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Energetic & creative in programming, respect toward students and faculty alike, collaborative, small enough to be flexible, encouraging creativity and individual responsibility for learning, not elitist...not MY school, just a school I admire...
The best high school in the bay area! Great teachers, amazing curriculum and a wonderful community of students, teachers, staff and parents.
Maybeck is an outstanding learning environment. The new head teacher (as of 2007) has brought considerable energy and excitement to the school. They have a fantastic group of teachers who joined over the last 8 years and are working alongside stellar veterans with 20-30 years at the school. The school is academically very challenging, but the support students receive from their teachers and peers is outstanding.
I have two sons that go to Maybeck High School in Berkeley, which is currently on Bancroft Ave across the street from the CAL campus. This summer Maybeck is moving to a new site on College Ave (St. John's Church). The school is one of the smallest high schools I know of (approx 100-110 students), which creates the environment of intimacy for both student relationships and student/teacher relationships. My sons have flourished there emotionally, socially and academically. There are many talented and interesting students. There are interesting opportunities to travel during a ''special programs'' session in the spring. Right now some of the students are bicycling in Japan; others are in the Copper Canyon, Mexico. Mine are in Hawaii hiking and surfing. There is an emphasis on academics, the environment and bicycling. There are no competitive sports teams, however, if that is an interest.
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