New Roads School

this school is bad school，i want to help my little sister to apply high school without agent. we are international student，before we come to usa，i find the agent company to help us，we spend a lot money to pay them. after we went to los angeles，we want to transfer school，and i call the new roads school，and i tell them we want to apply the school by ourself，we dont want to spend more money to pay agent. And they tell me，just give me the agent company’s name. they want us go throught agent company. Yes，we are international student，we pay more money to student in us. But i went to usa for eight year ago，i try to help my little sister to save our money，the school dont listen to me，they call me and ask our agent company. If we want to work with agent company，we will find them. But you can not force our to spend money that we dont want，it looks like if we dont apply throught agent company you will not accept us. I had apply university by myself，there are a lot of student apply school in us by themself. I want to tell you that you are not the only school in us，they are a lot of school in us，we pick up the school which we want to study with. i will tell all my chinese friend that not go to your school. more and more international student they come to study in us，they are the same，many student come to study in china. How you feel if school force student have to apply school with agent company. that is not fair. And i tell the school that my sister with five year visa，they looks are dont believe that，i dont understand if your school dont know everything about international student why your school accept international？ when international have visa，if they want to transfer school，they need to update I20，that is all the things they need to do. your school dont know everythings about international student.

Hello Unilocalers!
The New Roads school has a quaint theater called Moss, standing near the main road which hosts a variety of shows throughout the year. I watched an amazing première dance performance of Reeling by Invertigo Dance Theater at the New Roads Theater. The central theme was a night out at a bar where strangers meet and all the shenanigans that happen after a few drinks. The show is performing in Santa Monica, Santa Barbara, and San Diego. For more information:
REELING: TOUR INFO (2015)
LOS ANGELES — October 9 — 11
Moss Theatre (Herb Alpert Educational Village)
3131 Olympic Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90 404
Friday, October 9, 8pm
Saturday, October 10, 8pm (Gala Event follows performance)
Sunday, October 11, 6pm
SAN DIEGO — October 16 – 17
White Box Live Arts
2590 Truxtun Rd #205, San Diego, CA 92 106
Friday, October 16, 8pm
Saturday, October 17, 8pm
SANTA BARBARA — November 7 + 8
New Victory Theater
33 W. Victoria Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93 101
Saturday, November 7, 7pm (VIP reception post-​show)
Sunday, November 8, 6pm (VIP reception pre-​show)

7 years ago we chose New Roads over some other fine independent schools and we could not be happier. NRds is a very special place with seriously high quality teaching, a rigorous and unique curriculum and (rare in west side middle and high schools) a very kind, unspoiled vibe. The students are just nice here. Plenty of rich kids, plenty of not rich kids, plenty in between, and no one seems to care one way or the other. We have a high-​performing child who has been inspired and challenged, but they take all variety of learning styles into consideration. The extracurriculars have been at least as instructive as the academics, and the school encourages students to stick their toes into many areas of interest instead of forcing them to narrow their focus too early. It is a relatively young school, so while sports are popular, sports facilities are lacking, but it is understood in the community that the school’s unprecedented commitment to financial aid means new buildings come second. That said, we recently gained a state-​of-​the-​art theater, well deserved by the extraordinary music and drama departments. Additionally, this is one of the few independent schools to have a robotics team, and we have recently discovered that the college counseling is superb. We are confident that New Roads is equiping students to be 21^st century leaders.
–Parents

I Love It

Disclosure: I’m a hardcore inner city educator and product of the public school system.
Amazingly innovative approach at education that does away with assessments and instead puts the responsibility of content acquisition examination into periodic portfolios where students present and communicate what they’ve learned.
Small classrooms typically mean smaller student to teacher ratios and the science and music departments left me inspired.
I get the whole giving back community service component modeled by the non profits on campus just above the auditorium but see a void when it comes to on campus athletics taking place.
Same founder as the premier New Roads school in Santa Monica means consistent creative team building energy in place and I like that. Teachers seemed happy here, custodial stay were courteous, and security communicated clearly.
Didn’t get the snobby vibe, and didn’t find evidence that spoiled west side kids run the show. Really cool concept is that all the classrooms are not labeled by numbers rather named after major social movers and shakers– Dees, Zapata, Malcolm X, Hines, Allendale, Ghandi, extc
In conclusion, by the vision/​mission, campus tour, talking with educators, & researching the non profits on site, this is definitely the school I’d send my kids to.

This campus was built with the vision to teach tomorrow’s leaders the place & purpose of charity and kindness. They really «Get It», and it is apparent from the student’s artwork displayed on its walls to even on the directory outside the elevator. The school provides office space for a handful of vetted youth-​focused non-​profits. I have long been a supporter of other great schools (my own & those where my kids attend), but I am wowed, by how this school puts much of what I believe into practice so students can also learn by example.

Update, Parents and Family would not even give up the seats that were reserved for the teachers, the teachers had to stand almost outside of the graduation! Rudest thing i have ever witnessed! Unreal. This place is unreal, sinking ship.
****And now all it can do is…
This school caters to the whims of the wealthy, and treats their teachers like slaves. I have many years experience with the administration and their only goal is to make their school look good for the semi-​wealthy of Los Angeles. Chances are if a child cannot get into the super snobby Crossroads, then they are destined for New Roads «family» which is no family, more like a foster home for neglected brats.
New Roads started off with the right mission, but with a guy like David Bryan running things what can you expect. Loss of direction, passion, and complete disregard for what matters most, the kids. Needless to say, I am Completely ashamed of this school, their direction, and sorry to say I sent my kids here.
Research better communities, unless you want your child to be raised a self-​entitled brat, like most of the Westside. Westside breeding ground for snobbery.

Kids get lots of individual attention and can learn at the pace that is right for them. The arts are very integrated with the curriculum. Competition and stress are at low levels, and a required class called «Connections» teaches kids to deal respectfully with one another and be sympathetic to others’ needs. Hooray for New Roads!

Though I’m a proud product of public school, I often wonder what kind of mind-​bending creative learning goes on in a progressive private school. If New Roads is anything as cool as its marquee up front, then I wish I could rev up the Delorean, hop back a couple decades, and drain my parents’ bank account at this K-​12 prep school. I used to pass their high school every morning on my way to work and all their simple but inspirational marquee messages never failed to zing my heart. Once they had CREATE on one side of the sign, and CHANGE on the other. Create Change. Yes, we can.
Flipping through da Urban Dictionary, Sook W.‘s reference of choice, I came across this slang for ‘New Roads’:
Any building or school with a pretentious billboard or sign out front
Ex: Man that church sign is so New Roads
Bah. If loving a so-​called pretentious sign is wrong, I don’t want to be right.