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• Our job is to prepare students to be scholar-athletes in high school and college. This means a rigorous academic schedule aligned to California Common Core state standards, using curricula approved by the California Department of Education.
• Our educational program is designed to meet students at their level, with a small class size to allow our teachers to offer students more personalized instruction. We also strategically utilize technology in our classrooms to provide students with a more individualized learning experience and the ability for parents to easily follow their child’s progress.

No. This is a core curriculum, not a test prep curriculum. In ELA students will engage with a variety of texts.  These cover a range of topics and genres, including works by Ray Bradbury and Walt Whitman,  as well as an essay about Civil War heroes, narratives about the Holocaust, and Elie Wiesel’s Nobel Prize acceptance speech. In math, they will be learning conceptually: they will be able to explain underlying mathematical concepts and apply it to a variety of situations, rather than just rote memorization. The alignment to the SAT comes with the complexity of the texts they will read in ELA, and types of questions they will be expected to answer in both subjects. This will be reinforced both on daily lessons and periodic unit assessments.

• Students are graded on a 4.0, A-F scale. Individual grades are made up from a combination of daily class work, quiz and unit assessments, homework, and participation.

• We will send periodic written and email correspondence to inform parents of upcoming events. We also plan on having an active Facebook and Instagram presence. School event information will also be available on the school’s website.

• Yes, we have hired credentialed teachers with the necessary completed teacher education course whom have teaching experience.

• The number of students that enroll will determine exactly how we staff. 

• Our team includes two experienced administrators that are developing the Academic Program, Curriculum, and hiring plan.

• As a small private school, we do not have a dedicated staff for Special Education and do not have the same legal obligations as a public school to serve special education students. That said, we do have a number of built-in supports that we believe will help your student progress. All students will be assessed at the beginning of the school year to determine their academic strengths and areas of growth. Because of our model of small class sizes, teachers will be able to use that data to tailor instruction daily to help ensure the proper supports are in place so that your student can access the daily lessons. Our core curricula will be supplemented with online resources so that teachers can meet students where they are to help fill in skill gaps. Assessments will be given regularly to track student learning and revise a student’s learning plan.