San Domenico School is a private Catholic school that works with children from pre-school through twelfth grade to provide a solid education based on Catholic principles. San Domenico features a horseback riding elective, musicians' training, sports programs including soccer, flag football, volleyball and more. The school has been in operation since 1850, and offers financial aid through the program School and Student Services by NAIS.
Brookside School is one of three elementary schools in the Ross Valley School District. The school is divided into two campuses. The Lower Campus serves predominantly grades K-2, though some second grade classrooms have been moved to the Upper Campus. In the 2011-12 school year, the two Brookside campuses (which are separated by nearly a mile) will become two separate schools. The Lower Campus is overseen by Principal Marci Trahan, and serves the communities of Sleepy Hollow and the San Anselmo-Fairfax border.
Music Together of Marin is a local studio that celebrates the joy of family music. The school's experienced instructors teach children musical skills that will stay with them their whole lives and promote their personal growth. All classes are 45 minutes in length, and meet once a week for 10 weeks in the spring, winter and fall and six weeks in the summer. In order to further their education, students receive a musical CD, songbook and selection of activity suggestions as part of their tuition. For more information about the classes offered, visit the Music Together of Marin Web site.
San Domenico School is a private Catholic school that works with children from pre-school through twelfth grade to provide a solid education based on Catholic principles. San Domenico features a horseback riding elective, musicians' training, sports programs including soccer, flag football, volleyball and more. The school has been in operation since 1850, and offers financial aid through the program School and Student Services by NAIS.
San Anselmo Montessori, located at the old Red Hill Middle School site behind Red Hill Shopping Center, provides preschool and Kindergarten Montessori programs, along with after-school and summer programs.
Montessori philosophy allows children to learn at their own pace and explore the world around them. The goal is for kids to become independently interested in learning on their own.
The school also features an organic garden and brings in special instructors, like storytellers and music teachers. The Kindergarten class also takes field trips to places like the Planetarium and Slide Ranch.
Tuition is around $10,000 a year, and there is a discount for siblings. The application process includes a meeting with the student.
The Ross Valley School District covers three elementary schools and one middle school serving San Anselmo and Fairfax. The district enrolled 1,973 students for the 2009-10 year at Manor Elementary School in Fairfax, Wade Thomas Elementary and Brookside Elementary in San Anselmo, and White Hill Middle School at the west end of Fairfax. Currently, the district is undergoing change with the hiring of a new Superintendent and with a proposed bond measure on the November 2010 ballot. The bond measure is part of an effort to address enrollment growth with a plan to add additional classrooms to the elementary schools and expand the facilities at White Hill. In addition, Brookside, which is currently divided into two campuses for grades K-2 and grades 3-5, will become two K-5 elementary schools in the 2011-12 school year. The district board of trustees meets the first and third Thursday of the month at 6pm at the district offices on Shaw Drive, behind the Red Hill Shopping Center.
Since it's founding in 1924, St. Anselm School has enjoyed a long tradition of providing Catholic education to elementary school children. Hot lunches are served and before and after school care is available. Students are required to wear school uniforms.
The San Anselmo Co-Op Nursery School is a non-profit, non-sectarian organization, owned and administered by the parents. The school was founded in Fairfax in June 1947 as the Fairfax Community Nursery School. In 1963, the school, now known as the San Anselmo Co-Operative Nursery School, purchased the current property at 24 Myrtle Lane, finally acquiring the permanent home the administrators had so long desired.