based on 9 reviews
Keys School
2890 Middlefield Rd.
Palo Alto, CA
94301
(650) 328-1711
http://www.keysschool.com
By: Your Neighbor
Date: May, 2008
Our family has been at Keys for eight years and we have had a great overall experience. We have found it to be very inclusive and nurturing while adhering to high academic standards. The middle school is a diamond in the rough. Great teachers.
By: parent
Date: April, 2007
Keys School offers an inspiring childhood environment, quite distinct from the region s emerging educational culture characterized by overemphasis on achievement, fear of failure, and pressure to get ahead, which often inadvertently promotes the pursuit of success at the expense of others.
By: parent
Date: March, 2007
Not as welcoming and inclusive as they would have you believe. A couple of the teachers are good, but mostly mediocre.
By: parent
Date: March, 2006
A wonderful, nurturing environment for children. Balances strong academiss with education of the 'whole child.' Inidividualized attention, strong academics and leadership. Excellent music program and well organized and enriching educational field trips/overnights
By: parent
Date: December, 2005
Great school! Understanding cooperative teachers. Mostly nice welcoming families.
By: parent
Date: October, 2005
This is a hidden gem. It is truely a wonderful little school that offers a magnificent education. We are so happy that we found something that offers our very bright child something special. He loves going to school every day.
By: parent
Date: June, 2005
Good student to teacher ratio and personal attention to the students.
By: parent
Date: May, 2005
We chose Keys after a careful review of the curriculum and teaching philosophy. We had our daughter at Keys for 1st and 2nd grades. While they had a wonderful Music and Art program (1 week), we found their practice DID NOT follow their stated 'inclusive' pilosophy. We had a few issues and DID NOT get a response from the Head of School for an entire year. Many of the teachers had short tenures and the end result was that our child's reading, writing, math, and science skills were behind when we transferred to another private school. While we found good parental participation, there were too many cliques and a few, wealthy parents were much too influential in school direction. Although hard for our daughter, we were happy to move on.
By: parent
Date: May, 2005
School is very traditional, kids are glued to their desks and must keep them ultraclean. High staff turnover in lower school. We are former parents and were underwhelmed.
