About

OUR PHILOSOPHY is grounded in the behavioral psychology of Dr. Carol Dweck, the theories of Paolo Freire, and Lisa Delpit which speak to education for social and political change. We believe schools should be places where students engage in innovative opportunities that support and develop wider community change. Our students are change makers who learn to use the power of their voices to improve the world. Our scholars, our team, families, and our work together to make La Cima a location for positive action for change and development.

OUR VISION is to develop students who use their intellectual capacity, social capital and emotional strength of character to be personally successful and to act as effective change-makers in their communities.

LA CIMA means the peak of a mountain in Spanish. We know that all of our students will attain goals they set for themselves and we recognize that reaching any peak takes planning, preparation, and hard work. We see our school as a place where students develop the skills and the persistence they need to tackle hard tasks and challenges both now and in the future.