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Member Schools
Dehesa
Charter School
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
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Attained Academic Performance Index (API) Growth
Target in 2007-2008
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Increased API school-wide growth score in 2007-2008 by 37 points to 718
Dehesa
Charter School
1441 Montiel Rd., Suite 143
Escondido,
CA 92026
Terri Novacek, Director
Phone:
877-300-8299 or (619) 498-3020
Fax: 619-498-1488
Dehesa School District
Dehesa Charter School serves the K-12 population
of San Diego, Orange, Riverside and Imperial counties.
The mission of Dehesa Charter
School is to serve the K-12 population of San Diego,
Orange, Riverside and Imperial counties. The student
will be equipped with the means to attain personal
academic excellence through individualized learning,
assessment-based placement and research-based support.
Both traditional and technological means will be
used to encourage each student to discover his or
her unique talents and strengths and to develop into
life-long learners, as well as productive self-confident
citizens.
Planting the seeds of growth
through homegrown learning.
Program summary:
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Providing K-12th grade students and parents with
expanded educational opportunities through the
Charter
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Dehesa Charter School members are composed of
students, parents, teachers and school director.
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Dehesa Charter School will be nonsectarian in
its programs, admission policies, employment practices
and all other operations.
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The program shall be
nondiscriminatory based on ethnicity, national
origin, gender, religion or disability.
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There will be no
tuition charged to attending students.
The purpose of Dehesa Charter Program is to:
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Create an educational environment in which all
students can learn and succeed.
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Utilize and support
parental involvement in the education of their
children.
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Encourage students to be self-motivated and lifelong
learners through self-directed learning opportunities
that are initiated and pursued by the student,
parent, and charter school staff. This sense
of ownership elicits enthusiasm, interest and
involvement.
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Foster
a positive relationship between parents, students
and staff of the Charter School. Incorporate activities
addressing the multiple forms of intelligence and
learning styles, with the intention of raising
and supporting achievement in academic learning.
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Assess
knowledge and demonstration of integrated learning
across major subject areas through performance
based assessments which may include but not be
limited to journal summaries, student portfolios,
presentations, observations, state and district
approved standardized tests and parent-teacher
conferences and meetings.
The goal at Dehesa Charter School is to create an
educational environment in which all students can
learn and succeed by providing materials that match
each student's learning style, as well as providing
support for the parent/educator through research-based
instructional techniques.
The curriculum at Dehesa
Charter school follows the California state frameworks,
while allowing for accelerated learning as well as
small group support for beginning and struggling
learners.
Dehesa's particular focus uses the Multiple
Intelligence Theory to promote individualized learning
for each student. Textbooks and materials will be
selected from many sources to facilitate independent
learning for all students.
Each student will have
an individualized learning plan which will serve
as a roadmap over the years. It is created by the
parent/educator, student, and educational facilitator
to establish performance goals, track student progress,
and identify special assistance or services needed
by the student.
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