The school day is from 8:10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., with a shortened day on Thursday (dismissal at 1:40 p.m.) to allow for staff conferences and training.  We generally follow the calendar and holidays of the Pasadena and Los Angeles Unified School Districts.  There are 180 days in our school year.  We also offer a 6-week summer program that meets from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

There are 10 classrooms in the school with no more than 12 students in the class per each credentialed teacher.  Each class is staffed with a teacher and an assistant teacher, or two teachers.  Additional support staff is provided as needed.

The 10 classrooms are divided into 3 programs: elementary (with 3 classrooms), middle (with 3 homerooms), and secondary (with 4 homerooms).  Class placement is based on chronological age, grade, social skills, academic level, graduation / transcript requirements and emotional need.  Thus, students in each class may span a 2 to 4 year age and grade range.

Our modified curriculum follows the California State framework.  In core subjects such as English, reading, and math, students in each class are grouped into small instructional clusters.  Grouping students by skill level allows teachers to meet individual student needs while maximizing the amount of time each student receives direct teacher attention.  In content subjects such as science and social studies, more whole group instruction is utilized.  Material is selected according to the intellectual needs and grade levels of the students rather than their reading skills.  A multi-sensory approach is utilized to meet the variety of learning preferences within the group.  In this way students acquire general information commensurate with their intellectual ability rather than their reading level.