FAME Public Charter School
Please visit the FAME Public Charter School website here:
http://www.famecharter.org/
Meeting Higher Standards of Excellence in Education
Accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges
FAME Public Charter School was among the first of 39 California Charter Schools in 2007 to be certified by the California Charter Schools Association 
Reviewed and Approved by the California Department of Education (CDE), the Advisory Commission on Charter Schools (ACCS), and the California State Board of Education (SBE) for meeting or exceeding state mandated fiscal accountability requirements.
- Fulfilled all AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress) requirements under No Child Left Behind (NCLB) in 2006
- Attained Academic Performance Index (API) Growth Target in 2004-2005
- Increased API school-wide growth score in 2004-2005 by 47 points
- Achieved all Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) requirements under the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) act for 2004-2005
FAME Public Charter School
39899 Balentine Drive, Suite 335
Newark, CA 94560
Maram Alaiwat, Director
(510) 687-9111 (phone)
(510) 687-9145 (fax)
Web: http://www.famecharter.org/
FAME recognizes the cultural diversity and individuality of our student population. FAME strives to create an education community where students from all social, academic and economic backgrounds can learn to their highest potential. Using the state standards to guide our educational program: teachers and parents work together to assure the achievement and progress of each student, building the knowledge, skills and attributes necessary for them to be self-motivated, competent, lifelong learners.
FAME Public Charter School is a chartered public school serving students in Kindergarten through 12th grade. Our high school program is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Enrollment in our school is open to all students in Alameda County and the six contiguous counties (Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Santa Clara, San Mateo and San Francisco) surrounding it. No tuition is charged for enrollment. Families can choose to enroll in one of three programs.
FAME is an acronym that stands for Families of Alameda for Multi-Cultural/Multi-Lingual Education. We are a not-for-profit California public charter school providing a free public school education to our students. FAME is the only countywide charter school authorized by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors and Alameda County's largest charter school. We are an independently run charter school and operate as our own school district, which offers us greater flexibility in developing and operating our school. FAME's high school program is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. For more information, please see the Accreditation section of our website.
FAME is a unique hybrid school providing both site-based and independent study instruction. We have three distinct programs:
- a Kindergarten through 12th grade site based program
- a Kindergarten through 8th grade site based program
- a Kindergarten through 12th grade Personalized Learning Independent Study program
Each site provides a high quality program designed to meet the individual needs of the students it serves. All programs strive to optimize each child's learning potential through rigorous and relevant academic programming.
As a countywide charter, we are in a unique position to meet the needs of our student body. By providing a “menu” of programs, we are able to serve a diverse population of students with differing academic needs. Enrollment is open to all students in Alameda County and the six contiguous counties surrounding it. Upon enrollment families can choose which of our three programs best suits the needs of their children and the family unit as a whole.
Each program operates as a small school under the larger FAME umbrella. The small schools model offers many benefits to our students and their families. Specifically, small schools have and offer:
- More flexibility and responsiveness to student/parent/community needs
- Individual attention and instruction tailored to student needs
- Every student is visible and treated as a unique individual
- A consistent educational experience for students over an extended period of time
- A coherent focus and philosophy of education and a curriculum that is integrated around that focus
- A cohesive group of teachers that collaborate and discuss the needs of their students
- A sense of shared leadership and investment among those participating in the school
- Increased safety and decreased physical disruptions/misbehavior
- Involvement of families in the school community
- is accepting of varied methods of demonstrating knowledge
- promotes physical and emotional health and well being and supports questions, experimentation, self-expression, creativity and appropriate risk taking
- is relevant and authentic
- is developmentally supportive
- is democratic and student centered
- models and requires high-level thinking skills
- incorporates language learning and multi-cultural education
- celebrates and brings relevance to cultural and individual diversity
- models self reflection and self assessment
- is rich and demanding and promotes depth of learning
- is psychologically safe
- provides a variety of ways for students to engage in coursework and in the community
- All students will demonstrate grade-level proficiency in reading and writing.
- All students will demonstrate mastery of designated outcome goals in the areas of English Literature, History, Math, Science, Art, and /or a Foreign Language.
- All students will demonstrate mastery of skills related to college preparation and success in continued education and/or career objectives or other post high school plans upon graduation.
- All students will demonstrate the development of a social conscience.
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