Our Community
Campus
Live Oak's urban campus features a four-story building that houses all K-8 classrooms, faculty and staff office spaces, learning and breakout rooms, and community gathering spaces.
Spotlight: Library
The Live Oak School library program fosters enthusiasm for reading and helps students become discerning consumers of information. Supported by a team of dedicated parent volunteers, the library offers a large and comprehensive collection open to all students, faculty, staff, and parents.
Spotlight: Learning Garden
Jackson Park is home to our organic garden, a shared neighborhood resource. The garden provides an extension of the classroom by giving students a place to learn about the living world, to reflect and write in their journals, or to practice their artistic expression. Faculty, staff, parents, and students all contribute to the maintenance of the garden through regular garden workdays. Our goal is to highlight and deepen the connections between food, health, and community.
Spotlight: ChangeMaker Lab
Opening in 2021, the ChangeMaker Lab is an integral part of Live Oak's design and innovation curriculum. The space is designed for exploration of science and engineering concepts in an open, hands-on way. Students collaborate on creative projects, learn by doing, and think critically about solving problems.
Spotlight: Grand Hall
Serving as the primary community gathering space, the Grand Hall is home to lower school assemblies, drama productions, parent and guardian enrichment programs, and daily lunch. Every day, the Grand Hall is transformed into a cafeteria with fresh, simple, and delicious food that fuels our students’ full and busy school days. Live Oak’s robust and delicious lunch program furthers our commitment to wellness, inclusion, sustainability, and community.
Live Oak School welcomes and admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin, citizenship status, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, and faith to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities of Live Oak School. Live Oak School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin, citizenship status, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, and faith in administration of its educational policies and programs, admissions policies, Adjusted Tuition program, and athletic and other school-administered programs.