Profiles
Michael and Susan Dell received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Michael and Susan Dell received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Michael and Susan Dell
Mr. Williams received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Mr. Williams received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Johnathan Williams
Ms. Sun received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Ms. Sun received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Ting Sun
Ms. Sumida received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Ms. Sumida received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Irene Sumida
Mr. Shalvey received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Mr. Shalvey received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Don Shalvey
Dr. Rodriguez received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Dr. Rodriguez received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Ref Rodriguez
Mr. Rosenstock received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Mr. Rosenstock received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Larry Rosenstock
Dr. Patterson received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Dr. Patterson received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Dave Patterson
Ana received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Ana received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Ana Ponce
Mr. Piercy received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Mr. Piercy received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Rick Piercy
Mr. Lucente received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Mr. Lucente received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Joe Lucente
Mr. Leo received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Mr. Leo received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Charlie Leo
Ms. Golding received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Ms. Golding received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Pat Golding
Dr. Sandra Fisher received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Dr. Sandra Fisher received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Sandra Fisher
Mr. Fisher received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Mr. Fisher received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Gene Fisher
Dr. Chan received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Dr. Chan received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Yvonne Chan
Ms. Burton received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Ms. Burton received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Judy Burton
Ms. Bixby received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Ms. Bixby received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Mary Bixby
The Walton Family received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
The Walton Family received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
The Walton Family
Mr. Hastings received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Mr. Hastings received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Reed Hastings
Doris and Donald Fisher received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Doris and Donald Fisher received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Doris and Donald Fisher
The Broads received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
The Broads received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Eli and Edythe Broad
The Gates received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
The Gates received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Bill and Melinda Gates
Ms. Young received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Ms. Young received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Caprice Young
Mr. Premack received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Mr. Premack received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Eric Premack
Mr. Mitchell received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Mr. Mitchell received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Ted Mitchell
Dr. Minney received a Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Dr. Minney received a Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Paul C. Minney
Landecker received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Landecker received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Anita Landecker
Dr. Barber received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Dr. Barber received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Dr. Vicki Barber
Dr. Elliot received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Dr. Elliot received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Jacqueline Elliot
Mayor Johnson received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Mayor Johnson received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Mayor Kevin Johnson
Yolie Flores has spent her career fighting for better opportunities for children.
Yolie Flores has spent her career fighting for better opportunities for children.
Yolie Flores
Summit Public School’s mission is to ensure that every student has the opportunity to not only attend - and succeed in - a four-year college or university.
Summit Public School’s mission is to ensure that every student has the opportunity to not only attend - and succeed in - a four-year college or university.
Summit Public Schools
The San Carlos Charter Learning Center was granted state charter number #001.
CLC continues to be one of the leaders not only within both the state and national charter school communities, but also as a leader for progressive elementary education for children and adolescents.
San Carlos Charter Learning Center
Hart’s original vision was for charters to be a creative alternative within public education from which policymakers and educators could gain valuable insights.
Hart knew that several parents felt their local schools were not meeting their children’s needs. Charter schools would provide a public education alternative to those parents.
Senator Gary K. Hart
Governor Schwarzenegger was instrumental in promoting charter school legislation.
Governor Schwarzenegger was instrumental in promoting charter school legislation.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
“You kind of owe it to your kids to get involved with their school and at Fenton, it came quite easily.”
“You kind of owe it to your kids to get involved with their school and at Fenton, it came quite easily.”
Donald Parker
The lack of quality choices in south LA? “It’s a crime.”
Armida and Raúl Barrera were two of the first and continue to be among the most passionate and outspoken members of Families that Can.
Armida and Raúl Barrera
Assemblyman Ted Lempert believed the charter movement was - and still is - about choice, and what charters do for the entire community.
Assemblyman Ted Lempert believed the charter movement was - and still is - about choice, and what charters do for the entire community.
Assemblyman Ted Lempert
Williams Pirir was born in America and his parents were born in Guatemala.
Williams’s goal is now to be the president of Guatemala and open schools in order to educate students and encourage them to learn English.
Williams Pirir
“It’s such an incredible experience to build a school from the ground up.”
“WISH Charter is a dream come true. This means more to me than anything else - that my daughter is getting a wonderful education and we’re part of a community we can believe in.”
Erika Higgins Ross
One of his strengths is in bringing people together.
