Excelsior Education Center is an accredited and State-funded charter school. “Accredited”
means that virtually every university will recognize our diploma. “State-funded”
means that there is no tuition requirement to attend Excelsior Education Center
and textbooks are supplied free of charge for the length of the course of study
provided the textbooks are returned when the course of study is completed or upon
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Our program is a self-directed learning "home-study"
program. “Self-directed” means that each
student will have a learning plan that is customized
for his or her own individual needs. “Home study”
means that the home is considered the primary classroom.
Once the student is enrolled, they will be assigned
to a credentialed teacher. This teacher will facilitate
the learning process for the student and the parent
or guardian, being the point of contact for any problems
that may arise, any assistance needed, overseeing
the progress that is being achieved and ensuring proper
pace is maintained. The teacher is also the person
with whom the student and parent or guardian commit
to meeting as a team at least twice a month for appointments
(or more often if needed). Every effort will be made
by the teacher to accommodate your busy schedule as
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Unless the student signs up for on-campus classes
(which will be discussed below), all of the schooling
will be done at home with the following exceptions:
on campus testing will be done for unit tests and
finals at the end of the semester, also STAR testing
and California High School Exit Exams will be done
on site. You will be notified of the dates and times
when those tests will be done.
The student may also have the option of signing up
for on-campus classes. However, if the date of entry
into our program is well into the present semester,
on-campus courses will not be an option until the
new semester begins. On-campus courses are offered
Tuesday through Friday. The class schedule depends
on the workshops selected and signed up for by the
student, so schedules will vary from student to student.
Excelsior does not provide transportation so arrangements
will need to be made or city transit is also available. To
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In most cases, the student will also have the opportunity to concurrently enroll
at the community college provided the criterion is met. Regarding this endeavor,
we recommend that the student be enrolled at Excelsior at least one semester before
taking on the challenge of college, and then to begin only with electives. Starting
with electives provides the student a slightly less stressful opportunity to get
their feet wet with the new college environment to see if it will be a good fit
for them. This depends greatly on the student’s level of maturity, self-discipline
and self-control. Facilitators or Excelsior’s college coordinator can provide
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In order to achieve the utmost success with our program,
the student must be committed to achievement, self-motivated,
self-controlled, have respect for their parental/guardian,
and make sure their work is done with integrity and
turned in every week by 8 a.m. Monday morning. The
parent or guardian must be committed to their student’s
education, overseeing the student’s studies,
attending every meeting with the teacher or appointing
a designee to go in their stead. Also, both must be
committed to good communication between teacher and
student, and within the education team of student,
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Excelsior Education Center is a school of choice and, provided the student has
the ability and self-discipline to utilize this program to its fullest potential,
can assist students in making up credits if they have fallen behind in their education.
However, it is not a school to be used solely to make-up credits and then return
to the previous school. This is not conducive to positive learning practices and
is not beneficial to the student; therefore, it is strongly discouraged. To the top
Excelsior Education Center offers a wide variety of
traditional sports opportunities from which to choose.
We have softball, baseball, basketball, volleyball,
football, bowling, cross-country, and golf. We also
have a ski club during the winter months and other
clubs may become available. To
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