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Sharon Keplinger
Program Coordinator, Pre-School Family Program
PAUSD Adult School
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Carol Zepecki
Director of Student Sercvices,
Palo Alto Unified School District
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Highlighted Education Websites

Santa Clara County Office of Education http://www.sccoe.org

Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) http://www.pausd.palo-alto.ca.us

California Association of Independent Schools http://www.caisca.org

Independent Nonprofit College Preparatory Schools Great Schools - Guide to Bay Area Public Schools http://www.GreatSchools.net

Map of Local School Boundaries
(see Palo Alto Online @ http://www.paloaltoonline.com/kids/school_map.shtml)

Highlighted Education Resources
Browse the Basic Needs Highlights listed below for a sampling of our database. Click on the agency name for more information about their services and programs.	Begin your own search for additional resources.

Public Elementary, Middle and High Schools
Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) Main Office	650-329-3700
Kindergarten Enrollment & New Student Registration	650-329-3707
Preschool Family- PAUSD	650-856-0833

Elementary Schools:
Addison	650-322-5935
Barron Park	650-858-0508
Juana Briones	650-856-0877
Duveneck	650-322-5946
El Carmelo	650-856-0960
Escondido	650-856-1337
Fairmeadow	650-856-0845
Walter Hays	650-322-5956
Hoover	650-320-8106
Lucille M. Nixon	650-856-1622
Ohlone	650-856-1726
Palo Verde	650-856-1672
Middle Schools:
David Starr Jordan Middle School	650-494-8120
Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School	650-856-5188
Terman Middle School	650-856-9810
High Schools:
Henry M. Gunn Senior High School	650-354-8200
Palo Alto Senior High School	650-329-3710

Private Elementary, Middle and High Schools (Palo Alto Schools only)
**Also search Keyword: Private Education
Bowman International School	650-813-9131
Castilleja School	650-328-3160
Emerson School, The	650-424-1267
International School of the Peninsula	650-251-8500
Keys School	650-326-1711
Living Wisdom School	650-462-8150
Mid-Peninsula High School	650-321-1991
Palo Alto Prep School	650-493-7071
St. Elizabeth Seton School	650-326-9004

Special Education Programs
AchieveKids (formerly PCC/ Zonta)	650-494-1200
Esther B. Clark School	650-322-3065
Jean Weingarten Peninsula Oral School for the Deaf	650-365-7500
Kitty Petty ADD/LD Institute	650-855-9925
Mid-Peninsula Speech and Language Clinic	650-321-8111
Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD)	650-329-3700
Parents Helping Parents, Inc. (PHP)	408-727-5775

Colleges and Universities
De Anza College	408-864-5678
Foothill College	650-949-7777
Kurt and Barbara Gronowski Clinic	650-961-9300
Stanford University	650-723-2300

Adult Education, Literacy
Family and Children Services (formerly Family Service Mid-Peninsula, and Adult and Child Guidance Center)	650-326-6576
Goodwill of Santa Clara County Institute of Career Development (Vocational Training)	408-998-5787
Palo Alto Adult School	650-329-3752
Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD)	650-329-3700

Recreation & Leisure Instruction

(See Community Resources for programs such as Palo Alto Art Center, Junior Museum and Zoo, and Pacific Art League)