Live Oak School is a private, progressive, co-educational day school for K-8 students.
To know a child well is Live Oak's vision, and the responsibility of the entire Live Oak community— faculty, parents, and the students themselves.
06/22/2026
📌 Take a look at another installment of our Student Leadership Spotlight series that highlights some of the work our middle school students did this past year in leading important environmental and sustainability initiatives within the Live Oak community.
🔎 Learn about Florence B.'s leadership around helping Live Oak be stewards of the Potrero Hill Neighborhood Learning Garden and its many natural residents! 🐝 🐞🐦
06/18/2026
Calling all film buffs! 🎥
Nick Andrus '02 is premiering his new documentary, "Three Brothers in Shanghai" on June 22 at the Dances With Films festival at the iconic TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles!
After graduating from Live Oak, Nick went on to deepen his passion for filmmaking at Lowell High School and the University of Southern California. Since graduating from USC, Nick has worked as a Director’s Guild of America (DGA) unit production manager on independent feature films, commercials, and music videos.
"Three Brothers in Shanghai" tells the story of Nick's grandfather, Heinz Gewing, and his experience as a Jewish refugee fleeing N**i Austria for China during WWII.
🍿 Nick's film is set to show at 4pm on June 22.
➡ Check out the festival website for more info: danceswithfilms.com
🎟 If you are in the LA area you can get your tix on that same website. ⬆
📆 Stay tuned for potential screenings in the Bay Area later this year and read more about Nick and other Live Oak alumni pursuing their passions in the upcoming summer issue of Live Oak Magazine.
🎓 Congratulations to our graduates from the Class of 2026 and all our students getting ready to step up to the next grade full of new challenges and experiences.
🌟 We wish our graduates the best of luck at their respective high schools-we know you’ll all do great things! Thank you for leaving your mark at Live Oak through your hard work, your passion, and your desire to make a positive impact beyond these walls.
Enjoy your summer, Live Oak! ☀️☀️☀️
06/01/2026
It was great to welcome back so many members of the Class of 2022 and their families at the reunion a couple weeks ago!
We wish them the best as they get ready to head off to college in the fall and we hope to see them back on Mariposa soon!
06/01/2026
Shout out to the SFAL champion JV Girls and Varsity Boys futsal teams! ⚽🏆
Congratulations to all of our student-athletes on a great spring season that saw a Live Oak-record six futsal teams make the playoffs!
Maya was one of our Young Alumni Changemaker Award honorees this year!🌟
🎥 See how Live Oak helped support her leadership work in raising money for scoliosis treatment and awareness.
05/29/2026
✏️ Third graders finished the year by showcasing their writing at their annual Author Share in the Grand Hall. Parents, guardians, staff, and classmates roamed the Grand Hall exploring the non-fiction and fiction pieces crafted by our budding writers, while learning more about each author and leaving some encouraging words of feedback celebrating their work. ✨
05/20/2026
Our eighth graders returned home from a very transformative trip through the American South. Their Civil Rights tour brought them from Atlanta to Birmingham, Selma, and Montgomery. They got to experience many of the sites that played home to key parts of the Civil Rights Movement.
This was the second year that Live Oak's eighth graders participated in this trip. It immersed our students in real, meaningful history. Many of our students shared that they have never been to the South and came back with a new perspective of how the region's history has left both lasting scars and reasons to celebrate progress.
Altogether, the trip was equal parts insightful and moving, while bringing our students and faculty together for some valuable connection as their time at Live Oak winds to a close.
05/14/2026
💡 The Curriculum Highlights series shines a light on the important and dynamic skill building that is happening in Live Oak classrooms every day. These highlights are prepared by Live Oak faculty and offer a glimpse into a notable activity, project, or unit that prepares students for interdisciplinary learning and agency beyond the classroom. ⬇
📣 This week we highlight the annual end-of-year tradition of fifth graders building their communication skills and finding their voice in crafting their personal speeches.
05/13/2026
✨Happy prom season!✨
Great to see this group of Live Oak alums celebrating together!
Looking great, Eli '22, Abe '24, Ethan '23, Adrian '23, Ben '23, Coleton '23, and Makayla '23!
Cheers to all our alums out there celebrating the tail end of a great school year and, for many, nearing the end of their high school experiences before heading off to new adventures and opportunities in college and beyond!
📣 For our members of the Class of 2022, we hope to see you NEXT WEEK at Live Oak's Class of 2022 Reunion!
📅 May 19
🕕 6-8pm
📍 Live Oak School
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