REAL School Marin

We are passionate educators who are rethinking school for teenagers. Adolescence is a time of tumult. It is when kids fight the battle to leave childhood behind and enter the real world, a world that demands confidence, critical thinking skills, emotional intelligence, social grace, and strong self-reliance. To make the journey, teenagers need adults who are not their parents to challenge them, guide them and cheer them when they manage to overcome a modest challenge or reach the summit of the mountain. The skills they need come not only from academic curriculum but from everything that happens in a day- from consensus-building at Council to collaborating on planning trips; from responsible daily housekeeping to the self-discovery of outdoor play. We are the mentors who teach them to integrate real life experience with the traditional liberal arts of the classroom.