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Located in the heart of historic Old Hollywood, the School of Los Angeles (SLA)
is a co-ed, college-preparatory day school serving grades six through twelve.
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Students in the Middle School (grades six through eight) share essential, formative experiences with their peers through much of the core curriculum, but also have some flexibility regarding how they fulfill requirements. We offer a variety of electives and extracurriculars for students.
THE NEW CORE
ESLA Upper School students select history and literature courses from a broad array of disciplines, including Black Studies, Environmental Studies, Latinx Studies, Asian Studies, and Queer Studies. This pathbreaking new curriculum affirms our commitment to a breadth of study that reflects our student body, our faculty, our city, and our world—as well as our commitment to a truly substantive college-preparatory education.
OUR EPISCOPAL IDENTITY
By design, we are an Episcopal school with a pluralistic community. There is a fundamental joy we cannot experience without a diverse community. Practicing genuine hospitality in this context widens our vision of what a just society could look like; it invites us to welcome and make room for one another and our differences. It also deepens our awareness of how to walk the path of justice with both conviction and compassion.
ESLA students are students of the city. We stand in the heart of Hollywood for this very reason: to open our doors directly to the urban community—to participate in it, draw from it, contribute to it. One of our most formative courses is a history of Los Angeles, which employs the city as campus, and through which students come to understand the deep, complex roots of the institutions that shape their place in society.
THE URBAN CAMPUS
“Unique among LA private schools, SLA walks its talk.”
“My child has attended SLA for four years. We both love it. My student has blossomed into a well-rounded, intellectually curious and kind human thanks to the spirited challenges and warm nurturing of the talented faculty and staff. This school has the academic chops, but also a real soul to it. Unique among LA private schools, SLA walks its talk.”
—SLA parent
Of the city. Toward the future.
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At SLA, the city is our classroom. Through experiential and project-based approaches to learning, our students engage in a comprehensive and challenging liberal arts and STEM curriculum, including courses in cutting-edge fields like ecology, computer science, ethnic studies, music production, and filmmaking. Over half of our students receive need-based tuition assistance, empowering us to bring together a community that truly reflects the rich diversity of the city.
Of the city. Toward the future.
Located in the heart of Old Hollywood, the School of Los Angeles is a co-ed, college-preparatory day school serving grades six through twelve.
At SLA, our students engage in the most forward-thinking experiential and project-based learning, in cutting-edge fields like ecology, artificial intelligence, queer studies, music production, and filmmaking. We also know the best educational tool for middle school and high school students is the collaboration and camaraderie of peers from different backgrounds. That’s why over half of our students receive need-based tuition assistance, empowering us to bring together a community that truly reflects the rich diversity of the city.
“Unique among LA private schools, SLA walks its talk.”
Upcoming Admissions Events
Discover SLA in-person on a private tour.
Private tours of SLA are available for all prospective families. To schedule your visit, please complete the form and connect with our admissions team.
Campus Tours: most Mondays and Thursdays at 8:45 a.m.
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Students in the Middle School (grades six through eight) share essential, formative experiences with their peers through much of the core curriculum, but also have some flexibility regarding how they fulfill requirements. We offer a variety of electives and extracurriculars for students.
TRAILBLAZING ACADEMICS
SLA middle and high school students engage in a wide array of the most important, forward-thinking fields of study—including computer science, environmental studies, the history of capitalism, indigenous land stewardship, Latinx studies, Black studies, and project-based approaches to the visual and performing arts, including digital beat making, multimedia journalism, and so much more.
SLA students are students of the city. We stand in the heart of Hollywood for this very reason: to open our doors directly to the urban community—to participate in it, draw from it, contribute to it. One of our most formative courses is a history of Los Angeles, which employs the city as campus, and through which students come to understand the deep, complex roots of the institutions that shape their place in society.
A SCHOOL OF THE CITY
SERVICE AND JUSTICE
High school students at SLA participate in a truly unique Service and Justice program, enrolling in one of four cohorts—Housing Justice, Sanctuary Spaces & Immigration, Environmental & Climate Justice, and the Carceral State & Abolition. Over the course of four years, students dedicate themselves to sustained, transformative work and reflection alongside movement leaders in the city.