Escondido Charter High School
| Escondido Charter High School | |
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1868 East Valley Parkway , 92027 United States | |
| Coordinates | 33°08′13″N 117°03′18″W / 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 | ECSD |
| Executive Director | Dennis "Coach" Snyder, M.S. |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Enrollment | 400 TCP, 500 ILP |
| Average class size | 20 |
| Campus | Academic buildings, 6,500 sq. ft library, lacrosse/soccer/football fields, indoor gymnasium, theater, student union, and outdoor courtyards[1] |
| 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 | Calvin Christian, Tri-City Christian, San Dieguito Academy |
| Accreditation | Western Association of Schools and Colleges[2] |
| Newspaper | The Charterian |
| Website | http://www.echs.org/ |
Escondido Charter High School (colloquially referred to as Charter) 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.
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
- Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- California Institute of Technology
- Dartmouth College
- Davidson College
- University of California, Davis
- Florida State University
- 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
- Pepperdine 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
- Westmont College
Programs
- Traditional Classroom Program (TCP)
- Individualized Learning Program (ILP)
- Individualized Classroom Program (ICP)
FIRST LEGO League
Every Fall, ECHS hosts a FIRST LEGO League Qualifying Tournament that brings on average 23 teams a year. The top eight teams go on to Legoland California.
References
- ^ 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