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Get Back Out There Backpacks & Planners for the Whole Family
Product Roundup
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Great Reads
Books to Get Your Child into the 2020 Election
Find the Right Educational Experience for your Child
PRIVATE SCHOOL LISTINGS Why Consider Private Schools? • Basic Timeline for Applying to a Private School Financial Aid: Basic Information You Should Know
The Allowance Conundrum Should You? Or Shouldn’t You?
Expert Advice
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What’s Inside 6 Good to Know
Kids and Dogs: Staying Safe
8 Get Back Out There
Backpacks & Planners for the whole family
10 Back-to-School
Product Review
11 We Love It
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Back-to-School Products We Love
14 Great Reads
Books to get your child into the 2020 election
Find the Right Educational Experience for your Child
16 The Allowance Conundrum Should You?
24 Why Consider Private Schools? 25 Private School Listings 34 Financial Aid: Basic Information You Should Know 35 Basic Timeline for Applying to a Private School
Or Shouldn’t You?
18 Expert Advice
When to Take Your Baby to the Doctor
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Good to Know Kids and Dogs: Staying Safe
By Michael Felber, RN
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ogs provide companionship and promote the social, emotional and cognitive development of children. But keeping kids safe around dogs is important. Dog bites can cause physical and psychological trauma, infection, and transmission of diseases such as tetanus and rabies. Children are by far most likely to be severely injured by dog bites, making safe behavior around man’s best friend essential. Any breed or size dog can bite a child. And most people are bitten by a dog they know. A dog’s likelihood to bite is influenced by its training, temperament, and previous experience with children. Any dog may bite if startled or overstimulated, feels cornered or threatened, or if protecting food, territory, or its canine or human family. Dogs have an instinct to chase, so the human behavior of running away can overstimulate or make aggressive behavior worse.
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To keep your child safe around dogs: • When adding a dog to your family, pick one with a good temperament. An older dog should have had experience with children. • Never leave young children unattended with a dog. • Be aware of dog body language. Going still or stiff, raising the fur on its neck, or growling are warning signs. A happy dog that wants to play should have soft and wiggly body language.
Teach your children dog safety rules, including: • Use a gentle touch and calm body with any dog. When getting acquainted with a dog stay still and let the dog approach you. • If approached by a new or aggressive dog, use the SAFE stance – Stay still, Arms crossed, Face and Eyes looking away.
• Stay away from dogs you don’t know. • If a dog is sleeping, eating, or caring for puppies, leave it be. • Never take food or a toy out of a dog’s mouth. • Stay out of a dog’s personal space, such as its crate. Leave a dog that is tied up or behind a fence alone. You can provide first aid for a dog bite by applying pressure to stop the bleeding, washing the area with soap and water, and applying antibiotic ointment and a clean bandage. It is important to see a doctor for any bite that is deep, from an unknown animal, or if there are signs of infection such as warmth, redness, or pus. For severe or multiple bites, spurting or uncontrolled bleeding (does not stop after 10 minutes of pressure), call 911 for emergency treatment.
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Get Back Out there! Backpacks and planners that fit your families life! For Middle and High School Kids
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Product Roundup
By Elena Epstein, Director of the National Parenting Product Awards
The Highlights Book of Things to Do: Discover, Explore, Create, and Do Great Things
A Smart Girl’s Guide: Crushes
The essential book of pure creativity and inspiration. You’ll find hundreds of ways to build, play, experiment, craft, cook, dream, think, and become outstanding citizens of the world. $24.99, ages 7+.
Help your child embrace and understand the new emotional feelings they’re starting to have for others during puberty. It includes tips and quizzes, plus age-appropriate and honest advice on navigating crushes and, most importantly, staying true to themselves. $12.99, ages 10+.
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Washaway Lunch Box Notes Personalized peel-and-stick label you can adhere to the outside of your child’s lunch container every morning so you can write them a fun daily message. The label will disintegrate quickly in water, whether you wash the lunch box by hand or in the dishwasher – no soaking or scrubbing required. $17.99, ages 4+. continued on page 12 >>> September 2020 | ParentsPress.com
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The durable, non-slip floor stickers are a fun and useful addition to any classroom or home learning pods, whether you need to guide students where they should line up or where to sit. Adhere to most floors, including low pile carpet. Easy to apply, wipeable and removable. $18.
