The Nueva School is an independent PreK–12 school for gifted learners that emphasizes inquiry- and project-based learning, social-emotional growth, and student agency. The school integrates design thinking and environmental citizenship throughout its curriculum, with distinctive features including grade-level trips that tie directly to academic study, structured word inquiry in the lower school, and accreditation by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and the California Association of Independent Schools (CAIS).

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