O’Farrell Charter School is a community-oriented institution dedicated to fostering high academic standards, ensuring emotional and social growth, and maintaining a safe and secure learning environment for all its students. O’Farrell Charter School’s academic and extracurricular programs draw on the sustained efforts of motivated students, a talented and well-prepared faculty, and the ongoing commitment of supportive parents or guardians – all committed to the Falcon Way – such that all students are empowered to become critical learners and thinkers, and responsible, contributing citizens. O’Farrell Charter School provides a multi-cultural, linguistically and racially diverse learning environment in which students experience educational equity and are encouraged to celebrate their own individuality. All students, upon graduation, are expected to have acquired the fundamental tools and skills to move seamlessly onto the high school of their choice.
O’Farrell Vision Statement
The vision of O’Farrell Charter School is to create a school with 800+ standards where every student gets what they need through relationships with school staff.
Standards
We will be an AVID demonstration school with an 800+ API where students have access to GATE instruction. We will measure academic progress as students achieve a well-rounded 21st century education.
Students Get What They Need
Each individual student will get what he or she needs in terms of academic instruction, social-emotional support, character development, and safety to be successful.
Relationships
O’Farrell Charter School will be a school where communication is open, respectful, and valued; where expectations, discipline, and recognition is fair and consistent; where all shareholders have a voice and pride in their school.