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Oakland, CA
Rockridge Little School

Four Stars

Parents at this school would recommend this school to other parents.

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neighborhood: Rockridge / Temescal ·  Telephone: (510) 420-1200  · Website: www.rockridgelittleschool.com/

Director: Add Your Stats Contact Info

Rockridge Little School
5951 College Avenue
Oakland, CA  94618

http://www.rockridgelittleschool.com/

Tel: (510) 420-1200

Director: Holly Gold
holly@rockridgelittleschool.com

Admissions Director:
Holly Gold

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Parents: Rate This Preschool Parent Ratings

Quality of teaching
Four And Half Stars
Development of social skills and work habits
Four Stars
Home-school connection
Three and Half Stars
Discipline
Four Stars
Facilities
Four Stars
Health
Four Stars
Safety
Four And Half Stars
Handling of separation
Three and Half Stars

Survey Information
Number of parents surveyed: 12
Director survey: Yes
Savvy Source survey: Yes

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General Approach to Learning

Checked Play-based
Checked Play-based with some structure
Checked Reggio-Emilia

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School Philosophy and Mission

We encourage children to explore, investigate, create and discover their passions. We believe that if they are treasured by the people they spend their time with and they are excited by the activities...
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Typical Day-In-The-Life At This School

8:00-9:00 Arrival/Free Choice
9:00-10:30 Project Work/Free Choice
10:30-10:50 Music
10:50-11:00 Snack
11:00-12:00 Outside
12:00-12:20 Story, enrichment
12:30-1:00 ...
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Ages, Class Size, days & Tuition

Ages From 2 years 9 months to
5 years
Days: 5 day(s) a week
9 am- 3 pm
Tuition: $1,175/Month

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Key Statistics

Extended day Yes
School year Year round program
Total enrollment 41
Student/teacher ratio6:1
Age cutoff for enrollment2 years and 9 months

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Notes on Schedule and Extended Care


The above tuition info is based on the 2008-2009 school year. Families may enroll for three, four or five days per week. Please go to www.rockridgelittleschool.com for complete tuition information and...
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Application Information

Applications accepted Call for info
Wait listYes
Deadline for applicationsRolling
Application Information $40
Acceptance criteria: Preference to siblings and those with flexible schedules based on sibling priority, diversity

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Nov
25
2009

It was a cold and soggy day at the Star of Texas Fair & Rodeo. Cold, that is, for March day here in Austin. Of all the sights to see, my son spent most of our visit at the petting zoo. He picked out his

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Nov
13
2009

Trace around your child's foot, with shoe on, on a piece of white construction paper or card stock. Have child cut out the shoe print and add a spooky face. Glue it to a popsicle stick and you have a ghost stick puppet!

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