In a society where values are muddy and people are too often preoccupied with material success, there is a place, indeed a mission, for a school which has among its aims the conscious development of character and of ethical and social values, and where individualism is truly appreciated.
Some schools sacrifice the needs of the individual to the needs of the community.
The Nora School makes an intentional effort to keep alive a healthy tension between a tradition of caring about the community and attending to the needs of the individual. The Nora School makes a conscious attempt to attract creative, energetic, sometimes unconventional students, who are skeptics about institutions, governments, and even adults, and who constantly question conventional wisdom. We seek to use this skepticism as a tool for exploring values, making life choices, and building healthy relationships with others. Our students are politically active and involved in making changes both in the world of the school and in the greater community. Many young people feel more secure and far less anonymous in a small school where students care about each other and where the staff cares about them.