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  • Careers at New Roads
    Careers Scroll Current Employment Opportunities List of 10 items. Part-Time Upper School Inclusion Specialist Read More The Upper School Inclusion Specialist works within the Student Support Program at New Roads and will work closely with the 9-12 Assistant Director of Student Learning. T ...

  • Career Day, Tuesday, April 22
    News • 4/9/2025
    New Roads parents will be visiting campus as part of our Career Day to share their profession and advice with our students. Students will be able to speak with parents in the fields of non-profit, design, law, medicine and more. This event will take place on April 22 during Advisory and lunch from 1 ...

  • Join Career Day at New Roads - April 22
    News • 3/19/2025
    New Roads Upper School is looking for speakers for Career Day taking place on Tuesday, April 22 from 11:45 AM-12:50 PM. Career Day is an opportunity for professionals to share their expertise, and inspire students to explore potential career paths. Professionals from various industries are encourage ...

  • Live Talks & New Roads Presents: Connie Chung & Lisa Ling Event
    News • 8/16/2024
    We are offering complimentary tickets to our community for a special Live Talks Los Angeles event featuring Connie Chung in conversation with Lisa Ling. They will be discussing Connie's memoir, offering insights into her groundbreaking career. The event will take place on Monday, September 23, 2024 ...

  • STEM Speaker David Oh, the Chief Engineer for NASA's Psyche Mission
    News • 2/1/2024
    Join us for an enlightening discussion with STEM Speaker David Oh, Chief Engineer for NASA’s Psyche Mission on Friday, February 9, from 2:30-3:30 PM (location TBD). Delve into the fascinating world of space sciences and engineering as Oh shares insights into his career journey and the groundbr ...

  • Career Day - April 22
    News • 4/16/2025
    The Upper School is looking forward to Career Day next Tuesday, April 22. Thank you to our parent community for volunteering with planning for this program and for volunteering their time to serve as presenters to our community. This week, students received information on how to prepare for Career D ...

  • Join Us for an Inspiring STEM Talk with Anna Menon, Lead Operations Engineer at SpaceX
    News • 5/8/2024
    Next Friday, May 17, from 3:20-4:15 PM, the New Roads High School STEM club will be hosting a fantastic speaker, Anna Menon, to talk about her career and journey in STEM. Prior to becoming a lead operations engineer at SpaceX, Menon served at NASA as a Biomedical Engineer Flight Controller. She rece ...

  • Join Us for an Inspiring STEM Speaker Series with Richard Novak, PhD and Bioengineer!
    News • 4/16/2024
    This Friday, April 19 at 3 PM, the New Roads High School STEM club will be hosting another fantastic speaker, Richard Novak (PhD and Bioengineer), to talk about his career and journey in STEM. Prior to founding Unravel Biosciences , a company that develops therapeutics for rare diseases, Novak serve ...

  • STEM Speaker Denise McDade, Gene Therapy Expert
    News • 2/14/2024
    Friday, February 23rd, from 2:30-3:30 pm , the New Roads High School STEM club will be hosting another fantastic speaker, Denise McDade (an expert in gene editing), to talk about her career and journey in STEM. McDade is a founding executive and the Senior Vice President of Quality, Compliance and R ...

  • Film Industry Pros Lead Student Q&As
    News • 12/15/2023
    Our Film and Digital Media Department recently hosted two esteemed special guest speakers to give Film Production students a deeper insight into the diverse career opportunities within the field. Renowned Writer/Producer David Weddle, whose credits include iconic films like Star Trek: Deep Space Nin ...

  • 11th Grader Kaden Deal Takes Top Honor in Remix Competition
    News • 12/15/2023
    Junior Kaden Deal’s clinched the top spot in Mastering.com’s inaugural remix competition, hosted in collaboration with Lewitt Microphones. Out of 12,000 submissions worldwide for the remix of indie artist Lucy’s Warr’s London Burning, Kaden’s distinctive style set his r ...

