Welcome to the Phoenix High School website
Phoenix is a small school of approximately 80 students that provides an alternative educational program. The school is physically located on the Santa Teresa High School campus, but is administratively separate and autonomous. The population is diverse both ethnically and academically. The professional staff consists of four teachers, one counselor, one parttime resource specialist teacher, a coordinator/ principal, and a registrar/attendance secretary.In general, students are juniors and seniors in high school who are significantly behind in their progress toward graduation. The curriculum consists of the core classes of English, social science, science and math. There are approximately twenty-five course titles available to students for credit toward graduation.
At Phoenix the primary goal is to graduate students who normally would not be expected to earn a diploma from the comprehensive high school. This goal is attained by individualizing and personalizing the instruction of each and every student at Phoenix. Students are re-connected to the academic life, to their families, and to their communities by pertinent, personalized, persistent interventions by the staff. Phoenixs mission is to provide students with educational skills, social skills, and social consciousness, through step-by-step accomplishments and to build student selfesteem, self-motivation, and self-determination to succeed in an adult world.
Students may earn 25 or more credits in one semester. Active adult guidance, supervision and intervention is provided for each student daily. Class size averages about20 students. Personalized instruction offers the opportunity for students to develop close relationships with staff members and progress toward high school graduation. In this environment students are supported in their development of self-esteem and learn how to make commitments and keep them. Parents are invited to be positively involved with the school and the student thusgreatly enhancing student achievement.