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Oakland, CA
Beacon Day School

Five Stars

Parents at this school would recommend this school to other parents.

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neighborhood: Fruitvale ·  Telephone: (510) 437-2311  · Website: www.beaconday.org

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Beacon Day School
2101 Livingston Street
Oakland, CA  94606

www.beaconday.org

Tel: (510) 437-2311
Fax: (510) 437-2313

Director: Thelma Farley

Admissions Director:
Alexandra Baroni

Source: This information was provided by the director This information was provided by parents This information was compiled by Savvy Source

Parents: Rate This Preschool Parent Ratings

Quality of teaching
Four And Half Stars
Development of social skills and work habits
Four Stars
Home-school connection
Three and Half Stars
Discipline
Five Stars
Facilities
Four Stars
Health
Four Stars
Safety
Five Stars

Survey Information
Number of parents surveyed: 4
Director survey: Yes
Savvy Source survey: Yes

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General Approach to Learning

Checked Play-based with some structure

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School Philosophy and Mission

Beacon's founding premise is to educate children for life in today's knowledge-based world, by providing the tools, skills and approach that establish the independent learner. The power of a Beacon ed...
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Typical Day-In-The-Life At This School

On any given day you would find the following activities taking place:

* Circe/Language activity
* A variety of stories read throughout the day
* Hands-on art activity
* Music
* Dance/M...
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Ages, Class Size, days & Tuition

Ages From 3 years to
4 years 4 months
Days:
Mon 7:30am - 6:00pm
Tue 7:30am - 6:00pm
Wed 7:30am - 6:00pm
Thu 7:30am - 6:00pm
Fri 7:30am - 6:00pm
Tuition: $1,000/Month

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Key Statistics

Extended day Yes
School year Year round program
Total enrollment 38
Student/teacher ratio8:1
Age cutoff for enrollment3 years

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Notes on Schedule and Extended Care


The Early Childhood program runs from 7:30 am to 6 pm daily. Tuition includes the extended care portion of the day.

Each class is licensed for a maximum of 12 students. There are 4 classes.

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Application Information

Wait listNo
Deadline for applicationsRolling
Application Information $40
Acceptance criteria: First-come basis based on sibling priority

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Kindergarten Placement

Kindergartens that preschoolers from this school are now attending

  • Beacon has an elementray school
  • Beacon Day School is a pre-k through 8th grade program. This is one of the things that attracted us to the Program. We find it very appealling that our child could continue at the school for his entire elementary and middle school years.
  • Usually Beacon since they have an elementary school
  • but often also they attend their local public school.

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