Academic Philosophy

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Lake Tahoe Preparatory School is uniquely positioned to offer all students a meaningful and fulfilling academic experience.  With a study body of 80 and student to teacher ratio of 7:1, we lead a program built upon personalized attention.

Our students benefit from our robust curriculum approved by the University of California, small class size, and individualized learning. Our community, though small in size, also offers access to global perspectives, as our student body represents 13 countries.

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We believe all our students deserve a rigorous academic experience designed to meet them where they are in their academic journey, and those journeys are very different depending on the student. Despite these differences, our unique program fosters the success of each and every student, with 100 percent college admission rate.

We achieve this by excelling at identifying the ways in which students need extra assistance and offering the tools they need to succeed. Our Learning Center supports all students in developing the skills they need to be self-assured and self-sufficient in the pursuit of lifelong learning, as our English Language Development Department does for our international student population. Our Counseling Department and Residential Life staff tend to the whole student, ensuring their health and wellness, to contribute fully to the academic program.  Additionally, to support the integration of technology in the classroom,  each student is provided an Apple laptop for academic use.

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By providing a rich variety of learning experiences both in and out of the classroom, we foster responsible choices and prepare our students to pursue a lifetime of goals and achievement. By teaching our students how they can establish small successes in their lives as they complete our college-preparatory program, they begin to realize that they can also be successful at accomplishing ever-larger goals at college and long after.