ACADEMICS

Our faculty, under the guidance of the School Leadership Team, selects key content benchmarks aligned to the California Common Core State Standards and California Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. The benchmarks are also aligned to the NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards for California).

The progress that students are making toward achieving these rigorous standards is communicated to parents via regular progress reports and standards based report cards at all grade levels at the end of each trimester. These report cards are aligned to the district’s grade level key benchmarks.

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READING/LANGUAGE ARTS 

Transitional Kindergarten | Big Day for TK by Houghton Mifflin Harcort
Based around three Big Experiences a day, Big Day for PreK® offers students a comprehensive, integrated, and engaging curriculum that seamlessly weaves literacy, science, math, and the arts together.

K-5th | California Wonders by McGraw-Hill
California Wonders is a comprehensive ELA/ELD program built on the Common Core State Standards. Through its connected pathways, intentional instruction, and inspiring content, Wonders prepares all students for college and career in the 21st century.

6th- 8th Grade | California Collections by Houghton Mifflin Harcort
Collections presents materials and activities in a variety of ways, allowing students to interact with different types of content. Students have the tools they need to think critically, expand their curiosity, and tackle challenging concepts—which helps them learn to close read selections and prepare for high-stakes assessments.

The College School District has had some remarkable accomplishments to close the achievement gap with the current SBAC ( Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium. The SBAC assesses grades three through 8 student mastery of the Common Core State Standards.

REPORTS
California School Dashboard
The Dashboard contains reports that display the performance of local educational agencies (LEAs), schools, and student groups on a set of state and local measures to assist in identifying strengths, challenges, and areas in need of improvement.                                   

Students meeting the requirements for graduation have some very special activities ahead. Be sure to see the Graduation Requirements to be certain you’re on track.

Valedictorian –  The valedictorian for 8th Grade graduation is the student with the highest GPA, calculated to 0.01 place, for the 7th and 8th grade years. The student must have attended Santa Ynez School for both the seventh and eighth grade years. In the case of a tie, all students with the same highest GPA shall share the title of Valedictorian. If the second place student(s) is within 0.05 grade points of the Valedictorian, then the second place student(s) shall be recognized as the Salutatorian. If the difference between the first and second place students’ GPA is greater than 0.05 then no Salutatorian shall be honored. The GPA shall be calculated on a 4-point scale for the core academic subjects only. (Math, Science, Language Arts, Social Science). PE and elective grades shall not be considered.