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Mount Tamalpais School is a co-educational day school enrolling children in Kindergarten through 8th Grade.
Located in Mill Valley, just 12 minutes from the Golden Gate Bridge, our beautiful campus is surrounded by grass fields and redwood groves.
Families choose Mount Tamalpais School for the joyful and robust learning experience it provides.
Our educators are specialists in their respective teaching disciplines, dedicated to challenging each student with thought-provoking questions that deepen critical thinking and inspire understanding and learning every day.
Connection and belonging are fostered through our social-emotional learning curriculum in all subjects throughout the day. MTS students are known for being well-prepared for the future while enjoying childhood to the fullest.
MTS dedicates over 15% of the operating budget to maintain financial accessibility in our school. We encourage families to apply for financial assistance if they feel affording the full tuition is out of reach. jdodge@mttam.org
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Club or Organization: Chess, Cooking, Golf, Impromptu Public Speaking, Intro to Coding, Jewelry Making, Table Tennis, Yoga and Meditation
Arts and Music Programs: Beginning Voice, Dance, Multi Media Art, Music Lessons
School Notes
MISSION
Learning is revered, and education is joyful.
VISION
Mount Tamalpais School where education inspires action.
COMMUNITY VALUES
Our values are the essence of our school and the code by which we
live the principles upon which we make our decisions. They are the
heart and soul of MTS and do not tend to change over
time.Everything we do at Mount Tamalpais School is with open
arms, hearts, and minds. To this end, we:
Lead with Kindness
Honor Childhood
Practice Active Inclusion
Celebrate the Journey
Ask "What's Possible?"
DIVERSITY VISION STATEMENT
Mount Tamalpais School is dedicated to nourishing and sustaining a
diverse, equitable, and inclusive school community in which each
person can be their truest self, knowing all perspectives,
identities, and voices are welcomed and valued. It is our
responsibility to create a school community where all members can
thrive and where students are encouraged to be engaged and
growth-minded citizens.
ADMISSIONS
An extension of our community includes the families that are
interested in learning more about MTS.We are honored to work
with families thatwant to learn more about MTS
andstrive to offer an inclusive, engaging, informative, and
worthwhile experienceas families explore MTS. All questions
are welcome and if there are any ways in which we can better
accommodate your family or provide more information in getting to
know MTS, please do not hesitate to be in touch. To learn
more about our school, please visit ourwebsite.For
admissions inquiries, please contact our Director of Admissions,
Amy Pearson (apearson@mttam.org) or Tricia Garcia
(tgarcia@mttam.org), Associate Director of Admissions.
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Financial assistance applications are due in early January; please
check theschool
websitefor steps and deadlines. The admissions committee
is a separate committee from the financial assistance committee.
Financial assistance information is not shared with the admissions
committee at any point in the application process.Families
applying for financial assistance will receive their admission
decision and financial assistance decision at the same time.
Grades: K-8 | 383 students8.3 miles 39 Trellis Drive San Rafael, CA 94903 (415) 472-8000
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School Reviews
5.00 out of 5(2 reviews)
53/8/2024
Mount Tamalpais School has been so incredible for our three children! The school is academically rigorous but also focuses heavily and healthy social-emotional development. Teachers and administrators are warm and inviting and our kids feel seen and safe. The school prioritizes the arts so all children have art, music, and performing arts. Our kids are thriving in the nurturing environment at MTS and learning skills necessary for middle school, high school, and beyond.
- Posted by Parent - LSM2024
58/11/2018
What I admire most about MTS is how the school successfully balances and embraces its core traditions of fostering kindness, integrity, respect, and fairness, with its forward-thinking teaching methodologies. This philosophy distinguishes not only what MTS teaches in its forward-thinking STEM program, but what type of advanced techniques and tools it uses in its teaching, such as social-emotional learning. And through this marriage of core traditions with advanced teaching techniques, the school has fostered a respectful culture where kids become critical thinkers, explore boundaries, and take safe academic risks.
- Posted by Parent - Duncan
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