The Carey School is an independent day school in San Mateo, California, serving preschool (3s and Pre‑Kindergarten) through Grade 5 across two nearby campuses.
The Carey School is an independent elementary school founded in 1928 that enrolls preschool through fifth grade students. The school operates two campuses in San Mateo: a main campus for kindergarten through fifth grade and a preschool campus for 3s and Pre‑Kindergarten. Enrollment is listed at about 294 students.
The school uses a developmentally appropriate curriculum that combines foundational academic skills in reading, language arts, and math with integrated studies in science, music, art, world languages, technology, library, and physical education. Social‑emotional learning, personalized assessment, and diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are stated curricular priorities. The school lists multiple content specialists and weekly specialist instruction as part of the program offerings.
Campus facilities referenced include a Thinkering Lab, garden, amphitheater and vibrant classroom spaces; the school also describes plans for a new early childhood center as part of a construction project. The school notes accreditation and memberships with regional and national independent‑school associations. Financial assistance is provided to families, with more than $1,000,000 awarded and roughly 12% of students receiving aid.
A Pre‑Kindergarten program for four‑ and five‑year‑olds that emphasizes language and social development, early literacy (letter/sound identification and phonological awareness), emergent writing and representational drawing, early math skills (one‑to‑one counting, numeral identification, data representation), and social studies topics such as identity, fairness, and cooperative relationships.
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