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  1. #10 Best Public Elementary Schools in California

    #10 Best Public Elementary Schools in California.

    Yu Ming Charter School

    Blue checkmark.

    Public School,

    OAKLAND, CA,

    K-8,

    2 Niche users give it an average review of 5 stars.

    Featured Review: Middle School Student says Great school, I go there and I love it so much! There are a lot of different things you can do but I love how it also teaches me mandarin and it also is super strong on math and English even though. …

    Read 2 reviews.

    Overall Niche Grade: A+,

    Students: 555,

    Student-Teacher Ratio: 19 to 1,

  2. #39 Best Public Elementary Schools in California

    #39 Best Public Elementary Schools in California.

    The New School of San Francisco

    Public School,

    SAN FRANCISCO, CA,

    K-6,

    2 Niche users give it an average review of 3.5 stars.

    Featured Review: Parent says Amazing curriculum, teachers, parent involvement, communication, and culture. I haven’t seen anything like it at other schools, public or private..

    Read 2 reviews.

    Overall Niche Grade: A+,

    Students: 347,

    Student-Teacher Ratio: 14 to 1,

  3. #189 Best Public Elementary Schools in California

    #189 Best Public Elementary Schools in California.

    Francophone Charter School of Oakland

    Public School,

    OAKLAND, CA,

    K-8,

    4 Niche users give it an average review of 5 stars.

    Featured Review: Parent says We’ve been here for a few years now. I have been extremely impressed with the teaching. We attended a private French immersion school before this, and I think that academically speaking, this is….

    Read 4 reviews.

    Overall Niche Grade: A,

    Students: 311,

    Student-Teacher Ratio: 24 to 1,

  5. #353 Best Public Elementary Schools in California

    #353 Best Public Elementary Schools in California.

    Hoover Elementary School

    Burlingame Elementary School District, CA,

    K-5,

    Overall Niche Grade: A,

    Students: 238,

    Student-Teacher Ratio: 22 to 1,

  6. #440 Best Public Elementary Schools in California

    #440 Best Public Elementary Schools in California.

    Mission Preparatory

    Public School,

    SAN FRANCISCO, CA,

    PK, K-8,

    1 Niche users give it an average review of 5 stars.

    Featured Review: Middle School Student says I’m a current student in Mission Preparatory and it’s great. Since it’s a new school, I think it should have more clubs and sports, but academics are great. Teachers and staff are very supportive and….

    Read 1 reviews.

    Overall Niche Grade: A,

    Students: 439,

    Student-Teacher Ratio: 26 to 1,

  7. #564 Best Public Elementary Schools in California

    #564 Best Public Elementary Schools in California.

    Cove

    Larkspur-Corta Madera School District, CA,

    K-5,

    Overall Niche Grade: A,

    Students: 368,

    Student-Teacher Ratio: 22 to 1,

  8. #631 Best Public Elementary Schools in California

    #631 Best Public Elementary Schools in California.

    Yick Wo Elementary School

    San Francisco Unified School District, CA,

    K-5,

    2 Niche users give it an average review of 5 stars.

    Featured Review: Parent says This is our third year at Yick Wo. Our son is finishing 2nd grade and our daughter is finishing kindergarten. The experience has been overwhelmingly positive. The teaching, the community and….

    Read 2 reviews.

    Overall Niche Grade: A,

    Students: 239,

    Student-Teacher Ratio: 18 to 1,

  9. #702 Best Public Elementary Schools in California

    #702 Best Public Elementary Schools in California.

    George Peabody Elementary

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    San Francisco Unified School District, CA,

    K-5,

    4 Niche users give it an average review of 4.8 stars.

    Featured Review: Alum says Protective school, organized well and very on task. Very heart warming and nice teachers, many programs for elementary school. Somewhat diverse, and overall I had a fun experience!.

    Read 4 reviews.

    Overall Niche Grade: A,

    Students: 273,

    Student-Teacher Ratio: 23 to 1,

  10. #703 Best Public Elementary Schools in California

    #703 Best Public Elementary Schools in California.

    Claire Lilienthal Elementary

    San Francisco Unified School District, CA,

    K-8,

    1 Niche users give it an average review of 5 stars.

    Featured Review: Parent says We have three children at Claire Lilienthal. We count our blessings every day – the school is amazing. Our kids have very different personalities and learning styles, and two are African American and….

