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Amethod Public Schools (formerly Oakland Charter Academy Inc., doing business as Oakland Charter Academies) is a nonprofit charter school system with headquarters in Oakland, California.[1]
The system operates Oakland Charter Academy (OCA) and Oakland Charter High School (OCHS).[1]
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History
The system began in 1993,[2] originally as Jingletown Charter School.[3] It was the first charter school in Oakland and one of the first in California. Originally it had the test scores amongst the lowest in the state.[4] Since then the school changed its name to Oakland Charter Academy.[3]
In 2004 Jorge Lopez took control of the school. In late September 2007 the Oakland Charter Academy became the second public school in Oakland, California to win the National Blue Ribbon award.[5] Oakland Charter High School opened in 2007.[2]
In the northern hemisphere Spring 2008 the Oakland Charter Academy got an API of 902. Its student body was mostly Hispanic, and the API was over 200 points higher than the average API of Latino and Hispanic middle school students in California. The Oakland Charter Academy API was over 200 points above the overall scores of all of the middle schools in Oakland.[5]
Campus
Amethod Public Schools consists of two sites. The first site, a middle school. is located in the Fruitvale District of East Oakland, CA. The second location is located in downtown and houses the Oakland Charter High School.
Operations
At Oakland Charter Academy every student received 90 minutes each of English and mathematics instructions. The school requires its students to attend summer school. Katy Murphy of the Oakland Tribune said the work only intensifies during so-called school holidays."[5] Some students attend after school and Saturday tutoring.[5]
When the school first operated, the instructional language used in over half of the school day was Spanish. The students received a lunch period of one hour and a break period of 15 minutes. Almost all of its students were Hispanic.[4] Since then the school changed its name to Oakland Charter Academy.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Contact Info." Amethod Public Schools. Retrieved on September 13, 2011. "AMETHOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS 345 12th street, Oakland, CA 94607"
- ^ a b "History." Amethod Public Schools. Retrieved on September 13, 2011.
- ^ a b c "Program Philosophy." Oakland Charter Academies. November 21, 2009. Retrieved on September 13, 2011.
- ^ a b Rauh, Grace. "Charter school movement finds a boomtown in Oakland." The Oakland Tribune. September 17, 2006. Retrieved on September 13, 2011.
- ^ a b c d Murphy, Katy. "Oakland charter schools get high marks and skepticism." The Oakland Tribune. Monday November 3, 2008. Retrieved on September 13, 2011.
External links
Categories:- California school stubs
- Charter schools in California
- Middle schools in California
- Schools in Alameda County, California
- High schools in Oakland, California
- Education in Oakland, California
- Buildings and structures in Oakland, California
- Educational institutions established in 1993
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