As a Jesuit, college preparatory school, Fordham Prep's mission is to inspire young men to reflect, to question, to learn, to pray, to love, to serve, to lead. Since 1841, we have based our challenging curriculum and pursuit of human and academic excellence on a foundation of Catholic faith and principles. We seek to be one community created from a broad spectrum of ethnic, racial, geographic, and socio-economic backgrounds. We strive to include qualified students of limited financial resources by providing substantial financial assistance. Our faculty and staff dedicate themselves to a caring and dynamic interaction with students both inside and outside the classroom, a characteristic of Jesuit education for over 450 years. We educate our students to be men for others: spiritually motivated, intellectually accomplished and committed to promoting justice.

The Francis School is an accredited New York State high school which offers on-line courses for credit. All courses are developed by accomplished teachers in their subject area. These lessons and activities are student driven and use the abundant wealth of information that is found on the Internet. By using the latest Internet technologies with content specific courses students are able to complete high school classes right from their own home. Our mission is to make school available to students who need to take classes outside of the traditional classroom setting. Students who are missing a few credits can complete high school and receive a diploma from this New York State accredited institution. This innovative school serves students who are gifted and want to take additional courses on top of their normal workload along with students who are looking to catch up on a few courses. Francis School can also be used for tutorials or courses students are currently taking. Students must be at least 18 years old to enroll in the diploma granting program.

Founded in 1969 by Mary Leue, the Albany Free School is the oldest inner-city independent alternative school in the United States. The school based on freedom and democratic principles that was equally, if not more accessible to children of the poor. We are a community far more than a school providing a safe, nurturing, open space where kids ages three through fourteen learn.

The School's rigorous bilingual, bicultural curriculum includes a Pre-School with Nursery, Pre-K, and Kindergarten, the Lower School Grades 1-5, and the Upper School Grades 6-12. Graduates are awarded a FASNY diploma and are prepared to pass the French Baccalauréat (ES and S).

Friends Seminary educates students from kindergarten through twelfth grade, under the care of the New York Quarterly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Through instruction and example, students follow their curiosity and exercise their imaginations as they develop as scholars, artists and athletes. In a community that cultivates the intellect through keen observation, critical thinking and coherent expression, we strive to respond to one another, valuing the single voice as well as the effort to reach consensus. The disciplines of silence, study and service provide the matrix for growth: silence opens us to change; study helps us to know the world; service challenges us to put our values into practice. At Friends Seminary, education occurs within the context of the Quaker belief in the Inner Light

Promise Christian Academy, in partnership with the community, will guide students to become well-informed, imaginative and effective life-long learners of exemplary character. We are committed to a quality education based on active learning, academic excellence and biblical principles. We endeavor to develop students who will demonstrate Christian character, multicultural understanding, and servant leadership.

Gateway-Longview school is a child and family service organization that has been providing care, counseling, and support to countless children and families since 1890. Gateway and Longview were founded by the faithful focused on serving orphaned and abandoned children. Gateway was originally known as the Buffalo Deaconess Home of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Longview Niagara was originally named the Protestant Home for Unprotected Children. In 1996, the two organizations merged to become Gateway-Longview. Over the years, Gateway-Longview's programs and services have changed to meet the ever changing needs of children and families in our community. Yet the mission of enriching children's lives through high-quality best practice based programs remains the same.

German School New York is an independent bilingual (German/English) international school which teaches classes according to German as well as American standards and curricula. The highest aim of German School New York is to enable the self-actualization of our students within the context of social responsibility. We educate young people to be morally mature, intellectually strong, both knowledgeable in all the traditional academic subjects and conscious of their responsibilities to the community. German School New York adheres to current, accepted German educational standards and practices, which is to say that we value expression through the arts as well as all academic disciplines. The school strives to create an atmosphere marked by openness, trust and mutual respect; we believe that happy students learn best.

The Good Shepherd School philosophy is rooted in the belief that each child is made in the image and likeness of God, uniquely called to love, learn and share life to the fullest. As a Catholic School, our teachings are based on the Gospel message of Jesus Christ so that our students will be able to live in a society as responsible Christians, aware of their obligations to God, neighbor and self. Every student is encouraged to develop as a total person intellectually, emotionally and spiritually. Our school community seeks to provide an atmosphere where all are enabled to experience positive interactions with others. This leads to an increase in self-worth and self-respect and growth to the fullest potential. School activities provide a variety of experiences upon which sound judgments can be made and mutual respect developed. It is in this atmosphere that Christian values will become, for all, a reality and a life.

