Baywood Learning Center is a non-profit, nondenominational, educational resource center serving the unique learning needs of children with advanced cognitive abilities.  It is our mission to provide an environment where the passions of gifted children are appreciated and supported.  We endeavor to keep the joy and spark for learning alive. Baywood Learning Center is an ever-changing and evolving structure, where families and educators and learners participate together to create exciting and dynamic educational programs in an environment that supports individual learning goals.  Each learner at Baywood has a completely unique curriculum to best serve their unique learning style, special interests and academic needs.  At Baywood Learning Center the child's interests, abilities, learning style, family culture and emotional and physical state drive the learning curriculum.  The learners work with Mentors in "Pods" of up to 8 learners in the group. The Mentor helps and encourages the child's journey towards self actualization and discovery of their interconnectedness with the community and the world with the goal of retaining or regaining their natural passion for learning.  Our students are active participants in their learning process and the design of their individual curriculum.  Learners are integrated into the process of the  educational planning with as much transparency as possible, so the the learner may have full engagement  and be fully invested in their education.