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Preschool
LePort Montessori School Lomita
LePort is an authentic Montessori school offering programs from infant daycare through kindergarten (ages 3 months – 6 years), including a Spanish immersion program for preschool/kindergarten students in a full immersion environment, where both the lead teacher and the assistant speak only in Spanish with the children. We provide convenient hours: open 7 am – 6 pm, year-round, with half-day and 8:30 am – 3 pm options, as well as on-site, after-school activities, from yoga to soccer and music. LePort Lomita is convenient located on PCH just off Crenshaw. Tour now and enroll immediately or join the waitlist to secure enrollment for the next school year.
Stratford School
When children are inspired, amazing things happen. Stratford School provides an academically enriched program in a fun, collaborative, and engaging school environment. In addition to its visionary core curriculum, Stratford features STEAM, foreign language, fine arts, and music programs designed to ensure children become confident and successful learners, innovators, and creative problem-solvers. Beginning in preschool, Stratford’s curriculum is designed to develop the cognitive, social, emotional, and physical building blocks to last a lifetime. Hands-on, multi-sensory activities, including Imaginative STEAM Play, encourage preschoolers to play and share with others while developing their self-confidence. Stratford teachers enrich the academic lessons with the “fun factor,” so each child discovers the joy and excitement of learning. Let our story really come to life when you visit our school. We invite you and your child to take a tour and learn how our dedicated educators
Wonder Preschool & Learning Center
Wonder Preschool & Learning Center provides an exciting comprehensive approach to early education for all kids between 2 to 5 years of age. Supported by a team of quality, multi-disciplinary educators and grounded in strong parental involvement, Wonder offers the ideal learning environment through child-lead, project-based instruction. Days at Wonder are filled with laughter, adventure, teamwork, and FUN. Lead by experts in the field, each child's intellectual, physical, and social-emotional development is cultivated in a well-balanced, nurturing environment. Wonder IS the ultimate preschool setting where students develop a lifelong love for learning and families gain friendships of a lifetime!
Elementary School
St. Paul’s First Lutheran School
A hidden gem in the NoHo Arts District, this fully accredited school provides a high quality and well-rounded Christian education for children in preschool, pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and grades 1-8. A distinctly caring and nurturing atmosphere! Excellent academics, music, technology, athletics and fine arts. Affordable tuition. Children excel in a structured environment that focuses on faith, family, and foundation!
Brawerman Elementary School
Brawerman stands among the leading private elementary schools in Los Angeles Its graduates advance to the top secondary schools in the City, where they are appreciated not only for what they know but how they think and who they are. With two locations, Brawerman West at Olympic and Barrington in West Los Angeles and Brawerman East at 3663 Wilshire in Koreatown, both offer a rich, personalized academic experience in the context of a warm, nurturing, and creative community. Brawerman students explore, create, and achieve as they grow into kind, confident, independent thinkers and doers who are well prepared to apply their skills and abilities as they advance through life.
St. Catherine’s Academy
St. Catherine's Academy is a Catholic school with a military tradition for boys in transitional kindergarten through eighth grade. We provide challenging academics focused on the specific learning needs of boys and young men, spiritual development under the nurturing care of the Dominican Sisters, and a structured military program that builds confidence and develops leadership skills. We offer small classes, music, technology, and more! Day and boarding options available.
Middle School
Vista Charter Middle School
Vista Charter Middle School is a free, independent public school. At Vista, we transform the school experience by going above and beyond to meet the needs of the whole child. Here you'll see students collaborating and engaging in discourse. We offer a variety of high-quality programs--Dance, Orchestra, Band, Coding, Robotics--just to name a few. We also have great after school programs, clubs and athletics. We believe that when students are given a context for their learning and the tools to excel and apply them to the real world, the outcome is deep engagement, a life-long love of learning and academic excellence. Call our main office to schedule your tour!
Multi-Grade
Notre Dame Academy Elementary
At NDAE, we educate TK-8 boys and girls in a nurturing and challenging environment. Integrated units of instruction engage students in a multisensory curriculum that promotes curiosity, exploration, and investigation. With a focus on 21st-century learning skills, we develop self-confident students ready to be leaders of the next generation.
Bridges Academy
Bridges Academy is an independent school (grades 4-12) in Studio City educating a diverse group of gifted students who have a range of strengths, interests, and learning differences. These unique students, who we refer to as twice- exceptional (2e), have intellectual, social-emotional, and creative needs that benefit from our personalized, strength-based learning model. Since 1995, we have created a responsive educational environment that successfully meets the needs of these cognitively-diverse students. The Bridges approach cultivates student achievement through engaging core classes, a rich array of electives, small class size, talent- development opportunities, and advisory and mentoring programs that support executive functioning skills and social understanding. Students work with a dynamic, flexible, innovative and creative faculty trained to develop each student’s full potential.
Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School
As a TK-8th grade independent Jewish school, Heschel provides a rigorous academic and rich extracurricular education, developing critical thinking, problem solving, and creativity. Our enriching programs including robotics, athletics, musical theatre and STEAM instill character building and individual growth. Heschel’s state-of-the-art campus and outstanding faculty inspire student engagement. We offer four bus routes throughout the San Fernando Valley including stops in Sherman Oaks, Encino, Tarzana, Woodland Hills and Calabasas. We are excited to welcome your family to an Open House to learn more about our curriculum and mission, and to meet our Heschel family. http://www.heschel.com/openhouse Elementary School Open House November 8, 2018 from 9:30am - 11:30am January 10, 2019 from 9:30am - 11:30am Middle School Open House November 18, 2018 from 9:45am - 12:30pm
Le Lycee Francais de Los Angeles
Founded in 1964, Le Lycée Français de Los Angeles is an international, independent, coed school providing a global education, with dual curriculums to students from preschool to 12th grade. It is located on 6 unique and age-appropriate campuses in the West Los Angeles area. The school offers the choice of an English-language college prep program and another entirely taught in French, both of which nurture the mind, body and character of every student. In addition to strong academics - Athletics, Arts, Music, and many clubs/extracurricular activities ensure a balanced education and encourage every child to develop to his full potential. The diverse and engaging community of students (representing over 55 nations), parents and teachers fosters a caring and nurturing environment, creating globally-minded world citizens.
Stratford School
At Stratford, high expectations yield extraordinary results. We start early with an advanced and intentionally balanced curriculum that challenges students and accelerates achievement. Our ever-evolving, STEAM-based (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) curriculum and teaching methods ensure students develop the diverse set of problem-solving skills and creative talents they’ll need in today’s world. Our passionate teachers cultivate a nurturing and fun classroom environment, where children feel safe and eager to try new things and fail forward. Beyond the classroom, we help students discover and define their passions through a variety of extracurricular activities, personal development and enrichment. This carefully designed approach prepares students to become tomorrow’s creative problem-solvers, innovators, and confident leaders. Los Angeles: (323) 962-3075, Preschool – Middle School Altadena: (626) 794-1000, Preschool – Elementary Mission Viejo: (949) 458-1776, Preschool – Middle School For additional information go to www.stratfordschools.com.
Westridge School
Westridge is an independent school for girls in grades 4-12 dedicated to educating adventurous thinkers, and courageous, compassionate leaders. The school balances challenging academics and leadership development with nurturing students’ sense of self and emphasizing their responsibilities to others and the world. The Westridge curriculum is based on a fundamental understanding of how girls learn. Discussion and collaboration are hallmarks of the program, which is designed to build mastery in core subjects and inspire creative learners. Strengths in the humanities, sciences, and STEM fields are complemented with dynamic arts offerings and an athletic program structured to challenge top scholar-athletes and welcome all players. Westridge’s engaged and supportive student culture encourages leadership of all styles and allows students to be themselves and focus on learning.
Oasis Trilingual Community School
Oasis Trilingual Community School is a TK-8, elementary and middle school, offering a Mandarin and Spanish immersion STEAM program. For all grade levels, students are able to enter our program at any language ability — from Beginner to Advanced. Oasis engages students with thematically aligned IB units, relevant real world project-based learning, and globally minded leadership skills. Our program includes Individual Learning Plans, Mandarin, Spanish, English, math, social studies, science, MakerSpace, coding, art, sports, drama, filmmaking, yoga, dance, gardening, cooking, music, social emotional learning, meditation, service-learning and after school program. Oasis Trilingual Community School is located in Temple City, adjacent to Pasadena. Visit www.oasistrilingualschool.org, or call us at (626) 285-8262 to schedule a tour.
Enrichment
CR8space Art Studio & Creativity Workshop
CR8space is a drop-in anytime art studio filled with innovative activities and supplies for everyone from the crafter/hobbyist to the serious artist. Our Open Studio sessions are geared towards kids of all ages - just drop-in, make a mess, grow your skills, and exercise your imagination! We also offer Foundational Art classes where we teach an Academic approach to drawing and painting. Artists work side by side at their own pace and as they advance, they collaborate with our instructors to develop their own projects. CR8space is operated by professional artists who share an enthusiasm for inspiring creativity in others. We believe this is essential for a better world and a fulfilling life at home, school and beyond.
Art To Grow On Children’s Art Center, Inc.
From our Peewee Picasso Classes to our Jr. Architect and Engineer Programs, we bring our Art Enrichment Classes and Programs directly to you for all ages: Toddlers ages 18 months - 5 years old, Preschools, Elementary Schools, and Middle Schools. Programs, Classes and Specialty Workshops are additionally customized for Charter Schools, Private and Public Schools, Home School Academies and Private/Small Groups. We believe all children have the potential to be optimal thinkers, creative and innovative human beings and can sharpen critical thinking to let their imaginations soar! In today's world, these Life Essential Skills are not only needed to survive, but are a must for our children to thrive in our ever evolving world.
Individualized Learning Programs
Compass Charter Schools
Compass Charter Schools (CCS) is a WASC-accredited virtual public charter school serving thousands of scholars throughout the state. Catering to TK-12 grade scholars, CCS offers the choice of either their homeschool or online academic program. CCS is committed to creating a collaborative virtual learning community, inspiring scholars to appreciate the ways in which arts and sciences nurture a curiosity for lifelong learning, and preparing scholars to take responsibility for their future successes.
Tutors
Sylvan Learning Center (Multiple Locations)
At Sylvan, we’re focused on building academic confidence, igniting intellectual curiosity and inspiring a love for learning! For nearly 40 years, we’ve helped millions of students like yours achieve new levels of academic success. With Sylvan’s Personalized Tutoring, you get the best in certified teachers and interactive technology, so your child feels fully engaged! Whether your child has fallen behind or is ahead of the class, Sylvan has a program to fit their need. We even have a wide-range of programs such as SAT/ACT Prep, homework support, camps, and even STEM to make sure we have something for you! Combine our individualized programs with flexible scheduling, affordable monthly payments, school communication and constant monitoring, and we have a recipe for success!