The Or Hachaim Academy located on Sylvan Street in North Hollywood is the all-girls division of this well-known Jewish academy, with its coed parent school located on Lauren Canyon Drive. Located next door to the Adat Yeshurun Sephardic Temple, this small, private institution has a student body of just more than 150 young girls in grades pre-K through fifth. Because of its size, young girls have the chance to thrive in smaller classrooms with more individualized attention from teachers.
The Laurel Hall School has achieved a solid standing in the North Hollywood community for many years. A ministry of the Emmanuel Lutheran Church, it is known for its quality academics, passionate teachers and diverse sports program. The school embraces students of all faiths and encompasses early learning curriculum on through High School level academics. Its doors opened in 1947, and since, its numbers have grown to a student body of well over 500. Laurel Hall offers a well balanced, Christian-based education with rigorous academics and an array of extra curricular activities like sports, music and dance. Extended Day Care is available before school from 6:45am to 8:30am and after school from 2pm to 6pm on Monday, and 3:10pm to 6pm, Tuesday through Friday for kindergarten through grade 8.The Laurel School family includes the Early Childhood Center, where children between the ages of 2 and 5 are welcome to enroll. Tours are readily available.
Located on a two-acre campus, United Children's Learning Academy is an independent, private school that offers preschool and kindergarten programs. The school features small class sizes and a secure environment. Programs aim to help children develop socially, emotionally and physically. School tours are offered by appointment every Tuesday and Wednesday morning at 10am.
Rio Vista Elementary School teaches children from pre-Kindergarten through fifth grade. Nearly 400 children go to the school, and test scores have risen steadily in recent years. The school also has a respected GATE (Gifted and Talented Education) program and has been designated as a School for Advanced Studies (SAS).
The school feels strongly about dance, theater and visual arts, and there are technology classes and garden projects in the Hidden Garden located in the park next to the school. Parent involvement is an integral part of the school's philosophy. The school has a Parent Center and many parent advisory committees. An active PTA (riovistapta.org) helps supplement school programs with fundraisers. The school's mascot is the Roadrunner.
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Cahuenga Nursery School and Kindergarten has been providing a safe learning environment to children from the ages of two to eight for more than 30 years. This nursery school offers many activities including gymnastics, dance and karate.
Programs are geared for different ages, everything from potty training for toddlers to afterschool care for elementary children. The staff is fluent in Spanish and English and trained in first-aid.
This co-ed, private Christian pre-school has a student body of 24 and accepts children aged two to five. It requires that children be potty trained, vaccinated and able to verbally communicate their needs to staff members. The school’s main focus is oral language development and phonemic awareness. To that end, read-aloud, singing and engaged story-telling are interlaced throughout the curriculum. Tours are available.
The church began with mass celebrated in a private home. In 1921 the first building was purchased. The current campus was bought in 1952 and the building was consecrated in 1959 as parishioners, in solemn procession, moved into the new Saint Charles Borromeo Church. Father Bob Gallagher was assigned here in January, 2000. The choir director has been with the church for more than 50 years.
Saint Charles Borromeo School's mission is "to prepare our students to become committed Catholics and academically prepared individuals who become life long learners."
The Saint Charles Borromeo Center across the street operated by volunteers provides eligible clients with free food, clothing, toiletries, books, toys, furniture, and other household items. Pregnant women are provided layettes and other available infant care items.
The St. Paul's First Lutheran Preschool is located on Tujunga Boulevard off of Magnolia in North Hollywood. The facility is run and operated by St. Paul's First Lutheran Church. Accepting children between the ages of 2 and 6 years old, the school provides age-appropriate language arts and math activities, as well as Christian-enriched curriculum, which includes daily Bible lessons and Wednesday morning chapel worship. Children enrolled in the program will also learn psalms with a view at singing them at church services. Tuition fees are listed on the website. To enroll or to make an appointment to tour the facility, call to speak with the preschool director, Cynthia Clendenen.
Holy Trinity Armenian Church's red brick facade stands tall on Victory Blvd, near the intersection with Laurel Canyon Blvd. Services are performed in Armenian and English. There are also Armenian and English Bible study sessions. For children ages four to 13, a Saturday school is provided. There, kids are educated regarding Armenian language, religion, culture, history and music. At the far right end of the lot, there's even an Armenian pre-school for kids ages two to six. All are welcome at the Sunday services.
KinderChicks has been the San Fernando Valley for over two decades. The experienced and trained staff here offer a program tailored to meet each child's needs. The school provides a curriculum that features fundamental basics such as social skills, motor skills, oral language development, reading readiness, listening and sequencing, colors and shape recognition. The program also features programs like computer literacy, fine arts, visual arts, and scientific exploration. All staff members are certified in child, infant, and adult CPR and First Aid.
KinderChicks tuition includes a hot lunch and snacks throughout the day. Child potty-training is also a service KinderChicks provides. The school also features separate classrooms for children at each age and stage of development.
Montessori Academy of North Hollywood is a preschool located in North Hollywood, Calif. The Montessori Academy takes a sensory approach to education, using a very hands-on technique called the Montessori apparatus. The school offers a variety of culturally enriching classes including foreign language, piano, voice and arts and crafts.
Joyce's Toluca Lake Preschool and Kindergarten provides preschool enrichment classes to children aged two to five. The program is offered year-round and the curriculum is designed to help children develop socially, emotionally and intellectually and includes having children express themselves through art, music, dance, literature and science. The program is offered for full-time and part-time students and includes snacks, lunch and nap time. Extended care is provided until 6pm for working parents.