  • The New Roads College Counseling will be Hosting an Arts College Fair
    News • 11/2/2023
    The New Roads College Counseling office will be hosting an Arts College Fair on Monday, November 13 during lunch (11:45 am - 12:25 pm) in Eden . This event is open to all students in grades 9-12. Anyone interested in pursuing a future education or career in the arts is encouraged to attend!  Re ...

  • English Teacher Michael Winetsky Contributes Scholarly Chapter to Prestigious Compilation
    News • 10/26/2023
    High School English teacher Michael Winetsky can add another scholarly publication to his CV, having penned a chapter in Susan Glaspell in Context, recently published by Cambridge University Press. Edited by Cornell University’s J. Ellen Gainor, this book “provides new, accessible, and i ...

  • STEM Club Launches Speaker Series
    News • 10/26/2023
    ... i Milano, students now have access to learn about careers in STEM directly from leading professionals. Bodhi says she founded the STEM Club to share her research on STEM internships and resources with other students. She added the Speakers Series to help club members and all high school students ...

  • Developing Student Voices Before Their College Aspirations
    News • 1/12/2021
    Luthern was featured this summer in the  The Path to Higher Ed podcast , a SchooLinks hosted community that explores relevant themes and issues in the world of college and career readiness. In the episode, “Developing Student V oices Before their College Aspirations,” Luthern mentio ...

  • Class of ’12 Alum and NRS Teacher “Give Back” at Independent School Alliance
    News • 7/23/2018
    ... provide support throughout their secondary school careers. At the orientation, Akunna taught humanities while Melissa offered operations support. In reflecting on her time at New Roads and the impact it has had on her life, Melissa explained that that she has chosen to work with the Independent ...

  • 12th Grader Edie Trautwien YoungArts Winner
    News • 1/4/2018
    ...ional and artistic development opportunities over the course of their careers. As part of her award, Edie will spend a week in Westwood, taking master classes. She says, “I applied for a YoungArts award last year, but wasn’t selected, so winning this year is especially meaningful.R ...

  • Senior Family Corner
    News • 5/15/2025
    Thank you to Kenya and SLC for putting on a heartfelt Senior Farewell yesterday for the Class of 2025’s last town hall of their New Roads career. There were many tears in the Moss Theater (US Director included!) It was wonderful seeing senior families last night at the Senior Farewell and Pinn ...

  • Jaguardian Reporters Interview NPR’s Ari Shapiro
    News • 4/27/2023
    Seniors Marlee Turner and Dylan Nilsson took some time from their spring break to come on campus and interview Ari Shapiro, host of NPR’s All Things Considered , about the changing landscape of journalism including minority representation, gay rights, and a career devoted to discovering and sh ...

  • Now Streaming Worldwide: 8th Grade Podcast Explores Immigration Stories
    News • 3/15/2023
    8th graders in History Department Chair Daniel Kearney’s American Studies class have launched a podcast to celebrate and share our community members’ stories of immigrating to the United States with listeners worldwide. The podcast stemmed from a unit in which students studied  immi ...

  • ‘20 Alum Ell Rose Balances College and Teaching Middle Schoolers
    News • 3/15/2023
    Ell Rose (‘20) isn’t waiting until college graduation before launching their career in education. A junior at Swarthmore College, they also teach middle school students at Media Providence Friends School. Ell created a course curriculum that combines video instruction, small and large gr ...

  • Community Events
    News • 9/22/2022
    Creative Visions Storyteller Series Presents: A Conversation with Norman Lear and Jon Turteltaub October 8, 5:00 - 6:00 PM, Moss Theater Join us for a one-hour conversation as Norman Lear, 100 year-old pioneer sits down with movie director Jon Turteltaub to look at what inspired Norman's career - wh ...

  • Sophomore Cole Prawer Giving Back with The Imagine Music Project
    News • 3/22/2022
    Music has always been central 10 th grader Cole Prawer’s life. He began composing songs when he was four years old, has played the piano since he was seven and released his first single and music video last year. Cole says, “The impact that lyrics and melodies have had on me is immeasura ...

