Judith Adelson offers educational tutoring services. Students can attend tutoring sessions, SAT and standardized test preparation, small-class tutoring, homework club, early literacy classes and more. The office is equipped with modern computers and learning tools.
Santa Monica Alternative School House (SMASH) is an elementary and middle school located in Santa Monica. The charter school enrolls students through a lottery system. The curriculum emphasizes democratic education, real-life issues, self-motivation, social change and cooperative learning. For further inquiries, phone SMASH.
Edison Language Academy is a bilingual magnet school that is one of only 10 dual-immersion K - 12 programs in the United States. Like other public schools, Edison abides by California curriculum standards, but it is distinct in that children learn to speak, read and write in English and Spanish simultaneously. Parents do not have to be proficient in Spanish in order to enroll their children in the school. From 2006 through 2008, the California Department of Education endowed Edison with the Title One Academic Achievement Award. The honor is given to schools that exceed academic growth targets for students of all groups in a substantial way. The Academy also provides an immersion track in conjunction with two other Santa Monica schools: John Adams Middle School and Santa Monica High School. Third-, fourth- and fifth-grade classrooms are equipped with SMARTboards, and the computer lab features that technology as well. In addition to the main computer lab, Edison has two mobile computer labs. Extracurricular programs include Ballet Folklorico; Child Care, Recreation, Enrichment, Sports Together (CREST); Choral Music Program; Gardening Angels; Gifted and Talented Education (GATE); Homework Buddies; Instrumental Music Program; Movie Night; Playground Access; Sports; Summer Adventure; Summer Enrichment Program; Summer Reading; Theater Arts Program; and the Young Storytellers Program. Edison also offers English as a Second Language courses for adults. Its El Nido Counseling Center employs a full-time counselor (funded by the City of Santa Monica) and additional interns who provide free services to families and children. Its Edison Language Academy Video was narrated by actor Sidney Poitier.
The Living English Company teaches English and provides other educational services. For additional information, call the listed contact number.
Alise Richel is a vocal trainer and singer. She works with beginners, as well as established performers. Richel helps students explore many musical styles.
Montana Music Studio is a very small space in the back of a building on Montana Avenue. The studio offers private music lessons to people of all ages, specifically on the piano. Call for more information and to schedule lessons.
Clearsight is an institution that teaches its students how to become clairvoyant, using natural energies. It specializes in meditation and healing arts. Classes include cellular cleansing, palmistry, astral dimensions and clairvoyance. Clearsight offers one-night classes as well as day sessions on Sundays. Additionally, Clearsight offers free clairvoyant readings.
NewPath Montessori School, originally named the Thoreau Montessori School, was founded in 1976, and is located on 20th Street between Delaware Avenue and Pico Boulevard in Santa Monica. The children at NewPath Montessori School work with unique Montessori materials individually at their own pace within a safe, nurturing and stimulating environment. As they work, the children learn to trust their own ability to think and solve problems independently.
The children are also provided the opportunity to work in groups, and with a multitude of other attractive and interesting educational materials which act as extensions and variations of the Montessori curriculum. The school provides ungraded classes for children from ages 2.6 to 7, and a special Toddler Program for children ages 2 to 2.5 year olds.