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Our Mission
SLVUSD Charter School provides personalization, community and choice through challenging and creative educational opportunities designed for a diversity of learners.
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.
School Wide Outcomes
Character
- Through the process of self-reflection and daily interactions, students will develop in body, mind and spirit.
- Demonstrate on a daily basis the lifelong guidelines of Truthfulness, Trustworthiness, Active Listening, Nurturing Environment and Personal Best efforts.
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Communication
- Practices active and reflective listening skills
- Clearly articulates thoughts and feelings in written and spoken forms
- Demonstrates sensitivity to nuance and body language
- Uses communication media appropriately and effectively
- Exhibits willingness to suspend judgments and expectations
Citizenship
- Develop personal identity within family, school, community, and the greater world.
- Understand, practice, and serve as an engaged citizen in relation to all spheres of influence.
- Practice appreciation and respect of basic human rights and diverse cultures, beliefs and ideas.
- Do no harm; recognize that individual rights have social and environmental responsibilities and consequences.
Critical and Creative Thinking
- Identify, understand, and utilize one's own and others' learning styles.
- Exhibit competency in identifying, finding and using appropriate resources.
- Demonstrate and apply higher order thinking skills such as creating, synthesis, and reflection.
- Demonstrate curiosity through questioning and investigating.
Core Competency in Academics
A quick look at our programs
SLV Charter 25 Homeschool Program (Title 1)
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
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.
Boulder Creek Homeschool
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
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
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
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
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
An alternative classroom-based, elementary, homeschool program:
- Serves a tightly-knit group of students and families invested in homeschooling and community learning.