The Nueva School

Eighth graders are moving on up! 🚀 We’re so proud of the Class of 2030—the Hillsborough campus won’t feel the same without you!

(📸: Travis Watts Photography)

✨ There's still time to join the fun!

The Count-Me-In Marketplace closes this Saturday, May 2 at 5 p.m., and these events have open spaces just waiting to be filled. Come together, build community, and support financial assistance at Nueva. Visit nuevaschool.org/cmi to secure your spot today!

📅 SAVE THE DATE: Come see an electrifying show featuring over 60 Nueva Students from grades 1–12 performing with the legendary steel drum artist in Trinidad:

Saturday, May 23
7 p.m.
Free admission
San Mateo campus, Upper School gym

Your future self will thank you—preregister today! Spots won't wait when the Count-Me-In Marketplace opens at 9 a.m. this Sunday, April 26 🎆

Clik here to see a preview and preregister now at nuevaschool.org/CMI

We've hit over 200 preregistrations! Thank you to every who registered early—and as a bonus, helped enter all Nueva faculty & staff get into a raffle 🎉

🗓️⏰🔔 Put it in the calendar, set an alarm, turn on notifications because the Count-Me-In Marketplace opens at 9 a.m. this Sunday, April 26!

The CMI Marketplace builds community through participation in fun events, while also raising funds for Nueva’s financial assistance programs. Spots go fast️💨 so make sure to pre-register now for the chance to get the items you want!

If 200 buyers register by 5 p.m. this Friday, April 24, all faculty and staff will be entered in a raffle for a $750 gift card! 🎟️

Preview items and register in advance here: https://nuevasch.ejoinme.org/2026cmi

It’s trips week for Upper School students, who departed on 26 different trips led by faculty and staff. Here’s a small taste: They’re learning about education policy in Arkansas and Mississippi; the role of libraries in American communities in Boston and New York; renewable power in Iceland; arts and culture in New Orleans; wilderness and climbing in Joshua Tree; history, culture, heritage, society, ecology in China and Japan and Taiwan and Mexico City and Guam…and much more.

This spring, Nueva celebrated a decade of partnership with the Dōshisha schools: ten years of connection, curiosity, learning, and building bridges through an incredible exchange program 🇯🇵✨

As Upper School Japanese teacher Chris Scott said at the anniversary celebration dinner, “Over the past ten years, nearly two hundred American and Japanese high school students have come to Kyoto or traveled to the United States on this program [...]. Through the mirror of a foreign culture, many of them have been able to discover a new self or a new way of seeing the world.”

Here’s to the memories made and the ones still to come—take a look at some of the photos from the dinner and the most recent Upper School February trip to Japan!

Nueva’s Upper School physics team earned an incredible 2nd place finish at the United States Invitational Young Physicists Tournament this winter! Congratulations to the team!

Read the full story—and more student and faculty accomplishments and activities happening beyond Nueva's walls—in the latest edition of Mavericks Making Waves on our website: https://www.nuevaschool.org/news

Parents, you're invited: Join us at the Innovative Learning Conference and explore bold ideas shaping the future of learning.

Visit https://www.nuevaschool.org/ilc to preview the schedule and keynote conversations—including the closing student panel discussion, “What I Wish My Teachers & Parents Knew.”

All Nueva families enjoy a discounted rate to attend the conference—check your email for the registration code, and families receiving financial assistance will receive additional support. We hope parents and guardians will also consider volunteering to attend a day’s sessions at no cost.

Register by March 9 so we can plan the most engaging sessions for you! We’re also offering a limited one-day pass for Thursday or Friday. (Email [email protected] for details.)