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LAMBSLIDE written by Ann Patchett and illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser
From international bestselling author Ann Patchett and the bestselling illustrator of the Fancy Nancy series, Robin Preiss Glasser, comes a hilarious children’s story about a slide made just for lambs. Nicolette Farmer is running for class president, and the rest of the Farmer family tells her she’ll win by a landslide. A pack of overconfident lambs mistakenly hear lambslide, but when they can’t find one on the farm, there’s only one thing left to do: take a vote! $18.99. Ages 4-8. May 2019.
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KAMALA AND MAYA’S BIG IDEA written by Meena Harris & illus. by Ana Ramirez Gonzales Meena Harris debuts with an empowering picture book about two sisters who work with their community to effect change, inspired by a true story from the childhood of her aunt, U.S. Senator and V.P. candidate, Kamala Harris, and mother, lawyer and policy expert Maya Harris. $17.99. Ages 4-8. June 2020.
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EXPLORING THE WHITE HOUSE: INSIDE AMERICA’S MOST FAMOUS HOME by Kate Andersen Brower #1 New York
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THE ALLOWANCE By Kerrie McLoughlin
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• Do chores because they get a place to sleep and food to eat • Be paid by the chore to learn the value of working for money • Receive a set amount of money every week to do chores as needed or • Be paid an allowance to learn how to manage money.
Michele Shimp is of Camp #1 but visits Camp #2 and said, “As for allowance, no, we don’t pay it. We decided that there are things the kids just have to do as members of the family: dishes, trash, laundry, feeding pets, cleaning room, mowing the lawn in the summer, the basics. However, they do have opportunities for money chores. These are chores out of the norm like cleaning the fridge, vacuuming the van, mowing a part of the lawn that is not your responsibility, cleaning a closet, etc.”
Weighing in for Camp #2, we have my husband. He pays a quarter per chore (called Chore Points) for things like emptying the dishwasher and gives maybe three Chore Points for something like cleaning the bathroom. Daniél Waters Minton has a different way of paying: “Max has always been able to earn money if he wants it. He gets 1 cent per minute, or 10 cents for 10 minutes, or $6/ hour. I break it down because sometimes he’s only got 25 minutes in him. He can earn it by doing chores outside of his normal expected stuff, or by babysitting his little brother.”
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Joanna Nesbit of Camp #3 said, successes and failures and the input of their parents.” “We give our kids allowance. We don’t pay for chores, but we give a predictable set amount each week, and then we require the kids to pay for things like clothes (my 15-yearold), meals with friends, movies, toys, anything they want that is considered extra.” And finally, Deanna Butler of Camp #4 said, “I give my kids a joke of an allowance in lieu of buying them things like packs of gum at checkout lines, etc. They each get $10 a month (even the near teen) and from that $2 goes into savings. Everything else they earn via their own entrepreneurial spirit.” David McCurrach of KidsMoney. org said, “Remember, the purpose of an allowance is to give your children the opportunity to learn how to manage money through their own
No matter which Allowance or Chore Camp you come from, here are some tips from counselor Andrea Ramsay Speers, MA: • Don’t link allowance to chores. Expect kids to pitch in with chores because they are a part of the family, not because they’re getting paid. • Teach them how to save by turning over a few regular expenses to them, and build it into how much their allowance is. For example, instead of you giving them money each week for their church offering, or for a snack at the arena, give them enough money in their allowance to cover those costs, and let them know that they are expected to remember their money and budget in order to have enough for what they need.
• Teach them not to “buy on credit” (“Mom, can you give me an advance on my allowance?”) and instead to save their money and only buy what they can pay cash for. • Don’t base an allowance amount on age, base in on need and maturity level. Decide with your kids individually what each of them can handle based on experience, and go from there. • Don’t forget that your kids are watching! Make sure that you’re modeling responsible finances by not overspending, buying things you can’t afford, or putting too much emphasis on material goods. Kerrie McLoughlin (TheKerrieShow. com), seasoned mom of 5, personally loves practicing chore avoidance.
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EXPERT ADVICE WHEN TO TAKE YOUR SICK BABY TO THE DOCTOR
By Malia Jacobson
Not every sniffle or sneeze warrants a doctor visit— and going in for unneeded office visits may expose your baby to more harmful germsor spread them to others.
