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Calmont School

1666 Las Virgenes Canyon Road, Calabasas, CA, 90290-0902 -

School Notes Overview:

Calmont School promotes academic excellence in a magnificent, natural setting. Our nurturing faculty and small class size create a personalized and challenging education. Calmont School offers an enriched education. The teachers engage the students by helping them to develop their own unique strengths and set personal goals to explore other areas of potential interest. The supportive and professional staff provides the children with a safe environment in which they can grow intellectually, emotionally, socially, physically, and creatively. We seek to establish a firm foundation in the core curriculum of reading, language arts, mathematics, social studies, and science. Well-developed oral, listening, and written communication skills are integrated into all subject areas. The curriculum is enriched through age-appropriate exposure to art, Spanish, computer, physical education, library, music, drama, and environmental studies. Calmont cultivates a close, caring, personable campus where children feel secure, appreciated and successful. The learning environment is one where challenge, support and risk-taking converge. ...

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School Overview:

	Calmont School
School Membership(s)	National Association of Independent Schools State or regional independent school association Other school association(s)
Religious Affiliation	Nonsectarian
Grades Offered	Grades Prekindergarten - 9
Year Founded	1978
County	Los Angeles County, CA
Student Body
Total Students	118 students
Student Body Type	Co-ed
	This School	(CA) School Avg.
% Students of Color	7%	40%
Students by Grade
	Pre-K - 20 students
	Kind - 10 students
	Grade 1 - 10 students
	Grade 2 - 10 students
	Grade 3 - 10 students
	Grade 4 - 12 students
	Grade 5 - 12 students
	Grade 6 - 12 students
	Grade 7 - 10 students
	Grade 8 - 10 students
	Grade 9 - 2 students
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers	19 teachers
% Faculty with Advance Degree	20%
Classroom dress code	Casual
	This School	(CA) School Avg.
Teacher : Student Ratio	1:7	* Ntl. Public School Avg. » 1:16
School Days in Calendar Year	175 days	180 days
Hours in School Day for Students	6 hours	6 hours
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline	None / Rolling
Tuition Notes	Preschool 5 full-day $12800 K-5 $19000 6-9 $19500
% on Financial Aid	20%
Average Financial Aid Grant	$10,000
Head of School	Judy Chamberlain
Admissions Director	Judy Chamberlain

School Notes:

Calmont School promotes academic excellence in a magnificent, natural setting. Our nurturing faculty and small class size create a personalized and challenging education. Calmont School offers an enriched education. The teachers engage the students by helping them to develop their own unique strengths and set personal goals to explore other areas of potential interest. The supportive and professional staff provides the children with a safe environment in which they can grow intellectually, emotionally, socially, physically, and creatively. We seek to establish a firm foundation in the core curriculum of reading, language arts, mathematics, social studies, and science. Well-developed oral, listening, and written communication skills are integrated into all subject areas. The curriculum is enriched through age-appropriate exposure to art, Spanish, computer, physical education, library, music, drama, and environmental studies. Calmont cultivates a close, caring, personable campus where children feel secure, appreciated and successful. The learning environment is one where challenge, support and risk-taking converge.
Profile last updated: 11/01/2008

In the News:

Calmont Day Camp at Cottontail Ranch (Topanga Messenger)
posted on July 30, 2009 at 05:53:24 pm
Engineering with Lego from Play-Well TEKnologies and Dramatic Theater with Kathie Gibboney are two new programs featured at Calmont Summer Day Camp this year. The camp will take place at the beautiful Cottontail Ranch in Calabasas, nestled in 22 acres of oaks and blue skies in Las Virgenes Canyon.
Calmont camp offers unique program (The Acorn)
posted on July 23, 2009 at 01:51:26 am
Engineering with Lego from Play-Well TEKnologies and dramatic theater with Kathie Gibboney are two new programs at Calmont Summer Day Camp this year. The camp will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 10 to 29 at Cottontail Ranch in Calabasas, nestled in 22 acres in Las Virgenes Canyon.
Chamber presents scholarships (The Acorn)
posted on July 23, 2009 at 01:50:55 am
The Calabasas Chamber of Commerce honored six local graduating middle and high school students with awards and scholarships. The 2009 Education and Scholarship Award honorees were acknowledged at a Calabasas City Council meeting last month.
Fourth-grader climbs to success (The Acorn)
posted on July 9, 2009 at 02:50:03 am
Parents with children who can't stop climbing trees, couches, trellises—you name it—may want to take a page from the parenting book of Calabasas residents Shannon and Dan Smith.
Calmont kids send care packages to troops (The Acorn)
posted on June 25, 2009 at 04:16:48 am
Students at Calmont School in Calabasas recently collected toiletries, sunscreen, candies and DVDs to ship to the U.S. Army Bravo Company 1-82 serving in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The children also sent along a large blue, hand-decorated sign with words of encouragement such as "Be safe!" and "You are heroes!

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School Zip Statistics:

About This Zipcode (90290)	School Zip (90290)	(CA) State Average
Population (Approximate)	5,441 people	33,864,644 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree	65%	32%
Population Average Age	41 years old	33 years old
Average Household size	2.5 persons	2.8 persons
Median Household Income	$88,661	$51,306
Avg. # of Rooms in Household	5.6 rooms	4.8 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure	42 years old	41 years old
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% Owning / % Renting	77% / 23%	55% / 45%