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Welcome to The Learning Castle

and La Canada Preparatory

At The Learning Castle and La Cañada Preparatory, our focus is predicated on the individual success of every student and the promotion of the critical skills students will need in future academic pursuits.

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Academic Summer School

Our summer school program is a six-week, academically based educational program that is divided into to two three-week sessions; wherein, we offer a comprehensive curriculum focusing on core subjects.

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Giving

With the continuous support of our parent body, we are able to give our students the highest quality education and provide them with the opportunities to develop their individual skills and to achieve their personal best.

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The Sand Castle Preschool

Our preschool, The Sand Castle, offers two, three or five-day schedules for children between the ages of two and four years old. The Sand Castle provides a loving, nurturing environment wherein children can blossom educationally, emotionally and socially.

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Total Enrollment

We pride ourselves on creating a diverse student body and desire to share the unique TLC-LCP experience with students of different cultures, backgrounds and nationalities.
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Student-teacher Ratio

Our transitional kindergarten and kindergarten classes have ratios as low as 5:1.
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Average Class Size

Classes have a head teacher who specializes in the subject being taught and at least one teacher’s assistant.
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Athletic Teams

LCP fields twelve teams in the following seven sports: Flag Football, Girls’ Volleyball, Coed Tennis, Girls’ and Boys’ Basketball, and Girls’ and Boys’ Soccer.

Recent News

TLC and LCP Open for Summer School
6/19/2020
The Learning Castle and La Canada Preparatory are reopening for summer school on Monday, June 29, 2020.
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Schools Announce Re-Opening Plans
5/8/2020
Today, The Sand Castle, The Learning Castle and La Canada Preparatory announced their plans to reopen the schools in the coming weeks.
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Covid-19 Initiative
3/27/2020
We wanted to take this opportunity to clarify our Covid-19 Initiative which provides credits to families of Red through Purple class students.
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TLC/LCP Respond to COVID-19
3/13/2020
As a precautionary measure, The Learning Castle and La Canada Preparatory are rescheduling spring break due to COVID-19 concerns.
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Book Fair and Art Show
2/28/2020
Students, staff, families and friends gathered at the Americana Barnes and Noble for the TLC/LCP Book Fair and Art Show. There were trolley rides and Frozen princesses, cookies and milk, and artwork from every TLC and LCP student.
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21st Annual Science Fair
2/12/2020
On Friday, January 31^st, local La Cañada private schools, The Learning Castle and La Cañada Preparatory, held their 21^st-Annual Science Fair. Over 95 entrants, ranging in age from eight to thirteen, proudly displayed their experiments which covered eight different scientific disciplines.
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Bee Season Hits LCP
1/30/2020
When the calendar turns to a new year, it can only mean one thing...bee season is here. Not the flying kind. The academic kind.
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Winter Sing 2019
12/20/2019
The Learning Castle presented their annual winter show, Santa’s Hip Hop Workshop, on December 19^th, before a supportive house of family and friends at Lanterman Auditorium.
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Fall Parent Gala 2019
11/22/2019
On November 9, 2019, parents, staff and friends of The Learning Castle and La Canada Preparatory gathered at the Oakmont Country Club for their annual parent social.
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Halloween 2019
10/23/2019
The Learning Castle and La Cañada Preparatory celebrated Halloween 2019 with a bash on Thursday, October 31^st.
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School Opens August 14th!
8/5/2019
Mr. Scott

TLC and LCP will begin their twenty-eighth year in La Canada on August 14th.
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LCP Graduates the Class of 2019
5/24/2019
On Tuesday, May 21, 2019, twenty-four graduating eighth-grade students from La Cañada Preparatory, adorned in blue baccalaureate caps and gowns, processed down the aisles of Lanterman Auditorium to “Pomp and Circumstance” before administration, faculty, family and friends.
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TLC/LCP Receive Six-Year Accreditation
5/3/2019
The Learning Castle and La Canada Preparatory are pleased to announce that it has received a six-year accreditation , the highest level of accreditation possible, from the Accreditation Commision for Schools of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (ACS WASC).
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Come Visit Us

In lieu of open houses, The Learning Castle and La Canada Preparatory offer small group tours with our founder and director, Terry Villanueva. Parents tour the facilities, peek in on classes, and see the entire campus as it is on any given school day.