Camino Nuevo Charter Academy
| Camino Nuevo Charter Academy | |
|---|---|
 Camino Nuevo Charter Academy | |
| Location | |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public, Charter |
| Established | 2000 |
| Enrollment | 930 [1] |
| Website | Official website |
Camino Nuevo Charter Academy is a group of
Camino Nuevo Charter Academy operates two middle and two elementary schools in the same neighborhood. Students have a longer school day and year than students at traditional Los Angeles Unified School District schools, and smaller class sizes. Camino Nuevo schools are very involved with parents and the community at large; the school even operates a health clinic for family members.
Camino Nuevo High School, known as the Dalzell
Camino Nuevo's official mission statement is "to educate students in a college preparatory program to be literate, critical thinkers, and independent problem solvers who are agents of social justice with sensitivity toward the world around them."
Student body
Over ninety percent of students at Camino Nuevo High School qualify for free or reduced lunch, and 79% enter as English learners. As of the 2010–2011 school year, Camino Nuevo enrolls 3,100 students.[1]
Campuses
High School
Camino Nuevo - Dalzell Lance High School: The school, which opened in 2004, is located at the corners of West Temple Street and Silverlake Boulevard in Los Angeles. The school serves students from a variety of local areas, including
The school's distinctive yellow-and-grey building was designed by Kevin Daly of
TK-8 campuses
Five TK-8 campuses (Burlington K-8, Kayne Siart K-8, Cisneros K-8, and Castellanos K-5, and Eisner 6-8 sister sites).
In the news
Three students from Camino Nuevo High School were interviewed on NPR's Morning Edition regarding the immigration debate in the U.S.
Camino Nuevo Charter High and Camino Nuevo Elementary "are in the bottom 5 percent of public K-12 schools as measured by the [California's] new accountability tool".
References
- ^ a b Los Angeles Times California Schools Guide
- ^ McDonald, Kathy A. "Camino Nuevo High School: Committed To Academics And Community." Los Feliz Ledger Archived 2006-10-30 at the Wayback Machine, October 2006. Last accessed January 12, 2007.
- ^ "Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence". Bruner Foundation. Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
- ^ 2005-06 Accountability Progress Reporting (APR)
- ^ Local Educational Agency (LEA) List of Schools
- ^ Similar Schools Report: 2005 Academic Performance Index (API) Base Report
- ^ California High School Exit Examination: Camino Nuevo High School
- ^ California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) Results: Los Angeles Unified School District