Castilleja School
| Castilleja School | |
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| Location | |
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Palo Alto, California USA |
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| Information | |
| Type | Private, College-prep |
| Motto | Women Learning - Women Leading |
| Established | 1907 |
| Founder | Mary Ishbel Lockey |
| Head | Nanci Z. Kauffman |
| Grades | 6-12 |
| Gender | Girls |
| Enrollment | 448 |
| Average class size | 15 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 6:1 |
| Campus size | 6 acre |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Athletics conference |
CIF Central Coast Section (West Bay Athletic League) |
| Mascot | Gator |
| Tuition | $44,000 |
| Website | http://www.castilleja.org |
Castilleja School is an independent school for girls in grades six through twelve, located in Palo Alto, in the U.S. state of California. Castilleja is the only non-sectarian all-girls middle and high school in the San Francisco Bay Area. The faculty consists of approximately 70 full-time and part-time women and men. Castilleja is a member of the California Association of Independent Schools and the National Coalition of Girls' Schools.
Castilleja was founded in 1907 by Mary Ishbel Lockey. Originally from Montana, Lockey graduated from Stanford University in 1902, where she majored in English. She was encouraged by Stanford's first President, David Starr Jordan, to start a school that would offer girls a comprehensive, college preparatory education. In its early years, some boys were allowed to take classes at Castilleja. The school’s core values, known as "the 5cs," include: conscience, courtesy, character, courage, and charity. In 2007, Castilleja celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding.
Castilleja’s academic program is college preparatory in nature. Castilleja offers a comprehensive liberal arts and science curriculum with programs in foreign languages, including Mandarin Chinese and Latin, and the visual and performing arts, including digital filmmaking, studio art, and dance. Since 2010, a number of new interdisciplinary and STEM courses have been added as upper school electives including The Biology and Economics of Cancer, Engineering Sustainable Solutions, Shakespeare: Stage and Page, Computer Science I and II, Engineering I: The Design and Science of Everyday Things, and Astronomy.
Performing and visual arts are integrated into students’ academic schedules. Students are introduced to and can pursue dance, drama, studio art, chorus, movie-time and photography. Each year, the Upper School puts on a fall play and a spring musical and the Middle School puts on a musical.
In addition, Castilleja’s academic program has two unique components: the Global Program and Fitness and Wellness.
The Global Program at Castilleja aims to infuse global education into every student’s educational experience. The global perspective permeates the school curriculum throughout the year, and each January the entire school devotes a week (Global Week) to an in-depth examination of global issues through speakers, workshops, readings, films, service opportunities, class projects, and panel discussions. For example, in 2011, Global Week focused on "Food Justice and Sustainability" and featured speakers including co-founder of Feed Projects Ellen Gustafson. In 2010, Castilleja opened the Center for Awareness, Compassion, and Engagement (ACE Center).
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