Mission Campus

La Scuola’s elementary and middle school Mission District campus fully realizes our vision of the ideal international school of the future. Our flagship building, on 18th Street between South Van Ness and Shotwell, is the first and only building in the Americas designed and built to align with the principles of the Reggio Emilia Approach.

An Education-First Environment

Our Mission Campus is constructed and decorated to make where we learn part of how we learn. While all of our buildings have been remodeled under the direction of world-renowned architect Michele Zini of ZPZ Partners — recognized globally for his Reggio Emilia Approach schools and ateliers — our flagship building is the only one to have been built from the ground up to match his brilliant designs. A labor of love for our whole community, this new facility opened in 2026.

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K-8 Mission Campus

The Mission campus on its street corner, the facade striped with bands of colored glass

Flagship Mission Building

The main entrance to Mission campus, this building welcomes us with light, color, and beauty. It holds our grand piazza, dining hall, classrooms, and ateliers. Floor-to-ceiling windows, an open-air balcony, and roof deck connect us with the city of San Francisco.

A chef topping a pizza beside the school’s red-tiled pizza oven

Buon Appetito!

Our state-of-the-art kitchen (with wood-fired pizza oven) means nutritious, fresh, and scrumptious food prepared on-site for daily meals. Our Mission campus students and staff come together here to share meals in a communal indoor/outdoor dining area.

Historic white Italianate building with an arched entrance and young trees along the pavement

St. Charles & San Carlos

Across the living / learning garden, a historic, renovated, Italianate, wood-frame building contains more classrooms. Another building around the corner holds our gymnasium, performance stage, additional learning spaces, and administrative offices.

Mission Campus

School Schedule

Kindergarten through Grade 3

8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday

9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Wednesday

Optional Extended Care daily until 6:00 p.m. and Wednesday morning from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m.

Grade 4 through 5

8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday

9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Wednesday

Optional Extended Care daily until 6:00 p.m. and Wednesday morning from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m.

Grade 6 through 8

8:30 a.m. – 3:35 p.m.

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday

9:30 a.m. – 3:35 p.m.

Wednesday

Optional Extended Care daily until 6:00 p.m. and Wednesday morning from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m.

Student artwork: watercolour flowers in pink, orange and purple

“I've learned a lot from this school, not only about myself but about other people and how to communicate — how to become a better person, a better learner, and a better teacher to other students.”

—
Sophia
La Scuola Graduate

Mission Campus

Take a Tour

A still from the Mission elementary school film.

Essie Kimball, Director of K-8 Campus Operations

Welcome K-8 Families

Dear Families,

Welcome to La Scuola! I’m so happy to welcome you to our community.

One of my favorite aspects about my role as Director of Operations is getting to know our students and their caregivers so that I can help in making the many pieces of school life fit into place for them. While much of my work happens behind the scenes, from campus operations and safety to events, programs, and all the details that keep our school moving, you’ll often find me greeting families during morning drop-offs and afternoon pick-ups.

As you explore the community, please know that you can always reach out if you have a question, need help finding the right person, or simply aren’t sure where to start. If I don’t have the answer myself, I’ll know who will.

More than anything, I hope your family feels welcomed, supported, and truly part of the La Scuola community. We are so glad you’re here, and I hope to get to know you and your family better.

A presto,

Essie Kimball

Director of K-8 Campus Operations

Land Acknowledgement

We acknowledge that our Mission campus stands on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone people. As educators and lifelong learners, we affirm the sovereign rights of first peoples and pay our respects to the ancestors, elders, and relatives of the Ramaytush community.

Mission Campus

An Education-First Environment

Mission Campus

School Schedule

Kindergarten through Grade 3

Grade 4 through 5

Grade 6 through 8

Take a Tour

Welcome K-8 Families

Land Acknowledgement

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