School Details
- Principal: Christopher Grierson
- District: Palo Alto Unified School District
- County: Santa Clara County
- Community: Suburban
Characteristics
- Academic Excellence - Exemplars of high-quality work are shared with students
- Developmental Responsiveness - Faculty uses effective strategies for developing student social skills, including wide variety of co-curricular activities
- Organizational Structures and Processes - Intentional practices to collect and analyze data on student success in order to monitor student progress, address barriers, and make improvements
- Social Equity - Fluid approach to addressing student needs with short and longer-term intervention support
Description
Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School offers an intellectually rigorous middle grades experience within a community that values academic growth, social emotional well being, and student connection. Interdisciplinary teams help make a large campus feel personal, while PRIME provides dedicated time for mentoring, reteaching, enrichment, and Wayfinder lessons. Sixth graders explore art, drama, computer applications, world language, family and consumer science, industrial technology, and Tools to Thrive through an exploratory wheel. FLEX adds personalized support and enrichment with options such as Code Lab, Wildlife and Nature Conservation, Dynamic Dinosaurs, and Introduction to Leadership. The student produced Panther Cast, KJLS, gives daily announcements a strong student voice, while band, orchestra, and choir expand creative opportunity. Jane Lathrop Stanford is a vibrant school where students feel challenged, supported, and ready to grow.
Contact Us
- 650-856-5188
- cgrierson@pausd.org
- https://jls.pausd.org/
