A Montessori Education at The Renaissance International School
The Renaissance International School is a warm and supportive community of students, teachers, and parents. No one gets lost in the crowd!
We are an international school. Our curriculum, faculty, and student body reflect a global perspective.
We begin with a deep respect for the child as a unique individual. We work from a sincere concern for his or her social and emotional development. We consciously teach our students to be kind and respectful.
Hands-On Learning
Our goal is to develop students who really understand their schoolwork. We believe there is far more to an education than mastering facts, so we are not focused on rote drill and memorization.
Our students learn through hands-on experience, investigation, and research. They become actively engaged in their studies, rather than passively waiting to be spoon-fed.
Our curriculum is carefully structured and integrated to demonstrate the connections among the different subject areas. Every class learns critical thinking, composition, and research. History lessons link architecture, the arts, science, and technology.
We not only teach, we facilitate learning by coaching our students along, and getting to know them as friends and mentors.
Outdoor Education
We instill within our students a love of the natural world. Ecological studies and outdoor education are an essential part of every student's life. Read about our middle school's trip to Mono Lake.
Our students learn to collaborate by working and learning together. They strive for their personal best, rather than competing against one another for the highest grade.
In addition, Montessori students are not afraid of making mistakes; they see them as natural steps in the learning process.
Recognizing Different Learning Styles
Our educational program is consciously designed to recognize and address different learning styles, helping each student learn to study most effectively. We challenge and set high expectations for all our students, not just a special few.
Our Graduates Are Successful
Our students develop self-discipline and an internal sense of purpose and motivation. We have seen first-hand that these values truly pay off. Graduates are happy, well-rounded individuals who, upon graduation, attend public and private high schools including Head Royce, The College Preparatory School, Bentley School, Bishop O'Dowd and Lick-Wilmerding High School.
Students from Oakland, Berkeley, San Leandro, Alameda, and other San Francisco East Bay cities attend The Renaissance International School, a private Montessori school in Oakland for toddlers, preschool, elementary school, and middle school. Our students are age 2 through middle school.
La Escuela Renaissance International es una organización independiente, la escuela Montessori en Oakland para niños y niñas de 2 años a través de la escuela media. Nuestro programa incluye arte, la música y la inmersión lingüística. Los estudiantes adquirir fluidez en Inglés, Francés y Español. La escuela fue fundada en 1992 por Leslie Hites, que continúa sirviendo como Director de la Escuela.
Ofrecemos una educación de alta calidad diseñado para que los niños se vuelven compasivos, capaces y confiables, creativos individuos que están preparados para la vida. Tienen éxito en la escuela secundaria universidad y más allá.
Central a la filosofía de la escuela es proporcionar a los niños con un centro internacional de formación y cultura abierta, solidaria y multidisciplinario, en el que desarrollar y alcanzar su máximo potencial.
Como resultado, nuestros estudiantes les encanta la escuela y le gusta aprender. Se desarrollan en nuestro entorno multicultural y multidisciplinario en el que participan en el aprendizaje individualizado con una música fuerte, las artes y el componente de inmersión lingüística.
Nuestro curso de estudio tiene un enfoque integrado, temática que es un fuerte elemento de Montessori. Vincula las distintas disciplinas del plan de estudios junto a los estudios del universo físico, el mundo de la naturaleza y la experiencia humana. Mientras que abarca el contenido completo de la enseñanza tradicional, que va más allá de enseñar a los estudiantes cómo pensar con claridad, llevar a cabo su propia investigación, expresarse bien por escrito y el habla y poner sus conocimientos a una aplicación práctica.
Los estudiantes en los años de primaria empiezan a aprender un segundo idioma. Se les enseña en Inglés y Español o Inglés y Francés. En el nivel de primaria, los estudiantes añaden una tercera lengua, el nacimiento de un programa de inmersión en tres idiomas.
Ofrecemos un ambiente cálido y de apoyo. Hemos establecido un alto nivel de logro de la calidad del pensamiento, el trabajo y el dominio de los contenidos y habilidades. Nuestro objetivo es producir estudiantes con notable liderazgo y logros.
TRIS es una escuela extraordinaria y nos sentimos muy afortunados de haber encontrado.
-Susan, padre de 5-años de edad,
L'école Renaissance International est un organisme indépendant, l'école Montessori à Oakland pour les garçons et les filles âgés de 2 ans au collège. Notre programme inclut l'art, la musique et l'immersion linguistique. Les élèves deviennent couramment l'anglais, le français et l'espagnol. L'école a été fondée en 1992 par Leslie Hites, qui continue à servir de chef d'établissement.
Nous offrons une éducation de haute qualité conçu pour que les enfants deviennent capables de compassion, et confiants, les individus créatifs qui sont préparés à la vie. Ils réussissent à l'école, au collège et au-delà de haut.
Au cœur de la philosophie de l'école est d'offrir aux enfants un centre international d'enseignement et de culture qui est ouverte, solidaire et pluridisciplinaire, où ils développer et réaliser leur plein potentiel.
