St Hope Public Schools

PROVIDE THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF EDUCATION AND TRAIN YOUNG PEOPLE TO BECOME LEADERS.

OVERVIEW AND SACRAMENTO CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL OVERVIEWST. HOPE PUBLIC SCHOOLS (SHPS) OPENED ITS DOORS IN 2003 WITH A CLEAR VISION: TO CREATE ONE OF THE FINEST URBAN TRANSITIONAL-KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12TH GRADE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN AMERICA. OUR STUDENTS ATTEND LONGER SCHOOL DAYS, ARE HELD TO HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR ACADEMICS AND BEHAVIOR AND FOCUS ON PREPARING TO OBTAIN A FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE DEGREE. ST. HOPE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OPERATES PS7 (K-8) AND SACRAMENTO CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL (9-12). SACRAMENTO CHARTER HIGH SCHOOLSACRAMENTO HIGH SCHOOL IS THE FINAL GATEWAY TO COLLEGE. ALONG WITH CORE ACADEMICS, SAC HIGH HAS A CULTURE OF HIGH EXPECTATIONS, SCHOOL SPIRIT AND STUDENT LEADERSHIP. IT ALSO HAS A TIRELESSLY DEDICATED STAFF OR, AS ONE SENIOR PUT IT, "WE JUST HAVE A DIFFERENT BREED OF TEACHER HERE." THE COLLECTIVE EFFORTS ARE EVIDENT IN MULTIPLE MEASURES. FURTHERMORE, SAC HIGH DOES NOT JUST PROVIDE A HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATION; IT BRINGS TOGETHER THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF ALL ST. HOPE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, TURNING THE DISTANT HOPE FOR COLLEGE INTO A TANGIBLE REALITY. WE PROVIDE A UNIQUE NETWORK OF SCHOOLS THAT GUIDES OUR STUDENTS FROM PRESCHOOL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL TO COLLEGE. STUDENTS GRADUALLY BUILD A FOUNDATION OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY AND INNER CONFIDENCE EMPOWERING THEM TO BECOME EDUCATED LEADERS WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES. OUR RIGOROUS CURRICULUM HAS CLOSED THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP AND DRAMATICALLY INCREASED THE NUMBER OF GRADUATES WHO GO ON TO COLLEGE. THE NATIONAL STATISTICS ARE DAUNTING: LESS THAN 40% OF LOW-INCOME STUDENTS GO TO COLLEGE. BUT AT ST. HOPE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WHERE THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS ARE SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, WE HAVE NOT ACCEPTED THAT FATE. IN 2018, OVER 90% OF OUR SENIORS WERE ACCEPTED TO MORE THAN 75 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, UP FROM JUST 20% IN 2003 WHEN SAC HIGH WAS RUN AS A TRADITIONAL DISTRICT SCHOOL. OUR VISION IS THAT EVERY ONE OF OUR STUDENTS WILL LEAVE US PREPARED TO COMPLETE COLLEGE AND WE ARE WORKING RELENTLESSLY WITH OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES TOWARDS THIS GOAL.

ST. HOPE PUBLIC SCHOOL #7 PS7 STARTS THE JOURNEY TO SUCCESS AT ST. HOPE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. PS7 HAS PRODUCED STUNNING RESULTS. IT IS RANKED AMONG THE TOP 10% OF SIMILAR SCHOOLS IN CALIFORNIA AND WAS THE ONLY SCHOOL IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY NOMINATED FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS BLUE RIBBON AWARD IN 2010. WALK INTO ANY PS7 CLASSROOM AND THE SCENE IS THE SAME: A GROUP OF STUDENTS LEANING FORWARD, LISTENING INTENTLY AS A TEACHER ASKS QUESTIONS. THEN, A FLURRY OF HANDS ARE RAISED. THERE IS ARTWORK ON THE WALLS ALONG WITH A LIST OF EXPECTATIONS, CODES OF CONDUCT AND COMMITMENTS MADE. IF A CHILD AT PS7 DOES NOT PERFORM AT THE EXPECTED LEVELS, THAT STUDENT IS IDENTIFIED AND RE-TAUGHT UNTIL THEY HAVE MASTERED THE SKILL OR CONCEPT. NO CHILD FALLS THROUGH THE CRACKS. NO CHILD IS LOST. AS A TESTAMENT TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENTS AND THE HARD WORK OF STAFF AND FAMILIES, PS7 WAS RANKED AS THE 8TH HIGHEST PERFORMING CHARTER SCHOOL IN CALIFORNIA AND WAS RECENTLY NAMED CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE YEAR FOR THE STATE.