Alternative Education Schools
Esperanza Middle School
Esperanza Middle School serves
school students in grades 6 through
8. The purpose of the school is to
provide students with an alternative
learning envirnoment, supported by a
low teacher-to-student ratio, where they
can successfully continue their middle
school education. The progra combines
California academic standards
with a wide range of creative teaching
strategies. A collaboration of
service agencies provide students
with resource specialists, instructional
assistants, and on-site counseling.
This structured setting, combined with a talented and caring staff assists students in
maximizing academic, social, and emotional growth. A low student-to-teacher ratio
allows students to experience a powerful core curriculum of math, english language
arts, science, and social studies, as well as an array of enrichment courses. Current
special programs include Body, Mind, & Spirit Tiger Martial Arts, organic gardening,
and ceramics.
Our purpose at Esperanza Middle School:
- Supporting each student to become a positive, self-sufficient and
informed community member
- Providing each student with the opportunity to receive a middle-school
advancement certificate
- Preparing students to ucceed both academically and socially upon
entrance to high school
- Building self-confidence, self-esteem, and character through hands-on
individual, small-group, and whole-class activities
"There are obviously two educations.
One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live."
--James Truslow Adams"
Expected Schoolwide Learning Results
SCCOE Alternative Education will prepare its graduates to be:
- Academic Achievers
- Problem Solvers
- Effective Communicators
- Collaborative Workers
- Responsible Community Members
- Productive, Self-directed Adults
Directions
- From the County Office of Education,
turn right at River Street
- Turn left onto Highway 1 South
towards Watsonville
- Exit Airport Blvd.
Proceed on Airport Blvd. towards
Freedom.
- Esperanza Middle School/
Watsonville Community School
is located in the Freedom Community
United Methodist Church on the right
hand side of Airport Blvd. between
Airport Way and Loma Prieta.
Also visit the Alternative Education Programs Career Center.
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