Mission
Mission Statement
Glenwood Academy nurtures and educates good children from challenging situations by inspiring excellence, building character and strengthening community.
Vision Statement
Glenwood Academy eradicates poverty, injustice, and inequity through the power of residential education.
Supporting Objectives
- Glenwood Academy uniquely and passionately serves students by providing individualized instruction with small class sizes during the school day and a safe, supportive and nurturing residential community to call home Sunday through Friday.
- Glenwood Academy offers a unique school day experience. The academy prides itself not only on its core subjects and diverse extracurricular activities, but also on its rich arts and music curriculum that empowers students to openly express themselves.
- Glenwood Academy students reap the benefits of a home life grounded in love, stability, structure and predictability, in turn enabling them to focus and take advantage of academic and extracurricular opportunities that better their futures.
- Glenwood Academy operates to fulfill the needs of both its students and their families, thereby actively and closely partnering with students’ families to ensure consistency between on and off campus environments and to support each child’s overall success.
- Glenwood Academy’s Military Leadership Program offers a unique growth opportunity for students to develop crucial life and workplace skills. Students experience firsthand the benefits of self-discipline, healthy competition, goal-setting, organization and commitment through the lens of the military structure as they learn and practice drills as a team, have the opportunity to be promoted in rank and compete to become the Academy’s winning platoon.
- Glenwood Academy students embody the school’s culture of passion, dedication and tenacity to help themselves and their peers thrive.
