Private K-12 School in San Fernando Valley, LA

Sierra Canyon School, Chatsworth:
Located on over 36 beautiful acres in Chatsworth in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, CA, Sierra Canyon School is an academically excellent, college preparatory school committed to an empowering environment in which students realize their greatest intellectual, creative, ethical and physical promise. We are a co-educational school for grades Early Kindergarten through to Twelfth Grade and have no religious affiliation. Sierra Canyon School has two campuses: The Lower Campus for students in Early Kindergarten through to 6th Grades, and the Upper Campus for students in grades 7 through 12.

Sierra Canyon School is an accredited school which belongs to CAIS, WASC and NAIS.

Our Goals:
Sierra Canyon School develops students who are as keen to realize their potential as their teachers are to inspire it. The school therefore seeks to do the following:

- Build close, meaningful student-teacher relationships.
- Develop a strong sense of community as well as a healthy respect for the responsibility.
- that such a community requires of its members.
- Encourage personal excellence inside and outside the classroom.
- Provide opportunities for challenge, reflection, perspective, and growth.
- Celebrate and inspire lifelong learning.

Education Programs:

EK-5th Grade:
Sierra Canyon offers small, like-learner groupings for students in grades EK-5th for the areas of Language Arts and Math. Other courses include:  Social Studies, Science, Foreign Language, Computer Technology, Art, Music, Physical Education.

Upper School:
AP classes offered:  English, Foreign Language (Spanish, French, Latin), Biology, Chemistry, Physics, History, Art.

Varsity Level Athletics Program:
A full Varsity Level Athletics Program is offered in:  Football, Soccer, Basketball, Cross Country and Track, Tennis, Swimming, Baseball.

- Excellence:  Sierra Canyon School embraces academic and personal excellence, wherein each student is treated as an individual and has the opportunity to strive and attain his or her best.

- Integrity:  Students develop a strong moral base an dethical understanding as members of a principled learning community. They are encouraged to act wiht honesty, respect and compassion.

- Community:  Close, meaningful student-teacher relationships further both the intellectual pursuits and the process of personal development.  A strong sense of community prevails, along with an understanding of the comitments and responsibilties such a community requires from each individual in order to thrive.

- Independence:  Students are given increasing independence and responsibility for their own learning in order to foster intellectual curiousity, creativity, and confidence.  Consequently, they have more opportunities to grow and thrive both as individuals and as leaders within the school community.

- Perspective:  Academic and extracurricular programs encourage the broadening of student perspectives and provide and exposure to both the surrounding community and the wider world. Experiential learning opportunities form a healthy, challenging part of Sierra Canyon School's program.