Academics at Glance
At My City School, students learn through discovery and exploration while they acquire essential skills needed to become self-starters and independent learners. Critically, the classroom with a 4:1 student to teacher ratio (for core classes) emphasizes high support for students and, in partnership with parents, high expectations for students to stretch in their effort to learn. We operate on a block schedule to allow time for project-based learning.
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Let’s DO science! Students actively engage in the sciences where they learn how to think critically, and how to approach complex challenges with curiosity and persistence.
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Love it or hate it, our students learn to make sense of math on their own terms, develop flexible thinking, and build a bridge to learning math in a traditional format.
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Art is provided by specialists from the Bay Area with a curricular connection to specific exhibits at local museums and attend local plays.
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Reading, reading comprehension, writing, and grammar are explicitly taught in a multisensory, spiral curriculum.
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Experience the love of reading! Accessible text allow students to take a deep dive into grade level content, analysis, and discussion.
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Students focus on a broad study of Ancient History and the development of America. MCS exposes students to history through a combination of tools that help them understand, process and retain historical narratives.
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Our program is build around Executive Functioning. Support is embedded in every class and as a stand alone class to support major projects.
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Physical Education is a fun active living curriculum that provides exposure to physical activities that support a lifelong social community. This encompasses kickboxing, capoeira, basketball, yoga, rock climbing, hiking, and sometimes running to catch the bus!
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Our Wellness Class facilitates the discovery of self-awareness and the development of healthy coping skills. Personal journal creations build a personalized resource book for each student to refer to.
My City School maintains its high rigor and academic standards while helping students become successful learners. We move beyond the traditional education model by redefining the whole child and providing an individualized approach in a group setting. My City School’s STEAM curriculum has been developed over the last 11 years specifically to serve students with learning differences. We know that academics aren’t just about teaching content. We also:
Identify and remove roadblocks in learning
Offer micro scaffolding to access grade-level material
Address foundational gaps for grade-level content; with customized curriculum for strength subjects
Offer small groups and provide moments of 1:1 support for Reading, Writing, and Math
Provide a kinesthetic, project-based program learning
Have an integrated curriculum with embedded executive function and SEL classes
Provide individualized learning plans based on continuous tracking of student progress
Offer STEAM classes, PE, and outdoor education
Include community service projects
Offer high school transition support
Support families with individual summer learning plans
Offer on-site remediation and tutoring
These approaches, combined with our eco-steward project-based learning, have proved what we knew all along- kids with learning differences can outperform expectations, and thrive in Gen Ed and accelerated programs.
Additionally, My City School connects students’ learning experiences to the real world by utilizing the incredible resources of the Bay Area as extended learning laboratories. To allow for these opportunities, we have extended school hours three days per week from 8:30am - 4:00pm. My City School's experiential program coordinator ensures the integration of all activities and curriculum.
Where do MCS Students go to High School?
Public Schools our students have attended:
Tamalpais High School
Redwood High School
Tamascal
Washington
Oceana High School
The Academy
Mission High School
Private high schools our students have been accepted into:
Mid Peninsula High School
Marin School of The Arts (Novato)
The Marin School
The Dunn School
Riordan
Drew
SOTA
JCHS
Lowell
Stern