After Helios
Helios graduates have:
- a life-long love of learning that is internally motivated and self-directed
- academic skills and self-discipline
- a positive sense of self
- respect and empathy for others
... to thrive in and contribute to a dynamic, interconnected world.
High School Counseling
The high school search process at Helios is a family journey of growth, discovery, and excitement.
Families begin the high school transition journey in fifth and sixth grade, with the opportunity to attend alumni nights and have informal conversations with our in-house high-school counselor about their priorities after Helios. Beginning in the spring of seventh grade, each family works one-on-one with our counselor to chart a path after Helios.
The counselor and the middle school faculty provide support throughout eighth grade via a specific high school transition course, visits from admissions directors and Helios alumni, essay and application feedback, and individualized recommendations.
We take great pride that our 71 graduates have chosen to attend 41 unique high schools, reflecting pathways that are as unique and individualized as our K-8 program.
Helios graduates attend the following schools:
Independent Day and Parochial Schools
- Archbishop Mitty High School
- Bellarmine College Preparatory
- Harker School
- Hillbrook School
- Junipero Serra High School
- The Kehillah School
- Khan Lab School
- Kirby School
- Mid-Peninsula High School
- Northwest Academy (Portland, OR)
- The Nueva School
- Pinewood School
- Proof School
- Sacred Heart Schools
- San Domenico School
- Silicon Valley International School
- Stanford Online High School
- Woodside Priory
one-to-one schools
- Futures Academy
- Mentoring Academy
Independent Boarding Schools
- Interlochen Arts Academy (MI)
- Phillips Exeter Academy (NH)
- Stevenson School (CA)
- Midland School (CA)
- Thacher School (CA)
public schools
- Carlmont High School
- Fremont High School
- Gunn High School
- Homestead High School
- Los Altos High School
- Mountain View High School
- Palo Alto High School
- Prospect High School
- Summit Shasta (Charter)
- Summit Tahoma (Charter)
- Woodside High School
- Willow Glen High School
Early/Middle College Programs
- Bard Academy & College at Simon's Rock (MA)
- West Valley Middle College
It’s been a couple years since I left but I still choose to come back here. I think that you’ll always be a part of Helios. This is a pretty exceptional place with how welcoming it is and how open it is. Krish (Helios '20)