Memorial High School is a public charter school in Northern California. It draws its student population from an area which with mainly low-income families. Most of the incoming student population will be the first college graduates in their family. A number of them will be even first time high-school graduates. There is a large proportion of students for whom English is not their first language.
This city has been without a comprehensive high school since the school district shut down the local high school in the late 1970s and started busing the city's students to another high school 10 miles away. About four years ago, Memorial High School was started as a charter school with support from the School of Education at the local University.
The school's emphasis is on preparing students for college. It is a public school open to all members of the community. The school has seen near perfect graduation rates and nearly all their graduates make it to college.
A highly trained staff, a curriculum that connects the work of the school to the life of the community, commitment to technology integration and a data driven decision making makes this process. preparing its diverse student body for college and the 21st century workplace. As a charter public school, we are open to all students, have no admission requirements and do not charge tuition.
The school aims to meet the needs of their students by combining the most successful models of urban school reform, with highly qualified teachers and a curriculum that connects the work of the school to the life of the community.
