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About Redwood High School
PHILOSOPHY
The
purpose of Redwood High School is to offer a variety of choices
for completing high school to students behind in their credits
at their comprehensive high schools.
MISSION
Our
mission is to create a community where learners grow in
knowledge, confidence and independence. We strive to help
students develop essential skills for satisfying work and
a fulfilling daily life, become responsible for their own
welfare and that of their community, and acquire the values
habits that will help them continue to grow.
VALUES
Students
and staff at Redwood High School strive for the following
in all of their endeavors:
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Excellence
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Diversity
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Democracy
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Respect
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Integrity
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Creativity
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Responsibility
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Knowledge
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Self-discipline
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Self-understanding
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Community
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Curiosity
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Perseverance
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Positive
Relationships
The
members of the Redwood High School staff are both counseling
and subject oriented. Because the best way for a student
to succeed is by experiencing success, instruction and counseling
emphasize students' achievements rather than their failings.
The staff expects students to take responsibility for their
own educational growth.
Redwood
High School is the only continuation high school among four
comprehensive high schools in the Sequoia Union High School
District. Continuation high schools were established to serve
those students in need of more flexibility and attention than
is possible in the regular high school program.
Redwood
attempts to work in cooperation with the traditional schools
by providing an alternative approach to common educational
goals. The program is designed to meet the needs of individual
students. Students can work at their own pace and level of
ability.
The
main goals of Redwood are:
DISTRICT
Redwood
High School is the only continuation high school among four
comprehensive high schools in the Sequoia Union High School
District. Continuation high schools were established to serve
those students in need of more flexibility and attention than
is possible in the regular high school program. Redwood attempts
to work in cooperation with the traditional schools by providing
an alternative approach to common educational goals. The program
is designed to meet the needs of individual students. Students
can work at their own pace and level of ability.
ACADEMICS
Every
month, students undergo an academic evaluation which includes
points earned in each class, attendance, and work experience
assignments. Students who do not meet the criteria may be
placed on academic probation.
EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAMS
Students
who are 16 - 18 years of age may enroll at Redwood upon the
recommendation of a counselor and an administrator from one
of the four comprehensive high schools. Students and their parents
may also initiate a request for enrollment.
Enrollment at Redwood is limited. A student is scheduled for
the 8:30 - 11:30 a.m. session or the 12:10 - 3:10 p.m. session.
To attend Redwood, students must be enrolled in work experience
or in another educational/vocational program such as ROP or
OICW. Students enrolled in a regular schedule are expected to
attend four classes a day, five days a week. When students are
absent from school, a parent is expected to notify the attendance
office on the same day.
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