Our 4-acre campus is proudly part of a residential neighborhood close to Oakland's Dimond and Glenview districts. We are immediate neighbors to homes, an EBMUD reservoir, and a city park.
CLASSROOMS AND BUILDING
Our learning spaces consist of a Lower School Building, a K-8 Building, Middle School Classrooms, and a full-size Gymnasium. Core classrooms are thoughtfully designed to be developmentally appropriate, academically engaging, innovative, and community-minded. Our newest classrooms connect to each other and provide teachers and students with flexibility in teaching and learning. These new classrooms are physical representations of our integrated approach to learning.
Our K-8 Innovation and Design Studio is a fully equipped shop with hand, power, and technological tools for students to learn and apply in problem-solving. Our 3 Science Labs provide space so that our students are scientists on Day 1 of Kindergarten and grow in their scientific approach, questioning, and experimentation through their years with us.
Arts are supported by amazing teaching in two Music Classrooms, a Rehearsal and Recording Studio, two Art Studios, and flexible multipurpose spaces for drama performances. Students are safe to learn, grow, and reach in our classrooms.
OUTDOOR SPACE
Our outdoor space plays an important role in our program, academically, socially, and physically. We have play yards in our Lower School and Middle School. We also border a large Oakland Public Park that we have access to during the school week. On any given day, students will utilize the outdoors for climbing, playing on swings (K-8!), running, wall ball, table tennis, basketball, soccer, digging and building in sand, climbing trees, and connecting with friends.
GYMNASIUMS
Our campus has two Gyms. One is designed for K-3 students, and the other is used by grades 4-8 and our Middle School athletic teams for practices and games.
GARDEN TO TABLE
In addition to regular K-5 garden classes, our Lower School and Middle School gardens are open at breaks and are utilized in service learning projects. Students learn where food comes from, how to care for chickens, how to cook garden-fresh food, and how to care for our environment.
LIBRARY
Our Library is home to an incredible collection of books and is a much-loved space within our community. Students may visit the Library during breaks, lunch, and K-5 students visit the Library as part of their weekly class schedule. The Library is a place to research, read for pleasure, learn about new genres and authors, make connections between subjects, and stretch our understanding of people and the world.
