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So You Think You Know Our Schools?
TAKE A CLOSER LOOK! ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS: NORTH STAR ACADEMY SHOOTS THE MOON: More like “Shooting” Star Academy”, North Star has a solid API ranking of 10/10. In 2006 and recent years, North Star Academy has out-scored Palo Alto’s top elementary school (Hoover Elementary). It is a charter elementary school located on Duane Street serving 3rd through 8th grades. SELBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON A ROLL: The construction (and therefore disruption) is over and the campus is fresh and well provisioned. Read other glowing reviews such as the one below at www.greatschools.net. "Selby Lane was our home school in 2001. I had my concerns, which were mainly based on community gossip and test scores. I soon learned the community gossip was incorrect. I wanted to know what was really happening at Selby. I became extremely involved from helping in classrooms to joining the Site Council and PTA. During our two years at Selby, my daughter excelled above grade level and I worked with a wonderful group of people. Teachers were excellent and truly cared about teaching the students. Parents had great ideas for educational and extra-curricular programs and were making their ideas happen. Administrators concentrated on ensuring safety and standardizing procedures throughout the school. I also spent some time evaluating other public schools in RWC to compare them to Selby. I found they each had their own issues and I would not have chosen any of them over Selby. We did move out of the area at the end of my daughter s first grade year, however, if we had stayed in RWC she would still be at Selby. " - Beth Caltagirone (March 2004) ST. PIUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: 1100 Woodside Rd. RWC (K - 8th), accredited; coed; sports, arts, and music programs; extended day program; tuition: $4,140/year. Test score data not available; please contact school (650/368-8327) for information. HIGH SCHOOLS: SEQUOIA HIGH SCHOOL IS IN BLOOM: Sequoia High School has been recognized as a California Distinguished school for 2007, and it was also recently honored with a “School of Excellence” certification by the National PTA. Sequoia H.S. is a nationally recognized high school, ranking 608 in the top 1,200 high schools in the nation according to the Newsweek article “The Top of the Class”. In addition to these honors, Sequoia High School also offers a number of special academic advantages, such as the International Baccalaureate (IB), Electronic Arts Academy, and Business/Information Technology (IT) programs. SUMMIT PREPATORY HIGH SCHOOL CLIMBS HIGH: Hard charging Summit Prep Charter High School received an API (statewide and similar school) ranking of 10/9 as released in 2006, and was the first and only 10/10 ranked high school in San Mateo County in 2005. Summit partners with Stanford University in modeling its Teachers for a New Era (TNE) initiative and receiving other cutting-edge educational research. Classes are small and are located on the campus of Sequoia High School. -- |
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