It is built upon the "Six Foundations" of Academics, Leadership Training, Outdoor Adventure, Cultural Exchange, Service Learning, and Environmental Stewardship.

Additionally, students continue their traditional academic courses (science, math, history, English, Spanish, etc.).

The Alzar School campus is located on the North Fork of the Payette River, in Valley County, Idaho.

These expeditions included service projects such as improving the playground at an orphanage in Chile, hauling school supplies into a remote rural school in Mexico, and working with the US Forest Service to do ecological projects in California and Idaho.

Alzar is a Spanish verb that translates to 'to rise, elevate, lift, boost'.