Welcome to Spring Hill!

At Spring Hill, our mission drives our shared purpose: helping every child fulfill their unique potential to succeed with confidence and joy. Since our beginnings in 1975, Spring Hill has remained rooted in creating educational experiences that inspire and transform. Serving students from 18 months to 14 years of age, Spring Hill’s unique model focuses on both individual excellence and making a positive difference in the community. This 12.5 year developmental arc sets our students on a lifelong journey of continuous learning, civic engagement, and the confidence to be the changemakers our world needs.

As we celebrate our 50th year, we are proud to be Petaluma’s only preschool-8th grade independent school–honoring our rich past while also charting a course towards new horizons. The world is a dynamic and changing place–and so are we!

Some themes that consistently emerge from parents about why they value Spring Hill include:

Child-teacher connection.
Excellent teachers that differentiate based on each child’s learning style.
Warm, safe, supportive environment.
Small class size.
Global education.
Strong community.
Continued joy of learning through 8th grade.

Founder Tom Sipes shared the following thought when he retired as Head of School in 2010: “Preparing children for an uncertain future is a very important task. A task that includes all of us.” These words ring just as true 15 years later–an invitation for us to continue partnering with each other to ensure that every child can navigate a complex world with confidence, creativity, and courage.

On behalf of the entire Spring Hill team, we eagerly await a year full of new landscapes in learning for our students–and new opportunities to collaborate more closely with our amazing parent community.