Fall Forum 2010, School Visit: School Experience

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Visit the first two CES affiliate high schools that are committed to serve students from the same community. Leadership High School is an experienced public, charter school and John J. O’Connell High School of Technology s a district school in its first year of restructuring into Smaller Learning Communities (SLCs). What can we learn from both schools as we consider where they are in their journeys towards improvement and excellence?

Leadership High School
Leadership High School’s mission is to serve the diverse students of San Francisco by providing an excellent education and by developing effective community leaders. We believe that we will achieve our Mission by ensuring that every student is known well by at least one adult and by fostering a learning community that, based in inquiry, is focused on equity and achievement. Leadership High School is a small, public charter school that has been serving the diverse students of San Francisco since 1997. Recognized throughout the country as a model, Leadership provides a rigorous college-preparatory curriculum and extensive leadership development in a small school setting. At Leadership, high expectations are coupled with a supportive and personalized environment so that all 247 students are known well and are individually supported to meet the challenges of high school. Leadership students develop the skills needed to be successful in college, to lead their own lives, and to lead change in our community.

• Ethnic Breakdown: African American: 24.7% | American Indian/Alaska Native: .4% | Asian: 9.3% | Filipino: 6.9% | Hispanic or Latino: 53.9% | Pacific Islander: 0.8% | White not Hispanic: 1.2% | Multiple or No Response: 2.8%

John O’Connell High School of Technology
The mission of the staff, students, and families of the John O’Connell High School of Technology community, in concert with state and district guidelines, is to integrate academic and technological preparation that enables students to achieve and prepares them to attend post-secondary programs; offer students academic and career pathways that emphasize problem solving, critical thinking, analytical and interpretational skills through the development of applied knowledge; provide John O’Connell’s 662 students with work-based learning, internships, and community service opportunities to link them to career options; and encourage the full and equitable participation of the entire school community.

• Ethnic Breakdown: African American: 11% | American Indian/Alaska Native: 0.5% | Asian: 5.3%    | Filipino: 4.5% | Hispanic or Latino: 74% | Pacific Islander: 0.9% | White not Hispanic: 2% | Multiple or No Response: 1.2%

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