsible citizenship in society by developing and nurturing the whole individualmind, spirit, and body--through integrated programs that emphasize the cultivation of character Culver offers challenging programs in our classrooms and on the athletic fields and a strong sense of community Culver creates opportunities for students to practice critical thinking and problem-solving to deepen understanding.

Founded in 1919, The Dalton School is an independent, co-educational day school (K-12). Dalton is recognized for its rigorous, innovative educational curriculum and offers its 1,300 students a breadth of stimulating and challenging programs taught by dedicated, professional faculty. The Dalton School is committed to providing an excellent education that meets each student's interests, abilities, and needs and promotes an appreciation for diversity in our community as an integral part of school life. Dalton challenges each student to develop intellectual independence, creativity and curiosity and a sense of responsibility toward others both within the School and in the community at large.

Darrow School, founded in 1932 on the site of the original Shaker community, is a boarding and day school for grades 9-12 offering a comprehensive, hands-on, college-preparatory curriculum in a supportive environment. A 5-to-1 student-to-teacher ratio allows for a high level of individual attention, and an average class size of nine students affords all students the opportunity to actively participate in the learning process. At Darrow School, we are dedicated to serving students with diverse backgrounds and abilities, building on each student's individual talents and interests to inspire enduring confidence for success in college and life. Darrow is distinctive among independent schools because of its integration of sustainability themes across the curriculum and the belief that learning can happen in and out of the classroom.

The mission of DeLaSalle Education Center is to provide a holistic environment that offers students an opportunity to improve learning and life skills. Vision Statement: We envision a community in which all young people achieve a quality education that fosters and stimulates their true potential. Strategy Statement: DeLaSalle Education Center seeks to address the significant life barriers of Kansas City's most underserved urban youth seeking life-long success through a personalized and rigorous course of study, holistic network of services and workforce development.

For over 25 years, the Denver Street School has offered struggling students a second chance to earn a high school diploma. We believe that every student deserves a quality education and the chance to become a productive citizen. We accept students who have struggled with, dropped out of, or been expelled from other schools knowing that given support and the right environment they can go on to a promising future.

Viewpoint School is a welcoming, vibrant, and collaborative community that offers a challenging and enriched college preparatory education in a nurturing environment for students in Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade. The School embraces students and families from diverse cultures of the world and teaches the history and wisdom of these traditions. Viewpoint inspires a love of learning and develops those qualities which provide strength and direction for a lifetime. The School promotes among its students respect, integrity, responsibility, and optimism. The School celebrates its love of country by commemorating our nation’s holidays and honoring its finest traditions. Viewpoint affirms in its assemblies and programs the ethical principles inherent in all religions. Viewpoint’s students learn the importance of service to others and to the greater community with the expectation that this introduction becomes a lifelong commitment. Viewpoint recognizes the uniqueness of each child and is committed to the preservation and development of that individuality.

Detroit Country Day School strives to provide a superior college preparatory, liberal arts educational opportunity to young people of cultural and intellectual diversity. Within a dignified and supportive setting, the school promotes the academic, intellectual, artistic, moral, character, leadership and physical development of all students so that they can pursue excellence in their lives and careers, and play effective roles in their families and communities.

To educate our children and the DKJA community to be knowledgeable and responsible citizens of the world, committed to Jewish values and lifelong learning.

Founded in 1922, Eaglebrook School is a boarding and day school for boys in the sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth grades. Eaglebrook has a diverse student body containing 280 students from 21 states and 21 countries. Eaglebrook's role is to help each boy come into full and confident possession of his innate talents, to improve the skills needed for the challenges of secondary school, and to establish values that will allow him to be a person who acts with thoughtfulness and humanity. Our vision is to help each student develop his unique gifts. Our mission is to meet children where they are in their development and to encourage them to build deserved self-confidence through success.