Founded in 1983, Children’s Day School is an independent co-educational day school for children in preschool through eighth grade. Children’s Day School offers a challenging inquiry-based curriculum that promotes academic excellence, encourages creative exploration and critical thinking, and creates an enduring love of learning. In addition to a core curriculum that includes reading and writing, mathematics, science, and social studies the school offers environmental education through its onsite farm and garden, along with art, music, theater and Spanish. Children’s Day School is accredited by the California Association of Independent Schools.

Our Mission

Children’s Day School recognizes that every child is born with unique gifts. Our mission is to develop each student’s genius by providing an inspiring environment where challenging academics are inseparable from social, artistic, and physical experiences, and where children of all backgrounds feel safe to be themselves, become avid learners, and strive to make a difference in the lives of others.

Our Program

Our educational program encourages curiosity, exploration, cooperation, risk-taking and a love of learning. It is integrated across academic disciplines and incorporates a project-based approach in which our students develop academic skills through inquiry and collaboration. Each day, teams of gifted teachers guide our children to find the fun in every new task and to excel academically as they take increasing responsibility for their education and their future. Our students develop a sense of caring for self, for others, for the community and for the world as they become creative thinkers, skilled mathematicians, accomplished artists, strong writers and rigorous researchers. They graduate confident in their strengths, unafraid to struggle and prepared for the challenges and opportunities that await them.

Our Values

The Children’s Day School community nourishes and celebrates diversity, promotes justice and respect for all people, and aspires to act always with integrity, compassion and generosity.