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At Golestan, we partner with children, families and educators to create joyful learning environments that are collaborative, grounding and connected to the natural world.
We do challenging and meaningful work that creates a community of kind, thoughtful, and courageous learners who will embrace diversity and steward our earth for future generations.
The elementary school focuses on the beauty of humanity and all
that we share in common and celebrates the heritages and cultures
of each community. While building a strong academic
foundation in each child, we are creating a microcosm of the global
society we envision for a peaceful future.
The school curriculum integrates research-based best practices
in the classroom (both indoors and outdoors) such as Common Core
and NGSS Science Standards, with a hands-on, experiential pedagogy.
Our elementary school is the place where students nurture their
love of learning, their humanity, and their innate sense of
justice. It is a school where every child is a changemaker who is
empowered to create positive change by being resourceful, kind,
innovative, conscious, creative, and engaged. It is a school where
the individual child and the collective community of children are
equally valued.
This idyllic space, with complex chemistry in cooking class,
abstract math in the maker`s lab, and hands-on messy science, feels
more like a beautiful home than an institution. It is a place that
smells like baked bread, tastes like fresh greens, and sounds like
the United Nations.
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The average private school tuition in Contra Costa County, CA is $17,896 for elementary schools and $25,811 for high schools (read more about average private school tuition across the country).
