When Dr. Susan Bernheimer᾿s students create “persona dolls,” they are doing more than fulfilling an assignment that introduces themselves to their classmates. They are embarking on a course of storytelling that is fundamental to the unique brand of culture-centered education that Pacific Oaks provides.
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Nearly 400 members of the Pacific Oaks community—including alumni, current and former faculty and staff, children, families, and friends—returned to the College and Children’s School for the first-ever Pacific Oaks Family Reunion & Heritage Celebration.
After apartheid ended nearly 20 years ago in South Africa, the government established policies aimed at increasing access to and quality of early childhood programs for all young children.
A longtime academic, educator, and administrator with family ties to Pacific Oaks College was named the ninth president of the College and Children’s School in January by the Pacific Oaks Board of Trustees.
In a move that Pacific Oaks Children’s School staff anticipate will improve continuity for its youngest students and their parents, the Infant/Toddler-Parent Program (Infant/Toddler) has returned to its original home—the school’s California Boulevard campus. The program’s new location, in the La Loma House space that previously housed the children’s library, reunites Infant/Toddler with those offered by other Children’s School programs.
To The Nutcracker’s “The Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy” and Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons,” the children “skated” while mixing colors with their bare feet on paper on the ground.
At Pacific Oaks, our culture-centered educational app roach honors what makes each of us unique and teaches us to embrace our diversity to create a community of understanding and respect. But how does this play out in the classroom?
As a U.S. Marine Corps soldier in Iraq, Kami sustained major injuries that landed him in a hospital in Germany. While recuperating, he listened to a fellow marine near death in the next bed dictate a heart wrenching goodbye letter to his wife and children.
