FROM THE FOUNDING HEAD OF SCHOOL ED WALTERS (2010-2018)
Charting the Course: 2010 – 2025 Congratulations AVS on fifteen years of cutting- edge educational leadership. Way to go, Aviators! Led by Heads of School Sean Hamer, Rob Cousins, and their exceptional faculty and staff, Alta Vista School has become a benchmark for progressive education in the Bay Area. The Alta Vista School began through the efforts and support of an amazing group of seven families, joined by a very forward-thinking group of faculty members—Gessi Romero, Casey Cushing, and Taira McKinney. At its founding, Alta Vista occupied four rooms in the annex of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church on Mission Street. There, eighteen students in pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and first grade were challenged by these innovative educators to think
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