121 Mimosa Way
Portola Valley, CA 94028

M-A is an impressive place, especially given the extreme socioeconomic diversity and varying high school readiness of its student body. The curriculum provides for courses ranging from remedial to AP and beyond. There are extensive resources for academic help (ranging from office hours to after school help to peer tutoring), a huge number of clubs and extracurricular activities, highly competitive athletics, nationally-ranked debate, award-winning orchestra and jazz bands, the list goes on. Students are given opportunities to participate and excel regardless of family financial situation. And this is borne out in the college outcomes - the majority enter college, and many go to Ivies, Stanford, MIT and top UCs. Most importantly, I have found that the teachers work hard and really care about their students - not just their academic outcomes but their entire well-being. During the pandemic, many teachers went well above and beyond to ensure that their students' mental and physical health was secure. It is a hard thing to measure, but, as a parent, heartwarming to see in action.

Great experience for our child. Support for children of different needs, welcoming to new students, strong PTA support.

I attended this school as a child and thrilled to have my kids attend as well. So much of a students experience comes down to the teachers and the ones at Las Lomitas are incredibly experienced, kind and dedicated. The school provides so many resources for teachers and it shows. I personally know two leaders at nearby private schools and both have said las lomitas teachers are some of the best (and express their dismay at their inability to recruit away any of the teachers). I’m confused by a prior parents dismay with the school - our daughter has found ample opportunity to stretch her learning and she frankly is learning things i learned a grade or two later growing up. The comments about Covid learning are misleading as well - my best guess is that the kids at las lomitas benefited from the school partially returning to in person learning quite early on (fall of 2020) far before many other districts in the area. I think the teacher and school community’s willingness to return in-person speaks to the dedication of teachers and trust among the community.