Sierra Madre Playhouse

Sierra Madre Playhouse in conjunction with The 6th Act presents the charming romantic comedy Outside Mullingar by Tony, Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award–winning writer John Patrick Shanley (Doubt, Moonstruck) for 16 performances from October 2-25, 2026. The play, directed by Matthew Leavitt, explores the balance between love and land, inheritance and independence, and the courage it takes to follow one’s heart.
Outside Mullingar is a lyrical, deeply human story— warm, wistful, and full of hope that love can bloom late in life. In the mist-shrouded farmlands of rural Ireland, Anthony and Rosemary live side by side, bound by family legacies, stubborn pride, and an unspoken longing that has lasted a lifetime. Anthony has spent his days quietly tending his father’s cattle farm, uncertain of his future and haunted by what might have been. Rosemary, his strong-willed neighbor, has waited years for him to see what’s been right in front of him all along.
The distinguished cast includes Michael Kirby (Anthony Reilly), Liza Seneca (Rosemary Muldoon), Armin Shimerman (Tony Reilly), and Kitty Swink (Aoife Muldoon).
The production has garnered considerable critical acclaim. Stage Raw declares, “This first-rate production is powered by outstanding cast performances. The infectious vibrancy and skill these four actors bring to their characters immediately beckons and is highly effective under director Matthew Leavitt’s perceptive direction.” LA Splash Magazine states, Outside Mullingar is “packed with laughs and sly comments about life.” It won Stage Raw’s Best Ensemble Award and was also included on both Stage Raw and Arts Beat LA’s “Top Ten” lists. Outside Mullingar premiered on Broadway in 2014 with Debra Messing and Brian F. O’Bryne.
Tickets and Information For tickets ($12-$45) and information, please call 626.355.4318 or visit <a href="https://www.sierramadreplayhouse.org." rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">sierramadreplayhouse.org.</a> Sierra Madre Playhouse is located at 87 West Sierra Madre Boulevard, Sierra Madre, CA 91024.

Local Event: Outside Mullingar, Play by Oscar-Winner John Patrick Shanley, Runs at Sierra Madre Playhouse

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Sierra Madre Playhouse in conjunction with The 6th Act presents the charming romantic comedy Outside Mullingar by Tony,...

Outside Mullingar, Play by Oscar-Winner John Patrick Shanley, Runs at Sierra Madre Playhouse

Local Event: Life after the game 

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Pacific Jazz Orchestra’s Benefit Concert on Saturday, October 10, 2026, 7:00 pm, at a historic private estate in Toluca Lake, CA, promises to be a musical night to remember. The evening under the stars celebrating Founder/Artistic Director Chris Walden’s 60th birthday is anchored by an intimate concert featuring a stellar line up of guest artists from the worlds of pop music, Broadway, jazz, and classical music.
Currently slated to appear are legendary 16-time time GRAMMY®-winning songwriter/producer David Foster; film/television/Broadway/vocal star Katharine McPhee; GRAMMY®-winning singer and Broadway luminary Joanna “JoJo” Levesque; virtuosic jazz pianist Emmet Cohen; multi-GRAMMY®-winning violinist Anne Akiko Meyers; critically acclaimed vocal sensation Veronica Swift, six-time GRAMMY®-nominated pianist and musical changemaker Shelly Berg; and R&amp;B/soul singer Adam “AeJaye” Jackson. (Additional guest artists to be announced.)
The acclaimed artists perform with Pacific Jazz Orchestra, a 40-piece hybrid big band and string orchestra, led by Walden, a seven-time GRAMMY®-nominee who is creating original arrangements for the genre-spanning program that embraces jazz, swing, Latin, R&amp;B, pop, and musical theater.
The second half of the program features Walden leading Pacific Jazz Orchestra’s 17-piece Big Band Ensemble.
“I can’t think of a better way to turn 60 than surrounded by the music, musicians, friends and family I love,” says Walden. “This will be a very special event with remarkable artists in an iconic location.”
In addition to the al fresco performance, the celebration includes a sweet and savory buffet reception and hosted bar. It also features a live auction of enticing musical, entertainment, and travel packages capped by dancing under the stars to the Pacific Jazz Big Band Ensemble comprised of LA’s leading studio musicians. Tickets ($325) include complimentary valet parking as well. Cocktail attire is suggested.
Pacific Jazz Orchestra has garnered critical acclaim for thrilling performances that “entertain, inspire, and enrich” (Variety). Pacific Jazz Orchestra thanks the Herb Alpert Foundation for its ongoing leadership support. Major funders for Pacific Jazz Orchestra include GRoW @ Annenberg Foundation; the Alesia Alpert Family Foundation; the Natalie Cole Foundation; the Ella Fitzgerald Foundation; and Anonymous.
Walden states, “I’m tremendously grateful to everyone who has supported Pacific Jazz Orchestra since its inception in 2022 and the esteemed guest artists who have appeared with us. They have helped propel LA’s only resident jazz orchestra into one of the country’s leading ensembles. It is an honor to work with our immensely talented musicians who consistently deliver inspired performances.”
The address of the estate in Toluca Lake will be provided upon confirmed reservation. For single tickets ($325), sponsorship packages, and information about Pacific Jazz Orchestra, visit <a href="https://www.pacificjazz.org." rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">pacificjazz.org.</a>