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VIRAL ILLNESSES
Viral illnesses like influenza (a.k.a. the flu) are more common during the winter and spring months but can happen at any time. “For viral infections, we treat symptoms, but because the illness is viral and not bacterial, antibiotics are not needed,” says Frida Pena, MD, a family medicine physician at Overlake Medical Center in Bellevue, Washington.
RSV AND BRONCHIOLITIS
Respiratory syncytial virus (or RSV) is a common respiratory illness that can progress into a lung infection called bronchiolitis. RSV usually begins like a regular cold, with a stuffy or runny nose, mild cough, fever (temperature higher than 100.4), and decreased appetite. As the illness progresses, children may breathe rapidly or have trouble breathing, wheeze or make a whistling sound when breathing, or have a severe cough.
WHEN TO GO – Many children
with RSV or bronchiolitis do not need to see a doctor. But parents should watch for some important symptoms, says Pena. Call your healthcare provider if: • You can see indentations between or below your baby’s ribs when they breathe. • Your baby’s nostrils flare (get bigger) when they breathe. • Your baby younger than 3 months has a fever (temperature greater than 100.4ºF or 38ºC). • Your baby older than 3 months has a fever (temperature greater than 100.4ºF or 38ºC) for more than 3 days • Your baby has fewer wet diapers than normal.
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ness with mild symptoms that include fever, headache, sore throat, cough, diarrhea, vomiting, and muscle aches that last for 2-5 days. After these symptoms fade, children may develop a lacy, bright pink “slapped cheek” across the face, arms, and upper back along with joint pain.
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feel better within a week and don’t require a doctor visit. See your pediatrician or healthcare provider in the following situations: • If your baby has an immune or blood disorder and has symptoms of fifth disease. • If your baby has symptoms for more than a month. • If you develop fifth disease during pregnancy. Rarely, fifth disease can be dangerous for an unborn baby.
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Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (HFM) is a common babyhood illness that causes painful sores to form in the mouth and on the hands, feet, buttocks and sometimes genitals. The condition is uncomfortable but usually short-lived—symptoms fade within a week or so.
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infections, recommendations in terms of how to prevent them are the same as for viral infections,” says Pena. The main difference between these illnesses and viral infections: Bacterial illnesses require either oral or topical treatment, and an office visit is usually required.
petigo can cause red, painful bumps on the skin, usually on the face, arms, or legs. These bumps go on to form blisters before scabbing over; scabs are often yellow, gold, or brown.
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doctor if you suspect impetigo; the condition requires treatment with anSTREP THROAT tibiotics to avoid spreading the illness About 3 in 10 sore throats are strep to others. More reasons to call your throat, caused by streptococcal bacte- baby’s doctor: ria. Strep throat causes severe throat • If sores continue to spread after pain, fever, and swollen glands in the beginning antibiotic treatment. neck. Strep throat is less common in • If sores don’t begin to improve 24 babies than in older children; babies hours after beginning treatment. with strep throat may be extra fussy WHEN TO GO – In most chilWHOOPING COUGH or disinterested in eating. dren, croup goes away on its own. In Also called pertussis, whooping some cases, croup warrants a doctor WHEN TO GO – If you suspect cough is an infection that causes a sevisit or even immediate medical atstrep throat, contact your baby’s vere cough that can last for weeks and tention in an emergency department. healthcare provider, since this bacte- months. The distinctive “whoop” sound rial infection requires treatment. Ad- occurs when someone tries to breathe CALL 911 ditionally, contact your baby’s doctor after a coughing attack, but not every• If your baby starts to turn blue or if: one with whooping cough will make pale. • If your baby has a fever of at least the sound, says Pena. Symptoms • If your baby is breathing with ex101 F or 38.5 C. include sneezing, runny nose, and treme difficulty. • If your baby doesn’t want to