Enrollment for the 2009-2010 Academic Year is now open! Learn more here.
 4-5 Trip to Historic Fort Ross |
 Making 'zines... |
BREAKING NEWS! REACH receives a major enrichment donation - click to read about it!
REACH - An Integrated Arts Program For Grades 4-8
Among the many fine educational choices in Sebastopol, the REACH Program stands out as a unique, creative arts-based school. Our hallmarks:
- Project-based learning
- Creative arts integrated into the curriculum
- Small class size
- Strong academics
- Enrichment classes including drama, music, drawing, gardening, chess, computer skills, and much more
- A rich social environment that encourages respect and community service.
Parents: Download a PDF copy of the 2008-2009 REACH Parent Handbook here.
 A Winter Play |
 Making art a la Goldsworthy |
 Exploring a cell with clay |
 Paleolithic cave art |
 Braving the Ropes Course at Westminster Woods |
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Donation from the Vivian Springford Charitable Trust!
We have exciting news of a major donation from the Vivian Springford Charitable Trust. Vivian Springford was a lifelong artist, and her trust is committed to honoring her work through arts education. The trust has provided $25,000 in continuing enrichment including an integrated performing arts unit in the Spring trimester.
Thanks to the Vivian Springford Charitable Trust, this spring, all REACH students will collaborate on a project that will provide students with hands-on experience in one of many avenues of performance.
Vivian Springford (1914-2003), was an American painter who started out as a portraitist and then came into the orbit of the New York School. Introduced to Asian art and philosophy by her friend, the poet Walasse Ting, Springford’s work was tempered by an Asian influence. Her 1960’s work was stained and painted on paper or canvas. Bold colors are enhanced and sometimes almost overcome by areas of black paint resembling Chinese calligraphy. Shortly prior to Springford’s death, Gary Snyder Gallery in New York featured the rediscovery of her work, which lay in a warehouse for years after the reclusive painter stopped exhibiting. Funds for the trust were generated by the posthumous sale of her artwork.