    Read 1 reviews.

    Overall Niche Grade: A,

    Students: 692,

    Student-Teacher Ratio: 23 to 1,

  12. #773 Best Public Elementary Schools in California

    #773 Best Public Elementary Schools in California.

    Chinese Immersion School At Deavila

    San Francisco Unified School District, CA,

    K-5,

    Overall Niche Grade: A,

    Students: 383,

    Student-Teacher Ratio: 24 to 1,

  13. #856 Best Public Elementary Schools in California

    #856 Best Public Elementary Schools in California.

    Lafayette Elementary School

    San Francisco Unified School District, CA,

    K-5,

    Overall Niche Grade: A minus,

    Students: 519,

    Student-Teacher Ratio: 24 to 1,

  14. #865 Best Public Elementary Schools in California

    #865 Best Public Elementary Schools in California.

    Miraloma Elementary School

    San Francisco Unified School District, CA,

    K-5,

    Overall Niche Grade: A minus,

    Students: 368,

    Student-Teacher Ratio: 22 to 1,

  15. #875 Best Public Elementary Schools in California

    #875 Best Public Elementary Schools in California.

    Clarendon Alternative Elementary School

    San Francisco Unified School District, CA,

    K-5,

    Overall Niche Grade: A minus,

    Students: 546,

    Student-Teacher Ratio: 27 to 1,

  16. #922 Best Public Elementary Schools in California

    #922 Best Public Elementary Schools in California.

    Sunset Elementary School

    San Francisco Unified School District, CA,

    K-5,

    Overall Niche Grade: A minus,

    Students: 396,

    Student-Teacher Ratio: 25 to 1,

  17. #940 Best Public Elementary Schools in California

    #940 Best Public Elementary Schools in California.

    Ulloa Elementary School

    San Francisco Unified School District, CA,

    K-5,

    Overall Niche Grade: A minus,

    Students: 528,

    Student-Teacher Ratio: 24 to 1,

  18. #968 Best Public Elementary Schools in California

    #968 Best Public Elementary Schools in California.

    Lawton Alternative Elementary School

    San Francisco Unified School District, CA,

    K-8,

    Overall Niche Grade: A minus,

    Students: 602,

    Student-Teacher Ratio: 22 to 1,

  19. Jefferson Elementary School

    San Francisco Unified School District, CA,

    K-5,

    Overall Niche Grade: A minus,

    Students: 509,

    Student-Teacher Ratio: 27 to 1,

  20. Creative Arts Charter School

    Public School,

    SAN FRANCISCO, CA,

    K-8,

    4 Niche users give it an average review of 2.3 stars.

    Featured Review: Alum says CACS has a robust but manageable workload that prepares students for the curriculum ahead in high school. It offers a sense of community and diversity that simply isn’t present at most other schools. .

    Read 4 reviews.

    Overall Niche Grade: A minus,

    Students: 422,

    Student-Teacher Ratio: 18 to 1,

  21. Jose Ortega Elementary

    San Francisco Unified School District, CA,

    K-5,

    Overall Niche Grade: A minus,

    Students: 386,

    Student-Teacher Ratio: 24 to 1,

  22. Alamo Elementary School

    San Francisco Unified School District, CA,

    K-5,

    Overall Niche Grade: A minus,

    Students: 519,

    Student-Teacher Ratio: 23 to 1,

  23. McKinley Elementary School

    San Francisco Unified School District, CA,

    K-5,

    1 Niche users give it an average review of 3 stars.

    Read 1 reviews.

    Overall Niche Grade: A minus,

    Students: 344,

    Student-Teacher Ratio: 22 to 1,

  24. Commodore Sloat Elementary

    San Francisco Unified School District, CA,

    K-5,

    Overall Niche Grade: A minus,

    Students: 381,

    Student-Teacher Ratio: 25 to 1,

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  26. John Yehall Chin Elementary

    San Francisco Unified School District, CA,

    K-5,

    2 Niche users give it an average review of 3 stars.

    Read 2 reviews.

