The Barstow School is a college preparatory school located in Kansas City, Mo. The school was founded in 1884 and serves students in grades kindergarten through 12. It consists of lower, middle and upper schools. The school s curriculum includes art, English, language arts, math, science, social studies, technology, music and reading. The school s foreign language department provides several courses in Spanish, French, Chinese and Japanese. The institution s fun elective program includes various activities, such as choir, ceramics, acting, painting, robotics, money management, speech, photography, journalism, 3-D art, tone chime ensemble and multimedia. Its athletic program offers several sports, including baseball, basketball, tennis, cheerleading, soccer and volleyball. The Barstow School offers various clubs, such as international, outdoors, knowledge bowl, yearbook, student political awareness, pep, earth, speech and debate, and science and technology clubs.
Longfellow Elementary School enrolls students in pre-kindergarten through grade five. Located in Kansas City, Mo., it is a part of the Kansas City, Missouri School District, which provides learning opportunities to more than 26,000 students. Founded in 1867, the district has a work force of over 4,000 teachers and operates nearly 40 elementary schools. Its schools academic curricula include various subjects, such as communications arts, health and physical education, mathematics, instructional technology, social studies, science and practical arts. The district s schools offer a variety of federal programs on early childhood development, such as Head Start. It features an adult basic education program that enrolls more than 6,000 students in day and evening classes and provides job assistance programs.
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