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Julian Charter School
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.
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Attained Academic Performance Index (API) Growth
Target in 2008-2009
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Increased API school-wide growth score in 2008-2009
by 7 points to 770
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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 35 points to 764
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Attained Academic Performance Index (API) Growth
Target and Comparable Improvement (CI) goals in
2006-2007
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Increased API school-wide growth score in 2006-2007
by 5 points
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Attained Academic Performance Index (API) Growth
Target in 2004-2005
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Increased API school-wide growth score in 2004-2005
by 13 points
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Attained an API Similar School Rank of 6 (out of
10) in 2004-2005
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Julian Charter School
P.O. Box 2470
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.
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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