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Excel Academy was founded in 2003 with the mission to provide a high-quality education to students in East Boston and Chelsea Massachusetts, communities that are predominantly low-income and Latinx and historically have faced significant social and educational barriers. Our success in Massachusetts is proof that the opportunity gap can be closed. At Excel Academy Charter Schools, we believe that when a student has the support and tools to pursue a productive post-secondary pathway aligned to their personal identity and values, it can fundamentally change their life trajectory. Over the years, we have grown from one middle school to a network of four schools with 1,400 students in grades 5 to 12. In the fall of 2022, we welcomed a founding class of 5th graders to help us launch Excel Academy Rhode Island. By 2032, Excel Rhode Island will run 4 schools serving over 2,100 students from Providence, Central Falls, and North Providence. We present our students with educational experiences that allow them to grow and discover their best selves so that when they leave our halls, they can successfully navigate all of the post-secondary options available to them. At Excel Academy we learn from our students, families, and staff and make improvements. We have increasingly adapted to provide a holistic education that values our community as collaborators in the learning process, social-emotional support, equity for diverse learners, and fosters identity development. We prioritize an approach that is both rigorous and inclusive. Our team of passionate, intelligent, driven, and loving staff are at the core of the work we do. Growth Happens Here.

Summit Prep is a premier tutoring company, offering SAT/ACT and ISEE/SSAT prep, academic tutoring, and college consulting. It is founded on the knowledge that education opens doors to success and the belief that quality must be uncompromising. Our goal is to help students reach their academic potential, even when this potential is above their previous expectations.Our SAT and ACT curriculum highly adaptive to each student and created through intensive study of over 10years of both exams. We are data driven with incredible results. At Summit Prep we are passionate. Instruction without empathy, and education without passion, are vain semblances of a true education. We can only be effective teachers if we are genuinely concerned about the well-being of our students.

Valley View School is a small, private therapeutic boarding school serving boys in grades 6-12. We are a therapeutic community fostering the growth of our students through a well-developed, integrative program where supportive interventions and high expectations are balanced to create a structured and supportive learning environment. It is where our students are taught to learn self-control and anger management, to create and cultivate relationships with peers and adults, to develop compassion, empathy, and respect for others, and to realize their true potential. Our overall program consists of a comprehensive blend of Therapy, Academics, Athletics, Arts, and Activities that challenge our students emotionally, intellectually, and physically. Our students are between the ages of 10-15 upon enrollment and may have a history clinically identified as Anxiety, ADHD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, and School Phobias, which may be created by life experiences such as adoption, divorce, early attachment issues, and frustration with family, peers, and school. Our experienced clinical staff consists of licensed Ph.D. Clinical Psychologists, a Board Certified Child Psychiatrist, and Master's level Clinicians. Our therapeutic approach is based on a student's individual needs. Valley View students participate in a full, challenging academic school day with a state-recognized college-prep curriculum. Ten full-time teachers provide a supportive learning environment that includes small class sizes, individual attention, and supplemental tutoring. Each student has the opportunity to compete at appropriate levels in multiple sports. We offer an active arts program, wilderness adventure, work ethic program, weekly clubs, and weekly community service projects. Our mission is to create a stable, consistent and structured environment (milieu) where the total impact of the experience upon a boy contributes to his becoming the best possible version of himself.