The Class Guide is published quarterly by the Palo Alto Weekly, The Almanac and the Mountain View Voice.
Business & Tech
CareerGenerations
2225 E. Bayshore Road, Palo Alto
650-619-2214 / [email protected] / careergenerations.com
CareerGenerations currently offers group workshops and 1:1 help via Zoom to meet the career needs of a variety of individuals, including college students looking for internships, and graduates and professionals exploring career options or looking for employment.
ReBoot Accelerator for Women
585 Broadway, Redwood City
650-387-3743 / [email protected] / rebootaccel.com
ReBoot Accelerator for Women keeps local women current, connected and confident about re-entering the workforce through workshops taught by instructors from LinkedIn, Google, Apple and Enjoy and social media experts.
Dance
Dance Connection
4000 Middlefield Road, L-5, Palo Alto
650-322-7032 / [email protected] / danceconnectionpaloalto.com
Dance Connection offers a preschool combination class for preschool-age children (beginning at age 3), graded classes for youth and adults and other programs to meet dancers' needs. Ballet, jazz, tap, hip-hop, lyrical, Pilates and other instruction is available for students at various levels of ability. Registration now open.
Zohar School of Dance & Company
4000 Middlefield Road, L-4, Palo Alto
650-494-8221 / [email protected] / zohardancecompany.org
With roots going back to 1979, Zohar School of Dance holds a range of adult dance classes in jazz, contemporary, modern, ballet, musical theater and tap. In-person and livestream classes via Zoom are available. Reserve ahead of time.
Sports & Outdoors
Baylands Golf Links
1875 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto
650-856-0881 / baylandsgolflinks.com
Private lessons teaching golf techniques, rules and etiquette are available at any level of experience.
United States Youth Volleyball League
Mitchell Park, 600 E. Meadow Drive, Palo Alto
310-212-7008 / [email protected] / usyvl.org/locations/palo-alto
Operated by the league and volunteers, the youth volleyball program teaches boys and girls of all skill levels from ages 7 to 15 to play and learn the sport in a fun, supportive and co-ed environment. Registration is open for the upcoming season.
Health & Fitness
Studio Kicks
2741 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto
650-855-9868 / [email protected] / studiokickspaloalto.com
Studio Kicks is a family fitness center offering cardio kickboxing classes and training in martial arts for children and adults. Call for more information on classes.
Avenidas
4000 Middlefield Road I-2, Palo Alto / 450 Bryant St., Palo Alto
650-289-5400 / avenidas.org
Avenidas offers many classes, as well as lectures and workshops, for Midpeninsula seniors focusing on topics such as general health, physical fitness, languages, humanities, computing, music and writing. Classes will be a mix of in-person, Zoom only, or hybrid. Registration opens Dec. 6 for members and Dec. 16 for nonmembers.
Special needs
Bay Area Friendship Circle
3921 Fabian Way, Suite A023, Palo Alto
650-858-6990 / bayareafc.org / [email protected]
The Bay Area Friendship Circle offers programs for children, teens and young adults with special needs ages 2 to 22 year-round as well as a camp program. Trained teen volunteers provide one-on-one friendship and support. Registration for winter camp is open.
Language courses
Berlitz Palo Alto Language Center
3000 El Camino Real Building 4, Suite 200, Palo Alto
650-294-4362 / berlitz.com/language-centers/palo-alto
Berlitz provides adult and youth language instruction in Spanish, German, French, English and other languages. Private lessons, tutoring, testing services and cultural agility training for businesses are available online and in-person.
Language classes at the Palo Alto Adult School
Palo Alto High School, Tower Building, 50 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto
650-329-3752 / [email protected] / paadultschool.org/class/world-languages Classes are offered for Spanish, French, Mandarin Chinese and sign language. They cover beginning and advanced skills. Most classes begin mid-January. Check online for more details.
Art & Soul
Webster Street Studio, 2326 Webster St., Palo Alto
650-269-0423 / [email protected] / artandsoulpa.com
Art & Soul offers private and small group lessons online or in-person by bringing the class to home backyards. Programs allow children to explore drawing, painting and sculpture techniques, as well as develop their observational skills. Visit the website for more details.
The Midpen Media Center
900 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto
650-494-8686 / [email protected] / midpenmedia.org/workshops
The center offers workshops for a range of media arts, including video production, photo enhancement, studio work and more. Small in-person group workshops and online classes are also available.
Palo Alto Art Center
1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto
650-329-2366 / cityofpaloalto.org
Palo Alto Art Center classes and workshops — teaching children, teens and adults — cover such areas as ceramics, painting, drawing, jewelry, sculpture, Adobe PhotoShop and more. Indoor classes are available. Visit the website to see the class catalog. Registration for nonresidents opens Dec. 9.
School days
Amigos de Palo Alto
1611 Stanford Ave., Palo Alto
650-493-4300 / [email protected] / amigosdepaloalto.com
Amigos de Palo Alto is a Spanish-immersion preschool for children 2 1/2 and older. Students are a mix of native and new Spanish speakers, and the program combines reading, writing, art and play to develop a love of learning. Amigos also offers Spanish-immersion after-school programs for kindergartners with some Spanish experience. Visit the website for more information.
Silicon Valley International School
Cohn Campus: 151 Laura Lane, Palo Alto; Willows Campus: 475 Pope St., Menlo Park
650-251-8500 / [email protected] / svintl.org
Silicon Valley International School, formerly the International School of the Peninsula, offers bilingual immersion day school with two nursery-to-fifth-grade programs in French and Mandarin Chinese as well as an international middle school program. Some programs include media and technology, music, gastronomy and athletics classes.
Oshman Family JCC Leslie Family Preschool
3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto.
650-223-8642 / [email protected] / paloaltojcc.org/preschool
The Oshman Family JCC's preschool program provides one to five-days-per-week options for children 18 months to 5 years old (ages 2 to 4 at Congregation Beth Am), with an emphasis on experiential learning, family involvement and play.
Learning Links
3864 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto.
650-219-7351 / [email protected] / learninglinks.org
Learning Links, formerly Milestones Preschool, offers year-round programs for junior preschool and preschool, pre-kindergarten and special education students to foster social, emotional, cognitive and physical development. The school offers in-person care.
Something for everyone
Palo Alto Adult School
Palo Alto High School, Tower Building, 50 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto
650-329-3752 / [email protected] / paadultschool.org
Classes on computer skills, language, cooking, art, outdoors, and many others are available through the Palo Alto Adult School. Go online to view the school's catalogue. In-class students must be vaccinated. Registration for winter quarter is open.
Stanford Continuing Studies
Littlefield Center, 365 Lasuen St., Stanford.
[email protected] / continuingstudies.stanford.edu
Stanford Continuing Studies organizes classes in liberal arts and sciences, creative writing and professional and personal development. Most classes begin Jan. 10. Register for classes at the website.
Class Guides are published quarterly in the Palo Alto Weekly, Mountain View Voice and the Almanac. Descriptions of classes offered in Palo Alto, Stanford, Menlo Park, Mountain View, Atherton, East Palo Alto, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Portola Valley and Woodside are provided. Listings are free and subject to editing. Due to space constraints, classes held in the above cities are given priority.
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