Charter Introduction

Antelope View Charter School (the "School") will educate students who reside in Sacramento and neighboring counties and are in grades 6-12. The School will be committed to academic excellence focused on content literacy, character education, technological skills, and career development. The School site staff believes data-driven decision making and adult attention focused on individual student learning needs increases middle school and high school student success.

The School will emphasize high expectations for academic achievement where students will be immersed in a rigorous, personalized site-based and teacher supervised independent study learning program. The program will include interdisciplinary liberal arts site-based instruction for core content areas, tailored individualized instruction based on data representing multiple measures of student achievement, supervised by a consulting teacher, small group learning for targeted remediation and acceleration, local community college access and parent supported independent study.

An addendum to the original charter in the 2006-2007 year formally documented the intention of the school to specialize in serving grades 6-12. A consulting teacher with a typical caseload of 20 will supervise individual students and work with parents and other teachers to monitor, support, and report on student progress and learning needs. The school will require students to enroll in integrated core curriculum based on grade level California Content Standards. All students will enroll in coordinated site-based programs:

1. Humanities, which integrate Language Arts, and Social Sciences, and
2. Analytical Skills, which will integrate Math and Science.

Students requiring additional support will be assigned site-based remedial instruction:

1. Any student who has not demonstrated grade level proficiency on the California STAR/CAT6 assessments will be assigned supplementary site-based courses and/or tutoring in core skills.
2. High School students who have not passed the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) after the 10th grade initial assessment will be assigned site-based courses designed to target the specific requirements of the CAHSEE in English and/or Math.
3. English Language Learners who do not appear to be making adequate progress in language acquisition or academic competency as determined by assessment with the California English Language Development Test (CELDT) and assessment including California Standards Based Testing (CST) will be assigned site-based remediation.

Students may enroll in other site-based elective courses such as Junior Great Books, Reading Circles, Spanish, Drama, Traditional Art, Digital Art, and Regional Occupation Programs (ROP). Students may also elect to enroll in local community colleges with the permission of parents, consulting teachers, and under the supervision of site counselors.

All 12th grader students must enroll in a Senior Project semester course focused on career exploration and which is designed to prepare students for transition to post-secondary activities. This course includes a researched career portfolio and Power Point presentation, in which research, interviews and direct experiences related to a career option are presented. The focus of this course will be on a career area approved by the teacher and parents. Senior presentations are a forum for the community to verify student mastery of the school, district, and state performance standards and for students to demonstrate real life learning experiences.