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Annual gay-friendly
private schools listing
Welcome to
Gay Parent magazine's annual listing of gay-friendly private
schools. California schools are listed below, select from the menu
below for schools in Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, New
Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Washington, and Washington DC. |
CALIFORNIA
Berkeley Montessori School 1310 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94702 510-665-8800 ext. 103, www.bmsonline.org Preschool - 8th grade Berkeley Montessori School is an independent school serving about 270 children ages 3 to 14 in Berkeley, California. We have been empowering children since 1963, following the child-centered, peace-based educational philosophy of Dr. Maria Montessori. We have two beautiful campuses: Preschool-Kindergarten and Elementary-Middle School. We recently opened our new Elementary-Middle School campus-an eco-friendly green school that incorporates solar energy, recycled building materials, organic gardens and more! Berkeley Montessori School is a vibrant community of educators and families, agreeing with Dr. Maria Montessori that each generation of children has the opportunity to remake the world it inherits. We cultivate and honor children's innate love of learning as they prepare for a life of purpose, integrity, and academic accomplishment. Berkeley Montessori students gain the skills and confidence to meet the challenges of self, family, community, and the world at large. Each classroom is multi-graded and staffed by two teachers. All of our head teachers are experienced and certified Montessori educators. Our community is diverse, friendly and passionate about learning, working together and having fun!
Brandeis Hillel School 655 Brotherhood Way, San Francisco, CA 94132 415-406-1035, www.bhds.org Kindergarten - 8th grade Brandeis Hillel Day School (BHDS) is a K-8, independent, community Jewish day school. It provides children with the educational and social tools to make learning, critical thinking, questioning and creating into the enjoyments of a lifetime.
We are committed to educating children to be caring members of the Jewish community, to value and appreciate the Jewish heritage, and as important, to be ethically responsible human beings.
At BHDS we are dedicated to achieving a higher standard of human interaction; we go above and beyond what are considered good manners. This is the foundation on which the Brandeis Hillel community is built. Kindness presents itself in many, many ways each and everyday, on and off campus. It lives and thrives among and between the many diverse constituents that comprise the San Francisco and Marin Brandeis Hillel communities – the students, the faculty, the parents, the administration, and the board.
For more information, please contact our Director of Admissions, Tania Lowenthal (tlowenthal@bhds.org) or our Admissions Assistant, Kristel Kranz (kkranz@bhds.org).
Camellia Waldorf School 5701 Freeport Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95822 916-427-5022, www. camelliawaldorf.org Preschool - 8th grade Camellia Waldorf is an independent, co-educational elementary and preschool that also offers Parent & Toddler classes.
Our mission is to educate by honoring childhood, appreciating the individuality of each student, and instilling a sense of moral and ethical responsibility while building capacities for learning and encouraging clear and creative thinking. We strive to develop the mind, body, and spirit of the child, encouraging in the process, the child's spiritual freedom and growth. As in every Waldorf school, our teaching works toward this aim by drawing on the insights into human development pioneered by Rudolf Steiner.
Camellia Waldorf School offers each parent the opportunity to become part of a community that has heart and purpose. There are a number of ways to become involved. Your interests and talents can lead you.
The Camellia community reflects the diversity of the Sacramento area. Parents always cite "community" as one of the reasons they value our school. Another is that their children are nurtured and protected here in their early years, encouraged and challenged in their later years.
Exciting curriculum-based field trips are covered by our tuition. Classes have visited Yosemite, Moaning Caverns, the Balclutha, Full Belly Farm and more.
Children's Day School 333 Dolores Street, San Francisco, CA 94110 415-861-5432, www.cds-sf.org Grades PreK - 8 Our students thrive in a culture of diversity that allows them to spend less energy trying to "measure up" and instead - with our guidance - build upon their own unique genius to achieve academic success.
