The Academy - Neighborhood Charter
Reseda Charter is one of only 10 secondary span schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) which include grades 6-12. It opened as Reseda High School in 1955 and became an LAUSD affiliated charter grades 9-12 in the fall of 2018. LAUSD is currently divided into six “local districts”, and Reseda Charter is one of four secondary span schools in Local District Northwest, which includes 85 schools located west of the 405 freeway in Reseda Charter is one of only 10 secondary span schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) which include grades 6-12. It opened as Reseda High School in 1955 and became an LAUSD affiliated charter grades 9-12 in the fall of 2018. LAUSD is currently divided into six “local districts”, and Reseda Charter is one of four secondary span schools in Local District Northwest, which includes 85 schools located west of the 405 freeway in the San Fernando Valley (https://achieve.lausd.net/northwest)
Reseda Charter is located in a residential neighborhood in Reseda on the northern Tarzana border, adjacent to Reseda Park and Recreation Center, single family residential neighborhoods, and numerous apartment complexes in the southwestern portion of the San Fernando Valley. Originally designed as a neighborhood school, Reseda Charter is home to the 6-12 Charter Academy which includes 9-12 students in the former geographic area of Reseda HS, as well as 6-12 students enrolled through the Charter lottery process. The Academy includes a 6-12 School for Advanced Studies, a 6-12 International Dual Language strand rooted in additive bilingualism, Career Technical Education (CTE) pathway exploration, Project Lead the Way, full time music teacher, and access to some high school and AP courses 8th grade through teacher recommendation.
Students enrolled in the Charter Academy school do not mirror the ethnic background of the community. The community is primarily composed of 32% Caucasian, 52% Latinx, 4% Black, 10% Asian, and 2% Mixed.12 The RC students in the Academy are primarily Latinx (75%), with a large population of immigrant newcomer students (13%) and students with disabilities (23%). The surrounding schools do not have the same ethnic and academic/physical challenges as our school, nor do they provide the services these students need.
The vision of the Charter is to enable students to expand their academic opportunities by providing innovative educational programs that provide them with the skills and strategies necessary to graduate high school, be college and career ready, and be successful in the 21st century. By providing all students with the opportunity to complete a CTE pathway, studies have shown significant increases not only the high school graduation rate, but also in students going to college and persisting through graduation (CDE, 2017).
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