Unity High School (Oakland, California)
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Oakland's Unity High School (Unity) is an independent charter high school
serving all students in Oakland, California
. The school opened in the fall (autumn) of 2003 and currently enrolls about 210 ninth to twelfth grade students. The principal is David Castillo and the assistant principal is Daniel Zarazua.
Charter school
Charter schools are primary or secondary schools that receive public money but are not subject to some of the rules, regulations, and statutes that apply to other public schools in exchange for some type of accountability for producing certain results, which are set forth in each school's charter...
serving all students in Oakland, California
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
. The school opened in the fall (autumn) of 2003 and currently enrolls about 210 ninth to twelfth grade students. The principal is David Castillo and the assistant principal is Daniel Zarazua.
Features
- An average of 20 students per class.
- A curriculumCurriculumSee also Syllabus.In formal education, a curriculum is the set of courses, and their content, offered at a school or university. As an idea, curriculum stems from the Latin word for race course, referring to the course of deeds and experiences through which children grow to become mature adults...
that allows every graduate to meet the University of CaliforniaUniversity of CaliforniaThe University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
A-G requirements. - A comprehensive support program provided through a partnership between the school, the families, and the community, to assure that students have the support they need to focus on academic growth.
- Learning experiences that allow Unity students to achieve their leadership and academic potential and become creative critical thinkers, compassionate human beings, and effective participants in a multicultural democratic society.
- MentorMentorIn Greek mythology, Mentor was the son of Alcimus or Anchialus. In his old age Mentor was a friend of Odysseus who placed Mentor and Odysseus' foster-brother Eumaeus in charge of his son Telemachus, and of Odysseus' palace, when Odysseus left for the Trojan War.When Athena visited Telemachus she...
s assigned to students to assist them with informal counseling and to resolve problems.