Ecole Billingue de Berkeley 1009 Heinz Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94710 510-549-3867, www.eb.org Pre-K - 8th grade Since 1977, Ecole Bilingue de Berkeley has cared for, stimulated, and challenged children from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. They educate young people to become confident, academically prepared, fully bilingual in French and English, and eager to participate in the wider world. They offer a challenging, creative curriculum, a welcoming community, and a culturally diverse environment. All of their teachers are fully credentialed native speakers, and they are accredited by the French Ministry of Education, CAIS, WASC, and NAIS. For more information, visit www.eb.org or contact them at contact@eb.org or 510-549-3867.
Francis Parker School 6501 Linda Vista Rd., San Diego, CA 92111 858-569-7900,
K – 12 grade Founded in
1912, Francis Parker School is San Diego's oldest and largest independent,
non-denominational, co-educational day school. The School is committed to
graduating students who embody those qualities essential for academic success
and personal fulfillment – intellectual curiosity, creative thinking, passion
for learning, ethical responsibility, self-reliance, community engagement, and
global competence – by offering a balanced, challenging, and integrated K-12
educational program in academics, athletics, and the arts, all in a vibrant and
diverse school community.
Francis W.
Parker, the School's namesake, believed students should "learn by
doing," solving problems based on experiential learning, placing a premium
on helping students develop social values and global citizenship.
We serve
1,230 students from more than 70 different zip codes throughout San Diego
County. The 453 graduates from the classes of 2006 - 2009 have enrolled in more
than 140 colleges and universities across the country and around the world.
Since 2001,
we have completed a $50 million capital campaign and six phases of
construction, opening the following state-of-the-art buildings on two campuses:
2 libraries, 2 lecture halls, 11 science labs, 55 new classrooms, 19 renovated
classrooms, 2 Commons buildings, Visual Arts center, Music Building, Student
Services Center and new athletic fields.
The Harker
School
500 Saratoga
Ave., San Jose, CA 05129
408-249-2510,
www.harker.org
K-12th grade
Hollywood
Schoolhouse 1233 North
McCadden Place, Hollywood, CA 90038 323-465-1320,
www.hollywoodschoolhouse.org Preschool –
8th grade Hollywood
Schoolhouse was founded in 1945 and is a Preschool through 8th grade CAIS/WASC
Accredited Independent School in the heart of Hollywood. The Mission of the
Hollywood Schoolhouse is to nurture the whole child within a diverse community,
combining challenging academics with creative learning, where each child is
known, encouraged and valued.
Student enrollment for 2009-2010 is 280. To learn more about our
programs, or to download an application, please visit our website;
www.hollywoodschoolhouse.org.
Marin Academy 1600 Mission Avenue, San Rafael, CA 94901 415-453-4550, www.ma.org 9th - 12th grade
Marin Country Day School 5221 Paradise Drive, Corte Madera, CA 94925 415-927-5900, www.mcds.org Kindergarten - 8th grade Marin Country Day School is an independent K-8 coed day school enrolling 540 students at its 35-acre bayside campus in the San Francisco Bay Area. The school's mission, underscored by core values of respect, responsibility and compassion, asks children to become skilled learners and ethical individuals, motivated to make a difference in the world.
MCDS teachers work to support both personal and academic development. The broad and balanced program encourages students to question, to reason and to make connections. The classroom atmosphere is highly participatory, with teachers acting as coaches who encourage students' exploration, discovery and reflection.
The founders of MCDS believed that learning is a joyous and lifelong process and that each child's unique gifts should be nurtured. They sought an environment which allowed room for study and laughter, noise and quiet, thought and action. Perhaps most important, they believed that members of a diverse school community could contribute immeasurably to the well-being of one another.
MCDS actively seeks to build an inclusive community which reflects the diversity of race, ethnicity, economic circumstances, family structure and lifestyles of the greater Bay Area. Perhaps the school's most enduring characteristic is its vibrant spirit-of students, families, teachers and staff engaged in working together.
