11000 Kinross Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Geffen Academy at UCLA is a university-affiliated school for students in grades 6-12. We value academic depth and inspiration within a humane educational environment. Our community is guided by principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Geffen Academy students are encouraged to be questioners, analysts, and presenters, who are creative, collaborative, and active young adults. Our students practice their skills, competencies, and relationships with deliberation. Geffen Academy graduates believe that knowledge is beautiful, transformative, and relevant to one’s life and civic responsibility in a global community.
On behalf of the entire Geffen Academy at UCLA community, welcome, and thank you for considering our school. We encourage you to explore our website and get a feel for what Geffen Academy is all about. Our hope is that you will recognize the academic depth mixed with a compassionate approach to teaching young people. We believe that intellectual, social, physical, and emotional development are interconnected, and that engagement happens when a student’s strengths, challenges, and interests are all part of their learning environment.
Traditional, compassionate, creative, and adaptable.
Curious and have an appetite for learning.
Geffen Academy is proud to feature unique departments such as Wellness and i-Track. For a more detailed course listing, as well as departmental explanations of purpose, please see the “Academics” tab on Geffen Academy’s website.
General education requirements are accompanied by courses that allow students to delve more deeply into a field of their choosing by taking concentration courses and advanced courses within or across disciplines. Advanced courses allow students to move at an accelerated pace and often demand additional work by examining the methodologies within the particular field or discipline of the course. Most advanced classes have prerequisites, which may include departmental approval.
– Students start school at 9 a.m. to ensure they have ample time for sleep.
– 89% of all Educators hold advanced degrees.
– Students engage in 27+ student-initiated clubs such as Student Librarians Association, Probability through Poker, Intersectional Feminist Club, and E-Sports Club, as well as ten established affinity groups.
