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Rory, Evin, Avery, Dylan, and Gabe (five of our Charter School homeschool students) attended the MATE program which gets kids involved with hands-on science projects. They participated in the 'build an ROV' workshop Dec. 5 at UCSC where they assembled PVC pipe into a frame to hold three engines and used a tethered remote to control the ROV underwater. Five engineers were on hand to guide them and give advice. |
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Our Mission
SLVUSD Charter School provides Choice, Community, Personalization and High Quality Educational Opportunities designed to meet every learner’s needs.
Our school is one of the five schools in the San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District (SLVUSD) www.slv.k12.ca.us/. As a district charter school, our students enjoy participating in sports, music and activities with the traditional schools in our district. With some restrictions, they are also invited to take classes concurrently at SLVHS www.slvhs.slv.k12.ca.us/ and at Cabrillo College www.cabrillo.edu.
Our faculty and staff are employed by the SLVUSD and participate in the San Lorenzo Valley Teacher’s Association (SLVTA), the California Teacher’s Association CTA www.cta.org/home.aspx and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) www.seiu.org.
A quick look at our programs
SLV Charter 25 Homeschool Program (Title 1)
White Oak High School (Title 2)
Boulder Creek Homeschool (Title 3)
Fall Creek Homeschool: Trillium Learning Collective (Title 4)
Coast Redwood Middle School (Title 6)
Coast Redwood High School (Title 8)
The Nature Academy (Title 11)
Mountain Independent Studies (Title 72)
SLV Charter 25 Homeschool Program (Title 1)
We are parents and teachers who trust and believe in children. We know that children need time to play and imagine. Children are natural learners and unhindered will strive to acquire new skills continuously. We walk a spiral path not a straight line and support each other in the day to day challenges of child-rearing.
We provide:
- Assistance from credentialed teachers to establish learning experiences and educational goals for school aged children.
- Home visits
- A homeschool resource center
- Optional activities, classes and field trips.
We are old fashioned and enjoy face to face or ear to ear communication. If you are interested in joining our program, please contact Estelle at 831-336-0942 box 3.
We are a home and community based program offering parents and children (K-12) an opportunity to take part in individualized educational activities under the guidance of credentialed teachers. Family and community experiences provide a fertile ground for the education of our children. We believe that learning is not separate from living and support child –led, family centered education, helping children find and understand their passions.
White Oak High School (Title 2)
Our alternative high school classroom program:
- Vision is that a school can create an environment that is rich in educational opportunities; stimulating, challenging and flexible in response to individual needs.
- Hope is to create a school in which the innate love of learning will never be lost. Instead, it will be encouraged, honored and significantly enhanced; creating, thereby, lifelong learners.
- Education is for students and families who wish a personalized educational program, willingly take responsibility for their own education, and are interested in alternative approaches to human growth.
Boulder Creek Homeschool (Title 3)
Our alternative classroom-based visual and performing arts elementary homeschool program believe:
- Children want to do their best; they have an innate love of learning.
- Cultured events and the use of visual and performing arts is the best way to encourage children’s interests.
- Teachers can be positive mentors and provide inspiration for homeschool families.
We are:
- Teachers who collaboratively teach and support homeschool families with children grades K-5 who want the consistent support of a 2-day week, multi-age classroom experience.
- Families who have chosen diverse methods of homeschooling in the way we learn at home. In the classroom we help to build a nurturing community environment.
Fall Creek Homeschool: Trillium Learning Collective (Title 4)
As an alternative classroom-based elementary homeschool program, our foremost intentions are:
- To guide and nurture the natural unfolding of the whole child in a developmentally based learning environment
- To promote experiences which allow every child to learn successfully
- To recognize and respect each child as an individual with a unique learning style, disposition and intelligence
- To guide each child in becoming a self-motivated lifelong learner.
Coast Redwood Middle School (Title 6)
Our alternative classroom-based middle school homeschool:
- We are students who are on the path to become independent learners, and want to help support a dynamic group of friends as co-learners.
- We are families who want to maintain a strong, homeschool relationship with their pre-adolescent children, and who are also willing to help support a fun and active class group by participating in camping, field trips, parent-taught courses and special activities.
Coast Redwood High School (Title 8)
A hybrid classroom, high school, homeschool program, Coast Redwood HS serves students and families in grades 9-12 who want to become independent learners.
- Coast Redwood is a unique homeschool environment that provides flexibility in curriculum and instruction and one-to-one teacher support. We offer grade level cohorts for academic and social support. All students enrolled in Coast Redwood receive the benefits of a personalized learning program while adhering to state standards.
The Nature Academy (Title 11)
An adventurous classroom-based middle school program, The Nature Academy is geared toward the academically-minded, self-motivated student who relishes a challenging, experienced-based curriculum.
The four crucial program components:
- Learning is not confined to textbooks and lectures
- Personal growth and development is treated as a thoroughly integrated part of the learning experience
- The Nature Academy places unique demands upon its teachers as well as students
- The Nature Academy students, staff and parents constitute a tightly knit community in which everyone has a mutual investment and a shared commitment.
Mountain Independent Studies (Title 72)
An alternative classroom-based, elementary, homeschool program:
- Serves a tightly-knit group of students and families invested in homeschooling and community learning.