Monticello Academy is a school operating a Monroe Campus preschool and middle-school programs at 3345 Lochinvar Ave in Santa Clara. The Monroe Campus presents a smaller, family-oriented preschool environment that emphasizes play-based, hands-on learning and developmentally appropriate activities.
Monticello Academy operates a Monroe Campus preschool at a Santa Clara location that describes itself as a smaller, family-oriented setting. The campus is intended to provide a safe, comfortable, nurturing, and stimulating environment for young children with a curriculum that emphasizes hands-on, developmentally appropriate experiences.
The school describes a play-based, child-centered approach in which children learn through exploration, choice, and hands-on activities. Instruction is organized around developmentally appropriate experiences designed to encourage curiosity, independence, creative expression, and problem solving.
The Monroe Campus offers several enrichment options (examples include science-based construction activities, sports sessions, art, Mandarin language, and music). Lunch menus are provided in regular and vegetarian versions. The campus notes experienced administrators with long tenures overseeing the program.
A large ensemble performance class for experienced woodwinds, brass, percussion and select strings/keyboards that includes regular performances and requires ongoing practice and instrument ownership or rental.
Students learn game-design concepts (agency, mechanics, theme, strategy), create artwork and components, use fabrication tools such as 3D printing or laser cutting, play-test and iterate, and present finished games at semester end.
An introductory computer-aided design course using beginner-friendly software to teach 3D modeling, problem solving and digital prototyping skills used in engineering and product design.
A yearlong choral class focused on vocal technique, multi-part music, rehearsals and performance skills, culminating in live performances in winter and spring.
A design-focused elective that introduces the engineering design process and prepares students to research, design, and construct a model city for a regional competition, including research and a physical model component.
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A human-centered design course in which students empathize with users, design and build solutions, reflect and iterate, and work in groups to create tangible designs for community needs.
A yearlong art course using a variety of media (watercolor, clay, oil paint, charcoal, pastels and more) that emphasizes creative process, technique, and connections to core subjects.
A semester-long hands-on course combining art, electronics and DIY projects with tools such as Arduino, simple circuits and 3D printing, concluding with a student showcase.
A sequence introducing circuits, microcontrollers and physical computing (including e-textiles and Arduino), progressing to sensors, motors and automation with projects that combine technical and creative skills.
A weekly art club where students complete different art projects each session and bring home finished pieces at the end of the class.
An enrichment program introducing preschool children to basic scientific and construction concepts through hands-on assembly of 3D models using flexible pieces to build motor and communication skills.
A Mandarin language program that introduces speaking, reading and writing simplified Chinese and elements of Chinese culture.
A Music & Movement program intended to support creativity, self-expression and physical and cognitive development through musical activities.
A weekly sports enrichment class introducing preschool children to various sports such as basketball, soccer, baseball and hockey.
A semester course preparing students to design, build and program Lego robots to perform autonomous tasks and to research and present an innovation project for competition.
A semester course for students to develop engineering and robotics skills in a less competitive setting and to demonstrate projects at a school maker fair.
A yearlong competitive team elective where students design, build and program robots for the FTC season, applying engineering and programming skills and committing to after-school work and mandatory competitions.
An introductory robotics course that builds foundational programming, CAD and robot construction skills to prepare students for FTC competition-level work.
An introductory sewing class teaching hand sewing, pattern reading, safe use of pressing tools and sewing machines, with small projects such as a tote bag.
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