Menlo School
50 Valparaiso Ave., Atherton, CA 94027
650-330-2000, www.menlo.org
6th – 12th grade
The Nueva School 6565 Skyline Blvd., Hillsborough, CA 94010 650-350-4528, www.nuevaschool.org, admissions@neuvaschool.org Pk-8th Grades The Nueva School meets the unique needs of pre-kindergarten through 8th grade gifted and high-ability children in the Bay Area. Founded in 1967, Nueva emphasizes integrated studies, creative and visual arts, differentiated and experiential curriculum and social-emotional learning. Through a child-centered and progressive approach, Nueva builds a true sensibility of lifelong learning and empowers students to connect their studies to the real world. Students learn to hone their critical and analytical skills and experience how joyful and meaningful education can be.
Learning by doing extends to the 33-acre wooded campus itself, where our "2008 Top Ten Green Buildings Project" models sustainable architecture and energy use. Our green buildings house a state of the art media lab and library, and the Innovation Lab which partners with Stanford University's Institute of Design and is the first K-8 Design Thinking program of its kind. The nearby Hillside Café offers freshly prepared lunches daily. Our notable Nueva forts, nestled in a grove of olive trees, give the students many opportunities for outdoor education, imagination, and emerging social emotional learning. Extracurricular opportunities include a variety of individual and team sports, art, drama and music instruction and performances, Japanese, Spanish, and Mandarin language programs, as well as national and international student trips. Bus service is also available for San Francisco and South Bay families.
Nueva students and families are supportive of each other, the school, and of the wider communities and neighborhoods to which we belong. We celebrate individuals and value the diversity of our community and our world. Community at Nueva is part of the daily fabric of Nueva life, and is ultimately a benefit to our children.
Park Day School 370 43rd Street, Oakland, CA 94609-2223 510-653-0317, www.parkdayschool.org Kindergarten - 6th grade Located in Oakland, Park Day School, founded in 1976 by group of teachers and parents, is a school for children in grades kindergarten through sixth. Park Day School is proud of its success in developing a diverse student body. Differences in ethnicity, race, religion, sexual orientation, and socio-economic position are they encourage.
Park Day School offers a strong curriculum in math, social studies, science, language arts, and Spanish. Teaching materials are culled from many sources, often times created by the teachers, specifically geared to the learning styles and levels of their students. Park Day School community service projects include a long-standing relationship with the retired women of the Matilda Brown Home located next to the school. At the home, children visit the ladies to sing for them once a month, to participate in their ice cream socials, and to present them with Valentine's Day cards. Park Day School also believes that establishing connections with Oakland public schools will benefit and enrich the community and has built a connection with Emerson Elementary School, a public school two blocks away.
Park Day School helps children develop their social conscience and helps them learn to recognize and confront issues of race, class, and gender. The school wants students to be able to recognize the biases that exist in society and for them to develop and articulate their own values. Students are taught how to live in a diverse society and to be comfortable with the ways in which they are alike and different from others. Contact Flo Hodes, 510-653-0317 ex. 101, flo@parkdayschool.org.
Prospect Sierra School 2060 Tapscott Avenue, El Cerrito, CA 94530 510-236-5800, www.prospectsierra.org Kindergarten - 8th grade Prospect Sierra students are passionate about learning. Our exceptional teachers inspire students to seek deep, meaningful understanding; to develop strong academic skills; and to become creative and independent thinkers. Prospect Sierra cultivates compassion, fairness, respect, and individuality within a community that celebrates diversity, authenticity, and service.
Prospect Sierra is an independent co-ed school located on two beautiful campuses in the El Cerrito Hills (San Francisco bay area). Both the elementary (K-4) and the middle school (5-8) campuses are adjacent to city parks and have sweeping views of the bay. The enriched learning environment includes master teachers, challenging and meaningful academics, high school preparatory curricula, science labs and technology centers, modern and expansive libraries, comprehensive performing and visual arts programs, interscholastic sports, performing arts and sports center, French and Spanish language instruction, service learning program, after school program, financial assistance, and school bus service.
