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Shasta Secondary Home School
Please visit Shasta Secondary Home School's
website
here:
www.charterhomeschool.net
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
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 23 points to 755
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Achieved all Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) requirements
under No Child Left Behind (NCLB) for 2008-2009
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Increased API school-wide growth score in 2007-2008
by 1 point to 733
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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 46 points
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Attained an API State Rank of 6 (out of 10) in 2004-2005
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Attained an API Similar School Rank of 7 (out of
10) in 2004-2005
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Achieved all Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) requirements
under the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act for 2004-2005
Awarded Digital High School Grant
Awarded Charter School Implementation Grant
Received 2009 APLUS+ Personalized Learning Pioneer
Award for 10 years of Academic Excellence
Recognized for education excellence and achievement
by members of California Senate and Assembly and US
Congress
Featured speaker at prestigious Oxford Roundtable,
March 2003
Shasta Secondary Home School
1401 Gold Street
Redding, California 96001
Ben Claassen, Director
Phone: 530-245-2600
Fax: 530-245-2611
Email:bclaassen@charterhomeschool.net
Web Site: www.charterhomeschool.net
Shasta Union High School District
Shasta, Tehama, Trinity, Siskiyou, Lassen, and Plumas
counties.
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.
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.
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