Member Schools Glacier High School Charter

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.

Academic Achievement

Achieved all Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) requirements under the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) act for 2006-2007
Attained Academic Performance Index (API) Growth Target in 2004-2005
Increased API school-wide growth score in 2004-2005 by 58 points
Attained an API State Rank of 7 (out of 10) in 2005
Achieved all Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) requirements under the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) act for 2004-2005

Administrative Headquarters
41267 Highway 41
Oakhurst, CA. 93644

Contact Information
Michael Cox, Director
Phone: (559) 642-1422
Fax: (559) 642-1592
Email: mcox@sti.net

Program Sponsor
Yosemite Union High School District

Communities Served
Madera and Merced counties.

School Vision

The vision of Glacier is to create a rigorous, dynamic and accountable learning community that is built upon voluntary association, personalized student learning, high academic standards for all students and parent leadership. Glacier will accomplish these four complementary goals by providing all students and parents with: personal, experienced teacher guidance and support; powerful and proven instruction; ongoing, multiple modality assessments; and a large and growing inventory of high quality, standards aligned instructional resources that offer both breadth and depth in curriculum and auxiliary materials. As a result, students will develop the skills necessary to become responsible lifelong learners who understand dedication and desire as the keys for success.

Parent Led Instruction Through Personalized Learning

Home schooling is what most people would think of if they heard the terminology of "parent led instruction." This is not inaccurate as that is what home schooling is, however parent led instruction can happen outside of the typical home schooling situation. Glacier serves families from many different educational backgrounds and interests. We offer many on-site classes taught by credentialed teachers. We have students that come from a home school education, as well as students who have always been on a traditional comprehensive campus.

Glacier is not merely a "home school" program, although many who home school elect to use our program. We are a public charter school which was based on the core belief that parents should be responsible for and integrally involved within the education of their children. The Glacier mission and philosophy sees parents as the key component for a students success. Parents are therefore enabled to assess, monitor, and instruct students through a personalized learning plan (PLP) developed with their advising teachers. Parents participate in all PLP meetings, and are given the help they need to be their student's educational advocate at home. Students are able to take classes in difficult subjects that need further instruction. Advising teachers assure that students are getting the instruction and materials they need to be successful.

Parents, teachers, and students make up an educational team that works with students on an individual basis. We have found that when parents are not only knowledgeable about "how" their students are doing, but also "what" their students are doing and are involved in the process, students excel. Personalized attention, close assessment and monitoring, and immediate remediation are possible on a daily basis. No one advocates more for a student than their parents, and personalized learning is all about advocacy for the individual student.