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Pacific Jazz Orchestra’s Benefit Concert on Saturday, October 10, 2026, 7:00 pm, at a historic private estate in Toluca Lake,...

David Foster, Katharine McPhee, Anne Akiko Meyers Headline Pacific Jazz Orchestra Benefit Concert, 1

Janet & Ray Scherr Forum Theatre

Camerata Pacifica, named 2026 Ensemble of the Year by the national organization Chamber Music America, launches its 2026-27 season with landmark works by Rachmaninoff and Schubert at four Southern California locations on Sunday, October 11, 3:00 pm, at Thousand Oaks’ Janet and Ray Scherr Forum; Tuesday, October,13, 7:30 pm, at The Huntington’s Rothenberg Hall in San Marino; Wednesday, October 14, 8:00 pm, Zipper Hall, at Zipper Hall in Downtown Los Angeles; and Thursday, October 15, 2026, 7:00 pm, at Santa Barbara’s Music Academy of the West.
The ensemble’s 37th season opens with pianist Irina Zahharenkova bringing her unique artistic sensibility to Rachmaninoff’s Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22, a collection of 22 variations on Chopin’s Prelude in C that arc from melancholy to exultant. Rachmaninov’s first large-scale piece for solo piano, the virtuosic and demanding work is filled with inventiveness and emotional intensity that showcases the composer’s distinctive musical style.
For the finale, violinist Grace Park and cellist Santiago Cañón-Valencia join Zahharenkova, to perform Schubert's B-Flat Major Trio, considered among the most celebrated chamber works in the classical repertoire. Composed at the end of Schubert’s life and published posthumously, the radiant masterwork displays the composer’s command of sonority.
“We are delighted to welcome new and returning audiences to the concert hall with this compelling season-opening program, brought to life by some of the most talented and characterful chamber musicians from around the globe,” says Camerata Pacifica Founder/Artistic Director Adrian Spence. “Filled with beauty and striking virtuosity, it’s music at its most intimate and uplifting.” Spence, who founded Camerata Pacifica in Santa Barbara in 1990, was named to Musical America’s prestigious list of Top 30 Professionals in Classical Music in January 2026.
The three featured artists have also garnered tremendous acclaim. Zahharenkova is praised for delivering performances with “impressive…musical colour” (Bachtrack). Park is lauded for her “intensely wrought and burnished” sound” (Strings Magazine). Cañón-Valencia, hailed as “technically flawless” (The Strad), was named a 2022 BBC New Generation Artist, and Silver Medalist and “Audience Favorite” at the 2019 XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition.
For tickets ($85 at The Huntington, Music Academy of the West, and Zipper Hall; $75, at Janet and Ray Scherr Forum) and information, visit <a href="https://www.cameratapacifica.org." rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">cameratapacifica.org.</a>

Local Event: Camerata Pacifica Launches Season with 2 Landmark Works, Oct. 11-15

Camerata Pacifica Launches Season with 2...

