The newly restructured Sequoia High School is built on three major principles: personalizing, performance, and choice.

A high school of 250+ students, Sequoia offers a personal, family-like learning environment where students and their teacher-colleagues work side-by-side on a first name basis, to the single goal of empowering the individual student with a meaningful education. Students are assigned to Lifeskill classes where teachers work with them as a team. Lifeskill faculty review individual student progress regularly. Intimate knowledge of student learning styles and close professional relationships between teachers and students develop as students work with the same teacher for their entire stay at Sequoia.

Our second organizational principle concerns student performance. Students work to gain mastery of learning at their own pace. One student may complete an algebra course in less than a year; another will take longer. Students graduate when they have completed their course work and can demonstrate mastery of important skills. Individual graduations occur throughout the school year, when each student is ready to be graduated.

Finally, Sequoia is a school of choice. Students give up the broad course offerings and extracurricular activities of a traditional school for this more personal, individualized approach. Each student formally "chooses" the school, agrees to work hard each day and support the principles of the school; each parent agrees to actively support the student's serious efforts; and the school pledges an education which will allow students to thrive in a changing world.

Successful completion of Intake is required prior to enrollment at Sequoia High School.

See "How to Register" for information regarding intakes, diplomas and transcripts.

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