Presidio Hill School

Presidio Hill School is an incredible place - helping students nurture a love of learning, build confidence, and become informed, global citizens. We have been incredibly pleased with the experience our child has had at PHS. The close-knit community means that each kid is truly known - by teachers, admin and peers alike. In the classroom this means that students are challenged and encouraged at levels that are calibrated and individualized based on their own learning needs and strengths. In the broader community, it means that students make deep friendships (often across grade-levels) and they feel safe, welcomed and included thanks to the intentional culture created by the school.

Our child LOVES school - leaping out of the car each day with eager enthusiasm. We attribute this to many, many facets of the incredible place that is PHS, but to name a few:

- The teaching teams are experts at their craft. Watching and interacting with the teachers we have seen such deep passion that comes across strongly in the experience the kids have in the classroom. Their ability to harness student curiosity and leverage that into new ways to learn and be challenged is impressive. And, we value their personal knowledge of each student and exactly what makes them tick and what each individual student needs to best fulfill their potential.

- The time students spend in the Presidio is intentionally woven into the curriculum itself and isn't just bonus outdoor playtime (though there is lots of time for play woven into the days too, especially in the early grades).

- The progressive approach to education shuns things like rote memorization and instead makes learning real for the students through opportunities to turn their learning into action and get hands-on whenever possible. PHS has been continually refining their approach to education for more than 100 years and it shows in the expert ways the teachers build their engaging curriculum.

- The parent community is also wonderful - filled with lots of caring and down-to-earth people. There are lots of opportunities to build community through volunteer opportunities and school events, so the school is a place where families and educators work together in partnership on a daily basis in a really natural way.

Wonderful

Great school