Private High School in San Mateo County, California

Mid-Peninsula High School, Menlo Park:
Mid-Peninsula High School is a non-profit co-educational independent high school catering for students in grades 9-12. Mid-Peninsula High School is located in Menlo Park in San Mateo County in Central California, serving the Fremont, San Jose, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Oakland and Half Moon Bay communities. We are characterized as a "community for learning" that maximizes each student's opportunities for success. Mid-Peninsula is designed for adolescents with academic potential who can benefit from a smaller environment and a flexible, individually focused academic program. Students benefit from extensive guidance counseling, other support systems and their close relationships with their teachers—uniquely qualified educators who serve as instructors, mentors, coaches, counselors and role models.

Fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (the only recognized accrediting body for secondary schools in California) and the California Association of Independent Schools, Mid-Peninsula's curricula meets standards of admission for both the University of California and the California State institutions as well as private institutions of higher learning.

Commitment to Education:
Mid-Peninsula High School is deeply committed to this highly personal form of education. Not only does our strong academic program prepare students for college, but Mid-Peninsula's progressive "whole-child" educational approach offers them the opportunities and skills to advance themselves—intellectually, socially, emotionally and ethically.

Mid-Peninsula High School—a community for learning—offers students a stimulating, nurturing, safe environment that empowers them to reach their full academic and social potential. As a small, caring, educational community, we work to strengthen relationships between the students, their families and the school.

We recognize and understand unique learning styles and create flexible academic programs designed to meet each student's needs. It is our expectation that Mid-Peninsula High School students will become capable, self-directed individuals who care about themselves, their families and their communities.

- Subjects include Maths, Science, English, Foreign Language, Social Sciences, Athletics.
- Mid-Peninsula's curricula meets the standards of admission for both the University of California and the California State institutions as well as private institutions of higher learning.
- The curriculum is designed to fulfill the educational requirements of our diverse population.
- We offer both college-preparatory classes and general secondary education classes.

Activities:
Mid-Peninsula High School has a number of fun and enriching activities in which students, faculty, staff, parents and the community can participate and bond throughout the year. These activities include school BBQs, community service days, talent shows, poetry slams, annual proms, senior dinners, an annual art exhibition and reception, a Valentines Day luncheon, a Thanksgiving feast, Halloween festivities, activity days, film day and Friday school-spirit days.

Each Mid-Peninsula student is assigned a "Core Teacher," who serves as academic advisor, guidance counselor, advocate, community builder and family contact. Core meets every day, giving students an opportunity to set goals, develop their learning styles, strategize with their teachers about progress toward graduation, think about life beyond Mid-Peninsula and obtain support, counsel, information and referrals. Core Teachers are students' true partners in learning.

A Unique Learning Opportunity:
We strive to offer students every opportunity to explore and develop their talents, while understanding and working around each student's personal limitations. Other schools may make similar claims, but Mid-Peninsula takes pride in the fact that we consistently help our students find individual paths to achieve their personal best.

Mid-Peninsula's faculty is a specialized breed of educators who are caring, innovative, energetic and inspirational. They are highly skilled, extensively trained and deeply committed to this progressive brand of education. They don't just teach their identified subjects. They form a team that collaborates in seeking the overall well-being of every student—in their classes, in others' classes and in life beyond the classroom.

These vibrant and talented people don't approach their work as merely a job. They know how important their role is in the daily life of a young person at Mid-Peninsula. We are fortunate to have such a dedicated group of faculty and staff to ensure that life at Mid-Peninsula High School continues to be a rewarding and fulfilling experience for our students and each other.

Parent / Student Satisfaction:
Parents, students and teachers work together to strengthen relationships between the students, their families and the school. What we do here works. It is not surprising that Mid-Peninsula students and their parents readily endorse our school's youth-centric methodology and praise the benefits they receive from participating in our effective, integrated educational program.

More than 90% of Mid-Peninsula graduates go on to college. In addition, some of our graduates have pursued goals outside conventional education with the help of their Core Teachers, achieving success in fine and performing arts, technology, vocational arts, small business careers and other sectors.

Serving the Community and Wider World:
Community Service is a key component of the Mid-Peninsula philosophy. Students spend significant hours every term choosing and executing ways in which they will serve their communities. Previous projects include student-run food and clothing drives, working in local soup kitchens, working with the developmentally disabled, tutoring at-risk kids, participating in environmental cleanups and more.