eat or a cough that lingers and gets worse • If your baby can’t speak or cry bedrink anything. after other symptoms resolve. This cause he can’t get enough air. • Call 911 if your baby has trouble illness is preventable through vaccina• If your baby is very upset, very breathing or swallowing, is drooling tion; children should get 5 doses of the sleepy or doesn’t seem to respond much more than usual or has a stiff whooping cough vaccine by age 6. to you. of swollen neck. Call your baby’s pediatrician if: WHEN TO GO – Whooping cough • Your baby’s cough won’t go away. requires treatment with antibiotics for SCARLET FEVER • Your baby starts to drool or can’t The same bacteria that cause strep the person with the illness as well as swallow. throat can also cause scarlet fever, a family members, even if they’re not • Your baby makes a noisy, highcondition that causes a red rash. Chil- sick. After your baby begins antibiotic pitched sound when breathing, even dren with scarlet fever usually have treatment, watch for the following while just sitting or resting. a sore throat along with a spotty, red, signs that may require another doctor • You see indentations between sandpaper-like rash on the head and visit: or under your baby’s ribs when • Your baby develops a fever. neck that spreads to the body, arms breathing. and legs. Your baby’s tongue may ap- • Your baby vomits repeatedly from • Your baby younger than 3 months coughing. pear bright red with white spots. has a fever (temperature greater • Your baby loses interest in eating or than 100.4 F or 38 C). WHEN TO GO – Scarlet fever drinking. “All these diseases can be preis treated with antibiotics, so it’s im• Your baby appears dehydrated with vented by washing your hands and portant to call your baby’s healthcare fewer than 4-6 wet diapers in 24 your baby’s hands often with soap and provider if your baby has a sore throat hours. water, or using alcohol-based hand accompanied by a rash. As with strep If you still have questions about sanitizers for older children, staying throat, seek medical attention if: when to go, pick up the phone. Careaway from adults and children who • If your baby has a fever of at least givers should always call their baby’s are sick, and making sure your baby 101 F or 38.5 C. healthcare provider any time they have gets all the recommended vaccines, • If your baby doesn’t want to eat or questions or concerns about their including the flu shot,” says Pena. drink anything. baby’s health, says Pena. Here’s to While you’re at it, get a flu shot your- • Call 911 if your baby has trouble a healthier first year with fewer sick self, too. breathing or swallowing, is drooling days—for the entire family. much more than usual or has a still or swollen neck. Malia Jacobson is a health and family Croup is a term for a group of infections that affect the trachea (main airway through which we breathe), causing a distinctive cough that sounds like a seal barking. Croup infections are most common between 6 months and 3 years of age and less common after age 6.
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Alameda The Child Unique Montessori School - Encinal Campus 2226 Encinal Ave. Alameda • 510-521-9227 www.thechildunique.org
The Child Unique Montessori School - Pacific Campus 2212 Pacific Ave. Alameda • 510-521-9227 www.thechildunique.org
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PK-1 Co-Ed 6:1 130
Nondenominational Japanese instruction/ Mandarin instruction
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AMS, IMC, CQEL, NAEYC
18mos - 3yrs Co-Ed 6:1 130
Nondenominational Spanish Immersion
$555 - $1,850 FA Available
AMS, IMC, CQEL, NAEYC
PK-1 Co-Ed 6:1 130
Nondenominational French immersion class, Spanish immersion class
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AMS, IMC, CQEL, NAEYC
PK-8 Co-Ed 8:1 130
Nondenominational Arabic lessons (elementary-middle)
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AMS, IMC, CQEL, NAEYC
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WASC, WCEA
6-12 Co-Ed 200
Independent English, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Spanish
WASC, UC Regents Approved, NCAA Approved
K-8 Co-Ed 6:1 105
Nondenominational French, Latin
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ISSFBA
9-12 Co-Ed 6:1 80
Nondenominational English, Spanish, ASL
$38,000 - $40,000 50%
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PS-8 Co-Ed 16:1 150
Nondenominational English, Spanish, Mandarin Special Needs
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AWSNA, WECAN
3-8 Co-Ed 3:1 64
