• Charter Mission
• Curriculum
• School Policies
• Spanish Pathways

Manzanita Charter Petition [click here]

MANZANITA BELIEFS: Manzanita Public Charter School believes that excellence in education must be created by implementing these educational viewpoints:

• Hold all students, parents and teachers to the highest standards;

• Emphasize learning as a process;

• Celebrate diversity through bi-literacy and multiculturalism;

• Respond to the needs of the individual and the welfare of the community;

• Implement innovative instructional practices;

• Initiate instruction aligned to the content standards and integrated across content areas;

• Enable and support every child’s desire to succeed.

 

MANZANITA FEATURES:

• Small Class Size at All Grades – K-3 at 20:1, 4-6 at 25:1

• Extended Instructional Day

• Readers/Writers/Math Workshop Instructional Design

• Instruction Aligned to the California Content Standards (CCS) and California Common Core State Standards (CCSS)

• Performance Based Assessments

• Reading Recovery Intervention (Grade 1)

• Response to Intervention/Instruction (RTI)

• Reading/Mathematics Intervention (Grade 2-6)

• Reading Plus (Grade 3-6)

• Full Day Kindergarten

• Performing Arts Music/Children’s Theater

• Art Teacher

• Music Teacher

• Spanish Pathways Teacher

• Summit High Achieving/Gifted and Talented Education-GATE Certified Teachers

• Expanded Learning Through Field Trips

• Daily Bus Transportation (Grades K-6)