The Quarry Lane School, a private, secular day school, provides an academically rigorous and supportive educational environment for students entering preschool through high school. Our ethnically diverse student body consists of 900 students at our three campuses. Students are guided by a highly qualified, professional, and experienced staff of over 135 teachers. WASC, NCPSA, accredit the Quarry Lane School and NIPSA.
In Quarry Lane's pursuit of global education, the International Academy was introduced in 2007. Providing English as a Second Language (ESL) support for our students who join us from around the world is the cornerstone of our International Academy. Students have joined the Quarry Lane community from China, Japan, Korea, Angola, Australia, Taiwan, Thailand, and many other countries.
As an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School, we have embraced the IB philosophy and curriculum and the program standards and practices. This program provides students with the option to participate in an academically, rigorous global education.
The three-story, 71,000 square foot Upper School facility houses modern biology, chemistry and science, technology and engineering laboratories, visual arts studio, library, computer laboratory, gymnasium, and 33 instructional classrooms. Students also have access to the outdoor track, sports field, and tennis court for PE and athletics.
The Quarry Lane School serves communities within Alameda and Contra Costa Counties in the greater San Francisco East Bay Area. These towns include Dublin, Pleasanton, Livermore, San Ramon, Castro Valley, Fremont, Danville, Alamo, Blackhawk, and others. The majority of students come from within a twenty-mile radius of the school's location.
There are approximately 30 higher education institutions within driving distance from The Quarry Lane School campuses, including UC Berkeley, Stanford, CSU East Bay, University of the Pacific, UC Davis, and Saint Mary's College. These universities provide our students with easy access to college visitation opportunities.
The Quarry Lane School boasts outstanding, diverse, and passionate staff members, many of whom hold master's and doctorate degrees and bring years of valued experience to our school. At our core, we are a community of educators and learners who are deeply dedicated to every student's well-being and success.
The guiding philosophy of The Quarry Lane School is "I can make a difference." Within this philosophy, we strive to meet our students' emotional and educational needs and encourage further social and academic exploration. Our goal is to develop the whole child in a learning environment that promotes self-esteem, encourages natural creativity, and provides a solid academic foundation.
The mission of The Quarry Lane School is to create an atmosphere that inspires a lifelong love of learning so that each student can reach his or her fullest potential--emotionally, socially, academically, and physically--in order to assume responsibility as a future citizen of the world. The Quarry Lane School is a non-sectarian, coeducational day school that supports a diverse faculty and student body."
