Family Information
This page is intended to provide useful information for users planning a longer visit to SLAC with their families along.
The idea is to have a place where information about schools, summer activities for children, parents clubs, and other family related activities, in the Stanford, Palo Alto, Menlo Park area are collected and made available even before coming to SLAC.
We would also like to include some, often difficult to gather, information about specific problems, like for instance "how do I get a work permit for my spouse", or "where do I get a social security number", or similar questions. This kind of information is usually already available, only is often so sparse that it may take a long time to gather.
We would like to ask the users to contribute to this page. This can be done in at least two ways
- if you have a specific problem like the above mentioned, let us know
- if you have had a problem that you have been able to solve (i.e. my spouse needed a SSN, now she has one) please let us know how you solved it, where did you find out how to solve it etc.
Sometimes it may just be a matter of knowing who is the right person/office to ask in the Administration building at SLAC. We are also looking for volunteers who are willing to answer questions via e-mail about some particular problem that they have been able to solve: we would put your e-mail next to the item you are "expert" in.
Also, If you have come across a "useful" URL in your quest for some info regarding family (or any other) activities that you think it might interest other users, please let us know, we'll be glad to add it to this page.
Contacts at Stanford University
Foreign visitors
- Visit the Bechtel International Centre on campus to meet other foreign visitors, and share your experiences.
Grad Students
- Stanford International Families helpful contacts can help you find the information that you are looking for.
Schools
- Palo Alto Unified School District . See also the education program of the Palo Alto community.
- Menlo Park School District. See also the Menlo Park School District info page.
- Check out the school age programs in Palo Alto.
Child Care
Recreation
- There are many recreational activities that are available in Palo Alto and neighboring communities:
Classified Ads
You may be able to find quite a lot in the Stanford Classified announcement in the Stanford Report, including housing. The SLAC FleaMarket also offers some housing ads.
Of course there are a lot more places to find classified ads in the
area....
