School Design

Our school design is based on solid educational research and models that have a proven track record of academic success with urban students -- especially African Americans, Latinos and English language learners.

Our school is personalized through two smaller institutes, the Junior Institute (9th and 10th grade) and the Senior Institute (11th and 12th grade), which are set up to provide more support and increasingly challenging, independent learning experiences. Class size is limited to 25, and each staff member serves as an Advisor to only 16 students.

In the Junior Institute, students take Math, Science, Humanities, Fine Arts, and either Japanese or Spanish. Junior Institute curriculum focuses on developing students' skills in math, written and oral communication, and critical questioning and analysis.

In the Senior Institute, students will have more freedom of choice in their course selections, based on their own interests and intellectual curiosity. As students mature, our school will provide more college-level seminars to prepare students for a university academic culture. Senior Institute students will also be able to enroll in San Francisco State University courses.

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