This office in Sproul Hall gives student-led tours to prospective students and their families, international visitors and the just plain curious. Guests can experience walking tours, golf-cart tours and special tours for people with disabilities. Residence hall tours are available by appointment. The website listed features a virtual campus tour with informational videos, text and webcam images.
This K - 6 school and Bay Area Certified Green Business offers classes in traditional academic subjects while also focusing on arts, music and drama as essential elements of a well-rounded education. The teachers run the school, ensuring their independence, and each child is given highly individualized attention. Walden Center & School also runs before- and after-school programs as well as a summer camp.
Mustard Seed Preschool offers a safe and friendly environment where young boys and girls can thrive. There is a large outdoor play area where children can run around, look at insects, dig in the sand and have fun. There is a nap time each day, as well as snacks and stories. If you would like a tour of the facility, please call to make an appointment.
Founded initially in 1978, Cedar Creek Montessori School has operated in its current location, in the Berkeley Friends Church building, for more than 20 years. Working under the principles of Montessori education, which include fostering children's natural curiosity and environmental exploration, the private preschool takes in about 40 students a year, which they break up into two separate classes of mixed age and gender children. Its site features a large playground and high surrounding fences. School days are broken up into two sessions, and parents can choose how often they want their children to be in school. Admissions information can be found on the school's website.
Education Unlimited is a California-based private company specializing in academic camps and precollege summer camps for students in 4th through 12th grade. The company started in 1993 as a college-prep program; now its programs range from writing and acting to public speaking and science camps. Camps are held in many locations throughout California as well as Massachusetts.
Bay Area Tutoring Centers offer individualized academic help for all age levels and all subjects including math, science, languages, English and social sciences, and for tests such as the SAT, PSAT and ACT. Student to teacher ratios are no more than 2:1 and many subjects are 1:1. There are no contracts or session minimums, but you can receive a discount when paying for a block of sessions in advance.
The American International Montessori School immerses children in a bilingual environment in which they learn how to communicate in English, Mandarin and Japanese. There is a special toddler section, a preschool and kindergarten school, and an elementary lower and upper school as well. If you would like a guided tour of the school, please call to set up an appointment with the School Director between 9am and 10:30am during the week.
World Wide Farmers Exchange is a non-profit first started in 1952 at the request of the Honorable Earl Warren, then Governor of California. The mission of World Wide Farmers is to train young men and women from around the world to produce more food and fiber through improved agricultural techniques, while experiencing a different culture by living and participating in work experience in abroad. In the more than half a century since its inception, WFE has grown from a single country program to placements in 35 countries.
OCSC SAILING is a San Francisco Bay sailing school and sailing club. It offers sailing lessons, sailboat instruction, US Sailing Certification, sailboat charters, club membership, corporate teambuilding events, and bareboat vacations.
The Via Center provides moderately to severely developmentally disabled adults educational and therapeutic programs designed to maximize their chances of success in the outside world. It focuses mostly on vocational and life skills, including social skills. The Center also operates an adult residence in El Cerrito where residents practice self-management and attend programs. See their website to learn how you can help or to find out how they can help you or someone you love.
With services for students in kindergarten through 12th grade, Classroom Matters on Sacramento Street provides one-on-one support for all aspects of learning. Serving as an outside resource for East Baystudents and parents, the center houses several different study areas with tables and couches, and has on-site tutors who work with individual clients and supervise independent study. In addition to private tutoring, Classroom Mattersoffers college counselling and special workshops, including SAT and ACT prep seminars.
Sprouts Preschool offers a play-based curriculum that is available all year round. The teachers offer plenty of social time for the children to play with each other, as well as outdoor activities, reading time, gardening and naptime. The school also conducts dance and yoga classes, story time, singing, and assorted creative art projects. Interested parents can contact the administration to arrange for a tour of the house.
Centro Latino offers weekly language classes and tutoring for Spanish and Portuguese. The classes vary in difficulty, including beginners, advanced beginners, low intermediate, intermediate and advanced. The facility also offers intensive classes that last between two and four weeks, as well as classes for children and teenagers. Please note that there is a 25 dollar materials fee that must be paid every three months. Aside from group classes, Centro Latino also provides private lessons for 50 dollars per hour.
Shelton’s Primary Education Center provides a safe environment for children between two and five years old. A typical day includes multiple meals, outside play time, class time, naps, arts and crafts and story time. There is a large play area in the back of the school, along with special shelves where children can place their belongings. Please note that tuition is due on the first of each month and you must pick up your child at closing time each day if you do not want to be charged an additional fee.
The oldest bilingual school in the East Bay, the Ecole Bilingue offers a diverse student body an education in English, French, Mandarin, Spanish and Latin. A majority of their students are native French speakers, more than a third are people of color, and nearly half receive financial aid. With more than forty nationalities represented, this school gives preschool through eighth-grade students a real education in multiculturalism as well as traditional academic subjects.
Monteverde is a private, secular preschool for kids from 2 3/4 years to 5 years of age. It's on the campus of St. John's Presbyterian Church on College Avenue in the Elmwood district. The curriculum stresses discovery learning and self-selected activities. Both half- and full-day schedules are available three or five days a week from 8am to 5:30pm. There are no groupings by age. Admission is selective, with interviews beginning in September for the following school year and decisions announced in January. The admissions process aims for a class balanced for age, gender, diversity and schedule. Partial scholarships are available. Monteverde parents are expected to contribute at least 15 hours annually to fundraising and school maintenance.
Nia House provides a Montessori curriculum to a diverse group of children ages 18 months to six years in the hopes of educating them in the values of peace, understanding and equality at an early age. The Montessori learning method has stood the test of time and space, having been developed in Italy more than a century ago, and focuses on freedom within limits for children who are thus incited to learn from themselves. It has been remarkably successful. The Nia House tries to provide this experience to all families by providing scholarships to those in need, but needs your donations to continue this practice.
Cragmont occupies a gorgeous modern campus in the Berkeley Hills. It has an impressive terraced instructional garden and expansive play fields. The school offers a two-way English and Spanish immersion program whose goal is to graduate students fluent in both languages. Kids in grades 1,2, 4 and 5 get weekly dance/movement lessons, and there is further enrichment in science, music and visual arts. Evelyn Tamondong-Bradley is principal.