Shasta Secondary Home School
"How Do You Want To Do School?"

Please visit Shasta Secondary Home School 's website here: www.charterhomeschool.net

Personalized Learning Profile

Meeting Higher Standards of Excellence in Education

Independent Certifications of High Quality

Accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Shasta Secondary Home School was among the first of 39 California Charter Schools in 2007 to be certified by the California Charter Schools Association

Fiscal Accountability

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 46 points
• Attained an API State Rank of 6 (out of 10) in 2004-2005
• Attained an API Similar School Rank of 7 (out of 10) in 2004-2005
• Achieved all Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) requirements under the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act for 2004-2005

Grants

Awarded Digital High School Grant
Awarded Charter School Implementation Grant

Awards and Recognition

Recognized for education excellence and achievement by members of California Senate and Assembly and US Congress
Featured speaker at prestigious Oxford Roundtable, March 2003

Administrative Headquarters
Shasta Secondary Home School
1401 Gold Street
Redding, California 96001

Contact Information
Lynn Peebles, Director
Phone: 530-245-2600
Fax: 530-245-2611
Email: lpeebles@charterhomeschool.net
Web Site: www.charterhomeschool.net

Program Sponsor
Shasta Union High School District

Communities Served
Shasta, Tehama, Trinity, Siskiyou, Lassen, and Plumas counties.

Program Overview

Shasta Secondary Home School (SSHS), a performance-based, high achievement charter school, offers students in grades six through twelve the opportunity for powerful, rigorous, innovative teaching and learning, moving them toward a high school diploma and preparing them for employment or continued education. The school offers programs in the basics of reading, writing, and math, and moves students into the 21st century preparing them for a technology-rich world of work and citizenship in micro and macro communities.

Shasta Secondary Home School uses a personalized learning model of education. In personalized learning, a certificated teacher works with a student and parents to develop an individualized curriculum drawing from a palette of varied instructional modalities. These modalities include individual classes at comprehensive high school campuses in our district; courses at the local community college; our brand of independent study, which includes a heavy emphasis on parent/tutor/family involvement; and community activity, which may include organizations like the local swim team, Girl Scouts, or the Redding Symphony. The Home School student community participates in various onsite learning opportunities, including math, science, and computer labs, tutoring, journalism, an astronomy mini-course, and photography and art classes. In addition, Shasta Home School students participate in sports, music, and drama groups associated with the comprehensive high schools in our district. Our students' individualized curricula are directed by California State Content Standards and supervised by certificated teachers.

Students achieve their goals using a multitude of new, powerful, and proven educational models.

Parents support their child's learning as they remain the essential force in affecting values, attitudes, and beliefs.

Teachers are facilitators of discovery, mentoring and consulting with families regarding home-based classes, community centered education, distance learning, and traditional school models where appropriate.

As students, parents, and facilitators develop Personalized Student Learning plans, each student will be allowed and encouraged to reach their goals by use of modalities specific to his or her learning style while insuring parental choice.

Education Vision

As learners move about the environment of Shasta Home School they would see authentic education taking place in many different venues. One student might be taking a physics class at the comprehensive high school because of a particular teacher's use of group work in interesting and engaging labs. During the same semester that student could be seen working on their own, or with a parent on U.S. History using the SSHS Distance Learning Center on campus or at home. And still, this same student could be taking harp lessons from a community instructor and play in the Shasta Symphony. If this student's parent, for example, is a forester, the student could put together a video presentation on a local co-system and present it to Junior High students. The student could also be working on writing skills with a facilitator or taking a math class at Shasta College.

All of this purposefully and articulately moves students toward achievement of individual goals which require careful planning (Student Learning Plan) of student outcomes and assessments.