Prospect Sierra School embodies several key assumptions in philosophy and daily practice: that learning is the young person's pathway to personal growth; that school should be both challenging and joyous; that school is a community through which students, teachers and parents develop trust, demonstrate cooperation, show respect, and acquire an understanding of the rights and needs of others; and that diversity, in its many human forms, brings quality and strength to our welcoming and inclusive school. To learn more about us, please visit our website at www.prospectsierra.org or call 510-236-5800.
Presidio Hill School 3839 Washington St., San Francisco, CA 94118 415-751-9318, www.presidiohill.org Kindergarten - 8th grade Presidio Hill School is the oldest continually-operating progressive school in California. Founded in 1918 by two artists, Flora Arnstein and Helen Salz, who were inspired by the innovative ideas of educational reformers John Dewey and Maria Montessori, especially the concept of replacing traditional learning by rote with learning by doing.
Presidio Hill is a co-educational K-8 school with an enrollment of approximately 158 students. Each grade has one class, averaging 16 students. In addition to a 1-year kindergarten, the school offers the option of a 2-year kindergarten program to serve younger five-year-olds born in the summer and early fall.
The founders' vision included creating an environment that fostered cultural diversity, community involvement, and social action. Presidio Hill School's staff, student, and parent body reflects San Francisco's richness. Race, ethnicity, culture, sexual orientation, economics, alternative family structure, disability, religion, learning differences, and other forms of diversity are valued. Among Bay Area independent schools, Presidio Hill has one of the highest percentages of its budget devoted to financial aid. The school strives to be a model of democracy and humane relationships.
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Saint
Andrew’s Episcopal School 13601
Saratoga Ave., Saratoga CA 95070 408-867-3785,
www.st-andrews.org PreK – 8th
grade Located in
Saratoga, California, Saint Andrew’s Episcopal School is a coeducational, PreK
through Grade Eight day school. Saint Andrew's offers an advanced,
comprehensive academic program plus enrichment in the areas of the studio and
performing arts, physical education, foreign languages, technology, character
development, religion and community service.
What sets
an education at Saint Andrew’s apart? We believe it’s a combination of
contemporary academics and traditional character.
Our
approach embraces the Episcopal tradition; it is open-minded, respectful and
inclusive. Everyone is welcome in our community, without labels, without
preconceptions.
Within our
rigorous academic program, students are encouraged to explore, reflect and
inquire—and to realize the value of moral lessons like trustworthiness,
respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship in their lives. Children are introduced early on to the
concepts of community service, environmental awareness and their role as
citizens of the larger world outside Saint Andrew’s doors.
Our
students leave with a clarity about their own beliefs and traditions, and the
capacity to empathize with and appreciate other viewpoints and perspectives.
Saint
Andrew’s Episcopal School is accredited by the California Association of
Independent Schools and is a member of the National Association of Independent
Schools. Visit our website for
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St. Matthew's Episcopal Day School 16 Baldwin, San Mateo, CA 94401 650-342-5436, www.stmatthewsday.org Contact: admission@stmatthewsday.org Preschool - 8th grade St.
Matthew's Episcopal Day School was founded in 1953 as a co-ed,
independent Episcopal Day School serving 230 students of all faiths in
preschool through eighth grade. The School offers an enriched academic
program that develops intellectual curiosity, self-confidence, moral
courage, and the habits of heart that prepare students to be leaders of
positive change, in their high schools and their world.
The
curriculum reflects an approach designed to help students understand
the inter-connectedness and interdependence of the disciplines they
study. Emphases on student service-learning and family community
service are two ways in which the school fulfills its mission to
instill a sense of social responsibility and prepare students for life
beyond the classroom.
The ability to thrive and succeed in the
School's challenging academic environment is the primary criterion for
admission. Enrollment is open to qualified students without regard to
race, creed, ethnic origin or economic status. Need based financial
assistance is available.
