Our beautiful campus is located at 444 S Sierra Madre Blvd in Pasadena, CA. This school has a rich history since 197X. To schedule a tour of our campus, please visit our 
At a time when fine arts are continually being cut from public schools, our program offers classes in music and dance, as well as additional after school opportunities for piano, violin, and balet.
Welcome to Pasadena Preparatory Academy! Our program offers a uniquely individualized program to fit your child's academic and social growth. All our students receive instruction geared towards their own level and pace. Our mixed age classrooms promote interaction between children of various ages and academic levels while still providing the individual attention each child's needs. Our program offers the core curriculum of Math, Language Arts, Social Studies, and Science plus many included extracurricular classes as well. All kindergarteners and up enjoy Music, Keyboards, Dance, Drama, Spanish, and Computers each week. Once our students reach the 2nd grade they also take French.
The Kindergarten and 1st grade classrooms provide a traditional Montessori program during the school day. The children utilize a variety of Montessori materials and teacher made materials which cover all the core subjects. Each child is able to progress through the materials at his/her own pace and additional material is provided whenever needed. In addition, our kindergarten and first grade students work with phonics books, reading books, and additional worksheets to supplement the Montessori Materials. First grade students also use a variety of work books and handouts to ensure your child meets all the current state standards in California as well.
Second grade and older students transition from the traditional Montessori program to a Montessori influenced state standard based curriculum. The teachers use a variety of teaching methods including workbooks, textbooks, direct instruction, independent study, project based learning, and manipulatives. All elementary students also work with Mortensen's Math, which introduces the children to a variety of higher level math concepts such as algebra and calculus. The student to teacher ratio is low and therefore each child gets individual attention from his/her teachers each day. Once they reach the high school level, students will transition smoothly from Pasadena Preparatory Academy to any public or private school.
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