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Barstow School

Barstow School

4.0(4 reviews)
4.2 mi

Barstow is the oldest private school west of Mississippi. It's being around since 1884. It started…read moreas a women's school, and later became a school for everyone. Former Mayor Sly James sent his kids to Barstow before. Current KC Mayor Quinton Lucas is an alum. Innovation: The headmaster at Barstow is a brilliant, innovative leader. Barstow is opening up its second campus with ambitious goals to turn it into one of the country's foremost STEAM and innovation campus. Barstow has international campuses in Asia that provide additional revenue stream. Barstow also has some amazing online programs that are in collaboration with 100 other schools in the world. Curriculum: English/Social Studies: Barstow is one and half to two years ahead of Blue Valley curriculum. I have actually compare the reading lists from Barstow to Blue Valley and other private schools. The book list at Barstow is the most multi-dimensional and diverse. At KU, it's a well known fact that Barstow students need to correct other students' papers in a group project. Math: Barstow's math curriculum is one year ahead of Blue Valley's curriculum. Math is very strong at Barstow. Barstow students tend to win many of the regional, state, and some national math competitions from elementary school to high school in Missouri. Science: We are not a family of doctors. I hear from doctors' families complaining about our science. My kids have been happy with science at Barstow. My sense is that the science is not bad, but just not as amazing as other academic areas. If science is so bad, then why would many of the top doctors in KC send their kids here? STEAM: Barstow STEAM classes and robotics team are very strong starting in middle school and all the way to high school. Robotics team won an impressive 3rd place in the national robotics competition last year. It's a major force in high school. There's also STEAM curriculum in elementary school. It's stronger than other elementary schools in the area, but I would like to see more. AP Computer is offered this year for the first time. It's the first school to offer that course in the area. Debate/Speech: Barstow, Pembroke, and Blue Valley North are all strong in debate. Barstow is the leader in debate. The students travel everywhere to compete. It's a heavy load for the students but they always come home with amazing results. Barstow is strong in speech. Broadcasting: Barstow has a professional broadcasting studio that no one else has (thanks to a generous donation by a Barstow family). Students produce, create, record TV shows for the school community almost on a daily basis. Film-making is strong here. Art: Huge selection of electives are offered in middle school and high school in art. Theatre: Barstow has an excellent theatre program and produces several big shows a year. The shows are excellent but do require long hours of rehearsal. Volunteerism: Strong volunteerism culture at Barstow. Kids are taught not to be selfish. Several Congressional Award Gold and Silver winners every year. We have the most out of all KS and MO schools. Test Prep: Barstow doesn't push the kids on test prep or applying to Ivy schools like Pembroke does. Test prep is stronger at Pembroke and Blue Valley, and minimal at Barstow. Teachers: We have been here for three years. We never had a bad teacher at Barstow. Do we have average teachers? Yes, we had one average teacher in all of middle school, and one average teacher in high school so far but everyone else has been excellent to amazing. 5th grade team is also strong at Barstow. My kids didn't get educated earlier so I can't say about the teachers for the younger grades. However, from time to time, if we do get a bad teacher, that teacher is out after one year. The parents tend to revolt and that teacher is gone right away. Final thought: I am grateful that my kids found a school that offers amazing education and teach them how to be wonderful and useful human beings in the society!

I think what I like most about Barstow, having attended small schools nearly my entire educational…read morecareer, is its size. The students there are going to have grades with 30-50 kids, tops. One of the last junior classes I worked with had 40 students. As you are going to find at most elite private schools, there are a ton of students who love to learn and are dedicated to hard work. It doesn't hurt that it's a beautiful campus, conveniently located, with a good deal of tradition. Scott Hill, head counselor here, also happens to be awesome.

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