Nondenominational English, French
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Non Denominational English, Spanish
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Independent French, Spanish, Mandarin
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French Ministry of Education, CAIS, WASC, NAIS
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Independent English, Spanish, French
$35,000
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K-12 Co-Ed 11:1
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Concord Calvary Temple Christian School 4725 Evora Road Concord • 925-458-9870 www.ctcs1.org
Queen of All Saints School 2391 Grant St. Concord • 925-685-8700 www.qasconcord.org
St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School 866 Oak Grove Road Concord • 925-682-5414 www.sfaconcord.org
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Dublin Fountainhead Montessori Elementary 6665 Amador Plaza Rd. Dublin • 925-820-1343 www.fms.org/campuses/dublin
Quarry Lane School 6363 Tassajara Road Dublin • 925-829-8000 www.QuarryLane.org
PK-6 Co-Ed 10:1 60
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$16,680
PK-12 Co-Ed 8:1
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TK-8 Co-Ed 9:1 470
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7-12 Co-Ed 16:1 285
Christian English
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Independent German, English, Spanish
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Non-denominational Spanish Immersion, Mandarin Instruction
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Independent English, Spanish
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Catholic English
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St. Jerome Catholic School 320 San Carlos Ave. El Cerrito • 510-525-9484 www.stjeromecatholicschool.org
St. John the Baptist School 11156 San Pablo Ave. El Cerrito • 510-234-2244 www.stjohnec.org
El Sobrante El Sobrante Christian Junior/Senior High School 5070 Appian Way El Sobrante • 510-223-1966 www.escseagles.com
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Escuela Bilingüe Internacional 2nd - 8th grade 4550 San Pablo Ave. • Emeryville Pre-kinder - 1st grade - See Oakland 510-653-3324 www.ebi.school
Fremont New Horizons School 2550 Peralta Blvd. Fremont • 510-791-5683 www.newhorizonsschool.com
Stratford Schools 43077 Osgood Rd. Fremont • 510-438-9745 www.stratfordschools.com
Stratford Schools 38495 Fremont Bl. Fremont • 510-713-8900 www.stratfordschools.com
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St. Bede School 26910 Patrick Ave. Hayward • 510-782-3444 www.mystbede.org
St. Clement Catholic School 790 Calhoun St. Hayward • 510-538-5885 www.sclementschool.org
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Accreditation/ Associations
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Accreditation/ Associations
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Nondenominational Special Needs Latin
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Non Denominational English
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9-12 Co-Ed 10:1 360
Nondenominational English, Chinese, French, Latin, Spanish
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Newark Challenger School - Ardenwood 35487 Dumbarton Court Newark • 510-739-0300 www.challengerschool.com
Challenger School 39600 Cedar Blvd. Newark • 510-770-1771 www.challengerschool.com
Oakland Bentley School 1 Hiller Drive Oakland • 510-843-2512 www.bentleyschool.org
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Escuela Bilingüe Internacional Pre-kinder - 1st grade 410 Alcatraz Ave. • Oakland 2nd - 8th grade - See Emeryville 510-653-3324 www.ebi.school
Head-Royce School 4315 Lincoln Ave. Oakland • 510-531-1300 www.headroyce.org
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Park Day School 360 42nd St. Oakland • 510-653-0317 www.parkdayschool.org
Redwood Day 3245 Sheffield Ave. Oakland • 510-534-0800 rdschool.org
The Renaissance International School 3650 Dimond Ave. Oakland • 510-531-8566 www.therenaissanceschool.org
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PK-8 Co-Ed PK 7:1 K 11:1 360
Non-denominational Spanish Immersion, Mandarin Instruction
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IBO, CAIS, NAIS, WASC, POCIS Accredited Certified Green Business
K-12 Co-Ed 8:1 900
Nondenominational Chinese, French Latin, Spanish
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CAIS, NAIS, WASC, ISSFBA
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Catholic French, Spanish, ASL