One of his strengths is in bringing people together.
Travis Blagg
He has seen how a non-meritocratic, zip code based lottery randomly selects students in a way that insures diversity.
He has seen how a non-meritocratic, zip code based lottery randomly selects students in a way that insures diversity.
Larry Rosenstock
Linda feels strongly she will graduate from college and enter medical school.
Linda feels strongly she will graduate from college and enter medical school.
Linda Pham
Your situation does NOT define who you are.
Your situation does NOT define who you are.
SIATech Los Angeles
What do you do to make sure students get the support they need?
What do you do to make sure students get the support they need?
PUC Schools
It felt like everyone was working together toward the same goal.
It felt like everyone was working together toward the same goal.
Woodland Star Charter School Parents
He was accepted to three California State University colleges.
But I knew school was preparing me for the bigger picture—college.
Rigo Estrada
Gov. Brown received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Gov. Brown received the Legacy Award at the 20th Annual Charter Schools Conference.
Gov. Edmund G. ("Jerry") Brown Jr.
He is a strong believer that the charter school movement is about choice and strives to find a quality program to meets every child’s needs.
He is a strong believer that the charter school movement is about choice and strives to find a quality program to meets every child’s needs.
Cameron Curry
She will achieve her high school diploma.
She feels strong and confident, and through hard work and persistence, she will achieve her high school diploma.
Janeth Mendoza
Dr. Olga Mohan High School is the Alliance’s highest performing school in terms of academic performance, and was the fourth highest performing in LAUSD in 2010.
Dr. Olga Mohan High School is the Alliance’s highest performing school in terms of academic performance, and was the fourth highest performing in LAUSD in 2010.
Dr. Olga Mohan High School
We are at a critical moment for education reform in Los Angeles
Far too many students in Los Angeles aren’t getting the great public education they deserve.
Dr. Jacqueline Elliott
Synergy Quantum Academy is located in South Los Angeles.
Synergy students will learn the incredible opportunities that await students who choose to study STEM subjects in college.
Synergy Quantum Academy
The richest person in the world, 15 years ago, didn’t have access to the information that Woodland Poly students have today.
The richest person in the world, 15 years ago, didn’t have access to the information that Woodland Poly students have today.
Woodland Poly
He will be the first in his family to obtain a college degree.
He will be the first in his family to obtain a college degree.
Efren Rosas
Rachel believes everything happens for a reason.
Rachel Orona admits that before coming to the Inland Empire Job Corps Center, her life was a black hole.
Rachel Orona
The students said they appreciated the family-like campus environment that Magnolia provides.
The students said they appreciated the family-like campus environment that Magnolia provides.
Magnolia Public School Alumni
I’m committed to the mission of the Association to grow and develop quality charter school programs for the benefit of students
I’m committed to the mission of the Association to grow and develop quality charter school programs for the benefit of students.
Ricardo Soto
Her engaging hands-on activities get kids excited about science.
Her engaging hands-on activities get kids excited about science.
Wendy Baumann
We want a perfect experience for students.
When James Bushman joined a charter school, he was able to make his ideas a reality.
James Bushman
He is known as a major education philanthropist and activist for the past two decades by supporting major education reform in Los Angeles.
He is known as a major education philanthropist and activist for the past two decades by supporting major education reform in Los Angeles.
Richard Riordan
She has shown above average determination.
Her personality and her actions are those of a relentless student wanting the best for her future and her community.
Teressa Zayas
Expect the best, give the best and accomplish the best.
Each Celerity School operating in 2010-11 scored in the top 15% of all California public schools according to CST performance.
Celerity Schools
Aspire is changing the odds for low-income students
Aspire is changing the odds for low-income students.
Aspire Public Schools
All students are prepared to graduate from high school prepared for college success.
At PUC, the staff has the same high expectations for every student and all are prepared to graduate from high school prepared for college success.
Partnerships to Uplift Communities
What school choice means to me is a better chance at having a successful future.
What school choice means to me is a better chance at having a successful future.
Macy Olivas
Gabriella Charter is the highest performing public school in Echo Park.
Gabriella Charter School attributes its success to their unwavering commitment and relentless expectations that all students can and will succeed.
Gabriella Charter School
Valor Academy is committed to putting every child on a clear path to college.
Valor Academy is committed to putting every child on a clear path to college.
