Our mission is to ensure that all our students increase their skills in critical thinking, reading, writing, and problem solving.  We are a diverse group of experienced teachers, and we use many tools to accomplish our mission.  We have CAHSEE intervention sessions, CAHSEE Tuesdays, tutoring, and Looking at Student Work meetings to mention a few.  We offer classes that encompass a wide range of abilities and meet all students’ needs.  Small learning communities address student interests.  We are working to help all of our students successful and proficient communicators.

Suggested outside readings:

About Time by Jack Finney

The Hot Zone by Richard Preston

Washington Square by Henry James

Fences by August Wilson

A Summer Life by Gary Soto

Fifth Chinese Daughter by Jade Snow Wong

Hiroshima by John Hersey

Platero and I by Juan Ramon Jimenez

Dune by Frank Herbert

The Complete Saki by H.H.Munro

The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger

Laughing Boy by Oliver La Farge

The Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima

A Night to Remember by Walter Lord

The Endurance: Shackelton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Ernest Schackleton

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll

Tales of the Unexpected by Roald Dahl

The Tale of the Unknown Island by Jose Saramago

Watership Down by Richard Adams

A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Black Ice by Lorene Cary