St. Matthew's Episcopal Day School is a
member of the National Association of Independent Schools and the
National Association of Episcopal Schools and is accredited by the
California Association of Independent Schools.
Saint Mark's School 39 Trellis Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903 415-472-8000, www.saintmarksschool.org Kindergarten - 8th grade Saint
Mark's School is an independent, nonsectarian, coeducational,
elementary school for students in grades kindergarten through eight.
The Saint Mark's community is composed of 380 bright and motivated
students, over 80 faculty and staff, more than 600 alumni, and their
many families and friends. The school's ten-acre campus is located in a
quiet neighborhood in San Rafael, California.
Saint Mark's
provides a challenging academic program in a nurturing community that
values respect, responsibility and trust. The curriculum emphasizes
mastery of basic academic disciplines while providing broad exposure to
the arts, athletics and world cultures. The school works in partnership
with families to foster academic success and personal growth. Saint
Mark's recognizes that a diverse community enriches the learning of all
students and promotes global understanding and citizenship.
Saint
Mark's School believes that educational excellence and justice demand a
diverse, inclusive and socially responsible community. By choosing
Saint Mark's, families commit to inclusiveness and fairness, in keeping
with the school's Seven Pillars of Character.
Please feel free
to contact the Admissions Office at (415) 472-8007 if you have any
questions, would like to receive an application packet, or are
interested in scheduling a visit. Barbara Finley, Director of
Admissions, bfinley@saintmarksschool.org.
St. Paul's Episcopal School 116 Montecito Avenue, Oakland, CA 94610-4356 510-285-9600, www.spes.org Kindergarten - 8th grade Celebrating
30 years of academic excellence, St. Paul's Episcopal School is
Oakland's private school with a public purpose. The School is located
downtown near Lake Merritt and serves 334 students in grades K-8.
Throughout its history, St. Paul's has been equipping young people to
be good citizens as well as good scholars. The School features
excellent academics, a multicultural curriculum, diversity,
spirituality, and an award-winning Service Learning Program in which
all students participate.
St. Paul's provides a respectful,
safe, and nurturing environment for students and families who reflect
the broad diversity of the greater Oakland area. Over half of all
students are children of color, and over one-third of all students
participate in the School's model Tuition Assistance Program. This
ensures socioeconomic diversity. The School also reflects diversity in
religion and culture, as well as providing a warm and friendly
atmosphere for gay and lesbian families, immigrant families, and young
people with learning differences.
San Francisco Day School 350 Masonic Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94118 415-931-2422, www.sfds.net Kindergarten - 8th grade In
1977 Sally and Toby Rosenblatt gathered a small group of friends in
their living room to talk about Sally's dream-an independent
coeducational elementary school in San Francisco. Today San Francisco
Day School is highly regarded and continues to advance the goals
articulated by the founders offering an academic program designed to
take full advantage of the City's resources, a desire to create a
diverse and inclusive community, a commitment to attract and retain an
outstanding faculty, tuition assistance for 10 to 25 percent of the
students, and an extended day-care program. Diversity is an important
component of the academic excellence of the school. San Francisco Day
School recruits, welcomes and celebrates children, families, faculty
and staff differences. Learning occurs both within and outside the
confines of the school. Students learn to cooperate within the school
community and the City of San Francisco provides an important learning
laboratory for the school. Students in all grades participate in an
age-appropriate service learning program that educates the children
about the challenges of urban life while providing an opportunity to
become active contributors to organizations and individuals in the
community. It opens its doors to neighborhood groups and forges
alliances with other schools and community organizations to work for
the good of the community and its children.
