The daily support of parents is essential to the success of the student. Parents not only carry out the plans which are designed cooperatively with the teachers, but most families also enrich these plans with field trips and experiences to provide in-depth learning. For example, one of our students has studied California history. His parents took him to visit California missions. The student video taped the visits, wrote reports, and made drawings to illustrate the knowledge he had acquired through these excursions.
Students are very much in control of their learning.
They must want to be in the program and must sign a contract stating that they will uphold the District requirements if they wish to remain in the program. Because much of the learning is individual, the school arranges group activities to allow the students a chance to interact with others. Group field trips, science labs, craft classes, vocal chorus, violin lessons, and family get-togethers are a part of our planned program to achieve this end. We are also very fortunate to have community volunteers who present travel logs and science demonstrations for additional enrichment. Each year our enrollment has continued to grow.