{"id":245,"date":"2012-06-30T00:15:57","date_gmt":"2012-06-30T00:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.websitefix.net\/clients\/Generic\/?page_id=245"},"modified":"2019-06-21T18:16:12","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T18:16:12","slug":"private-colleges-universities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/AZRiverCities3\/?page_id=245","title":{"rendered":"Private Colleges &#038; Universities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ACADEMICS \/ PRIVATE EDUCATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Private schools are non-public institutions that offer a variety of  academic settings and alternative learning environments. While most students  attend schools close to home, Arizona offers several outstanding boarding  schools that provide a challenging academic program while promoting student  participation in sports and outdoor activities. Special electives, field trips  to other cultures, and student employment opportunities are just a few of the  possible advantages. The following resources may be helpful:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Non-Public School Information<\/strong><br \/>\nArizona State Department of Education<br \/>\nPhoenix 602-542-4361<br \/>\nwww.ade.az.gov<\/p>\n<p>College Prep Boarding Schools<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Fenster School of Southern Arizona<\/strong><br \/>\nTucson 520-749-3340<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fenster-school.com\">www.fenster-school.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Orme School &amp; Summer Camp of Arizona<\/strong><br \/>\nMayer 928-632-7601<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ormeschool.org\">www.ormeschool.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Verde Valley School<\/strong><br \/>\nSedona 928-284-2272<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vvsaz.org\">www.vvsaz.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Home Schooling<br \/>\nHome-based education in Arizona falls under county jurisdictions.  Parents who are interested in learning more about home schooling can obtain  additional information or answers to specific questions from the appropriate  county office:<\/p>\n<p><strong>La Paz Superintendent of Schools<\/strong><br \/>\n1112 Joshua<br \/>\nParker 928-669-6183<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lapazschools.org\/\">http:\/\/lapazschools.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mohave County Educational Service Center<\/strong><br \/>\n809 East Beale<br \/>\nKingman 928-753-0747<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcss.k12.az.us\">www.mcss.k12.az.us<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Additional Home-School Resources<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alternative Education Resources<\/strong><br \/>\n800-769-4171<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\">www.educationrevolution.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>National Home Education Network<\/strong><br \/>\n512-345-4895<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhen.org\">www.nhen.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACADEMICS \/ PRIVATE EDUCATION Private schools are non-public institutions that offer a variety of academic settings and alternative learning environments. While most students attend schools close to home, Arizona offers several outstanding boarding schools that provide a challenging academic program while promoting student participation in sports and outdoor activities. Special electives, field trips to other [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/AZRiverCities3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/245"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/AZRiverCities3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/AZRiverCities3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/AZRiverCities3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/AZRiverCities3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=245"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/AZRiverCities3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":610,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/AZRiverCities3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/245\/revisions\/610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/AZRiverCities3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}