En conséquence, nos élèves aiment l'école et aiment apprendre. Ils prospèrent dans notre environnement multiculturel et multidisciplinaire où ils s'engagent dans un apprentissage individualisé avec une musique forte, les arts et la composante d'immersion linguistique.
Notre programme d'études a une approche intégrée et thématique qui est un élément fort de Montessori. Elle relie les disciplines distinctes du programme d'études ainsi que dans les études de l'univers physique, le monde de la nature et de l'expérience humaine. Tout en englobant toute la matière du programme scolaire traditionnel, il va au-delà d'enseigner aux élèves comment penser clairement, de mener leurs propres recherches, s'exprimer correctement par écrit et de la parole et de mettre leurs connaissances à une application pratique.
Les élèves des années primaires commencer l'apprentissage d'une langue seconde. Ils sont dispensés en anglais et en espagnol ou en anglais et en français. Au niveau primaire, les élèves ajoutent une troisième langue, en mettant à contribution un programme d'immersion en trois langues.
Nous offrons un environnement chaleureux et positif. Nous avons fixé une norme de rendement élevé pour la qualité de la pensée, le travail et la maîtrise des contenus et des compétences. Notre objectif est de former des étudiants avec un leadership remarquable et ses réalisations.
TRIS est une école extraordinaire et nous nous sentons très chanceux de l'avoir trouvé.
-Susan, mère de 5-ans
The Renaissance International School is a private Montessori school for children ages 2 years through Middle School. Above-and-beyond the normal curriculum, emphasis is placed on Music, Fine Arts, and French, Spanish and English Language immersion. TRIS has two campuses in the East Bay. One is located in Oakland and the new campus is located in Piedmont. The school is a multi-cultural environment. Children from East Bay cities such as Oakland, Berkeley, San Leandro, Alameda attend the school.
Montessori teaches students to think, not simply to memorize, feed back, and forget.
The basis of our approach is the simple observation that children learn most effectively through direct experience and the process of investigation and discovery. No two students learn at the same pace, nor do they necessarily learn best from the same methods. Our goal is to be flexible and creative in addressing each student as a unique individual.
We recognize that before students can take advantage of a challenging education, they have to discover their innate abilities. They need to develop a strong sense of independence, self-confidence, and self-discipline. They must be willing to make and learn from countless mistakes. This suggests an education of the heart as much as an education of the mind.
The Renaissance School is designed to be a school where children can blossom! We seek to inspire a passion for excellence and to nurture curiosity, creativity, and imagination. Our goal is to give students a fine education and to prepare them for life.
Our students develop into people who are fascinated by the universe and feel compelled to understand something of life's secrets. They come to see that we all belong to the Earth and to the human family. Our students are prepared to succeed in high school, college, and beyond. They are prepared to live lives filled with quiet dignity and compassion for others. This begins with the habit of community service instilled during their years in a Montessori environment. Our students are building a legacy of kindness and wonderful contributions to the world. They share a passion for life and dedicate themselves to the pursuit of excellence.
We know that this goes beyond the scope of traditional education, but then the Renaissance School is a rather unusual school. Our students are accustomed to going beyond what is expected in school because they are presented with a curriculum that goes beyond what is expected of a school.
At The Renaissance School students are prepared for the world of tomorrow. Today's rapid technological and social changes make it increasingly difficult for us to understand and keep pace with the modern world. This has put our school under terrific pressure to re-evaluate what should be taught in an age when no one can predict the skills that our children will need when they reach maturity.
In the past, when Mankind's store of knowledge was relatively fixed and limited, the most efficient education consisted of lecture, drill, and memorization.
In an era of technological revolution and social change, the foundation of a good education is to learn how to learn.
Our course of study encompasses the full substance of the traditional curriculum, and goes beyond to teach students how to think clearly, do their own research, express themselves well in writing and speech, and to put their knowledge to practical application.
We have organized our course of study as an inclined spiral plane of integrated studies, rather than a traditional model, in which the curriculum is compartmentalized into separate subjects with given topics considered only once at a given grade level. In Montessori, lessons are introduced simply and concretely in the early years, and are reintroduced several times over the years at increasing degrees of abstraction and complexity.
Our course of study is an integrated, thematic approach that ties the separate disciplines of the curriculum together into studies of the physical universe, the world of nature, and the human experience. This integrated approach is one of Montessori's great strengths. As an example, when our students study the ancient Greeks in world history, they also read Homer in world literature. As they read Shakespeare, they study the Elizabethan period and attend performances of Shakespeare. Literature, the arts, history, social issues, political science, economics, science, and the study of technology all complement one another in our curriculum.
Our course of study is rigorous and innovative. Although we offer a warm, supportive academic atmosphere, we set a high standard of achievement for the quality of thought, work, and mastery of content and skills.
Most classes involve considerable library and field research. In preparation for college, we consciously teach students how to develop effective work habits and test-taking strategies.
Our goal is to produce students who are recognized for their character, leadership, and academic achievements.
Oakland Campus
3650 Dimond Ave.
Oakland, CA 94602
Phone: 510−531−8566
Fax: 510-531-8055
Piedmont Campus
5201 Park Boulevard
Piedmont, CA 94611
Phone: 510-531-8566
Fax: 510-531-8055