A Barnesville Education
	The Barnesville Education offers a vigorous academic program for students, hands-on learning, as well as experiential education through field trips. Students excelling in the classroom are provided additional enrichment to supplement their progress. For those with different learning styles, the small class size lends an opportunity for teachers to provide a little extra support. Faculty work closely with each student to ensure that they are engaged in the classroom. Graduates of Barnesville leave well-prepared and set up for success in their high school environment. Students attend independent, parochial, magnet, and public schools ready for the academic endeavors that freshman face. They carry with them public speaking experience, analytical skills, and maturity necessary for each new situation.

	Character Education:
	The Barnesville School works hard to educate the “whole child.” Character education is an important part of the Barnesville School experience. From the first day of preschool until graduation from eighth grade, Barnesville students are learning to be global citizens. Many of the character building activities--such as a monthly focus on value words, community service programs, and buddy interactions--are part of the character education curriculum. Regular meetings are held in the classroom, "Pods," divisions, and in whole-school assemblies to reinforce respect, responsibility, integrity and concern for others. Barnesville students learn: to embrace the core values: Kindness, Service, Perseverance, Respect, Initiative, Courage, Cooperation, Responsibility, and Honesty; to be caring and compassionate to those who are less fortunate through community service projects, such as: Help-the-Homeless Walkathon, greeting cards for injured servicemen, and Jump Rope for Heart; and to value friendships both inside and outside the classroom through activities with classmates and with paired "buddy" grades.