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NCGS, WCEA
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Nondenominational English, Spanish
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PEN, CAIS, ISSFBA
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Nondenominational Spanish
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NAIS, CAIS, WASC, POCIS, EBISA
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Montessori, Independent, Music, Art, Language Immersion Spanish, French
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Independent Episcopal (non religious) Spanish
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East Bay Private Schools St. Theresa School 4850 Clarewood Drive Oakland • 510-547-3146 www.sttheresaschool.org
Grades Gender Stud-Fac Ratio Enrollment
Affiliation / Notes Languages
Tuition Range Tuition Assistance
Accreditation/ Associations
K-8 Co-Ed 30:1
Catholic Spanish
$8,100 - $11,000 50%
WASC, WCEA
9-12 Co-Ed 8:1 75
Non Denominational Spanish, ASL
$42,950 FA Available
NAIS, POCIS, WASC
K-8 Co-Ed 15:1 259
Catholic Spanish
$8,500 - $9,300 13%
WASC, WCEA
1-6 Co-Ed
Montessori, Independent, Music, Art, Language Immersion Spanish, French
$30,600 - $35,000 1%-50%
IMC
K-12 Co-Ed 17:1
Seventh-Day Adventist English
$6,570 - $10,470 Varies
WASC, AAA
Pre-8 Co-Ed 12:1 25
Non Sectarian Montessori English, Mandarin, Spanish
Elem (6-11) $1,870 / mo MS (11-14) $2,065 / mo Varies
AMS
PS-8 Co-Ed 12:1 (PS) 15:1 (K) 22:1 (1-8)
Independent English, Spanish
Varies by program
WASC, CPSTEME
9-12 Co-Ed 15:1 400
Catholic English, French, Spanish
$18,200 FA Available
WASC, WCEA
K-8 Co-Ed
Catholic English
Call
PK-8 Co-Ed 24:1
Catholic Spanish
$6,500 - $7,100 Varies
K-8 Co-Ed
Lutheran English
Call
PS-8 Co-Ed 10:1 201
Catholic English, Spanish, French
$6,900 Up to 40%
Orinda Orinda Academy 19 Altarinda Rd. Orinda • 925-254-7553 www.orindaacademy.org
Piedmont Corpus Christi School 1 Estates Drive Piedmont • 510-530-4056 www.corpuschristischool.com
The Renaissance International School 5201 Park Blvd. Piedmont • 510-328-1127 www.therenaissanceschool.org
Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill Adventist Academy 796 Grayson Road Pleasant Hill • 925-934-9261 www.pleasanthilladventistacademy.com
Pleasanton Emerson School 4671 Chabot Drive Pleasanton • 925-485-5750 www.emersonpaloalto.com
Stratford Schools 4576 Willow Road Pleasanton • 925-737-0001 www.stratfordschools.com
Richmond Salesian College Preparatory 2851 Salesian Ave. Richmond • 510-234-4433 www.salesian.com
San Leandro St. Felicitas Catholic School 1650 Manor Blvd. San Leandro • 510-357-2530 www.stfelicitas-school.org
St. Leander School 451 Davis St. San Leandro • 510-351-4144 www.stleanderschool.org
WASC
WASC
San Lorenzo Calvary Lutheran School 17200 Via Magdalena San Lorenzo • 510-278-2598 www.calvaryslz.org/school
NLSA, WASC
San Pablo St. Paul School 1825 Church Lane San Pablo • 510-233-3080 www.st-paulschool.org
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WASC, WCEA
East Bay Private Schools
Grades Gender Stud-Fac Ratio Enrollment
Affiliation / Notes Languages
Tuition Range Tuition Assistance
Accreditation/ Associations
Walnut Creek Seven Hills School 975 N. San Carlos Drive Walnut Creek • 925-933-0666 www.sevenhillsschool.org
Tilden Preparatory School 1475 N. Broadway Walnut Creek • 925-933-5506 www.tildenprep.com
PS-8 Co-Ed 8:1 400
Nondenomational English, Spanish, French
$17,095 - $32,440
CAIS, NAIS, WASC, ISSFBA
6-12 Co-Ed 200
Independent English, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Spanish
9-12 Co-Ed 15:1
Independent English, French, Spanish, Mandarin
$35,996
WASC, NAIS, NACAC, ISSFBA
9-12 Co-Ed 12:1 1,350
Catholic English, Spanish French, Japanese, Mandarin, ASL
$23,250 $5M in FA. Over 330 students receive aid
WASC, WCEA
K-8 Co-Ed 18:1 170
Roman Catholic English
$5,950
WASC, WCEA
K - Grade 5 Co-Ed K 15:1 Elem 22:1 Varies
Non Denominational Spanish
Varies by age
WASC, CSSES
WASC, UC Regents Approved, NCAA Approved
San Francisco Private Schools Lick-Wilmerding High School 755 Ocean Ave. San Francisco • 415-333-4021 www.lwhs.org
Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory 1055 Ellis St. San Francisco • 415-772-6626 www.shcp.edu
St. Anthony-Immaculate Conception 299 Precita Avenue San Francisco • 415-628-2008 www.saicsf.org Principal: Barbara Moodie
Stratford School 301 DeMontfort Avenue San Francisco • 415-333-3134 www.stratfordschools.com
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Life is an adventure of intellectual exploration and meaningful contribution.