Valor Academy
She is proud that her school maintains the goal to help our students in the community to attend college.
She is proud that her school maintains the goal to help our students in the community to attend college.
Gabriela Chavez
She became one of the first in her family to graduate from college.
“Thanks to your generosity I became one of the first in my family to graduate from college.”
Zaida Mejia
All students will graduate from high school.
All students will graduate from high school, will be prepared and motivated for college, and will be introduced to coursework and career opportunities in International Business and Maritime Studies.
Port of Los Angeles High School
Watts Learning Center: A “Beacon of Hope” in the Neighborhood
Since opening its doors in 1997, Watts Learning Center Charter School in Los Angeles has grown to be one of the most successful schools in Los Angeles. Watts Learning Center has been referred to as a “beacon of hope” in the neighborhood.
Watts Learning Center Charter School
100% of seniors will graduate and attend a post-secondary school.
100% of the school’s senior class is graduating, and all are attending a post-secondary school. GPA has stopped the “pipeline to prison,” as one parent once called the Gompers campus, and opened a “highway to college.”
Gompers Preparatory Academy
Sacramento Charter High School has come a long way in the last eight years.
Sacramento Charter High School has come a long way in the last eight years.
Sacramento Charter High School
BCS is the highest-performing school in LASD despite operating with sufficiently less funding.
BCS is the highest-performing school in LASD despite operating with sufficiently less funding.
Bullis Charter School
I love getting kids outside and learning.
I love getting kids outside and learning.
Kyla Brand
She has an exemplary record of professional and civic leadership.
She has done an amazing job of providing students with the opportunity to develop skills that will prepare them for academic success and future endeavors.
Barbara Grimm-Marshall
Perez plans to attend college and be a veterinarian in order to help animals.
She has come a long way since entering Arroyo Paseo Charter HighPerez’s selection to the program is a sign of the charter’s commitment to students and education.
Jasmine Perez
SIATech excels at identifying student strengths and individualizing instruction to meet each student’s needs and goals.
SIATech excels at identifying student strengths and individualizing instruction to meet each student’s needs and goals.
SIATech San Diego
The program features Master Hu, a twice WuShu World Champion and former film star in tandem with a Chinese culture/language class.
The program features Master Hu, a twice WuShu World Champion and former film star in tandem with a Chinese culture/language class.
Heritage College-Ready Academy High School
The robotics team received the Innovative Solution Award at a regional First LEGO League robotics tournament.
The robotics team received the Innovative Solution Award at a regional First LEGO League robotics tournament.
Julian Charter School
As the Senior Vice President of Achievement and Performance Management, Myrna leads the team responsible for research and evaluation, academic accountability, and the Zoom! Data Source student data performance management program.
As the Senior Vice President of Achievement and Performance Management, Myrna leads the team responsible for research and evaluation, academic accountability, and the Zoom! Data Source student data performance management program.
Myrna Castrejón
Celerity Sirius is charged to serve as a laboratory of innovation.
Celerity Sirius is charged to serve as a laboratory of innovation, an incubator for new ideas that foster excellence in our public schools.
Celerity Sirius
I hope to pursue dance and theater with my students.
I hope to pursue dance and theater with my students.
Michelle Jennings
The senator has shown leadership in expanding school choice for parents and students, including two reauthorizations of the School District of Choice program, the creation of the Open Enrollment Act, and the nationally recognized “Parent Trigger” law.
The senator has shown leadership in expanding school choice for parents and students, including two reauthorizations of the School District of Choice program, the creation of the Open Enrollment Act, and the nationally recognized “Parent Trigger” law.
Senator Bob Huff
Two students met with legislators and testified before lawmakers regarding issues that relate to sustainability and child welfare.
Two students met with legislators and testified before lawmakers regarding issues that relate to sustainability and child welfare.
ACEL Fresno Charter High School
Higher Learning Academy opened in one of the toughest areas of Sacramento in fall 2007. It was a small charter school with a big vision to bring the rigorous Core Knowledge education program to historically underperforming students in North Sacramento and Del Paso Heights.
Higher Learning Academy opened in one of the toughest areas of Sacramento in fall 2007. It was a small charter school with a big vision to bring the rigorous Core Knowledge education program to historically underperforming students in North Sacramento and Del Paso Heights.
