John Muir School is a
magnet option of San Diego Unified School District. Our address is 4431 Mount Herbert Avenue, San Diego, CA 92117-4728. Our phone is (858) 268-1954, and our fax is (858) 627-9289.
Muir's K-12 grade span and smaller class sizes promote a family atmosphere in which students are both teachers and learners in multiple-grade groupings. Our graduates are college ready, technologically savvy, and world wise.
Visit our campus.
Muir's permanent site is 4431 Mt. Herbert Avenue in the Clairemont area. A 2.5 million dollar renovation that includes school-wide classroom and playground transformations, a new science lab and a K-12 library with plenty of room to think, read, write and present student team and individual inquiry projects is almost completed.
Join us.
Download an application, complete it and fax it to Muir (858) 627-9289 or Enrollment Options (619) 692-0269. You may also
apply online. John Muir School is a SDCS integration program. All students must complete an Enrollment Options Application in order to attend. Call Muir for further information at (858) 268-1954.
Mission Statement:
The mission of John Muir School is to create a community of empowered learners who are productive global learners.
Vision statement:
John Muir’s program equips students with the knowledge, skills, and values to achieve academic excellence through a focus on global responsibilities. Utilizing Paideia learning strategies, technology, and project-based learning, we prepare our students to become life-long learners who collaborate effectively, work creatively, and think critically to benefit themselves, their communities and the world.
Expected School-wide Learning Results
Students will become:
1. informed and effective communicators,
2. complex critical thinkers and problem solvers,
3. collaborative workers who contribute to, interact with and lead in the worldwide community,
4. well-rounded individuals who recognize and address local, national, and international responsibilities.
Free Public Education
Section 5 of Article IX of the State of California Constitution guarantees students a "free public eduction." The State Supreme Court concluded in the 1984 case of Hartzell v. Connell "that all education activities carried on by public school districts, extra-curricular as well as curricular, must be without cost to the students who particpate in such activities." This same ruling found that "mandatory fees for participating in such extra-curricular activities as drama, music, and athletic competition were illegal under the State Constitution." Furthermore, they also rejected the argument that "fees could be charged so long as the district waived fees for students who were financially unable to pay."