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Financial Aid:
BASIC INFORMATION YOU SHOULD KNOW
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very private school has its own policies about who receives financial aid, what types of aid are awarded, and how much aid a particular family will receive. In most cases, the financial aid office cannot tell you if your family will qualify for financial aid until you submit an application that allows the school to evaluate your unique situation.
a list of organizations that have provided scholarships to their students in the past, and check the list on parents.nais.org. Each scholarship program will have its own eligibility rules, application, and deadlines. Tuition loans are personal loans provided by a private lender. You must apply directly to the lender, and your loan amount and interest rate will depend on the lender’s credit requirements. Some sion shortly after your child is use loans to pay for expenses not HOW SCHOOLS DETERMINE admitted to a particular school. covered by a grant. ELIGIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL AID Tuition Payment Plans allow To determine your eligibility for TYPES OF FINANCIAL AID you to make monthly payments financial aid, you must submit an AVAILABLE rather than writing one or two Grants are the most common application form and financial large checks each year. Schools type of financial aid offered statements. There is no income offer payment plans through a by private schools. They are limit that automatically makes third-party financial services awarded annually to students your family ineligible for financompany, which charges a relawho demonstrate financial need, cial aid. Financial aid officers tively small fee. and students must re-apply each take into account your income, Sibling discounts are designed year. Grant money comes from assets, and expenses, includto help families with more than the school’s budget and does not ing educational costs for other one child enrolled in the same have to be paid back. children. school. Many schools are shrinkMerit scholarships awarded Bottom line: If you feel your ing these discounts, or phasing by the school are rare and are family cannot afford to pay the them out altogether. Even so, it’s usually reserved for students full cost, regardless of your inworth asking if this situation apcome, it’s worth the effort to sub- who have a special talent that plies to you. the school is seeking, such as mit a financial aid application. Most families pay for tuition art, music, or academics. GenerWHEN TO APPLY through a combination of these ally, scholarships are based on options. The school’s financial Every school has its own financial need. They may be aid officer can help you create financial aid schedule, and awarded once, annually, or as a financing plan that fits your the deadlines are different for long as the student meets the family’s needs. Don’t hesitate to schools with rolling admissions. scholarship criteria. ask questions and explore all the In general, most financial aid apScholarships from outside options available to you. plications are due in January or organizations are also rare, and February. Check with your school often awarded by local chapters Reprinted with the permission from of choice for the deadline. You of national groups like the National Association of Independent will receive a financial aid deciRotary Club. Ask the school for Schools, nais.org. 34
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Basic Timeline FOR APPLYING TO A PRIVATE SCHOOL While each school follows its own schedule, here is a typical admissions timeline. Many schools are transitioning to virtual admission events and individual tours.
August
October
January
• Continue scheduling tours, • Pay attention to deadinterviews, class visits, and lines: Most applications are standardized or school-based due in January or Febru• Define your ideal school tests ary, along with test scores, • Find schools that match your • Visit schools, virtually if necreferences, transcripts, and child’s needs financial aid forms essary, during open houses, • Research and ask questions attend information sessions, of schools on your preliminary and take tours list • Finalize the list of schools to • Don’t miss deadlines: Most schools’ applications are due which you will apply in February at the latest • Take required standardized • Browse schools’ websites • Visit schools and/or have admission tests to learn more about their your child participate in a programs and philosophies student shadow day • Request admissions and • Continue scheduling tours, financial aid material by phone interviews, class visits, and or online standardized or school-based • Watch for school decisions • Review admissions materials starting in mid-March tests to determine which schools to • Continue to watch for open • Watch for financial aid visit decisions houses you may want to • Create a calendar of pertiattend • If your student is accepted nent admission and financial • Request teacher recommenby multiple schools, decide aid deadlines for the schools which school your child will dations from your child’s curto which you are considering attend rent school applying • Start working on applications, • Ask elementary schools about financial aid forms, student their test schedules and make • Sign and return enrollment questionnaires, and essays appointments contracts and send deposits • Register for any standardized tests required for admission • Continue to watch for any • Review the test websites to open house or school events learn about procedures and • Attend events and activities of interest test dates, see sample quesfor new parents and • Request transcripts at the end tions, and purchase test-prepstudents of your child’s first aration books semester • Call schools to schedule • Complete applications, ques- Reprinted with permission from the individual tours, class visits, National Association of Independent tionnaires, and essays interviews, and “shadow days” Schools, www.nais.org • Note application deadlines. if available Some schools have December deadlines. (of the year before you want your child to attend)
February
September
November
March
April
December
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