The San Francisco School 300 Gaven Street, San Francisco, CA 941134 415-239-5065 ext. 103, www.sfschool.org Preschool - 8th grade The
San Francisco School embraces multiculturalism and celebrates
diversity. The San Francisco School staff is a diverse group of men and
women with a variety of ethnic, racial, and religious backgrounds as
well as sexual orientations. All teachers participate in an ongoing
professional development program where teachers reflect, attend
workshops, and do independent research. The core of the professional
development program involves regular meetings of small groups of
teachers focused on questions about student learning. Teachers hone
their practice looking at current research, at their own instructional
approach, and at student work. The San Francisco School preschool is a
Montessori program while many common elements in the Elementary Program
provide consistency for the students as they move from grade to grade.
While each level has its own goals and challenges, the students can
also look forward to familiar routines that build self-esteem and
independence throughout the elementary years. Many elements in the
Middle School program unite the Middle School students and provide
common settings for individual and collective growth.
Sea Crest
School 901 Arnold
Way, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019 650-712-9892,
www.seacrestschool.org K – 8th
grade A K–8
independent school serving families from the San Francisco peninsula, Sea Crest
is a community where engaged students are inspired to think critically, express
their creativity and act with personal integrity.
Small class
sizes mean teachers can appropriately challenge each student daily. Our
independence allows teachers flexibility and creativity in designing thematic
units of study which exceed state grade-level standards. Core work in
mathematics, science, reading, writing, social studies and Spanish is
complemented by daily PE and enrichment courses in technology, music, drama,
and art. Middle Schoolers are offered creative elective classes ranging
from Aerodynamics to Cooking.
Students in
grades 5–8 may participate in interscholastic sports, competing against teams
from throughout the Bay Area.
Thoughtful
placement assistance has helped graduates matriculate at the Bay Area’s most
competitive high schools and enjoy success at some of the country’s finest
colleges and universities. Financial aid is available.
Guiding
Principles:
I do
nothing to harm myself or others. I am
responsible for my behavior. I take
pride in myself and in my work. I leave it
better than I found it. We are each
other’s keepers.
Sonoma
Country Day School 4400 Day
School Place, Santa Rosa CA 95403 707-284-3200
www.scds.org Kindergarten
- 8th grade Sonoma
Country Day School is an independent K-8 school serving 250 students in Santa Rosa,
California. SCDS provides a firm academic foundation supplemented by rich
programs in the arts and athletics combined with an emphasis on integrity,
humanity, intellect, character, and leadership. We are committed to
providing students with a rigorous and exciting academic program, opportunities
to develop their artistic and creative natures, ideals to open their potential
for leadership, and self confidence to express their uniqueness.
All
students play an instrument, participate in art classes, experience outdoor
education, and have technology instruction as part of their school day. World
Language studies include Spanish and Mandarin at all grade levels. Leadership
skills, public speaking, and environmental science are also focuses at the
school.
Activities
and programs at SCDS are meant to ensure student acquisition of high academic
skills, encourage the development of attitudes that promote learning and
success in secondary school and college, and maintain an exemplary community of
educators, parents, trustees and school friends who model participation and
leadership in the school and in the larger community. For more information
please visit www.scds.org or contact Director of
Admission Dana Nelson-Isaacs (707-284-3215 or dana@scds.org).
Synergy
School 1387 Valencia St., San Francisco, CA 94110 415-5677-6177,
www.synergyschool.org Kindergarten - 8th grade Founded
in 1973, Synergy School is a non-profit teacher cooperative for
children kindergarten to eighth grade, located in San Francisco. The
schools curriculum is multi-cultural fostered by an environment which
struggles against racism, sexism, and other forms of prejudice. The
Synergy community is one of diverse ethnic and economic backgrounds.
Academic
skills
are achieved within a non-competitive atmosphere. The Bay Area
Writers Project, interdisciplinary projects, specific skill development
utilizing phonemic awareness, and whole language/literature based
programs are the foundations of their language arts curriculum. There
is an emphasis on problem solving and the written expression of
mathematical processes and procedures. Science at Synergy is
experiential and hands-on, includes field trips in Northern California
and an annual science fair. In their music program children listen to
classical and ethnic music and create their own. Students produce and
perform plays in Synergy's art and drama program and Spanish is taught
to all grade levels. An Afterschool programs is available and over
one-third of the children receive partial financial aid.
