Silicon Valley is booming and so is the demand for private schools. Private Schools of the San Francisco Peninsula & Silicon Valley (Elementary & Middle) guides families through their private school options in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties (from Daly City through San Jose). It provides essential information on schools as well as advice from admission directors on how to (and how not to) approach the admission process. It includes: • Schools’ mission statement and academic philosophy • Full costs including tuition increases • Extended day hours, costs and what grade levels can attend • Ethnic makeup of student body and faculty • Approach to standardized test scores • Curriculum including foreign languages, art, music, and computers • What sort of student each school best serves • Fundraising and volunteer expectations • Schools’ resources for learning differences/disabilities • What high schools graduates attend • No. of applications received for each K slot; how often other slots open up • Admission preferences and procedures • Schools’ summer programs and camps