PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE 2.0 APPLICATION - South Region High School #4 (Grades 6-12)

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Public School Choice 2.0 application for South Region High School #4 (Grades 6-12), submitted by Local District 8. The document presents a mission and vision focused on high-quality rigorous academics, college-prepared and career-ready outcomes, and supportive relationships through project-based learning, personalized small-school Academies, and community partnerships. It outlines core beliefs including continuous improvement, Professional Learning Communities, A-G curriculum requirements, and schoolwide strategies such as Cornell note-taking and Socratic seminars. It also includes a student population section with feeder school performance indicators and demographic tables.

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SECTION 1: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

A. MISSION AND VISION

B. STUDENT POPULATION

PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE 2.0 APPLICATION FOR SOUTH REGION HIGH SCHOOL \#4 (GRADES 6-12) Submitted by Local District 8 MICHAEL ROMERO, INTERIM LOCAL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT JUAN A. FLECHA, DIRECTOR VERONICA ARAGON, INTERIM PRINCIPAL DECEMBER 1, 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY SECTION 2: CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION SECTION 3: SCHOOL CULTURE AND CLIMATE SECTION 4: ASSESSMENTS AND SCHOOL-WIDE DATA SECTION 5: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SECTION 6: SERVING SPECIALIZED POPULATIONS SECTION 7: PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SECTION 8: COMMUNITY ANALYSIS AND CONTEXT SECTION 9: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY SECTION 10: SCHOOL GOVERNANCE AND OVERSIGHT SECTION 11: SCHOOL LEADERSHIP SECTION 12: STAFFING SECTION 13: FINANCES SECTION 14: IMPLEMENTATION TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR APPENDICES PAGE 3 PAGE 13 PAGE 27 PAGE 33 PAGE 38 PAGE 45 PAGE 49 PAGE 51 PAGE 53 PAGE 56 PAGE 61 PAGE 64 PAGE 67 PAGE 71 PAGE 73 South Region High School \#4 (Grades 6 – 12) I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A. MISSION AND VISION: State the mission, vision and core beliefs of the proposed school as well as the school’s values about teaching and learning. Include an explanation of what students will know and be able to do as well as the rigorous intellectual habits of mind, essential skills, knowledge and attributes they will possess upon matriculation that will prepare them to be successful adults in the 21st Century. MISSION: South Region High School \#4 (Grades 6-12) will provide all students with a high-quality, rigorous academic program, featuring best first instruction coupled with high expectations, to ensure all students graduate college-prepared and career-ready. Caring adults, passionate about high student achievement and positive relationships, will support students’ best efforts at self-expression by encouraging their dynamic curiosity of the world through project-based learning opportunities and collaborative work with their peers and community partners. The school will value student autonomy, positive interaction, respectful discussion of multiple points of view and choice in a personalized setting of small school Academies that cultivate students’ academic and social development. A safe, clean, and organized learning environment will enable all students to develop pride in themselves, their peers, their school, and their community. VISION: South Region High School \#4 will produce college-prepared, career-ready graduates who are creative, empowered, ethically responsible and engaged critical thinkers who demonstrate a global perspective. CORE BELIEFS: At South Region High School \#4, all members of the school community believe that all students can learn though not always in the same way or on the same day. The school will adopt a cycle of continuous improvement for both students and staff. Staff, both certificated and classified, will work in Professional Learning Communities dedicated to assessing and improving practice through collaboration, based on collective inquiry and action research, no matter what the job. A rigorous A-G curriculum is required in Los Angeles Unified schools; SRHS \#4 will give students ample opportunity for during-the-school-day intervention and during-the-school-year credit recovery. School-wide strategies such as Cornell note-taking and Socratic seminar will support the critical thinking skills students will require to become successful graduates and attain success after high school graduation. Adopting common teaching strategies, rituals, and routines will help maintain a school culture of high expectations. A rigorous curriculum, project based learning, and community-based service learning will develop the essential skills of the 21st century in: Information, Media and Technology; Life and Career Skills; and Learning and Innovation. Staff will hold themselves and each other to a high level of involvement and responsibility for the success of studen

FAQs

What mission and outcomes does South Region High School #4 emphasize?

The school mission emphasizes a high-quality, rigorous academic program with best first instruction and high expectations to ensure graduates are college-prepared and career-ready. It also highlights caring adults and strong relationships that support student self-expression.

What are the core beliefs about learning and improvement?

The document states that all students can learn, though not always in the same way or on the same day, and that the school will use a cycle of continuous improvement. It also describes Professional Learning Communities and collective inquiry and action research.

How does the school plan to support instruction and critical thinking?

Schoolwide strategies such as Cornell note-taking and Socratic seminar are intended to build students’ critical thinking skills. The core beliefs also reference a rigorous A-G curriculum and opportunities for intervention and credit recovery.

Sep 22, 2026

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