Escondido Charter High School
Escondido Charter High School (colloquially referred to as Charter and ECHS) is an independent, co-educational, college preparatory day school for grades 9–12 located in Escondido, California. The school opened in 1996 with only 30 students. Since then, the student population has grown to almost 400 in the traditional preparatory program, with over 500 students attending the independent learning program. A Charter education is grounded in a classical "back to basics learning," and the importance of pupil-faculty intellectual discourse. Most classes maintain an average size of 20 students per class.
| Escondido Charter High School | |
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| Address | |
1868 East Valley Parkway , 92027 United States | |
| Coordinates | 33.137°N 117.055°W |
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| Type | Public charter high school |
| Motto | Education is Our Business |
| Established | 1996 |
| School board | ECHS Board of Directors |
| School district | Escondido Union High School District |
| Executive Director | Shawn Roner, M.A. |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Enrollment | 765 (2015-16)[1] |
| Average class size | 20 |
| Campus | Academic buildings, 6,500 sq. ft library, lacrosse/soccer/football fields, indoor gymnasium, theater, student union, and outdoor courtyards[2] |
| Campus size | 7.8-acre (32,000 m2) |
| Color(s) | Maroon, white and Black |
| Sports | Soccer, Baseball, Basketball, Wrestling, Volleyball, Swimming, Football, Softball, Golf |
| Mascot | White Tiger |
| Rivals | Classical Academy |
| Accreditation | Western Association of Schools and Colleges[3] |
| Newspaper | The Charterian |
| Website | https://echs.amhcs.org/ |
Academics
Students must complete and pass the California High School Exit Exam, in addition to a final senior thesis that must be sufficiently defended in front of a committee for review.
College matriculation
Recent Charter graduates have matriculated at the following schools:
- Auburn University
- Baylor University
- University of California, Berkeley
- Biola University
- Brigham Young University, Idaho
- Brigham Young University
- Brown University
- Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- Cal State, Channel Islands
- California Institute of Technology
- Carleton College
- Dartmouth College
- Davidson College
- Duke University
- University of California, Davis
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
- Florida State University
- The George Washington University
- Georgetown University
- Gettysburg College
- Harvey Mudd College
- University of California, Irvine
- Johns Hopkins University
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Northern Arizona University
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Oregon
- University of Pennsylvania
- Pepperdine University
- Princeton University
- University of California, Riverside
- Saint Mary's College of California
- San Diego State University
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- University of California, Santa Cruz
- Santa Clara University
- Southern Methodist University
- University of Southern California
- Smith College
- Stanford University
- Syracuse University
- University of California, San Diego
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- Texas A&M
- Tulane University
- University of San Diego
- University of Virginia
- Vassar College
- Westmont College
- Yale University
Programs
- Traditional Classroom Program (TCP)
- Flex 1:1 (pronounced "one on one")(Previously known as the "ILP" (Individualized Learning Program) program)
- Flex 4-Day Program (previously ICP)
See also
References
- "Escondido Charter High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
- Gonzalez, Blanca (2003-08-01). "Charter campus set to open". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
- Western Association of Schools and Colleges Directory of Accredited Schools 2005-2006 Archived October 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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