Our Mother of Good Counsel School is a co-ed elementary school with an enrollment of 300 students. Class size ranges from 32-35 students per class. Our Mother of Good Counsel School's mission is to be witnesses to the love of Christ for all. The school began in 1933 with 36 students studying in two small cottages on Ambrose Street. Four years later another house was purchased on Dracena Street to accommodate the 7th and 8th grade classes. Work on the present school building began in 1949. From its beginning until 1968, the school was staffed by the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart; it is presently served by dedicated lay and religious teachers and staff.

The Oxbow School provides an innovative, interdisciplinary semester program combining visual arts with academics provides high school students with the skills necessary to negotiate and succeed in an increasingly complex and interdependent world. Through rigorous studio art practice grounded in creative and intellectual inquiry, the program is designed to extend each student's potential ability.

Oxford High School is an international learning community of excellence, enabling students of different cultures and language abilities to become independent learners and effective communicators in English. Oxford prepares students with the knowledge, discipline, and skills to succeed at the university level and contribute to the multicultural world of the 21st century. Our goals are that our students become self-motivated, independent learners; they develop positive attitudes and healthy habits; they communicate effectively in English; they have the knowledge, discipline and skills to succeed in American universities; they can use technology as a tool for learning; they understand, respect, and appreciate cultures other than their own; and they contribute to the community.

Pacific Academy is a private co-ed school that offers small class sizes, a 1:6 teacher student ratio, bi-weekly progress reports, a UC approved curriculum, one-on-one counseling, exciting extracurricular activities (such as golf and surfing), and standardized test preparation (SAT, ACT, etc.). Pacific Academy is accredited by WASC. Please note that Pacific Academy is an International School and accepts students from all over the world.

Pacific Baptist School is not regionally accredited. Pacific Baptist School is a ministry with sincerely held religious convictions against government control and oversight over the academic aspects of our institution. While the State of California does not require Pacific Baptist School to obtain any state or regional accreditation in order to operate or grant diplomas, individual public school districts, colleges, and universities establish their own admissions policies.

Pacific Harbor Christian School mission statement is building Christian character and academic excellence in our students, while preparing them to succeed in a challenging world. We offer small class sizes, a safe environment, and qualified, caring staff who have each child's best interest at heart. We have been a light in our community with a history of 33 years in making a difference in the lives of the children and family that join our school family!

Pacific Hills School is an independent, co-educational college preparatory school serving the needs of a diverse population in grades 6-12. We offer a traditional, structured yet creative program in a friendly and supportive atmosphere.Small class sizes allow a dedicated and experienced faculty, all deeply committed to the success of each child, to provide the kind of individual attention that results in a memorable, personal learning experience. Academic classes consist of regular, accelerated and advanced placement classes. Pacific Hills also offers a full complement of visual and performing arts classes.

The purpose of Pacific Lutheran High School is to lead young people to grow spiritually, mentally, physically, and socially, in favor with God and mankind. The school seeks to provide a safe, comfortable, and supportive environment in which to learn the skills that lead to a proactive life and meet the requirements for college entrance. Through the Christian perspective of the curriculum, and with teachers who model the Christian life, the school in partnership with the parents, seeks to build character in students which gives glory to God. To the best of our God given abilities, we will offer to your son or daughter, a college preparatory course of study in a Christian environment. In addition, we will meet the students' needs for programs and activities that offer opportunities for them to grow in non-academic ways.

The mission of Pacific West Christian Academy is to support the home and Church in bringing up the child in the way he or she should go, by helping each student achieve spiritual growth, academic excellence, personal integrity and a sense of responsibility with which to live a life as an effective Christian and productive citizen. Our aim is to develop the total personality of each child by providing an educational experience of lasting value.

Palma is dedicated to providing young men an excellent college preparatory education in a Roman Catholic environment that embraces the essential elements of an Edmund Rice Christian Brother education and challenges each individual to develop spiritually, intellectually, morally, physically, and socially.

A tightly knit school community, Palo Alto Prep operates on two assumptions: Teenagers want to feel good about themselves and they want to enjoy school. In response to that, both staff and students strive to understand and appreciate individual differences, and they build fun and variety into learning. Palo Alto Prep ensures that every student “fits in,” because teachers adapt to the student’s learning style and they develop a foundation for self-esteem and personal responsibility. Students are taught to think, to solve problems and to operate creatively, and 95 percent of graduates go directly to college. State certified and accredited by WASC, Palo Alto Prep helps students see and experience the best in themselves.

Paraclete High School as a Catholic school of the Archdiocese, participates in the wider mission of the Church through proclamation of Christ in the light of Scriptures, Catholic tradition, and through its academic, athletic, and social programs. Fostering active service through emphasizing the unique value of every person, Paraclete also challenges students to active responsibility and provides a Christian Service Program for outreach to the school community and the community outside it. As an academic institution, Paraclete seeks primarily to prepare students for entrance and success at the college level. The school also provides courses for students not necessarily college bound, maintaining for all a challenge to love learning, to respect science and the arts, to be able to think critically, and to understand values. Paraclete encourages athletic participation in physical education classes and on extramural teams seeking to educate and develop the whole person. The school is committed to both girls' and boys' athletics, with each program careful to be true to the religious and moral values of the whole institution's philosophy. The motto of Paraclete High School is "Veni, Lumen Cordium," Come, Light of the Heart.