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Camerata Pacifica Launches Season with 2 Landmark Works, Oct. 11-15

Camerata Pacifica, the chamber music collective celebrated for its exceptional artistry and compelling programming, unveils its 2026-27 season. Founder and Artistic Director Adrian Spence announced the details of the 37 th season, featuring eight programs embracing new and legacy works spanning three centuries, including two world premieres. Camerata Pacifica launches its 2026-27 season on October 11-15, 2026. Pianist Irina Zahharenkova performs Rachmaninoff’s Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22. Violinist Grace Park and cellist Santiago Cañón- Valencia then join Zahharenkova, to play Schubert's B-Flat Major Trio. The program on November 8-13, 2026, includes the world premiere of a new work for mixed octet by composer Niloufar Nourbakhsh. In addition, Principal Oboe Nicholas Daniel is featured on Michael Daugherty’s Firecracker. Other contemporary works include Missy Mazzoli’s Vespers for Violin, as well as I prefer living in color by the late Sarah Gibson.&nbsp;Mozart’s Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat Major, K. 452, provides musical context to the program. Featured artsist include Alena Hove, violin; Rob Brophy, viola; Ani Aznavoorian, cello; Catherine Gregory, flute; Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet; Eleni Katz, bassoon; Ben Goldscheider, horn; Irina Zahharenkova, piano; and Ji Hye Jung, percussion, along with Nicolas Daniel, oboe. On December 7 and 8, 2026, Camerata Pacifica begins the second phase of “Beethoven 32,” its three-year Beethoven cycle featuring Principal Piano Gilles Vonsattel performing all 32 of Beethoven’s piano sonatas in a hybrid blend of solo recitals and chamber programs. For this program, Vonsattel interprets three contrasting sonatas, starting with Beethoven’s Piano Sonata in G Major, Op. 31, No. 1, followed by Piano Sonata in D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2, “The Tempest.” Vonsattel wraps the recital with Piano Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3, “The Hunt.” Camerata Pacifica’s season continues on January 10-15, 2027, with the world premiere of a new work for mixed sextet by Howard Frazin. The chamber collective also performs Bach’s Flute Sonata in E Major, featuring flutist Sébastian Jacot; de Falla’s Concerto for Harpsichord, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Violin and Cello; and Malcom Arnold’s Divertimento, Op. 37, a sequence of six short pieces for flute, oboe, and clarinet. Strauss’s Kaiser- Walzer, Op. 437, a waltz arranged by Arnold Schoenberg, caps the program. Appearing with Sébastian Jacot are Grace Park, violin; Jason Uyeyama, violin; Che-Yen Chen, viola; Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet; Nicholas Daniel, oboe; Ani Aznavoorian, cello; and Irina Zahharenkova, piano. On February 19-23, 2027, Camerata Pacifica reprises John Harbison’s String Trio, which Camerata Pacifica commissioned and premiered in 2013. It features Jolente De Maeyer, violin, Che-Yen Chen, viola, and Ani Aznavoorian, cello. Harbison’s tour de force is bookended by another segment of the “Beethoven 32” project with Gilles Vonsattel performing Beethoven’s Piano Sonata in G Major, Op. 49, No. 2, and Piano Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. 22
The second of two “Beethoven 32” solo piano recitals this season featuring Gilles Vonsattel takes place March 25 and 26, 2027. He illuminates four Beethoven piano sonatas, beginning with the deeply expressive Piano Sonata in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 1, and the Piano Sonata in G Major, Op. 14, No. 2. Vonsattel also performs Piano Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 81a, “Les Adieux,” and Piano Sonata in A-flat Major, Op. 110. On April 13-18, 2027, Camerata Pacifica celebrates the harp with two of the world’s leading harpists – Emmanuel Ceysson, who has served as Principal Harpist for the Paris Opera, the Metropolitan Opera and now the LA Phil, and Cristina Montes Mateo, Principal Harpist for the Valencia Opera House in Spain and Royal Harpist to the King and Queen of Spain. The rare all-harp program features them on Smetana’s Die Moldau arranged by Trneček; Takemitsu’s Bryce for flute, two harps, marimba, and percussion; The Eye of Night by David Bruce; and Walter-Kühne’s Fantasia on Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin. Further spotlighting the instrument’s broad sonic range are Rameau’ Le Tic-Toc-Choc ou Les Maillotins; Balakirev’s harp arrangement of Glinka’s The Lark; and Fauré’s Fantaisie, Op. 79. Also on the program is Kembang Suling, one of Gareth Farr. The artists appearing with the two harpists are percussionists Ji Hye Jung and W. Lee Vinson, violist Che-Yen Chen, and flutist Sébastian Jacot. Camerata Pacifica wraps season on May 9-14, 2027, with another “Beethoven 32” component, featuring pianist Gilles Vonsattel playing Piano Sonata in C Major, Op. 2, No. 3. It concludes with Samuel Barber's String Quartet in B Minor, Op. 11, and Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57, featuring violinists Jolente De Maeyer and Jason Uyeyama; violist Che-Yen Chen; and cellist Ani Aznavoorian, in addition to Gilles Vonsattel. For tickets and information, please visit cameratapacifica.org.

