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Personalized Learning Profile
Meeting Higher Standards of Excellence in Education
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.
- Attained Academic Performance Index (API) Growth Target and Comparable Improvement (CI) goals in 2006-2007
- Increased API school-wide growth score in 2006-2007 by 5 points
- Attained Academic Performance Index (API) Growth Target in 2004-2005
- Increased API school-wide growth score in 2004-2005 by 13 points
- Attained an API Similar School Rank of 6 (out of 10) in 2004-2005
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Julian Charter School
P.O. Box 1780
Julian, CA. 92036
Jennifer Cauzza, Program Director
Email: jcauzza@juliancharterschool.org
Phone: 866-853-0003
Fax: 877-894-4150
Julian Charter School Serves K-12 students who reside
in Orange, Imperial, Riverside, and San Diego counties.
Julian Charter School is proud to be part of the Julian
Union School District.
Touching the lives of students and families by offering
a flexible, individualized educational program supported
by curriculum choice and accountability, dedicated to
excellence, and striving to prepare young people to
effectively meet the demands of today and the challenges
of tomorrow
Julian Charter School, a public charter school authorized
by the California State Board of Education for distance
learning, became independently incorporated in July,
2000. The school is a public school sponsored by the
Julian Union School District in San Diego County, California.
The school employs teachers who are state-credentialed
educators within the State of California to work with
parents and students to design an individual instruction
plan that fits the students’ learning style and
educational goals. Student instructional programs may
be designed to prepare the student to enter the work
force or continue their education at a college of their
choice. This school is publicly funded and fully credentialed
to confer high school diplomas by the State of California
and the Julian School District.
Legally bound to hold students accountable to the California
State Content Standards, Julian Independent Study Teachers,
at the beginning and end of each semester, check the
students’ progress against a list of appropriate
content standards. This process includes parents and
students as partners in the educational process and
in the academic expectations of the school and of the
State of California.
At the high school level, the school offers three general
levels of academic rigor:
1. The full range of college preparatory
courses is on file with the University of California,
having been approved by them and posted on their website.
These course descriptions, in the hands of Independent
Study Teachers and of parents and students, are adhered
to strictly. Students are held accountable by tests,
examinations, and written work, as well as final examinations,
which are kept on file at the Julian Charter School
office. Families are encouraged to use the facilities
of the California Community Colleges for advanced courses
and those which the parent is not qualified to supervise
on a daily basis. JCS is a participant in the “Eligibility
in the Local Context” program of the University
of California.
2. Non- college prep courses are taught
with the California State Content Standards as benchmarks,
but coverage is not as much in depth as is the case
with the college preparatory courses. Accountability
methods include tests, examinations, and written work,
as well as alternative assessments. All students are
required to take the California SAT 9 tests, which measure
general educational achievement, as well as the California
State Content Standards appropriate for each grade level.
3. Students who enter the program without
the academic background to work at grade level, as well
as those who have tested as eligible for an Independent
Educational Plan, are given courses of study at the
remedial level which will build their basic academic
skills and prepare them to pass the California High
School Exit Exam in order to receive their high school
diploma from a State of California public high school.
Special tutoring is available through the school for
students who need it.
The level at which each student is working is clearly
marked on the official transcript.
Students must complete 220 Carnegie Units, consisting
of four years of English, three years of social studies,
three years of mathematics including algebra, one life
science, one physical science, two years of foreign
language and/or visual and performing arts, two years
of physical education in which health may be included,
and electives to fill out the total. Students who are
college bound are urged to follow a college preparatory
course of study. Students graduating after June 2003
are also required by the State to pass the California
High School Exit Exam (CASHSEE).
Julian Charter School has begun a program of developing
local sites for classes and activities. The first of
these sites is the JCS Learning Center in Murrieta,
where classes with credentialed teachers have been offered
in various subjects, including writing, foreign language,
mathematics, and science. The program at the learning
center includes college preparatory high school courses,
as well as classes and programs for younger students.
Local sites in other areas are being studied.
Due to the distance learning nature of the school, there
is no official extra curricular program. In each geographic
area, however, local specialists, as a part of the school
program, offer classes and experiences in topics from
art to agriculture. In addition, JCS students participate
in a variety of club and group activities, including
4-H, scouts, YMCA programs, youth groups, club and team
sports, etc. Many students are active in these activities
at the leadership level.
With close to 1200 students in four counties, Julian
Charter School has a faculty of 70 full time and part
time credentialed teachers, many of whom hold a Master’s
Degree or higher.
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