Presidio Knolls School
| Address | 250 10th Street |
| City | San Francisco |
| Phone | 415-202-0770 |
| Website | http://www.presidioknolls.org |
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| Chinese Name | 普利西學校 |
| Programs | Preschool • Kindergarten • Elementary • Afterschool • Summer |
| Languages | Mandarin |
Presidio Knolls School was founded in 2008 as a preschool, combining a Reggio Emilia-inspired educational approach with Mandarin language immersion. Beginning fall 2012, our program will include elementary grades. In a few short years, we have built an amazing community of students, parents, faculty, and staff committed to inspiring a lifelong passion for learning and a deep appreciation for Chinese culture.
Our program delivers academic excellence using progressive educational best practices. We value the unique attributes of each child and support their intellectual, social, and emotional development. Our goal is to prepare our students to contribute to society and succeed in a global world.
We selectively recruit from around the world to maintain a world-class faculty and staff. We feature a low student/teacher ratio, and more than half of our teachers have Masters degrees. We invest in significant ongoing training, coaching, and development for our teachers to continuously enhance the learning experience for our students.
Please visit our website to learn more about our preschool, elementary, summer, and after school programs. We invite you to learn more about the elementary school by attending an information session. For details on the information session schedule and how to register, please view the admissions calendar on our website.
User reviews
Average user rating from: 1 users
Excellent progressive chinese immersion program
| Overall Rating: | 5.0 |
I'm a parent at Presidio Knolls and recently joined the board, so as you can image, I'm a fan of the place.
I don't speak Chinese, and my wife speaks a little because she lived there for a couple of years as an adult, but she isn't fluent. However, my daughter speaks Chinese fluently (for a three year old!). When playing with her toys, she monologues to herself in Chinese as often as she does in English. She prefers to listen to and sing Chinese songs in the car and at home.
PKS isn't just about learning Chinese though. Ellie loves the school. The teachers in Ellie's classroom are kind and loving. She is always excited to get to school, and it can be hard to pry her away at the end of the day. She has really developed emotionally since she has been at the school. She is a lot more outgoing than she used to be, and has been starting to develop some real empathy for other kids. I don't know if that is just because she is getting older, or if it's a function of the Reggio Emilia inspired approach of PKS, but it is certainly consistent with the school's emphasis on developing "the whole child".
We wanted a program with both language immersion and a progressive "whole child" approach to education rather than the much more rigid, traditional education that we grew up with, with its singular focus on academics. PKS is the school that best fit our needs, and we're very happy that Ellie is here.
We are equally excited about the PKS expansion into an elementary school that is starting in 2012. PKS will accept kids in Kindergarten, First and Second Grade in 2012, and grow one grade level per year until it has a full K-8 program. I'm very happy that Ellie will be able to stay with this the PKS program throughout her elementary and middle school.
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