One of three child care facilities located in the Sacramento and Carmichael area, Storybook Cottage offers preschool and daycare services for children ages 2 to 12. This care facility's philosophy is to provide children with the best learning environment possible, and to provide a place for healthy growth and development.
Winston Churchill Middle School's picturesque campus in West Carmichael serves students in sixth through eighth grades. The school's principal is Mike Dolan, who previously taught history and Spanish at the school. Churchill's mascot is a bulldog.
Developed by practicing nurses, Apple a Day Preschool & Infant Center offers child care with the aim of promoting a healthy, well-rounded-education for young children and infants. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Apple a Day is happy to honor its curriculum of play-based learning. Apple a Day focuses on providing nutrition, safety and communication for both child and parent. Its slogan is "Healthy kids, healthy minds and healthy families. That's what Apple a Day is all about."
Thomas Kelly Elementary School is a small neighborhood school on Moraga Drive in Carmichael. School officials say the school is community-oriented. Kelly Elementary is a California Distinguished School.
Debbie Meyer, a three-time Olympic gold medalist, is the owner and operator of this swim school. She hires professional staff to help her teach children and adults to become swimmers at any level. The Carmichael location has two heated swimming pools, one covered and one outdoor. There are classes for for children and adult first-time swimmers, parent-child classes and lessons for competitive swimmers. Private lessons are available in both 15- and 30-minute increments.
Children, parents and staff work cooperatively at Carmichael School to create a positive learning environment. The school was founded in 1917.
Kids Company Preschool on California Avenue is a small, intimate school with a low staff-to-children ratio, adding to the personal care offered here.
Teachers help children develop socially as well as intellectually, with age-specific lessons, play centers and personal quiet spaces. All are ideal for early childhood education. Books are introduced early to instill the joy of reading and love of adventure.
Charles Peck has a professional staff that believes strongly in the academic success of each one of its students. The school uses the California State grade level standards and ongoing assessment to guide instruction and communicate academic growth throughout the year.
Deterding Elementary School aims to nurture the natural curiosities of students through the arts, humanities and the sciences, motivating them to become lifelong learners. The school hopes to help students be critical thinkers and effective communicators who embrace challenges without fear of failure and grow into leaders who approach new situations with confidence and compassion. Each child participates in the Arts and Music program, which includes a dedicated art room with a full time art teacher and a music program based in movement to develop understanding of harmony and melody. The school also provides a band program, in which 4th grade students are taught to read music with the recorder and 5th and 6th grade students learn instruments and participate in band.
John Barrett Middle School provides an environment where students will develop a passion for learning and gain the skills to make a positive difference in the world.
According to the school's website, "Albert Schweitzer Elementary School is a dedicated community of staff, parents and students working towards a shared vision. The school is committed to the development of the whole child by advancing intellectual development, instilling a sense of responsibility, encouraging the spirit of cooperation, promoting a healthy lifestyle and cultivating the legacy of namesake Albert Schweitzer's compassion for humanity and all living things."
The school's namesake, Albert Schweitzer, was a Nobel Peace Prize-winning theologian, organist, philosopher and physician.
The first Montessori school in the Sacramento area, Village Montessori School has been in operation since 1969. It provides Montessori-style education to toddlers, preschoolers and kindergartners. Village Montessori offers full-time and part-time programs and is happy to work with parents to find a schedule that works to everyone's benefit. In the summer, Village Montessori offers swimming and water safety classes as well as free swimming activities for the children. See the website for details.
The San Juan Unified School District is a single-district special education local plan area. The district employs more than 280 special education teachers and specialists and more than 290 instructional assistants and classified staff. Special education programs and services are provided at each of the 80 schools in the district.
Special education teachers are included and valued as members of the teaching/learning community. For specialized teachers and students, San Juan maintains a rich instructional media center, a library of special education materials reserved for special education staff. Materials are reviewed, selected and purchased by teacher committees.
San Juan school principals receive training in special education. In addition, the district employs 11 program specialists, two program managers and one special education director to coordinate the program.
San Juan maintains traditional special day class and resource specialist programs. In addition, San Juan has cultivated preschool centers, inclusion sites and specialized cluster programs to serve students with low-incidence disabilities.
John Saylor is the district's director of special education.
San Juan Central, located at the former site of Garfield Elementary School, is an enrollment and family resource center for the San Juan Unified School District.
San Juan Central was created as a one-stop resource to service families seeking resources and information when enrolling their children in the district. Families are able to enroll students, submit transfer and open enrollment applications, have questions answered, receive pre-testing services and benefit from the on-site immunization clinic.
As of June 2009, school sites discontinued enrollments and all families are required to come complete enrollments at San Juan Central.
Valuing diversity and excellence, the San Juan Unified School District's mission is to educate and inspire each student to succeed and responsibly contribute to a radically evolving world by providing innovative, rigorous, student-focused instruction and programs in a safe, caring, and collaborative learning community.
The district has nine elementary schools in Carmichael, two middle schools and one K-8 school.
