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Causes: Education, Elementary & Secondary Schools, Literacy
Mission: The organization is a private co-educational college preparatory school for preschool through 12th grade. The objective of the school is to "promote sound scholarship and to give symmetrical development to mind, body and character. "
Programs: The barstow school provided college preparatory education to 733 students (30 of which were international students living with local host families) and graduated 63 seniors. The summer program held 415 camps offered over eight weeks with 5,206 students. (some students took more than one camp. )the athletics program sponsored 41 teams with 480 participants. (some students played more than one sport. )the hybrid learning program offered 33 online classes with 378 participants. (some students took more than one class per year. )the global education initiative offered 359 students at two schools in china the opportunity to be taught by americans and eventually earn a barstow international diploma. Many of these students aspire to a college education in america. In addition, 33 international students came to barstow for two weeks in the summer as a cross-cultural exchange. Barstow hosted students from japan and spain for two week cross-cultural exchanges during the school year. Barstow students also traveled to costa rica and argentina to experience other cultures.