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Private Elementary & Middle School in San Jose, CA
Almaden Country School:
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).
Accreditation:
Almaden Country School is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). In 2009, the school received WASC's highest accreditation, a six year term.
Our Mission:
The mission of Almaden Country School is to discover the gifts in every child. We provide a safe and affirming environment for learning, empowering children to strive, explore and build a sense of personal value. Our teachers create a rich academic foundation that corresponds with the developmental stages of childhood. We offer a wide variety of opportunities for children to extend their intellectual, social and personal potential.
Our students become delightful people — confident, kind, concerned and ready to make significant contributions to our world. At Almaden Country School, we prepare children to live extraordinary lives.
Education Programs:
Preschool, elementary and middle school programs for students from 4 years of age through to 8th grade:
- Preschool program: This includes Begindergarten (four-year-old preschool), Junior Kindergarten and Kindergarten.
- Elementary School program: This is made up of the Foundation Program for grades 1–3, and the Intermediate Program for grades 4 and 5.
- Middle School program: This program includes years 6th-8th grade.
- Enrichment program
- Extended Care program
- Summer Camp program
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.
Essential Components of the ACS Experience:
To achieve our mission, we commit ourselves to provide the essential components of the ACS experience for the children and families we serve:
- Dedicated and talented teachers who are free to creatively tailor their instruction to the needs and interests of their students, rather than devoting most of their energy to standardized test preparation or classroom management.
- A safe learning environment where respectful conduct is expected and maintained.
- A learning climate in which studying and excelling are the norm.
- Peers who are motivated and interested in learning, striving and achieving.
- Expectations — and preparedness — for success in high school, college and life.
Address:
6835 Trinidad Drive, 95120, San Jose, California , USA
Sierra Canyon School, Chatsworth
Courses / Programs
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. The relationship between teacher and student is at the heart of every excellent academic institution. Sierra Canyon School cultivates this relationship by providing a dynamic learning environment that facilitates positive growth among all members of the school community.
Our students advance their knowledge through thoughtful discussion and the exploration of ideas. At its core, we develop students who are as keen to realize their potential as their teachers are to inspire it.
We are a college preparatory school offering the following programs:
- Early Kindergarten programs
- Lower School programs
Subject areas include: Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, Science, Foreign Language, Computer Technology, Art, Music, Physical Education.
- Middle School programs
- Upper School programs
AP classes offered include: English, Foreign Language (Spanish, French, Latin), Biology, Chemistry, Physics, History, Art
- Varsity Level Athletics program
- Early Kindergarten programs
- Lower School programs
Subject areas include: Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, Science, Foreign Language, Computer Technology, Art, Music, Physical Education.
- Middle School programs
- Upper School programs
AP classes offered include: English, Foreign Language (Spanish, French, Latin), Biology, Chemistry, Physics, History, Art
- Varsity Level Athletics program
Nurture And Nature Early Childhood Education Center, Millbrae
Courses / Programs
Nurture And Nature in Millbrae in San Mateo County, just west of San Francisco Bay, is an Early Childhood Education Center offering part-day and full-day Preschool and Pre-Kindergarten programs for children ages 3-6 years. Parent involvement is key to our success. We strive to create a family-like community at Nurture And Nature ECE Center, where the learning and nurturing of home and school blend together.Nurture And Nature Early Childhood Education Center seeks to maximize each child’s potential. We encourage and challenge each child to take social-emotional and academic risks to experience greater success and self-confidence. We highlight your child’s strengths and needs by writing individual goals in all developmental areas, which are created and reviewed frequently by the family and teaching staff.
- Part-day and full-day preschool and pre-kindergarten programs for children ages 3-6 years.
- We provide developmentally appropriate activities in a multi-sensory and varied learning style approach.
- Social skills and character education are taught within the classroom.
- We provide developmentally appropriate activities in a multi-sensory and varied learning style approach.
- Social skills and character education are taught within the classroom.
Delphi Academy of Los Angeles, San Fernando Valley
Courses / Programs
Are you searching for a quality private school in the San Fernando Valley area? Located in Lake View Terrace, in the foothills of the beautiful Angeles National Forest, Delphi Academy of Los Angeles is a coeducational day school providing a preschool through 12th grade program.
We admit students of any race, color and national or ethnic origin.
Delphi Academy of Los Angeles is one of several schools in the Delphi Schools Network, a group of independent schools sharing uniquely developed curriculum and teaching methods.
All of our teachers have been thoroughly trained in the study and teaching methods practiced at Delphi Academy.
Academics focus on providing students with a solid grounding in the basics, a rich and challenging hands-on curriculum, and the ability to study purposefully and independently.
In addition to rounding out academic studies in literature, mathematics, writing, science, history, and government, our students gain practical understanding and experience in the subjects of leadership, integrity and logic, as well as management and organizational skills.
