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Westland school encourages a true sense of community. Every
child has a commitment to his or her class. Each class has a
responsibility to the school, and the school has an important
connection to the world. As a natural extension, each child is
expected to develop a larger sense of responsibility to the
community. There are many community service projects that the
school originates and participates in. Westland's school
educational philosophy is reflected in its approach to children;
each child has a commitment to the group and each group to the
entire school. A child learns responsibility to the school
community through participation in age-appropriate school jobs. The
group gives the individual a strong sense of identity. Each child
gains self-knowledge and grows into an integrated person through
the responses and concerns of the group. Each group gains
solidarity through the strengths, weaknesses, and potentials of the
individuals.
We have had and continue to have an excellent progressive educational experience at Westland School. Our daughter completed all of her elementary education at Westland and is now thriving at a more traditional middle/high school, both academically and socially. Our son is graduating this year and we are confident that his experience will be similar. Westland provided them an unparalleled social-emotional foundation, focused on building the confidence and curiosity within them to achieve their full potential as learners.
- Posted by Parent - Asif Meghani
5
Westland School is homegrown, intentional, child-centered elementary education at its finest. Following a move from east coast to west coast, Westland quickly became our home away from home. If you are looking for a small town feel inside this sprawling metropolis, a place where children feed chickens and work in community with their peers and teachers, look no further than this K-6 landmark that has produced kind and confident children over the past 75 years. Children that chart their own paths and excel in their secondary education communities and beyond. Westland School is a nostalgic place where children can be children and parents can gather with full hearts and coffee cups.
- Posted by Parent - JSB
59/27/2025
Westland is an amazing progressive school that cultures great kids. Small with lots of bespoke attention to students who help to drive the curriculum, Westland has great outplacements to middle and high school and an extraordinarily talented staff. The parent community is cohesive and strong—partly as a byproduct of the school requiring parent engagement—all of which leads to a feeling of being supported by the school and its community as we all grow alongside our children. In this particular technological moment, the merits of progressive education have never been more clear, and Westland is the best progressive school in West LA, bar none. Worth the application, though it is difficult to get into.
- Posted by Parent - BW
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