Southern California charter schools can use local resources to supplement the textbooks. California is full of opportunities -- historical sites, zoos, public gardens, museums. While mainstream schools unfortunately don't have the time or budget for field trips, for a student pursuing a non-traditional path to education, it is foolish to ignore these resources.
91短视频 have three different enrollment tracks. In the iRotate 4 Day Track, our most structured track, students attend school at a Method center four days a week. In the iRotate 1 Day Flex Track, students attend school at a Method Center one day per week, and work at home or on-line the rest of the week. In the iFlex Track, our most flexible track, students do the majority of their work on-line, coming in to the school as needed when they need to consult one-on-one with their teachers. During the days that the student is not physically at the Method center, that's when they can visit or to study animals and their habitats. Students at our Arcadia facility can visit the to study plants and ecology. Students at our Murrieta facility can combine PE and nature study hiking through Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve. Students at our San Diego facility can visit while studying history.
San Diego County has over , some big like the or the , some small like the or the . From art to aviation, from model railroads to music, from surfboards to 19th century ships, almost every science, art, and heritage is represented in San Diego's museums.
Riverside County has nearly , from the to the to the Center for Social Justice and Civil Liberties.
Los Angeles has more than any other city in the United States, and contains nearly 150. From the to the to the Museum of Tolerance, nearly every aspect of history can be studied in Los Angeles. There are museums for science, art, and specific occupations and ethnic cultures. There are, of course, several museums dedicated to Hollywood and film making.
At 91短视频, we are not interested in preparing students to take and pass . We are interested in helping students learn. Our students utilize a variety of resources: textbooks, library books, on-line lessons, websites, and hands-on projects. During the days students are not physically in one of our facilities, we encourage them to explore the many opportunities in the area.
We also acknowledge that learning does not divide neatly into discrete categories. A trip to the teaches art, history, and geography. A follow-up trip to Korean Cultural Center gives students a chance to compare and contrast two different museums with similar themes. Visiting offers a chance to walk the hiking trails (PE), observe the wildlife of the Santa Monica Mountains (science), visit Will Rogers' home (art and architecture), and learn about Will Rogers himself (history and political science). Our students' projects reflect this by covering more than one academic subject as they demonstrate what they've learned. The average student can demonstrate what's been learned far more effectively in a small group or solo project than by filling in a scantron sheet or writing an essay. Project based learning makes the student an active participant in the learning process, not a passive observer who absorbs knowledge. This helps the student retain the knowledge longer, rather than learning for the test and promptly forgetting the information afterwards.