Private Elementary Schools near Colma, CA

Elementary School

Elementary School

KMS Summer Camp

The Elementary Program (Grades 1–5) at KMS follows a Reggio-inspired, project-based philosophy. Students cycle through daily stations covering Math, Literacy, Art, Science, and Spanish Language and Culture, alongside outdoor learning and self-directed exploration. Multi-age classrooms allow each child to progress at an individual pace.

Elementary School

The elementary school program serves bright, curious students who benefit from structured support with self-regulation, executive functioning, and social-emotional learning. Classrooms combine rigorous academics with hands-on, multisensory instruction, small class sizes capped at 10, and both a teacher and Behavior Specialist in every classroom to address each student's learning profile.

Transitional Kindergarten

St. Philip's kindergarten through 8th grade program is a Catholic elementary school rooted in faith and values, offering a rigorous academic curriculum that includes Spanish, Art, Music, Technology, and Physical Education, alongside enrichment activities and a comprehensive sports program.

Elementary

Our accelerated, sequential, and cross-disciplinary elementary curriculum builds upon the fundamentals that students learn during their Preschool years. In our Elementary program, we integrate critical thinking and collaborative projects so that students discover the value of both independent thinking and working together. We complement our academic instruction with a focus on developing every child’s potential through social, emotional, and personal character education to help each student become articulate and respectful. We inspire our students to ask big questions about the real world, we challenge them to think beyond our classroom walls, and we show them how to learn from these experiences.

Elementary School

Our accelerated, sequential, and cross-disciplinary elementary curriculum builds upon the fundamentals that students learn during their Preschool years. In our Elementary program, we integrate critical thinking and collaborative projects so that students discover the value of both independent thinking and working together. We complement our academic instruction with a focus on developing every child’s potential through social, emotional, and personal character education to help each student become articulate and respectful. We inspire our students to ask big questions about the real world, we challenge them to think beyond our classroom walls, and we show them how to learn from these experiences.

After-School Programs

Sterne's after-school care program runs in partnership with the Salesian Boys and Girls Club, with offerings that include athletics such as basketball and yoga, arts-based activities like stop motion film and mixed media studio art, and a daily walking bus connecting students from campus.

Lower School

Sterne's Lower School is a grades 4–5 program designed for neurodiverse learners, using a strengths-based, project-based model that integrates phonics-based structured literacy intervention, small instructional-level groupings, and specialized electives such as maker, digital film, music, drama, and studio art.

Primary Grades

Primary Grades (1–3) at Holy Name is part of the school's WCEA/WASC-accredited Catholic academic program, with a daily core curriculum of language arts, math, religion, science, and social studies supplemented by enrichment classes including physical education, music, art, and computer technology.

Primary Grades

Extended Day & After3

Extended Day & After3 is San Francisco Friends School's before- and after-school care program for Lower and Middle School students, offering a mix of free play, organized activities, enrichment classes, and private music lessons in a drop-in, flexible format.

Lower School Kindergarten – 4th Grade

The Lower School at San Francisco Friends School is the K–4 portion of an academically rigorous, progressive Quaker program grounded in the values of reflection, integrity, peaceful problem-solving, and stewardship, with a constructivist classroom approach that emphasizes inquiry and student agency.

Grades 1-5

Grades 1–5 at Golden Bridges School is the lower elementary portion of a Waldorf-inspired K–8 program that integrates academic foundations with experiential learning, the arts, and environmental stewardship, including a full day each week at the school's working farm, Hawk Creek Farm.

Elementary School

Preschool and Kindergarten Program

Mission Montessori is proud to offer the one-of-a-kind, holistic, child-led approach to early childhood education that Dr. Montessori pioneered over one hundred years ago.

After Care Program

Public Preschool Program

Public Preschool Program

Public Preschool Program

Drop-In Care Program

Preschool

We are dedicated to providing an excellent early-childhood education experience. We assist in developing our students academically, socially, and spiritually through a variety of activities. We nurture creativity in our students, helping them discover the joy of exploration and learning.

Elementary School

Studies include reading, math, English, spelling, health, safety, social studies, science, handwriting, and art. To enrich the curriculum, we also introduce a foreign language (Spanish). Students have music class, where they are introduced to musical notes and instruments and sing songs of Praise.