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For over 30 years, Los Altos Christian Schools has served as a role
model in the Bay Area for Preschool through 8th grade. The
school consistenly scores in the 80th-90th percentile on national
standarized tests. The low student to teacher ratios ensures
that teachers personally get to know each student. The
curriculum builds year after year which enables students to
transition successfully to high school. Los Altos Christian
School graduates often attend the high school of thier choosing
which includes schools such as Bellarmine, Presentation, The King's
Academy and Valley Christian. The community of parents is
friendly and welcoming. Parents who visit our campus find the
staff and students friendly, helpful, and enthisiastic about
learning.
LACS is one of the best schools in the Bay Area. We sent both of our girls there. The older one has dyslexia and was behind in her reading while in public school. LACS had incredible flexibility to put her into the Learning Assistance Department (LAD) program in English while keeping her in the regular classes for math and the rest of the curriculum. LACS Principle, Ms. Hibbert, personally worked with her in the mornings on her reading and writing skills. Over the course of 2 years, LACS teachers were able to advance her reading and writing skills to move her over to the regular program for all subjects. It's quite remarkable, and we are eternally grateful to the school. One thing that sets LACS apart is that their teachers are highly trained and certified in Slingerland, Orton-Gillingham, or Wilson Reading Systems. Our younger daughter was extremely shy when she came to LACS K-grade. We were very worried. Ms. Taylor was able to get her to open up and become comfortable with class participation. It was a big relief to us, as parents, to see our daughter blossom at LACS over the course of several years. Teachers at LACS are very caring and supportive, all the while making sure that the students are learning and advancing their skills. Tuition is very reasonable and lower than in other private schools. As parents, we appreciate the schools' efforts to keep the tuition low and focus on things that matter: education and a supportive environment for the children. There are both Christian and non-Christian kids at the school. If you are not Christian, it's not a problem at all. The education philosophy is traditional, probably what you experienced when you were kids. We really appreciated this, as we wanted our kids to value hard work, integrity, respect, and the drive to succeed, all the while being in a 100% supportive environment. And they have a science teacher with a biology PhD from UCSF and a postdoc from Stanford! I would wholeheartedly recommend this school to anyone. We went through 4 schools in the Bay Area: public, charter and private. LACS is by far the best.
- Posted by Parent - George Gregory
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