Local Event: Camerata Pacifica Announces 2026-2027 Season

Camerata Pacifica Announces 2026-2027 Season

Camerata Pacifica, the chamber music collective celebrated for its exceptional artistry and compelling programming, unveils its...

Sierra Madre United Methodist Church

Sierra Madre United Method Church is having their Fall Rummage Sale. We have have lots of new and gently used closing for all ages, kitchen supplies, crafts, jewelry, purses, shoes, books, decorative items, beddings, toys, Fall and Christmas decorations, and so much more! You don't want to miss this sale.
***All proceeds are donated to charities.

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Sierra Madre United Method Church is having their Fall Rummage Sale. We have have lots of new and gently used closing for all...

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Camerata Pacifica features a blend of timeless and contemporary works, including the world premiere of The Innocence of Life for mixed octet by award-winning Iranian American composer Niloufar Nourbakhsh, hailed for her singular musical voice, on November 8-13, 2026, at four Southland venues. The 20-minute work for clarinet, oboe, horn, violin, viola, cello, percussion and piano is the first of two highly anticipated Camerata Pacifica-commissioned world premieres presented during the 2026-27 season.
The performances are Sunday, November 8, 3:00 pm, at Thousand Oaks’ Janet and Ray Scherr Forum; Tuesday, November 10, 7:30 pm, at The Huntington’s Rothenberg Hall in San Marino; Thursday, November 12, 8:00 pm, Zipper Hall, at Zipper Hall in Downtown Los Angeles; and Friday, November 13, 2026, 7:00 pm, at Santa Barbara’s Music Academy of the West.
“Niloufar Nourbakhsh possesses a unique and powerful musical voice,” says Camerata Pacifica Founder/Artistic Director Adrian Spence. “Even without the overlay of current world affairs, the music of a young Iranian woman presented publicly in the world’s concert halls is itself a statement.”
Nourbakhsh’s music, described as “stark” (WNPR) and “darkly lyrical” (The New York Times), has been performed at numerous festivals and venues, including Carnegie Hall, Mostly Mozart at Lincoln Center, and the Direct Current Festival at the Kennedy Center. A founding member and co-director of the Iranian Female Composers Association, Nourbakhsh is a strong advocate of music education and equal opportunities. She received an OPERA America 2026 Commissioning Grant from its Opera Grants for Women Composers program as well as OPERA America’s 2019 Discovery Grant. She also won the 2022 Beth Morrison Projects Next Generation competition, among other awards.
The program also features Principal Oboe Nicholas Daniel performing multi-Grammy-winning composer Michael Daugherty’s Firecracker, a virtuosic chamber concerto that celebrates the rhythmic and explosive potential of the oboe.
Other contemporary works include Grammy-nominated composer Missy Mazzoli’s Vespers for Violin, for amplified violin and electronics, as well as I prefer living in color by the late Sarah Gibson, inspired by a colorful David Hockney painting.
Mozart’s Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat Major, K. 452, scored for piano, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and horn, provides musical context for these five contemporary works.
The program features Alena Hove, violin; Robert Brophy, viola; Ani Aznavoorian, cello; Catherine Gregory, flute; Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet; Eleni Katz, bassoon; Ben Goldscheider, horn; Irina Zahharenkova, piano; and Ji Hye Jung, percussion, along with Nicolas Daniel, oboe.
Camerata Pacifica, a Southern California-based chamber music collective celebrated for its exceptional artistry and compelling programming of legacy classics and daring new work, was named 2026 Ensemble of the Year by the national service organization Chamber Music America. Praised as “innovative and intrepid” (The Daily Telegraph), “visceral and powerful” (The Economist), the ensemble has a considerable commissioning portfolio that includes more than 20 works by such established and rising composers as John Harbison, Jake Heggie, Huang Ruo, Lera Auerbach, Bright Sheng, Ian Wilson, David Bruce, Libby Larsen, and John Luther Adams. Camerata Pacifica was founded in 1990 by Adrian Spence, who was named to Musical America’s prestigious list of Top 30 Professionals in Classical Music in January 2026.
For tickets ($85 at The Huntington, Music Academy of the West, and Zipper Hall; $75, at Janet and Ray Scherr Forum) and information, visit <a href="https://www.cameratapacifica.org." rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">cameratapacifica.org.</a>