    Overall Niche Grade: A minus,

    Students: 265,

    Student-Teacher Ratio: 27 to 1,

  27. Alice Fong Yu Elementary

    San Francisco Unified School District, CA,

    K-8,

    5 Niche users give it an average review of 2.4 stars.

    Featured Review: Parent says As a Chinese Immersion school, AFY is not for every family. My kids thrived in the small school environment but for others, having the same classmates for 9 years can be stifling and awkward. The….

    Read 5 reviews.

    Overall Niche Grade: A minus,

    Students: 587,

    Student-Teacher Ratio: 27 to 1,

  28. Garfield Elementary School

    San Francisco Unified School District, CA,

    K-5,

    5 Niche users give it an average review of 5 stars.

    Featured Review: Parent says This is our kids second year at Garfield Elementary. What a gem of a school. We commute from the other side of the city just to be in the school and in its Cantonese immersion program. Our kids….

    Read 5 reviews.

    Overall Niche Grade: A minus,

    Students: 212,

    Student-Teacher Ratio: 18 to 1,

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    How GreatSchools Rankings Encourage Neighborhood Segregation | by Cindy Lo Collister

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    The day we committed to enrolling our firstborn in a “5 out of 10” public elementary school in California, I walked probably a hundred laps around its grounds. Thinking and praying, with my eyes peering through the metal fence at the kids playing in the yard, I looked for some sign that we had made the right decision, consumed by the battle my tiger-mom instincts were waging with my idealistic side.

    I weighed the warm tour we had with the thoughtful principal against the mediocre test scores we saw online. I feared that the decision my husband and I made for me to leave full-time corporate work and start a faith-based nonprofit together in Silicon Valley was somehow going to disadvantage and doom our kids to mediocrity. Would they thrive if we could not afford a home in a “10 out of 10” school’s neighborhood?

    I am an American-born child of Taiwanese immigrants, and my amazing, hardworking, practical parents sacrificed everything they could to get my brother and me into the “best” schools. Without the internet or native social connections, they made school decisions strictly on the basis of numbers — the ones with the best test scores. And on paper, their method worked — we both went to prestigious universities, had access to great jobs and gained the advantage of deep social networks.

    But we also grew up as the token Asian minority in mostly white public schools in upstate New York in the ’90s (the experience of which could fill a totally different article).

    It didn’t take long for us to grow a deep appreciation for our “5 out of 10” school, which has a beautifully diverse school population — an actual cross-section of the city we live in, both ethnically and socioeconomically.

    As I’ve faced the school decision for my own family in the Bay Area — where school ratings vary wildly — I’ve wrestled with questions like, What actually defines a “great school” in this multicultural, quickly changing world? How much of a child’s future is dependent on the school, and how much of it has to do with what we pass on to them as parents? And to what end do those of us with advantages silo ourselves off to replicate them for our offspring alone — or are there choices we can make that will not only benefit our kids but also naturally help others alongside them? Is there more to life than this? (For real, though. )

    As our firstborn approached kindergarten age, we visited several public elementary schools in the area we wanted to live in and resolutely but nervously settled into a home that is within walking distance from the neighborhood school we ultimately landed in. It didn’t take long for us to grow a deep appreciation for our “5 out of 10” school, which has a beautifully diverse school population — an actual cross-section of the city we live in, both ethnically and socioeconomically. I couldn’t believe it when we saw our son’s class for the first time: Japanese, Bosnian, Israeli, Mexican, African American, British, Chinese, Indian, Caucasian, Hapa children…all becoming friends. When they studied Martin Luther King Jr., my son came home from school and shared over dinner that MLK had a dream, that kids of all skin colors would drink from the same water fountain…and then in the same breath he wondered, Why wouldn’t they?

    Naturally, this diversity also brings challenges. More than one-third of the school qualifies for reduced-price lunch, and about half speak another language at home. Every kindergarten teacher has one group of kids who went to preschool and know how to read, and another group that must first learn to speak English. There is also diversity in the ESL population — some parents require translators at parent-teacher conferences; others speak English fluently.

    As for befriending fellow parents, some I naturally click with, and others I have to work hard to have conversations and relationships with because we just don’t have a ton in common — language or otherwise. But that in and of itself has been both a challenging and rewarding experience. I’ve experienced very little of the competitive banter I hear from other parents in our area — comparisons about activities or after-school achievements.