Park Day School is a diverse, independent K-8 school with a 30 year history of progressive education. We believe a successful learner is one who is confident, caring, and creative. We believe success is measured by a student

Parkhill School operates exclusively with public revenues under contract with local public school districts. Districts refer students and fund school placement when there is no more appropriate program available in the student's local public school. Public revenues do not cover the total costs of services. Qualified, trained and caring staff works in partnership with parents, family members, community professionals, public and private agencies in a collaborative team approach. Emphasis is placed on creating a therapeutic instructional relationship between adult and student, which treats the individual student in his/her entirety, and allows for the maximum independent expression of one's humanity and developmental potential. The philosophy of Parkhill's Founders is implemented through a caring, personalized, therapeutic learning environment incorporating a strong, standards-based academic curriculum, which reinforces, promotes and challenges learning which commensurate with each student's abilities and interest. A highly structured, empirically-based school-wide behaviour management program and fully-integrated, professionally delivered, counseling support promotes self-direction, self-regulation, and mature emotional expression.

Patten Academy of Christian Education serves an ethnically and economically diverse student population in an urban setting, providing an excellent education within a supportive learning community which challenges students intellectually and spiritually. Patten Academy develops students who demonstrate critical and independent thinking across academic disciplines; embrace the ethical and moral values found in the Judeo-Christian tradition; gain an appreciation of the aesthetic through performance and visual arts; maximize their leadership capabilities; and commit their lives to Christian and community service.

Peace Terrace Academy was founded in 1998 and is currently in its 11th year of operation. We are committed to developing an Islamic environment for children to not only develop excellent academic skills, but also learn and practice Islamic principles. We recognize that school should be a fun and an exciting experience, where children love to learn and are able to excel in all subjects. We limit the number of students per class, ensuring optimum Teacher/student ratios to maximize your child's learning potential, and focus on developing strong Islamic understanding. We strive to provide a caring, supportive environment where every student is given the opportunity to demonstrate leadership and experience success. We have built our course curriculum focusing on the development of children from PreK through 8th grade. Our curriculum adheres to the guidelines of the State of California and we have standardized test to measure student aptitude.

Our mission is to provide a highly challenging and dynamic educational curriculum in an extended family atmosphere, stressing a comprehensive Jewish Studies program that is based on The Torah, as well as a rigorous and challenging program in the General Studies, for those students with special needs, circumstances or who can not afford a Jewish education.

Founded in 1974, SECOND START began offering a tutorial and diagnostic clinic to children with severe disabilities. In 1976, PINE HILL SCHOOL was added to provide a multi-disciplinary, academic and therapeutic program to learning disabled and emotionally troubled children in grades 1-12. Classes for adults were added in July 1988. As our program grew in the early 90’s we began to branch out and provide services to at risk kids through our Community Development Department. In 2002 Second Start founded Advent Academy a charter school dedicated to providing Education to High School Student who are in a residential recovery program. In 2003 Second Start launched the Newton Learning Center an educational program specifically tailored for the educational advancement of students with Asperger and/or students on the upper end of the Autism spectrum. In 2007 Second Start founded The Newton Learning Center Reno to take this remarkably effective program to the students in the Reno and Northern Nevada. In 2009 Second Start’s Pine Hill School received two high honors: Selection as a School of Excellence by The National Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET) is one of the highest honors a private special education school can achieve through any professional association. The recognition is bestowed on private special education schools that meet rigorous professional criteria and have demonstrated truly exceptional dedication, commitment and achievement in the field of special education. Pine Hill School, a 35-year-old special education non-public school received Peter Batten from Australia's "The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust" last week. Mr. Batten, a Churchill Fellow, is tasked with finding the best Autistic programs in the World. After detailed and extensive research for which he received his fellowship, he scheduled an in-person visit to those schools and programs across the globe that he found to be most effective in helping moderate- to high-functioning Autistic children.

Pine Hills Adventist School (PHAS) is located in a peaceful country setting in Auburn, California. Established in 1941, PHAS provides quality Christian education and scholastic opportunities from Kindergarten through High School (K-12). Pine Hills Adventist School mission is to preparing student for life on earth and in heaven by shaping characters that reflect Jesus

Pleasant Hill Adventist Academy was established in 1953 as Pleasant Hill Junior Academy. It became Pleasant Hill Christian School when it became a 12 grade school in 1998. Becoming operationally independent and fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges in 2003, it changed its name to Pleasant Hill Adventist Academy. It is a part of the Northern California Conference of Seventh-day Adventist Educational System.