Creation Station Huntington Beach: Based in Fountain Valley, Orange County, CA, Creation Station Huntington Beach offers a wildly creative dance school concept for kids and teens which provides movement-based dance programs starting at age 18 months. Our creative teaching techniques combined with a carefully structured syllabus is what makes Creation Station the most popular dance and enrichment program for toddlers and young children on both coasts.
Pacific Ridge School is an independent middle and high school for grades 7 -12 in Carlsbad in San Diego County, CA. Pacific Ridge School is fulfilling the need in Coastal North County for excellence in independent, college-preparatory and secondary education. Firmly rooted in academic excellence, Pacific Ridge School inspires and equips students to be lifelong learners who act with compassion and integrity. We are accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
We invite you to discover what is unique about Pacific Ridge School. Grounded in academic accomplishment, we promote both artistic and athletic achievement, while integrating our vision and our values in every aspect of our curriculum. As they explore assumptions from new perspectives and become aware of their role as members of a global community, students learn the importance of finding their pupose in life.
Education Programs:
- Middle School Program
- High School Program
* In addition to Academic Subjects such as Social and Community Studies, American Studies, Life Science, Conceptual Physics, Mathematics, English, French and Spanish, subjects such as Ethical Responsibility and Global Engagement play an important role in our Curriculum.
Located in the Ladera Heights area of southwest Los Angeles, Ladera Music Academy is a music school that offers quality, affordable music classes for students of all ages from infants to senior citizens. We offer beginner to advanced level courses in a wide variety of instruments (guitar, drums, keyboard, violin), vocal lessons, gospel music classes, and instrumental family music camps. Both evening, and weekend classes are available.
Our goal is to encourage children to explore & make music. Music can offer the mental & emotional tools needed for children to build a well-rounded future. Music education offers children the opportunity to develop skills ranging from better concentration to coordination in addition to providing a creative outlet for self expression.
We believe that talent is earned, not given, so we have high expectations that any child can excel in music while also having fun!
Vocal / Music Classes:
- Elementary Children’s Choir (7-13)
- Vocal Performance Techniques (11-18)
- Gospel Music Class (11-18)
- Family Summer Music Courses: Music Together Family Camp
Almaden Country School (ACS) is a nonsectarian, independent school in South San Jose that offers preschool, elementary and middle school programs for students from 4 years of age through to 8th grade. Our school is centrally located on Trinidad Drive in San Jose in Santa Clara County at the southern end of San Francisco Bay.
On average, 9 in 10 ACS graduates are admitted to selective private high schools (86% – Average score on the Catholic High School Placement Exam and 85% – Average National Percentile Ranking on Stanford Achievement Test for ACS 7th and 8th graders).
We are proud that in 2009 and 2010, our preschool, elementary, and middle school were voted “Best of Best” by Bay Area Parent magazine. Our highly regarded school, which has more than 400 students, believes that each child has unique capabilities and talents.
We offer Personal Learning Plans for every student; our Character and Competence program for developing strong, ethical leaders; small class sizes; a broad and challenging curriculum including a full enrichment program of art, music, drama, hands-on science, foreign language, and P.E.; and passionate teachers who are devoted to the children they serve.
Located in Palo Alto in Santa Clara County in the San Francisco Bay Area, Hope Technology School (HTS) is a not-for-profit school, established in 2001, with the mission of providing an exceptional learning experience for typical and special needs children from preschool through to 8th grade in a fully inclusive, technology rich environment. We also have the Prep Center, a "Private School Satellite Program" for high school aged students. The special needs of our students may include Autism, ADHD, Down Syndrome, learning differences, speech disorders and emotional challenges.
Our school serves families throughout the Redwood, Menlo Park, Los Altos, Sunnyvale and other Francisco Bay communities. Our inclusive ratio is 60% neurotypical students and 40% students with developmental differences. Maintaining small class size (average 12 students per class) with at least one teacher and one para-educator per class affords each student the support to reach his or her full potential.
Bonita Country Day School in Chula Vista in San Diego County, Southern CA, is a private, independent, non-denominational elementary school and preschool offering grades Pre-Kindergarten through to 5th Grade. Bonita Country Day School provides students with a superior education in a culturally diverse, family-oriented environment. The strong academic curriculum is enhanced with a wide-range of opportunities to explore music, art, and foreign language and to pursue interests in many extra-curricular activities.
One of the fundamental obligations of Bonita Country Day School is to assist students in the development of those character traits that will give them a sense of their own self-worth. Each student is given guidance in social development as well as academic growth.
Education Programs:
- Montessori Preschool (Full-time)
- Montessori Preschool (Part-time)
- Kindergarten
- Grades One through to Five
- Extended School Care
Enrichment Programs:
- Amazing Athletes
- Dance and Music
- Playball
- Mad Science
Founded in 1976, Montessori Children's Center (MCC) teaches students ages 2-6 years in its new custom-designed preschool located in the Parkmerced community in the southwest corner of San Francisco. Our preschool is based near San Francisco State University in the Villa Merced complex. We serve families from Sunset District, Balboa Terrace, Ingleside, Oceanview and throughout San Fransisco Bay communities.
Dedicated to the methods and vision of the reknowned educator Maria Montessori, the teachers at MCC consider themselves guides and facilitators rather than instructors, as children instinctively "learn how to learn," thus gaining independence and self-confidence. The Center has been accredited by the Association Montessori Internationale. The staff includes experienced Montessori teachers with extensive educational backgrounds and a qualified complementary staff.
Childcare programs (Full-day / half-day options available):
- Preschool program
- Kindergarten program
* We provide a quality learning environment based on the educational philosophy of Dr. Maria Montessori, for children 2-1/2 to 6 years. We also accept a limited number of 2-year-olds.