Local Event: Camerata Pacifica Presents World Premiere by Niloufar Nourbakhsh

Camerata Pacifica Presents World Premiere by...

Camerata Pacifica features a blend of timeless and contemporary works, including the world premiere of The Innocence of Life...

Camerata Pacifica Presents World Premiere by Niloufar Nourbakhsh

Jazz and blues vocalist Mara Kaye joins the Marlonius Jazz Orchestra, led by virtuosic bassist/composer Marlonius (who goes by a single name), to celebrate the iconic musical legacy of Billie Holiday, on Sunday, November 8, 2026, 8:00 PM, at Sierra Madre Playhouse. Holiday, known as Lady Day, is considered one of history’s greatest jazz singers, inspiring generations of artists with her raw emotional delivery and revolutionary phrasing mimicking a horn player by bending notes and shifting rhythms.
Kaye, herself, has been proclaimed “one of New York’s great gifts to the world… (with) a substantial stage presence…and a voice that matches her larger-than-life presence (Jazz Lives). She performs jazz and blues standards with a deep passion and respect for the music’s original storytellers. The Brooklyn native, who has shared her artistry around the globe from Moscow to Lincoln Center, brings to the stage the emotional power and swing of Billie Holiday and the sorrows and joys of Bessie Smith. Blues legend Jimmy Vivino compared Kaye’s voice to “Louis Armstrong’s trumpet at a rent party.”
Marlonius is noted for filtering his classical chops and a deep jazz sensibility through a keen modern creative vision. A product of the Colburn Conservatory of Music, he studied classical bass and orchestral performance before evolving into a leading voice in the LA’s jazz community. Marlonius is the founder and artistic director of the Marlonius Jazz Orchestra, which performs his original compositions and compelling reinterpretations of jazz classics. He has toured and collaborated with a remarkable range of artists, including Stewart Copeland, Mike Garson, and Quatuor Ebène, and continues to bridge genres, instrumentation and musical cultures with his work.
For tickets ($35) and information, please call 626.355.4318 or visit <a href="https://www.sierramadreplayhouse.org." rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">sierramadreplayhouse.org.</a> Sierra Madre Playhouse is located at 87 West Sierra Madre Boulevard, Sierra Madre, CA 91024.

Local Event: Marlonius Jazz Orchestra & Vocalist Mara Kaye Pay Tribute to Billie Holiday

Marlonius Jazz Orchestra & Vocalist Mara Kaye...

Jazz and blues vocalist Mara Kaye joins the Marlonius Jazz Orchestra, led by virtuosic bassist/composer Marlonius (who goes by...

