2010-11 Sky Mountain Charter School
CEEB
code: 054344
Phone
#: 800 979 4436
FAX: 530-295-3583
School
Director: Shana Fisk sfisk@ieminc.org
Lead
Education Service: Patti Larriva plarriva@ieminc.org
School
and Community
Sky Mountain Charter School(SMCS)
is in the process of obtaining their WASC accreditation for a California public charter school. SMCS was approved as an independent study
charter by the California Department of Education in 2007. The school currently
serves a widely diverse population of nearly 1000 K-12 students in Los Angeles,
San Bernardino, Indio, Orange, Kern and Riverside counties. Parent’s work with
a California credentialed teacher to develop individualized learning
opportunities by: choosing home-based or community based instruction, select
individualized curriculum based on learning style and functioning grade level,
providing materials, resources and supportive instruction, promoting real-life
context-based
learning. High school students are encouraged to concurrently attend
courses at local community colleges and/or participate in apprenticeship
opportunities with community businesses and Regional Occupational Programs
(ROP).Our Educational Specialists are highly trained, No Child Left Behind
certified credentialed professionals and are available to students as needed in
home-based and independent study learning environments.
Mission
We
believe in educating each of our students for the 21st century by
providing individualized learning opportunities in small learning communities
that incorporate increased parental participation and involvement.
Grading and Ranking
A
– Excellent 90 – 100 4.0
B
– Above Average 80
– 89 3.0
C
– Average 70
– 79 2.0
D
– Below Average 60
– 69 1.0
F
- Failure 59
or below 0.0
We do not class rank our students. Our transcripts provide overall GPA as well as Cal Grant GPA calculations