    Yet it is this unique diversity that is the underlying reason GreatSchools has decided our school is not as worthy of a good rating.

    I fell in love with my son’s kindergarten class from volunteering on field trips — this sweet, not entitled, incredibly different group of kids. Bringing in regular, not-so-special white cheddar popcorn for a birthday felt so exciting, it was like I’d brought a carnival. When we went to Happy Hollow Park & Zoo on a field trip, some of the kids had never been there, while others had been half a dozen times. Watching classmates excitedly show one another the animals and rides for the first time was magical.

    Yet it is this unique diversity that is the underlying reason why GreatSchools has decided our school is not as worthy of a good rating. Let me explain.

    GreatSchools is a national organization that aims to provide parents with information about schools and education. They have a proprietary school-ranking algorithm that weighs test scores alongside demographic and socioeconomic data to determine a single-number rating for each school. Widely used real estate engines such as Redfin and Zillow pull these GreatSchools numbers into their search results, which has given GreatSchools incredible influence and clout in housing decisions. I love how this fellow parent writes that any “good” school ratings of seven and above are colored green, like “go,” but any under a six are colored yellow or dark orange, warning you to “stop” and “stay away.”

    When I dug into why GreatSchools dropped my son’s school score from a “7 out of 10” to a “5 out of 10” under its new rating system, I learned it was because of the new “equity rating,” which now counts for 35 percent of the overall score. Both equity and academic-progress ratings were implemented by GreatSchools in 2017 in an attempt to consider socioeconomic factors, such as ethnicity and household income, alongside test scores in a school’s total ranking.

    While this algorithm sounds like a great idea on paper, the reality ends up backfiring on schools like ours. Different segments within our incredibly diverse school perform significantly differently on testing, and therefore GreatSchools has deemed the school to be faring very poorly in helping all children succeed. To some degree, I understand the concept — you want a school that lifts all children up. But putting that into one number ignores contextual nuances and punishes many truly diverse schools, resulting in big implications with regard to school choice.

    I sent GreatSchools an email letting them know I didn’t think their new rating system was a fair representation of the heart and quality of our neighborhood school — the only one in our district that actually looks like our entire city, not just a segregated area of it.

    Wouldn’t progress be a much better metric of the school’s performance in helping kids from different backgrounds along?

    If a school is homogenous in traditionally advantaged populations, it will have a great “equity rating” because the token diversity isn’t statistically significant. But if the school is actually diverse, with different demographics represented in substantial proportions, the school will get dinged by the equity rating, and its overall rating will drop. How does that make any sense?

    Sure, they said, and progress does count for 8 percent of the overall score, but California doesn’t collect student-growth data. OK, that’s fair — then please tell me, how do kids of similar demographics fare at our neighboring “9 out of 10” schools in the same district, who have the same curriculum and the same superintendent, and whose teachers all have the same training? Apparently, the neighboring school doesn’t have enough of the “lower-scoring demographic” for the data to be relevant. Basically, the data is “suppressed when the numbers are exceedingly small and could lead to identifying those students.”

    So let me get this straight. You’re telling me that when there isn’t a significant enough number of a traditionally disadvantaged population, the equity ranking basically doesn’t even count? So if a school is homogenous in terms of traditionally advantaged populations, it will have a great “equity rating” because the token diversity isn’t statistically significant. But if the school is actually diverse, with different demographics represented in substantial proportions, the school will get dinged by the equity rating, and its overall rating will drop. How does that make any sense?

    On top of that, the impact of this logic will only be to discourage parents with more resources from even considering a school that has more traditionally disadvantaged kids. It encourages segregation and dooms the cycle to perpetuate.

    I went to see our school principal and confessed that I had accidentally picked a fight with GreatSchools on the school’s behalf. He laughed and said he doesn’t normally give GreatSchools much thought, regarding discussion focused on test scores as generally distracting from what actually defines a good school. But he also acknowledged that he’s getting a lot more questions about GreatSchools rankings, since that is what everyone is looking at these days with regard to real estate, and it might need to be dealt with.

    He shared more data with me that day that further helped me understand how even less relevant the numbers are for our school. GreatSchools test scores are based on standardized exams taken by third-to-fifth-graders. Our school happens to have far more K-to-second-graders than third-to-fifth-graders, and as is the case with much of Silicon Valley, where affordable housing is in crisis, relatively transient. Therefore the GreatSchools data represents maybe one-third of the school’s students, a portion of whom didn’t even attend K through second grade at our school.

