New Roads School
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New Roads School in Santa Monica, California, is an independent educational community set on three campuses within Los Angeles County that currently serves 400 boys and girls in Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12. Los Angeles County (population 10 million) is a region rich in cultural and natural resources. All three campuses enjoy easy access to beaches, canyons, recreational areas, and museums. Students travel to school via public bus and car pools.
New Roads School was established in 1995 by The New Visions Foundation as a model for education in an ethnically, racially, culturally, and socio-economically diverse community. To prepare young people for the challenges and opportunities they face, the School aims to promote personal, social, political, and moral understanding, and to instill in students a respect for the humanity and ecology of the world in which they live. The demanding college preparatory curriculum not only emphasizes strong reading and writing skills, effective expression, and critical thinking, but seeks to go beyond ordinary "schooling" with a concern for the whole person. Unique among independent schools, no less than 40 percent of the New Roads budget is devoted to need-based financial assistance.
A nonprofit, nondenominational institution, New Roads School is guided by a 30-member Board of Trustees. It holds membership in the National Association of Independent Schools, the California Association of Independent Schools, the Educational Records Bureau, The College Board, the Association for Curriculum Development, The Independent School Alliance for Minority Affairs, and the National Coalition of Educational Activists. New Roads is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and the California Association of Independent Schools.
