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Our graduates are leaders
in the classroom and in their communities.

Manzanita students are uniquely well prepared for college and life. Our alumni credit Manzanita for instilling in them a love of learning, a strong sense of self-advocacy, critical thinking ability, and the ability to maintain mental and emotional balance in a rapidly changing world.

Our highly personalized college counseling program is a process of self-inquiry devoted to helping young people find their place in the world. Here are some stories:

Martina explains the role of self-motivation, respect, empathy, and self-awareness in navigating college life. She graduated from UC Berkeley in 2023.

Benjamin highlights the powerful literacy education he received at Manzanita. He is now working in outdoor education.

Ila describes how the skills of conflict resolution, her confidence in approaching professors, and her self-awareness and world view, have shaped her college success.

Maddie reflects on her relationship to college classes, and how Manzanita taught her to love learning. She also explains how nature immersion is a powerful alternative to drugs and alcohol in dealing with the stresses of college.


Manzanita alumni have been accepted to these universities and colleges, among others:

American University

American University of Paris

Bennington College

Bard College

Colorado State University

Connecticut College 

Evergreen State College 

Ithaca College

Lewis and Clark College

The New School

Oberlin College & Conservatory 

Reed College

Sarah Lawrence College

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Syracuse University 

Trinity College

Warren Wilson College

Whitman College 

University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Davis

University of California, Santa Cruz

University of Colorado, Boulder

University of Maine 

University of Vermont

 

 

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The philosophy of the school is based on decades of research into best practices in education,
coupled with the study of human development from prehistory to the present.

— WASC, 2019 —