    I attempted different routes for communication to escalate the concern to GreatSchools, convinced that — at least in our area — their methodology was actually having a reverse impact on their stated mission to give every child “access to a school that serves them well and gives them the high-quality education they deserve.”

    GreatSchools is causing the advantaged to form silos in increasing numbers.

    Eventually, to get me off their case, they said they would “share my concerns with the product team,” and the conversation trailed off. That was over a year ago. I kind of gave up, other than having the occasional conversation with a friend. Until I saw this article in my newsfeed on how school ratings are encouraging further neighborhood segregation.

    A new study by Duke professor Sharique Hasan and Anuj Kumar of the University of Florida looks at economic and demographic shifts following the emergence of GreatSchools in 1998. The findings are stark. The aim of GreatSchools is to “help parents — especially low-income parents—make informed decisions on where to enroll their children. But the authors find that the information has had the unintended effect of making highly rated schools an exclusive destination for comparatively advantaged families.” Hasan and Kumar write that “across a range of specifications, we find that access to school performance ratings appeared to accelerate, rather than reduce, economic divergence across ZIP codes in the US.”

    Could it be possible that real-world diversity in their school (even if it comes with lower overall test scores) is actually a really good option for our kids, advantaged or not?

    Basically, GreatSchools is causing the advantaged to form silos in increasing numbers—to further become what Matthew Stewart calls in his Atlantic article “the new American aristocracy. ” And this can’t ultimately be good for even the most advantaged kids.

    In many ways, parenting feels like a never-ending series of decisions that we hope stem from our most deeply held values. If we believe that character, perseverance and the ability to befriend all kinds of people in this world are valuable and increasingly important skills, could it be possible that real-world diversity in their school (even if it comes with lower overall test scores) is actually a really good option for our kids, advantaged or not?

    I have a good friend with a son the same age as my own, and we share candidly with one another on this topic. After a year of transitional kindergarten at their neighborhood public school, her in-laws paid for their gifted son to go to a prestigious Silicon Valley private school for kindergarten. He struggled emotionally that year—it was really hard. On a coffee date in the midst of it, she asked questions about what my son was experiencing in kindergarten, curious to hear about how the teacher was managing the preschool/no-preschool gap.

    Everyone is trying to figure out what a good education looks like in an economy in which information is at our fingertips and innovation is the premium. Where character and emotional intelligence are arguably far more important than how many grade levels we are ahead in our math skills. If the priorities are shifting, does this mean that how we see a “great school” might need to change too?

    Every time my son finished his work first, his teacher told him to help two friends with their work before he could go play. His teacher’s strategy to overcome the gap was to encourage peer support — she valued empathy highly and encouraged character development. It’s no magic bullet, but we did see positive growth in our son and other kids throughout the year, many of whom I got a chance to personally know. My friend reflected thoughtfully that these character concepts were the exact qualities the private school was trying to teach, but without the environment in which to develop them naturally. (For many reasons, they ended up moving their son back to their neighborhood public school the next year, skipping him ahead a grade to manage academic boredom, and he is thriving — a hilarious, empathetic kid.)

    Are there aspects of our neighborhood school that are lacking? Of course. I wish there were more targeted teaching in math, for example. The homework seems too easy. We don’t have much of a creative-arts program or as many extracurricular options as our neighboring schools do (fairly easy to solve if more resourced parents join us, by the way). In no way do I feel like an expert or someone who has this all figured out — it can still be a struggle. But the more I talk to other parents, the more I realize that there is no perfect school. My kids’ pediatrician, who has since become a dear friend, shares how she can basically predict where a patient goes to school when they come in with stress and anxiety. Would I rather my kid love school and learning than be stressed out of his mind in elementary school? Yes. Definitely.

    Everyone is trying to figure out what a good education looks like in an economy in which information is at our fingertips and innovation is the premium. Where character and emotional intelligence are arguably far more important than how many grade levels we are ahead in our math skills. If the priorities are shifting, does this mean that how we see a “great school” might need to change too?