Goshen Christian School is a PreK-8 program with excellent facilities and outstanding teachers. The facilities include a modern, networked computer lab; a large gym and library; and spacious outdoor recreation facilities. Teachers are caring and committed to see that each child reaches his or her academic, physical, and spiritual potential.

Grace Church School aims to establish in its students firmly rooted confidence in themselves and their abilities. Because we believe that the early school experience sets the foundation for lifelong intellectual and social growth, we strive to develop in each child mental keenness, physical confidence, pleasure in learning, and the skills basic to understanding one's self and the world. Our structured curriculum, enriched with broad opportunities for creative expression, assumes as fundamental the mastery of a specific range of academic skills, especially the ability to express one's own ideas and to appraise those of others. Yet the educational goals of the school are broader than intellectual and social development. We nurture in our students a steady, affectionate trust in themselves and their world, made resilient by the interaction of different ethnic, religious, and socio-economic influences. We strive to help each child develop an active ethical consciousness, supported by close acquaintance with Judeo-Christian beliefs and enhanced by the beauty and faith inherent in Grace Church. We encourage a mutually supportive relationship between family and school. We aim to have children leave Grace Church School with a strong sense of self, able to think clearly, function well academically, and embrace coming challenges with confidence.

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Great Oaks Elementary School is a private. Non-denominational Christian school situated in East Flatbush, a multi-cultural, multi-socio-economic community.It was established to provide a well-rounded elementary education to the many students who will enter its doors. While it neither subscribes to nor condones discrimination of any ethnic group. Its primary focus is African American youth. It recognizes the role we each play in shaping society, and seeks to enrich its own by providing its future leaders with a solid foundation of Christian moral principles and a thorough education in the prescribed academic subjects, with emphasis on high scholastic achievement. Great Oaks' program comprises a positive blend of both traditional and contemporary methods of training young people. It fosters a warm and pleasant atmosphere conducive to learning. However. the school believes that parental attitude towards a child's education is a key factor in that student's progress.

The mission of Greater New York Academy is to provide a Seventh-day Adventist Christian educational environment within the context, philosophy and teachings of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. In this setting young people from the New York metropolitan area and its environs can achieve their highest potential. Our purpose is to offer a holistic secondary educational program that will prepare our students to render service to family, community, and God.

Greece Christian School was established in 1982 to offer a quality education to the Christian community under the Lordship of Jesus Christ and the direction of the Holy Spirit. A determined pursuit of excellence, both educationally and spiritually, has resulted in rapid growth for the school. We believe that all truth is God's truth. Jesus Christ and His teachings are central in all knowledge and truth. As a Christian school, we endeavor to equip our children to serve God, their family, their church and their nation. We teach God's truth as revealed to us in the Bible and as evidenced through the sciences, art, music, history, recreation and all creation.

The Greek American Institute is dedicated to providing children with a well-rounded, quality education in a setting that promotes intellectual development, social responsibility, tolerance, critical thinking, and a moral foundation based on Greek Orthodox Christian values. Greek American Institute offers to students the best in Greek and American education so that students would be expertly prepared for entry into high school and beyond!

The Green Chimneys School program is designed for students who have been unsuccessful in a traditional educational setting and who require a small, structured and therapeutically supportive setting. The NYC Board of Education established a GED preparation program at Green Chimneys

Green Meadow Waldorf School offers Parent & Child classes for babies and toddlers up to age 3, serves children from Nursery through 12th grade, and also runs a popular Farm Days summer program. Founded in 1950 and situated on 11 beautiful acres, we are one of the oldest, largest Waldorf schools in the US, with about 350 students. Benefiting

The Green Vale School mission is to inspire and challenge children to be their best. In a caring and stimulating environment, Green Vale promotes excellence in academics, a breadth of athletic and artistic experiences, competence and confidence, and strength of character as cornerstones for a lifetime of learning and good citizenship in an ever-changing world. The School's highest priority is to ensure that students graduate with a superior academic preparation and a strong foundation for further education. Self-discipline and dedication to excellence are attitudes the School encourages in all its students as they participate in a wide variety of learning experiences, including arts and athletics programs that are second to none in the New York metropolitan area. Ethical behavior, good judgment, compassion, and kindness are integral to the School's character education objectives.

The Hannah Senesh Community Day School is an exceptional, co-educational K-8 community of learners. Our unique program offers students and their families a strong tradition of academic excellence, along with a welcoming and inclusive environment of religious and cultural integration.