Different from public schools, charter schools, private schools and parochial schools, independent schools are free to build programming that fits the mission and vision of each school respectively.  Financed by tuition payments, charitable contributions, and endowment revenues, and governed by their own board of trustees, Arizona independent schools affords families an educational experience that exceeds state curriculum standards nurturing the students’ intellectual ability and curiosity, as well as their personal, social growth and civic conscience.