    So if your child is in preschool and you’re looking for the right public school for your family, please don’t rule out schools on the basis of the GreatSchools number. Have an open mind. Look at the reviews. Look at the demographics. Look at the test scores with a grain of salt, and zoom in on the more detailed view by demographics and socioeconomic status. Email the principal, and ask for a tour. If you have social connections in the area, ask around for friends of friends whose kids go to the schools. Ask what kind of parent community they have. Take your child to play at the school playground on weekends, and you might just meet a friend. We did.

    If you’re like me and you disagree with how GreatSchools rates your neighborhood school, you can write a positive review. You can encourage all your friends to write reviews. Talk to your school’s administration about it so they know you care. And if you’re feeling up for it, let GreatSchools know you disagree with their rating logic too.

    Most of us would agree in theory that every child has potential and deserves a chance, but when it comes to involving our own child, it can get tough to jump in. There’s always a reason to believe our child is the exception. I think it’s healthy to believe our children are unique — because they are! It is our great privilege as parents to know them, speak life into them and fight for them.

    Can they thrive and succeed even if we don’t put them in a private elementary school or a “highly ranked” public one (according to GreatSchools)? In this day and age, could there be great learning opportunities at school that are beyond academics, gained from diverse experiences and relationships that may just help them make a great difference in this world?

    My hypothesis is yes.

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    Cambridge English First (FCE)

    Required level to start the program: High-Intermediate (above average)
    Intensity: 20 lessons per week from 9:00 to 12:40 from Mon to Fri.
    28 lessons per week from 9:00 am to 12:40 pm Mon to Fri and from 1:30 am to 3:10 am Mon to Thu.
    Duration: a comprehensive course lasting 9 weeks or 11 weeks. nine0087 Check with a consultant for start dates and prices.

    Cambridge English Advanced (CAE)

    Required level to start the program: Advanced (upper intermediate)
    Intensity: 20 lessons per week from 9:00 to 12:40 from Mon to Fri.
    28 lessons per week from 9:00 am to 12:40 pm Mon to Fri and from 1:30 am to 3:10 am Mon to Thu.
    Duration: a comprehensive course lasting 9 weeks or 11 weeks.
    Check with a consultant for start dates and prices.

    IELTS (Only San Diego )

    Required level to start the program: High-Intermediate
    Intensity: 20 lessons per week from 9:00 to 12:40 .
    Duration: a comprehensive course lasting 11 weeks.
    Check with a consultant for start dates and prices.

    P R E – U N I0083 R S I t Y AC A D M C Y Y Y Y Y Y Y for those who want to spend 1 year in the USA and prepare for further studies. The program includes 16 weeks of academic English, 1 semester at an American college, as well as many additional lessons for admissions, developing US study skills and adapting to US culture. nine0087 Program requirements: high school graduate, intermediate level of English.
    Cost: 16 weeks of English + 1 semester of college from $7840.

    c I S L PAT H WAY P RO G R A – if you are in the US if you do not have a sufficient level of English, this program is ideal for you. If you meet the requirements for admission to a partner college or university, the institution will issue you with a conditional acceptance document when you pre-complete a course at a CISL school. Thus, you can continue your studies with peace of mind immediately after finishing your English course. Partner Schools: Berkeley City College, California College of Arts, Fisher College, Whatcom Community College, The Los Angeles Film School, El Camino College, Alliant School of Management, Seattle Central Community College, California International Business University, New York Film Academy , Southwestern Oregon Community College, Mission College. nine0003

    Executive English Program (San Diego) – The aim of the course is to communicate effectively in English in a wide range of business situations. The course allows you to develop communication skills that will enable you to succeed in business. Students learn to work with business letters, reports, notices, presentations, business etiquette, problem solving in the workplace, business analysis and other topics depending on the needs of the students. The course is offered in classes of 4 people. All instructors have teaching and business experience. nine0087 Level required to start the program: Upper Intermediate
    Intensity: 20 lessons per week from 9:00 am to 12:40 pm, Mon to Fri.
    28 lessons per week from 9:00 am to 12:40 pm Mon to Fri and from 1:30 am to 3:10 am Mon to Thu.
    Cost: 20 lessons – $755 per week, 28 lessons – $855 per week

    Global Success English Program (San Francisco) want to be successful in the global economy.