Student Testimonial:
"The thing I really like about Delphi is that they let you feel important. You don’t have to be afraid to be who you are! The teachers are great! Delphi makes learning fun.”
- Middle School Student
Academic Programs for Preschool-Grade 12 Students:
• Preschool
• Lower School
• Elementary School
• Middle School
• High School
• Summer Programs
• English Immersion Program for International Students (Academic Year)
• English Immersion Camps (Spring, Summer & Winter - 4 weeks to 3 months)
• Preschool
• Lower School
• Elementary School
• Middle School
• High School
• Summer Programs
• English Immersion Program for International Students (Academic Year)
• English Immersion Camps (Spring, Summer & Winter - 4 weeks to 3 months)
Oak Grove School, Ventura County
Courses / Programs
Located in Ojai, California, south of Santa Barbara and Los Angeles, Oak Grove School offers innovative early childhood, elementary, junior high school programs, a college-preparatory high school, and a family-style boarding program all nourished by the educational vision of its founder, philosopher and educator J. Krishnamurti. Small classes in a natural environment are guided by experienced teachers who encourage discovery and inquiry while supporting exceptional academic, creative and personal growth. 203 day and boarding students attend Oak Grove School. The student to faculty ratio is 5:1, with an average class size of 14. The school is fully accredited by the California Association of Independent Schools (CAIS) and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).
Oak Grove School offers space to grow, guidance to develop intellectually and creatively, and support to help students understand themselves and the world around them. It prepares its students for college, and for life.
Co-Educational Pre-K-12 Day & Boarding School Programs:
- Day Program
- Boarding Program for 7th, 8th Grade and High School Students
- Early Childhood Program
- Toddler Program
- Preschool Program
- Kindergarten Program
- Elementary School Program
- Junior School Program
- High School Program
- Day Program
- Boarding Program for 7th, 8th Grade and High School Students
- Early Childhood Program
- Toddler Program
- Preschool Program
- Kindergarten Program
- Elementary School Program
- Junior School Program
- High School Program
Little Kingdom Child Care - Learning Center
Courses / Programs
Little Kingdom is a one-of-a-kind progressive daycare and learning center right in the heart of Encinitas in the North County area of San Diego County, approximately 25 miles north of San Diego. Dedicated to providing an impressive, clean, fresh and safe environment that supports development and learning for children, Little Kingdom, a day care facility like no other, is the right place for your children. With a locally owned and operated child development center, licensed by the State of California Department of Social Services, Little Kingdom aims to provide developmentally progressive, appropriate, safe activities to develop each child socially, emotionally, physically, linguistically and cognitively through child guided exploration. We offer child care for ages six weeks to twelve years.
We have uniquely designed facilities to give your child the highest quality of attention and learning in a safe & nurturing environment with fully qualified teachers who can create connections that will last a life time. Little Kingdom is the difference between babysitting and certified child care.
- Child care programs for ages six weeks to twelve years
- We provide a safe and nurturing environment that supports development and learning for children
- We provide developmentally progressive, appropriate & safe activities
- We aim to develop each child socially, emotionally, physically, linguistically and cognitively
- Open 6:30 am - 6:30 pm, Mon - Fri
- We also pick up and drop off from schools
- Breakfast, lunch and snacks served
- Potty training available
- We provide a safe and nurturing environment that supports development and learning for children
- We provide developmentally progressive, appropriate & safe activities
- We aim to develop each child socially, emotionally, physically, linguistically and cognitively
- Open 6:30 am - 6:30 pm, Mon - Fri
- We also pick up and drop off from schools
- Breakfast, lunch and snacks served
- Potty training available
Antelope Valley Christian School
Courses / Programs
Antelope Valley Christian School is located in Lancaster in Los Angeles County (approximately 70 miles north of Los Angeles), California. We are a private non denominational Christian school offering Preschool through to 12th Grade programs, as well as programs for international students. The staff and faculty of the Antelope Valley Christian School will challenge and inspire each student to achieve academic excellence, develop personal integrity, and practice responsible citizenship. This takes place within a Christian environment that communicates and models the love of God through Jesus Christ and the teachings of the Bible as the basis of faith, character, and morals.
The Antelope Valley Christian School is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). AVCS is also a member of the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI).
- Preschool & Kindergarten programs (2 - 5 year olds)
- Elementary School programs (Grades 1 - 6)
- Junior High School programs (Grades 7 & 8)
- High School programs (Grades 9 - 12)
International Student programs:
- Full Academic School Year program (Late August - Early June)
- American Cultural Experience (A.C.E.)
- Summer School program (Mid June - Late July)
- The AVCS Residential Center
- Elementary School programs (Grades 1 - 6)
- Junior High School programs (Grades 7 & 8)
- High School programs (Grades 9 - 12)
International Student programs:
- Full Academic School Year program (Late August - Early June)
- American Cultural Experience (A.C.E.)
- Summer School program (Mid June - Late July)
- The AVCS Residential Center