The Smith School | 103 followers on LinkedIn. WHAT WE BELIEVE We believe in the power of good teachers to awaken the latent potential of all our students to succeed academically, to grow emotionally, and to overcome with success the various challenges each day brings. We believe in the essential value of alternative education, and in our consequent responsibility to adapt, to respond, to innovate, and to be flexible, in addressing the needs of our students and their families. We believe in a school environment that is, and that students know to be, safe, structured, fair, and exclusively dedicated to education.