Marlonius Jazz Orchestra & Vocalist Mara Kaye Pay Tribute to Billie Holiday

The Sierra Madre Playhouse revisits its beginnings as a silent film movie house with a one-night-only screening of Faust, a hauntingly beautiful 1926 silent fantasy horror masterpiece directed by F.W. Murnau, on – fittingly – Friday, November 13, 2026, 8:00 PM. One of the towering achievements of silent cinema, the film, packed with gothic imagery and mythic themes, comes alive once again through live piano accompaniment by Larry Garf, whose dramatical score heightens every flicker of beauty and despair.
Writer and humorist Rich Procter introduces the film and leads a post-show discussion exploring Murnau’s artistry, the legacy of Expressionist cinema, and why Faust continues to fascinate a century later.
Faust is F.W. Murnau’s visionary adaptation of Goethe’s classic tale of ambition, temptation, and redemption. Combining the grandeur of German Expressionism with a deeply human story, the film follows the scholar Faust as he makes a fateful bargain with Mephisto, trading his soul for youth, power, and passion.
Murnau’s Faust remains a visual marvel filled with sweeping camera movements, intricate set design, and striking use of light and shadow. Its imagery influenced generations of filmmakers, from Hitchcock to Bergman, and stands among the most haunting depictions of good and evil ever captured on film.
For tickets ($20 and information, please call 626.355.4318 or visit <a href="https://www.sierramadreplayhouse.org." rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">sierramadreplayhouse.org.</a> Sierra Madre Playhouse is located at 87 West Sierra Madre Boulevard, Sierra Madre, CA 91024.

Local Event: Faust, 1926 Silent Fantasy Horror Film, Features Live Piano Accompaniment

Faust, 1926 Silent Fantasy Horror Film,...

The Sierra Madre Playhouse revisits its beginnings as a silent film movie house with a one-night-only screening of Faust, a...

Faust, 1926 Silent Fantasy Horror Film, Features Live Piano Accompaniment

The Sierra Madre Playhouse authors series spotlights poet/performer Camille Hernandez, the Poet Laureate of Anaheim, a compelling one-woman play in which she transforms poetry from her celebrated chapbook Motherlands with movement, rhythm, and language into dynamic living performance, on Saturday, November 15, 2026, 4:00 PM.
Motherlands explores themes of diaspora, belonging, and inheritance—what it means to carry many homes within one body. Through her work, Hernandez navigates identity across generations, languages, and geographies, using poetry as both confession and conversation. The performance builds on the traditions of spoken word and performance art while embracing the physicality of dance and theatre.
Hernandez, who grew up in La Palma as a self-described “public library girl” and voracious reader, crafts poetry into vibrant portraits of marginalized women. Her poetry interrupts the cycle of oppression by recreating narratives that dignify Black women, Filipino women, poor women, immigrant women, disabled women, medically marginalized women, gender-expansive women, and mothering women. Her work amplifies their survival, intuition, interconnection, and defiant joy, carving new narrative trails that explore the hushed intimacies lost in suppressed histories.
For tickets ($20) and information, please call 626.355.4318 or visit <a href="https://www.sierramadreplayhouse.org." rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">sierramadreplayhouse.org.</a> Sierra Madre Playhouse is located at 87 West Sierra Madre Boulevard, Sierra Madre, CA 91024.

Local Event: Poet/Performer Camille Hernandez Featured in One-Woman Show

Poet/Performer Camille Hernandez Featured in...

The Sierra Madre Playhouse authors series spotlights poet/performer Camille Hernandez, the Poet Laureate of Anaheim, a...

Poet/Performer Camille Hernandez Featured in One-Woman Show

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The Gooden School is an independent Episcopal school serving students in transitional kindergarten through eighth grade in Sierra Madre, California. Founded in 1975, Gooden has spent more than five decades nurturing curious minds, strong character, and a lifelong love of learning within a close-knit and supportive community. At Gooden, academic excellence is paired with a deep commitment to personal growth. Small class sizes, dedicated faculty, and an engaging curriculum allow students to be known, challenged, and supported as individuals. From the earliest years through middle school, students develop critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication skills that prepare them for success in high school and beyond. Rooted in the school’s Episcopal identity, Gooden welcomes families of all faiths, backgrounds, and perspectives. The school’s guiding principles, known as the 3Rs—Respect for Self, Respect for Others, and Respect for the World—are woven throughout daily life and serve as the foundation for character development, leadership, and service. Students are encouraged to become compassionate citizens who understand their responsibility to contribute positively to their communities and the wider world. The Gooden experience extends far beyond the classroom. Students participate in a rich array of programs in the arts, athletics, technology, outdoor education, world languages, service learning, and leadership development. Signature traditions, meaningful chapel experiences, and opportunities for public speaking, performance, and teamwork help students build confidence and discover their unique strengths. Families are an essential part of the Gooden community. Strong partnerships between parents, faculty, and staff create an environment where students thrive academically, socially, emotionally, and spiritually. The school’s welcoming culture fosters lasting friendships and a strong sense of belonging.

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