Vincent Timpe is a new English teacher for Springs Journey Homeschool High School, teaching at the Santa Ana Learning Center. He has been a teacher for eight years, teaching at a variety of grade levels in middle and high school, covering such subjects as English, journalism, speech and debate, Model United Nations, and yearbook.
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Venture Online 4th-grade student Summer Bityk (pictured with rapper Pitbull) is a budding young businesswoman. Three years ago, she launched Summer Bling, a business that sells such items as bracelets, headbands, necklaces, and rings. She noted, “This year, I learned to sew and have started adding sewn items to my business.”
Amanda Deniston is the new principal of Springs’ Rancho Cucamonga Student Center. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from California Baptist University. She has worked as a teacher for the Riverside Unified School District, an assistant principal, an education coordinator, and a principal for the Moreno Valley Unified School District.
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Grace Stewart is a 5th-grade Homeschool student who has been attending Springs for two years. Her favorite class is “Countries and Cultures,” taught at the Riverside Learning Center by Marina Poulson. Outside of Springs, she is taking a class to learn Mandarin, shared her teacher, Nikki Dewispelaere. Other activities and interests include equine therapy, Minecraft, Girl Scouts, and DJing. Nikki notes that Grace has also improved her ELA academic achievement.
Charter schools are independent public schools with rigorous curriculum programs and unique educational approaches. In exchange for operational freedom and flexibility, charter schools are subject to higher levels of accountability than traditional public schools. Charter schools, which are tuition-free and open to all students, offer quality and choice in the public education system.
The charter establishing each such school is a contract detailing the school’s mission, program, goals, students served, methods of assessment, and ways to measure success. In California, charters are granted for five years. At the end of the term, the entity granting the charter may renew the school’s contract. Charter schools are accountable to their authorizer, and to the students and families they serve, to produce positive academic results and adhere to the charter contract.
Like traditional public schools, charters receive state funding based on a formula for each child enrolled in the school. Many charters also do additional fundraising to obtain grants and donations to pay for programs that are not fully funded by state or school district formulas. When lawmakers passed the Charter Schools Act of 1992, California became the second state in the country (after Minnesota) to enact charter school legislation. The intent was to allow groups of educators, community members, parents, or others to create an alternative type of public school.
For more information, please watch this brief video from California Charter Schools Association
CloseSprings Charter Schools are parent choice schools where the community is our classroom. Our mission is to foster the innate curiosity of our students, empower their parents, and promote optimum learning by collaboratively developing a personalized learning program for each student.
Eagle = Choice, Freedom, Initiative
River = Community
Book = Empowering Parents (Knowledge is Power)
Torch = Curiosity, Passion for Learning
Hands = Collaboration
Keys = Personalization, Unlocking the Student’s Potential
Oak Branches = Continuous Lifelong Learning
