Connecting Waters Charter School opened in 2002 for students in kindergarten through 12th grade with an alternative to traditional school. The school provides an individualized curriculum that meets the needs of each student while providing each student with the necessary instruction, resources, and materials. The school offers a variety of learning styles to ensure that each student can excel.

The school provides all the at home resources students need to excel. The entire program is for students that are home schooled.

Along with core subjects, Connecting Waters Charter School offers a large array of languages students can learn including Arabic, German, Japanese, Mandarin, Tagalog, Cantonese, Hebrew, Korean, Russian, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish. Student clubs offered include band, computer arts, orchestra, film production, chorus, dance, photography, sculpture, painting, and drama. Sports offered baseball, basketball, badminton, bicycling, cheerleading, crew, fencing, field hockey, cross country, golf, football, gymnastics, martial arts, physical education classes, lacrosse, softball, soccer, swimming, rugby, tennis, rock climbing, volleyball, track, ultimate Frisbee, yoga, water polo, and wrestling. Other programs offered debate, community service, academic contests, multimedia, newspaper, science & technology, yearbook, and student government.

Parents are very pleased with the progress their students are making with the resources supplied by the school. The unique learning style and extra curricular activities make learning fun as explained by most parents. Students expressed they truly enjoy attending school at home and being able to do their schoolwork on their schedule.

The school showed academic growth from 723 to 742. The California Standards Tests showed percentages of students passing the exams up and down with some above average and others below average. Examples include the percentage of students in 7th grade passing the English Language Arts was 71% with the state average at 62% while 0% of 11th graders passed Algebra I with the state average at 10%. The majority of the percentages were below average with only a few at average or above average.

The school did show academic growth so they are doing a better job providing a quality education from previous years. It would still be a good idea to ensure the learning environment is best for your child before enrolling.

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Connecting Waters Charter School
12420 Bentley St.
Waterford, CA 95386
Phone: 209-874-1119 x 6
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