1320 Seabright Ave
Santa Cruz, CA 95062
(831) 429-3856
Every child
is known.
Starting in school with 1:10 student/teacher ratios or better, we're proud that every student can be fully known: their strengths, their needs, their hopes and their favorite color.
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School is more than learning: it's safety, it's understanding, it's belonging.
Gault encourages kids to exceed their potential and be a positive addition to the community. I feel confident dropping my kids off every morning that they will come home feeling positive about their day, with new confidence in their own abilities to learn and thrive."
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Nadia
Krilanovich
Parent
Learning is
hands-on.
Gault students learn in practice: in the garden and in the band; with the brush and with the ball; in the kitchen, in the library on the stage.
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Whether it's learning the building blocks of software coding or the chemical reactions of cooking, Gault students get to learn by doing.
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Gault teachers utilize a hands-on approach that allows for total differentiation—similar to Montessori based schools. Gault is an amazing, magical place!"
Bunny
Tessier
Parent
Instruction is customized.
All children don't learn all things the same way.
At Gault, we offer dynamic instruction to students: learning as a class, in small groups, and even one-on-one---according to each child's needs, learning preferences and developmental progress.
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Gault utilizes Response to Intervention (RTI) Coordinators: experienced teachers who support every classroom by designing supports around every student. These educators coordinate space for like-learners to learn together every day, while helping to build flexible plans in the classroom to keep learners of all kinds on a path to their highest potential.
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Every whole child is supported.
Development at Gault goes beyond curriculum. Students come to Gault to discover themselves—their capacity, their hopes, their limits and their means of exceeding limits.
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So we support the whole child. Every student has access to our licensed counselor, who not only offers mental health check-ins with every student every year, but also works with all teachers and our Positive Behavior team to ensure we're supporting the mental, social and emotional health of everyone at Gault.
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All are
welcome.
As a public school, Gault is built on the belief that not only are all welcome, they are vital—that a diversity of perspectives and experiences drives broader and faster development for all students.​
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Developing minds need variety; they need each other. When a class isn't curated, students can develop an unrestricted understanding of humanity, and greater connection to their community and society.