  • Sophomore Cole Prawer Giving Back with The Imagine Music Project
    News • 3/21/2022
    Music has always been central 10 th grader Cole Prawer’s life. He began composing songs when he was four years old, has played the piano since he was seven and released his first single and music video last year. Cole says, “The impact that lyrics and melodies have had on me is immeasura ...

  • 10th Grader Cole Prawer Releases First Single and Music Video
    News • 11/15/2021
    Sophomore Cole Prawer has been a musician for as long as he can remember. He began playing the piano when he was six and has added instruments and vocals to his repertoire ever since. Cole says he is certain that he will continue pursuing music throughout his life, and that high school felt like the ...

  • 11th Grader Allison Kalmick Honored in New York Times Annual Student Editorial Contest
    News • 11/19/2020
    11th grader Allison Kalmick received an honorable mention in the  New York Times  Annual Student Editorial Contest  for her original essay, “A Triplet’s Experience With Autism: Debunking the Myths.” The contest is open to all middle school and high school students, a ...

  • New Roads Student Wins National Merit Scholarship
    News • 7/31/2019
    SANTA MONICA, CA — A high school student from Santa Monica was among more than 540 additional winners of National Merit Scholarships financed by colleges and universities, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced Monday. Bruno J. Segovia, a New Roads School student, received ...

  • Junior Ella Rose Awarded Rising Senior Lecture Award
    News • 5/28/2019
    Junior Ella Rose recieved the Rising Senior Lecture Award, which honors one exemplary rising senior who is academically successful in social studies and shows an interest in pursuing a career in academia. The winner of this award is invited to give a lecture of their choosing to a 9th-grade class. E ...

  • Speech & Debate Teams Represent New Roads at Cal State Long Beach Tournament
    News • 9/26/2018
    ...rall, the teams achieved an impressive win percentage, and coaches noted the high level of debate that New Roads ninth graders displayed so early in their high school debate careers. Students are excited to continue the season's momentum at a local league tournament, this Saturday 9/29 at Peninsu ...

  • Getting Down to Business: Retired NBC Universal/Comcast Executive Leads High School Business Class
    News • 10/11/2017
    After a highly successful career as a “C-Suite” senior executive (Chief Operating Officer of Comcast Entertainment Group, Universal Cable Productions, and Wilshire Studios), New Roads alumni parent Steve Dolcemaschio is devoting his retirement to helping young people understand the funda ...

  • Middle and Upper School Music Teacher Shea Welsh Releases CD, Arrival
    News • 6/2/2017
    When he isn’t inspiring New Roads’ students to scale new musical heights, middle school pop ensemble and high school jazz, pop and rock bands teacher Shea Welsh is making waves in the music industry. In addition to teaching, Shea is a guitarist, songwriter and producer who has recently r ...

  • Jags Roar (or Argue) to Victory in National Debate Tournament
    News • 4/19/2016
    Our middle school debaters triumphed in an important national tournament on Saturday, which included 360 debaters from 47 schools in 10 leagues. Competition was fierce for the New Roads second-year team as they argued against teams from schools with long-standing debate programs like Brentwood, Marl ...

  • From Pop to PhDs
    News • 1/20/2015
    New Roads teachers’ talents shine in and out of the classroom

  • Pedagogy
    ... es orally is essential to human understanding and careers. By the time students are seniors, they are able to work with independence.  This approach makes students active participants in their learning, with faculty guiding the process. Trial-and-error, mistakes, reflection, and growth are ...

  • Athletics
    Athletics Scroll Photo template web site12 Photo template web site13 The New Roads Athletics Program offers a vital learning experience for the advanced and developing athlete alike. New Roads student-athletes are taught to thrive in our unique school culture and learning environment, and to apply ...

New Roads School is a college preparatory K-12 private independent school in Santa Monica, CA, serving over 514 elementary school, middle school and high school children from the greater Los Angeles area. New Roads School provides an inspired educational program from which an authentically diverse student population, mirroring the rich diversity of Los Angeles, develops a personal dedication to learning, a respect for independent thinking, and an expanding curiosity about the world and its people.
NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY AS TO STUDENTS New Roads School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.