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Member Schools
Stellar
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 3 points to 814
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Achieved all Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) requirements
under No Child Left Behind (NCLB) for 2008-2009
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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 2 points to 815
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Achieved all Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) requirements
under No Child Left Behind (NCLB) for 2007-2008
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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 56 points to 815!
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Achieved all Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) requirements
under the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) act for 2006-2007
Received 2009 APLUS+ Personalized Learning Pioneer
Award for Academic Excellence
• 2006 California Distinguished School Award, Honorable
Mention
• Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year Award
in Northern California (Science teacher), 2004
• Wells Fargo Bank Teacher of the Year Award (History Docent
teacher), 2004.
• Odyssey of the Mind, 5 th place in the state finals,
2003.
• California Top Performing Public School by the
Consumer Research Council for 3 consecutive years,
2002-2004
• Innovations in Excellence Award at the California
Network for Educational Charters (CANEC) State Conference
in 2002, honoring our Living History Docent Program
• Charter School Implementation Grant from the California
Department of Education, 2002
Redding School District
Shasta, Tehama, Trinity, Siskiyou, Lassen, and Plumas
counties
Stellar Charter School
5885 E. Bonnyview Rd.
P.O. Box 992418
Redding, CA 96099-2418
Patti Furnari,.Principal
Phone: 530-245-7730
Fax: 530-245-7731
Email: pfurnari@rsdnmp.org
Web Site:
www.stellar.echalk.com
The school's vision statement,
Success through Academic Excellence
, mirrors the school's goal to combine effective school
elements in a program which empowers students to meet
California 's rigorous academic standards.
Administration,
teachers, parents, students, and community partners
were instrumental in defining the school's mission
statement as follows:
The Mission of Stellar Charter School is to prepare
students of all grade levels for the future by providing
knowledge and skills to achieve academic excellence,
personal growth, success and responsibility as a
productive member of the community. Stellar Charter
School will support and empower parents who have
elected to educate their children in the home with
a myriad of community, educational, and technological
resources and experiences, and will build and foster
a community of learners which views education as
not confined to the traditional four walls of a classroom,
but rather as a free-flowing exchange of ideas and
knowledge based on the needs of each and every individual
child.
As the vision and mission of the school were developed,
comprehensive school development models were also researched
by parents, teachers, and administrators, particularly
the
Coalition of Essential Schools
model.
This is a Comprehensive School Reform
Demonstration project which proves with three plus
years of data that it improves student achievement.
This model emphasizes
the learner acquiring a solid foundation of basic skills
and using those skills to set personal learning goals,
focuses on in-depth investigations, and engages in
wider world authentic projects, fieldwork, and service.
It also emphasizes professional development, careful
monitoring of student success indicators, and an individualized
approach to learning that requires large, flexible
blocks of time for students.
This model lends itself
well to the use of technology for skill development
projects and research, and focusing on teachers as
facilitators of learning and monitors of progress.
It is also compatible with our strong focus on achieving
state content standards and assessment measures based
on those standards.
This personalized learning model provides
the foundation of our school program. Research-based
data and our own tracking records of success with our
students make available a powerful model to improve
academic performance in our Kindergarten through 8
th grade classes, including all sub-groups of learners.
Broad, overall program goals for students
of Stellar Charter School include mastery of California
content standards in English/language arts, math, science,
history/social science, physical education, health,
and visual and performing arts for successful entry
into high school; the capacity to use technology for
learning and problem-solving; the ability to make good
decisions regarding personal behavior; self-motivated
learning that will extend through high school, college,
and a productive adulthood.
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