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Arts at Stanbridge

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Visual Art

Visual art class is offered once a week to students in grades K–8, while high school students can choose advanced visual art classes as electives. Art mediums used in all grade levels include:
  • Drawing 
  • Painting
  • Mixed Media 
  • Sculptures
  • Printmaking 
  • Fabric arts 
  • Photography
  • Digital arts
  • Ceramics*
*Stanbridge has an on-site kiln for firing all clay projects, and four throwing wheels in our ceramics studio. With guidance and supervision, students use these tools to hand-build projects and create functional objects.

Our art teacher, Camille Geraci, has been teaching visual art classes to students with learning differences at Stanbridge for more than a decade. As Camille notes, many students at our school are visual thinker and learners. For those who are not natural visual learners, art classes give those students a chance to process information and ideas in a new way, in a safe and supportive environment that expands their thinking and develops new abilities. Beyond creating art projects and pieces, our visual arts curriculum incorporates the standards of the Discipline Based Arts Education (DBAE)—meaning that students learn art aesthetics, history, production, and criticism as part of the curriculum.

Art is a vital part of our overall program, as the classes help each student develop skills of:
  • Self-expression
  • Confidence
  • Communication 
  • Collaboration 
  • Connection
  • Responsibility 
  • Empathy

Likewise, visual art classes help students develop skills in:
  • Social Communication 
  • Spacial Reasoning 
  • Executive Function 
  • Fine Motor Development
  • Kinesthetic Learning

As an extracurricular activity, high school students are invited to participate in helping to design the yearbook and create its cover. Additionally, afterschool clubs and summer school offerings have included cartooning, mask-making, photography, and more. You can read more about our summer school and afterschool programs here.
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Drama and Music

Music classes are offered once a week to students in grades K–8, while high school students can choose theater and music classes as electives. Stanbridge offers a piano/keyboarding elective, as well as varying clubs, depending on student interest,  which can include drama where students write and perform their own productions.

Students from all grade divisions are welcome to join the Stanbridge Choir as well as the Stanbridge Rock Band. These groups regularly perform at the annual Holiday Concert and "Spring Sing" assemblies.

Extracurricular activities include DJ Club, whose members perform at Stanbridge's quarterly high school dances and prom; and other afterschool/summer school offerings have featured classes on music production, Hip-Hop, and theater camp. During the latter, students from all grade divisions spend two weeks during the summer writing an original play, creating the sets and costumes, then performing the production for a live audience.


Additionally, all students are invited to participate in the annual Stanbridge Talent Show—a highlight of every school year that features a variety of different acts performed for students, staff, friends, and family.

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Design Lab

Stanbridge recently added Design Lab as an elective course for high school students. Following the principles of the Maker Faire movement, Stanbridge's Design Lab is a showcase of invention, creativity, and resourcefulness where students show what they are making, and share what they are learning. Students are often allowed to think and design creatively on projects of their own invention, while also working on specific pieces that highlight ingenuity and outside-the-box thinking, such as making cigar box guitars and building "battle bots." Read more about our newly-redesigned Technology and Design Labs on the Technology page of our website.

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School Hours

School Day hours
8:25 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Afterschool Program
3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Main Office hours
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Contact Info

515 E. Poplar Ave.
San Mateo, CA 94401
Main Office: ​650.375.5860
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​Stanbridge Academy is fully accredited by the California Association of Independent Schools (CAIS)
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and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) through the 2025–2026 academic year.
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Stanbridge Academy admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. Stanbridge Academy does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of our educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.

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  • About Us
    • From the Head of School >
      • Covid Safety Plan
    • Our Mission & Philosophy >
      • What makes Stanbridge unique
    • Our Students >
      • Dawson's Story (HS)
      • Tyler's Story (MidSch)
      • Bence's Story (Elem)
    • Our Alumni >
      • Laura's Story (Class of 2008)
      • Lana's Story (Class of 2011)
      • William's Story (Class of 2012)
      • Sarah's Story (Class of 2013)
    • Our Teachers
    • Our Admin & Support Staff
    • Our Trustees
    • Our Donors
    • FAQ
  • Academics
    • Elementary (K–5)
    • Middle School (6–8)
    • High School (9–12)
  • Programs
    • PostSecondary Additional Info
    • Experiential Learning
    • P.E. & Athletics
    • Visual & Performing Arts
    • Speech & Language
    • Counseling
    • Technology
    • Afterschool & Summer School
    • Student Leadership & Community Service
  • Admissions
    • The Admissions Process
    • Tuition & Financial Aid
    • Inquiry Form
  • Resources
    • Contact Us
    • Bulldog Blog
    • Common Ground
    • SPA Spot
    • Parent Portal
  • Support Us
    • Gala2025
    • Donate Online
    • Give by check
    • Donate stock or give through a DAF
    • Donate goods or services
    • Bulldog Wear
    • Other ways to give