The Urban School of San Francisco 1563 Page Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 415-626-2919, www.urbanschool.org 9th - 12th grade The
Urban School of San Francisco was founded in 1966 by a group of Bay
Area parents seeking an innovative alternative to conventional
secondary education. They believed that adolescents are curious,
creative, and eager to make sense of the world around them and that
their self-esteem is best developed in an atmosphere of trust, honesty,
and mutual respect between students and teachers.
Urban
School believes that the best education occurs in a school made up of
students, teachers, and parents drawn from many different socioeconomic
backgrounds, cultures, races, religions, and sexual orientations.
Students are encouraged to ask questions, to search for their own
answers, to voice their opinions, and to think critically and
independently.
A
feature of the Urban School is the assignment of a faculty advisor to
each student. The faculty advisor is the liaison between student,
school, and family. Students meet with their advisors in weekly group
advising meetings and in individual meetings to review and plan their
academic progress. The advisor is also available to discuss areas of
concern and offer counsel and support.
Walden School 74 S. San Gabriel Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91107 626-792-6166, www.waldenschool.net Pre-K - 6th grade Walden
School students do as Henry Thoreau: "Be True to your work, your word,
your friend." Walden School, founded in 1970, is an independent,
accredited elementary school, enrolling 240 students from
pre-kindergarten through sixth grade in multi-grade/age classrooms.
Founded
on the instructive words of Henry Thoreau, a Walden education is based
on balance. Instruction assures children will develop traditional
academic skills through innovative and progressive teaching practices.
Teachers also strive to lay the foundation for wisdom, to encourage the
spirit of Renaissance learning and to help students to understand how
they are counted on as a learner and a friend. Students develop a true
love of learning. They value their own interests and pursue them with
passion and determination.
The
Storyteller-in-Residence works with teachers and students to help give
voice to the children's experience of the world and to develop the
vocabulary to say what they mean and mean what they say.
Walden
students matriculate to the finest independent and public schools in
the area. Its graduates are described as articulate and forthright,
respectful, reflective, resilient, academically ambitious, and globally
aware. Walden graduates have learned how to question the status quo in
an informed and reflective manner.
Please call (626) 792-6166 ext. 12 for tours. Tours begin at 9:30am, are for adults only, and do require reservations.
Woodside International School 1555 Irving Street, San Francisco, CA 94122 415-564-1063, www.wissf.org, info@wissf.org
9th-12th grade
Woodside
International School is an accredited, college-preparatory, and
co-educational independent high school located in the Sunset District
of San Francisco. We are dedicated to instilling the knowledge and
skills that will prepare students for success in the colleges of their
choice. Our general education requirements meet and exceed both the UC
and CSU entrance requirements.
Our program is designed to
provide a personal tracking of each student that no large school is
able to match, and our faculty and administration are committed to
giving the individual attention that every student deserves and every
parent hopes for. Small classes allow teachers to spend time with each
student.
The curriculum is unique in its breadth. Woodside
offers more courses in a given semester than the standard school
schedule. Besides the major college prep classes, students take
courses in Philosophy, Current Events, PE, Health, and Art every
semester through high school. Students enjoy the variety offered by
such a curriculum without neglecting their core classes. This results
in a broader and more interesting educational experience.
Students
who have experienced challenges or disappointments in school will find
Woodside's program a refreshing change. The greater individual
attention and the more interesting curriculum will provide the student
with the opportunity to both make meaningful progress and regain an
enthusiasm for school.
With a well-rounded education and greater
self-confidence, Woodside students are well prepared for college. They
are regularly accepted by their first choice colleges. College
admissions officers recognize the advantages that Woodside students
have over those coming from larger, more stressful schools, offering a
more standard program.
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