Marin Day Schools offers Extended Day Services for on-site care for children enrolled in kindergarten through fifth grade at five schools in the Mill Valley School District. A wide variety of activities geared to the interests and abilities of elementary school children are provided in safe, nurturing, home-like environments and are combined with homework support with plenty of time for social interaction. The programs operate during the school year and provide full day care during school holidays and closure days. Each campus has hours from 7:30am to 6:30pm.
Established in 1981, Marin Day Schools is a nonprofit organization that also provides early childhood education at two campuses in Mill Valley. It is part of Bright Horizons Family Solutions, a provider of employer-sponsored child care and early education for more than 700 clients in the U.S., Europe and Canada.
The Tamalpais Valley School EDS program accommodates up to 56 students and is overseen by Vicky Shilzony.
Marin Day Schools offers Extended Day Services programs for on-site care for children enrolled in kindergarten through fifth grade at five schools in the Mill Valley School District.
A wide variety of activities geared to the interests and abilities of elementary school children are provided in safe, nurturing, home-like environments and are combined with homework support with plenty of time for social interaction. The programs operate during the school year and provide full day care during school holidays and closure days. Each campus has hours from 7:30am to 6:30pm.
Established in 1981, Marin Day Schools is a nonprofit organization that also provides early childhood education at two campuses in Mill Valley. It is part of Bright Horizons Family Solutions, a provider of employer-sponsored child care and early education for more than 700 clients in the U.S., Europe and Canada.
The Park School campus accommodates up to 24 students for before- and after-school child care under the direction of Trish Woods.
Marin Day Schools offer extended day services before and after school for children enrolled in kindergarten through fifth grade at any of the five schools in the Mill Valley School District.
A wide variety of activities geared to the interests and abilities of elementary-age children are provided in safe, nurturing, home-like environments and combined with homework support and plenty of time for social interaction. The programs operate during the school year and provide day care during school holidays and closure days. Each campus has hours from 7:30am to 6:30pm.
Established in 1981, Marin Day Schools is a nonprofit organization that also provides early childhood education at two campuses in Mill Valley. It is part of Bright Horizons Family Solutions, a provider of employer-sponsored child care and early education for more than 700 clients in the U.S., Europe and Canada.
The Strawberry Point School campus accommodates up to 24 students for before- and after-school child care under the direction of Carol Finnegan-Pisetsky.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church offers contemporary religious education for grades K through 8. Each grade level features a well-rounded Catholic curriculum that includes doctrine, sacred scripture, liturgy and preparation for Sacraments. Religious education booklets that include a course outline for each grade level are available in the church's vestibule.
The church also offers an adult education component for parents of children preparing for the Sacrament of Reconciliation and Eucharist. Parents attend five weekly evening classes for two hours. The classes complement the teachings offered for first communicants. Parents are encouraged to think about how they are living the Sacraments today.
Finally, children ages 5 and up who attend the 10:15am Sunday mass can leave to hear the gospel at their level. Teachers walk with them to O'Brien Hall and meet with them to read, share and discuss the gospel of the day, returning afterward to the church for the remainder of the service.
Established in 1981, Marin Day Schools is a nonprofit organization that provides early childhood education at two campuses in Mill Valley and extended day services at five schools in the Mill Valley School District. It is part of Bright Horizons Family Solutions, a provider of employer-sponsored child care and early education for more than 700 clients in the U.S., Europe and Canada.
Marin Day Schools uses the "World at Their Fingertips" developmental, anti-bias and multicultural curriculum, which is child centered, hands-on, experiential, project-based and fun.
The Mill Valley campus is a project-based program that is community oriented and uses its location near Old Mill Park and the Mill Valley Public Library for field studies and project work.
The Little School is a private educational organization established in 1980 to provide educational services for nursery, pre-school and pre-kindergarterners in Marin county. They maintain a small class size and a good student to teacher ratio. Curricula are designed to foster socialization, creativity and confidence in children. There is a secure play area, as well as an after-school day-care option.
The Music School has been providing private music lessons to children and adults since 1994. Its instructors specialize in musical instruction, voice coaching and talent recruitment. The Music School provides private tutors who come to students' homes for instruction. It also offers instrument rentals including guitars, violins and flutes.
Kumara School is a private preschool/kindergarden in the unincorporated Tamalpais Valley area of Mill Valley. The school's goal is to support children constructing their own knowledge through questioning, problem solving, creativity and wonder. The school uses children's interests and the ideas of developmentally appropriate practice to create a play-based, meaningful curriculum that involves the whole child.
The Mill Valley School District is comprised of five elementary schools (Edna Maguire, Old Mill School, Park School, Strawberry Point School and Tam Valley School) and one middle school (Mill Valley Middle School), with a total enrollment of approximately 2,700 students. Superintendent Paul Johnson oversees the district's operations.
The district is governed by a five-member board of trustees. The trustees are Robin B. Moses, Steven J. Sell, Raoul Wertz, Leslie Wachtel and Bob Jacobs. The board meets twice a month at the district office.
Founded in 1976 by Director Kathleen Mecca, Mount Tamalpais School is a private, co-ed day school for grades kindergarten through eighth.
The school seeks to provide students with a solid academic foundation and to foster a genuine enthusiasm for learning through a departmentalized, integrated curriculum that allows each teacher to use a variety of methods and materials to strengthen individual skills. According to Mecca, teachers operate in their areas of greatest strength and expertise, giving students the best of all worlds. The curriculum leans heavily towards math, science, performing arts, language and physical education.
A nonprofit organization, Mount Tamalpais School is governed by a board of trustees that includes parents, alumni parents, alumni and community members. The Parent Council holds social and fund-raising events and coordinates family volunteer assistance to the school.
Established in Oakland in 1944 and moved to Mill Valley in 1959, Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary is a graduate theological school that educates Christian leaders for church-related vocations. The 10th largest seminary in the US, Golden Gate is an agency of the Southern Baptist Convention. Jeff Iorg was elected as the school's president in 2004.
The 148-acre Northern California campus in Mill Valley educates nearly 40 percent of the school's 1,807 students. Located atop Seminary Drive in the Strawberry region of Mill Valley, the campus is the school's only residential campus and is home to most of its administrative offices and classrooms, along with the main seminary library, chapel and the Marian Eakins Archaeological Museum. It is also features Golden Gate Academy, a Christian preschool serving Marin County that serves as a lab school for students.
The seminary offers degrees in divinity, theological studies, education leadership, theology, ministry, philosophy and other academic programs.
Founded by Leslie Brodbeck-Whitaker in 2002, Bay Area Speechworks has been serving the speech pathology needs for the greater Bay Area for almost a decade. Featuring a strong team of licensed speech language pathologists and speech therapists, Bay Area Speechworks networks with a number of schools to deliver the best educational opportunities for children with communication disorders and speech therapy needs. In addition to the clinical work with children, Bay Area Speechworks also executes individualized educational plans, consultation and assessment of treatment.
Sage Educators is a tutoring and test-prep company based out of Mill Valley. Sage Educators pride themselves on hiring recent college graduates who can relate to their students. The tutors have all graduated from well-established colleges and have backgrounds in a wide range of subjects that include history, science and mathematics.