Who are your kids?

I am often asked, "What type of students are at Sheridan?" While I would like to say that they are sons/daughters of millionaire bankers, I refrain and describe them as follows:
Students at Sheridan Academy attend because they feel that our mission/purpose/environment are most effective for them. I describe our students as "not getting a meaningful education in a traditional school setting."
Often our students are the ones in the last row of a class of 36 students and they are drawing and not writing the history notes on the whiteboard. For some reason, they are not focused and learning. Maybe there is a mild learning disability present, maybe there are problems at home, maybe the work is not challenging. For whatever reason, they are not receiving a meaningful education. Many of our students come to us with "holes" in their learning. For example, they are in Algebra, but cannot perform simple operations with fractions. We fill these "holes" so that they can continue their knowledge building (scaffolding).
We work on a positive reinforcement system and the schools runs much like a job- if you perform, you get stuff- if you don't you don't...
Students tell me that we are strict. Yet they want to enroll again. Students want boundaries, they want parameters. We set the bar high and they perform- this allows them success at a university and in the workforce.
Who are my kids? They're our pride and joy.