Higher Learning Academy
The school emphasizes a commitment to excellence through parent, student, and teacher partnerships, and rigorous standards-based content. Beyond academics, KIPP Bridge focuses on character development for its students, developing social skills that will ensure their academic success in subsequent schools and beyond.
The school emphasizes a commitment to excellence through parent, student, and teacher partnerships, and rigorous standards-based content. Beyond academics, KIPP Bridge focuses on character development for its students, developing social skills that will ensure their academic success in subsequent schools and beyond.
KIPP Bridge Charter School
Bayshore’s increase from last year’s score of 685 to this year’s 750 is a great accomplishment.
Bayshore’s increase from last year’s score of 685 to this year’s 750 is a great accomplishment.
Bayshore Preparatory
High level engineering and technology class in a small school setting.
We are excited to be offering this high level engineering and technology class in a small school setting.
Our Community Charter School
Hamalian felt so much satisfaction with what he could do with the students.
Hamalian felt so much satisfaction with what he could do with the students.
Hrag Hamalian
He comes to class everyday with a smile and an outburst of positive energy.
He comes to class everyday with a smile and an outburst of positive energy.
Warren Cornelio
His love for quality education is unmatched, and he is a fearless leader, incredibly involved, and passionate about mentoring other charter leaders. He is known for empowering the people around him, making them feel part of the movement.
His love for quality education is unmatched, and he is a fearless leader, incredibly involved, and passionate about mentoring other charter leaders. He is known for empowering the people around him, making them feel part of the movement.
Dr. David Patterson
Mayor Villaraigosa has been an outstanding force in the education reform efforts in Los Angeles, a great support for advocacy efforts with his support of the Public School Choice initiative, and an advocate for school facilities under Proposition 39.
Mayor Villaraigosa has been an outstanding force in the education reform efforts in Los Angeles, a great support for advocacy efforts with his support of the Public School Choice initiative, and an advocate for school facilities under Proposition 39.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
Maria is a firm believer that it takes a village to raise a child.
In May 2012, she was honored as a “Madre Campeona” (Champion Mother) by Los Angeles Unified School District Board president Monica Garcia at the 3rd Annual Guillermina Awards.
Maria Flores
Meredith is known to embody what the charter school movement is truly about.
Meredith is known to embody what the charter school movement is truly about.
Meredith Dadigan
PS7 students continue to out-perform their peers across the state.
For the seventh consecutive year, St. HOPE Public School 7 (PS7) showed gains on the CST.
St. HOPE Public School 7
James Willcox, CEO of Aspire Public Schools has been a leading figure in the charter school movement. So much so that he was profiled on Oprah in 2010 as a stellar example of leadership and a school that others should strive to emulate.
James Willcox, CEO of Aspire Public Schools has been a leading figure in the charter school movement. So much so that he was profiled on Oprah in 2010 as a stellar example of leadership and a school that others should strive to emulate.
James Willcox
She plans to focus on being responsible and caring for the community.
“I believe in keeping learning fun and active while engaging students in intellectual conversations and logical thinking.”
Chivonne Wilde
Alliance Gertz-Ressler High School is a National Blue Ribbon School.
Alliance Gertz-Ressler is one of only two high schools in California and the only school in LAUSD to be recognized as a 2102 National Blue Ribbon School.
Alliance Gertz-Ressler High School
300 students and adults … visited the capitol that day.
The lawmakers who habituate the halls of power had to work their way around Deirdre Fennessy’s Golden Oak Montessori group and 300 other charter supporters who visited the Capitol that day.
Deirdre Fennessy
Giving without expecting something in return
Giving without expecting something in return is one of the mantras students of Albert Einstein Academies Elementary Charter School
Albert Einstein Academies
Rony arrived in the United States only a short time before entering high school.
Rony arrived in the United States only a short time before entering high school.
Rony Castellanos
His experiences growing up among the crime ridden streets of East Oakland inspired him to pursue a career in law enforcement.
His experiences growing up among the crime ridden streets of East Oakland inspired him to pursue a career in law enforcement.
Christopher Bran
Non-traditional classrooms that combine indoor and outdoor learning areas.
One of the favorite features of the new school is the non-traditional classrooms that combine indoor and outdoor learning areas.
Redding School of the Arts
Ninety-eight percent of POLAHS’ special needs students graduate in four years.
Ninety-eight percent of POLAHS’ special needs students graduate in four years.