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"At our very core we believe that compassion is the key ingredient in spreading peace."
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"Compassion isn't just something we talk about at New Roads, it's something we live."
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"Diversity integrates different points of views, culture, skills, and knowledge into one pot. It is our job to stir the pot and mix these attributes together."
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"Everyone can help each other get the best opportunity here."
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"Everyone here is helpful, sees talent, and wants the best for us."
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"Here it’s much more fun to learn."
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"I am so proud to come to work every day at a place that leads with empathy and compassion."
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"I get to express who I am and not what someone wants me to be."
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"I love Manchego."
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"I play the bass and it’s really fun."
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"I’ve done film, art, dance, found what I liked, stuck with it, and perfected it."
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"It's a very free place."
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"It's nice to not have to follow a sexist dress code."
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"My previous school felt like jail. Here I found my voice."
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"My wife and I are very free thinkers and we wanted to find a place for our son that shared our sensibilities."
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"New Roads feels very liberating and somewhat revolutionary."
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"New Roads is family."
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"New Roads is less about the grades and more about what you learn."
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"New Roads kids know how to recognize the ethical framework of their world and are willing to speak truth to power and hold their leaders accountable."
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"New Roads students will always be champions for the common good, social justice, and the betterment of their community."
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"No bullies allowed."
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"Not people talking at you, people talking with you."
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"One big thing about this school is respect."
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"Our society can be an endless road of opportunity that is only accessible to a few. New Roads strives to identify where access is unequal and then equalize it."
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"Sometimes I can be wrong but then I am encouraged to think harder and put it in focus to get it right."
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"Stand up for what you believe in."
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"The March For Our Lives was the biggest adrenaline rush."
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"The teachers don’t get mad if you don’t get something at first."
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"There was never a moment in time that I didn't feel loved, valued, and seen."
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"They challenge you academically and it’s a safe place."
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"They let us be independent, we have a level of creativity that we can express."
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"This community helps us see our creativities and our passions to unlock our full potential."
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"To think is to be free. To think is to be human. To think is to create a better world."
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"We actually hear people and employ empathetic listening."
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"We are never afraid to have our voices heard, even if it's an unpopular perspective."
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"We can become a different kind of human being — based upon what we like and what our interests are."
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"We can have whatever emotions we want."
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"We have Independent Study Projects, where you can choose a topic just for you."
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"We send people out into the world who can really make a change."
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"We work to ensure that every students’ experiences are valued and every student has a feeling of belonging and not merely access."
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"When New Roads students march and stand up for their classmates, they know they are marching and standing up for all people."
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"Why didn't they make the Statue of Liberty in LA?"
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"You aren't put in a system; you are making the system you're in."
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“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
New Roads School is a college preparatory K-12 private independent school in Santa Monica, CA, serving over 514 school age children from the greater Los Angeles area. New Roads School provides an inspired educational program from which an authentically diverse student population, mirroring the rich diversity of Los Angeles, develops a personal dedication to learning, a respect for independent thinking, and an expanding curiosity about the world and its people.