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Mountain Home School Charter Summary
Mountain Home School Charter (MHSC) is an APLUS+ member school which is committed to academic excellence and financial accountability. 1994 was Mountain Home School’s first year of operation. MHSC is a home-based, personalized learning school program that provides students and their parents with all the necessary instructional tools. These "tools" include guidance from professional, credentialed teachers, much variety and choice of high quality curriculum, classes based upon student needs and interests, a lot of opportunity for "real world" learning experiences. Our program is a rigorous personalized learning model that seeks to deal with each parent and student individually.
Because of the nature of a home-based charter school, there are numerous opportunities for parental involvement and it is highly encouraged. Parents are partners with the school staff in their children’s education; they instruct on a daily basis in the home, chaperone field trips, assist in the classroom, and constantly monitor their child’s educational progress.
There is a high level of parent involvement and parents are an integral part of the school. There are individual academic programs for each student; therefore, the school is very responsive to the students’ needs and interests. We are a small school where everyone knows everyone else and every person is known by the rest of the staff and students.
The Mountain Home Charter building is approximately 9,000 square feet. There are four classrooms, a library, and a computer laboratory. Each teacher has an office where he or she meets with students and parents. The school is an ideal resource center of curriculum and instruction. The entire facility is in excellent condition and is maintained in a healthy, clean, and inviting manner. Mountain Home Charter is located north of the downtown area of Oakhurst just off Highway 41.
All textbooks are current editions. We look for materials that are both aligned with state standards as well as conducive to home study. The school has acquired an excellent variety of materials that work well for students and parents alike. Our three leading issues when purchasing textbooks and materials are first, the material’s rigor, second, the materials clear and cogent presentation and third, how well the material supports parental instructional leadership. Students and parents receive direct instructional support from the teacher. |
