Alameda Community Learning Center

The ACLC

Alameda Community Learning Center
Location
210 Central Avenue Alameda, California 94501
Information
Type	Charter
Established	1992
Staff	~15
Enrollment	~215
Athletics	Dark Meat Ultimate
Information	Phone: (510) 521-7543 Fax: (510) 521-7350
Mascot	The Couch
Website	http://aclc.alameda.k12.ca.us

The Alameda Community Learning Center (ACLC), formerly Arthur Andersen Community Learning Center, is a 6th-12th grade charter school located in Alameda, CA. It describes itself as an educational model that empowers all youth to take ownership of their educational experience, to celebrate their diverse community, and to actively participate as members in a democratic society. It now focuses more on being a democratic society where students can decide what they want. ACLC's student population is representative of the general population of Alameda, CA, with slight under-representation of Asian learners (students) and an over-representation of Caucasian learners. Enrollment in the ACLC occurs according to a district run lottery system due to a high demand and relatively low learner spots available.

History

The Alameda Community Learning Center was created as a school in which the Graduate Profile of the Alameda Unified School District could live and breathe. The Graduate Profile is a document that was created at a visioning conference held by the AUSD in partnership with Arthur Andersen in 1992.

The product of this conference, the Graduate Profile, contains the ideal skills, qualities and work habits of a successful high-school graduate. Arthur Andersen funded the start-up costs for the school and endowed it with state-of-the-art technological resources and facilitator training.

After its first five years, it became apparent to all involved that this school needed to become a Charter School where the economic and educational decisions that determined the fate of the school would be made by an ACLC Governing Board composed of facilitators, parents, learners, community members and a district representative. This charter status allows the school to seek its own grants, determine its own standards, and enact policy that meets the needs of this unique environment. Facilitators (teachers), parents and learners (students) are involved in all levels of decision making.

Athletics

Alameda Community Learning Center students are allowed to play on any middle school or high school teams around Alameda. ACLC however only has one sport of its own, in Ultimate Frisbee. The program was started in spring of 2003, and the program rapidly developed into a West Coast Powerhouse, most recently finishing in 3rd at UPA Westerns. ACLC is also back-to-back winners of the recently established California Ultimate Championships.

Courses

DVS

ACLC offers an elective called Digital Video Studio (DVS). DVS allows students to learn the arts of making movies. Because of this class, ACLC has a green painted room for special effects purposes dubbed the "Green Room."

API scores

ACLC recently raised its API score to 283.