Houston School’s goal is to provide the best possible education for every student by allowing them to reach their full potential through an educational program that addresses intellectual, personal, physical, and social development. Houston School offers students a safe campus, high academic standards, and a positive learning environment. Instruction focuses on the California State Standards for each grade level and subject, and data and assessments are continually utilized to meet the academic needs of every student. Faculty members are an integral part of the learning cycle as they work together to focus not onlyon curriculum and instruction, but also on the social and personal needs of each student.This focus includes fully integrating students, parents, staff, and the community into the educational program and process. The school’s mission is to develop students who are productive citizens, lifelong critical thinkers, and who are able to contribute successfullyto a culturally diverse society.