Western Sierra Collegiate Academy

Western Sierra Collegiate Academy
Location
Rocklin , California United States
Information
Type	Public Charter
Established	2009
School district	Rocklin Academy Family of Schools
Principal	Chelsea Bowler
Grades	7-12
Enrollment	740 approx.
Color(s)	Blue, Gold
Mascot	Wally the Wolf
Team name	Wolves
Newspaper	The Howl
Website	[1]

Western Sierra Collegiate Academy is a public charter school serving grades 7-12 in Rocklin, California a northeastern suburb located near Sacramento, California.

Administration

Current School Administrators:<br> Robin Stout- Superintendent

Chelsea Bowler- Principal<br> Chip Kling- Vice Principal/Counseler<br> Scott Crosson- Vice Principal/Student Life<br> Mike Wells- Vice Principal/Athletic Director

It was announced on December 18, 2015 that Western Sierra principal, Mr. Gregg Moses, would not be returning in 2016. As of January 4th, Mr. Chip Kling (Vice Principal) took over for Moses temporarily. The details regarding the reason for Moses' departure from Western Sierra are unknown, due to confidentiality agreements between himself and the Rocklin Academy Family of Schools District.

Ms. Chelsea Bowler will begin serving as principal at the start of the 2016-2017 school year.

Academics

Western Sierra Collegiate Academy offers a tuition free education to students in grades 7-12 who elect to attend Western Sierra rather that their assigned public school. Western Sierra offers regular grade level courses for students in grades 7-9. Students in grades 10-12 are only offered AP (Advanced Placement) courses for some subject areas and regular grade level courses in all others. AP classes offered at Western Sierra include: AP World History, AP US History, AP Government, AP English Language, AP Literature, AP Biology, AP Psychology, AP Physics 1, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Chinese, and AP Spanish.

Sierra College Classes

Western Sierra has partnered with Sierra College to offer Sierra College courses on campus. As of the 2016-17 school year, they now offer Introduction to Computing (SC CSCI 0010), History of the. U.S. to 1877 (SC HIST 0017A), and History of the U.S. since 1865 (SC HIST 0017B).

Program Heads

• Mathematics - Ms. Carol Leonard
• Sciences - Ms. Andrea Adams
• Social Studies - Mr. Richard Dahl
• Language Arts - Mrs. Kristin Schroeder
• Visual And Performing Arts/ Physical Education - Mrs. Miken Dayton
• Foreign Languages- Ms. Paola Clark
• Student Government - Ms. Paola Clark
• Student Life - Mr. Scott Crosson
• College And Career Counseling - Mary-Beth Buttweiler
• Academic Counselor - Mr. Chip Kling

Student Government Elected Officials (2016-2017)

• President - Griffin Buch
• Vice-President - Paxton Ekkelboom
• Treasurer - Jacey Weiher
• Ambassador to the Board - Zane Tagatac
• Secretary -Julia MacIntyre
• Rally Commissioners - Lily Dayton & Angelica Lacap
• Dance Commissioners - Jenna Beardsley & Amanda Hansen

"School of Mastery" approach to Education

As a "School of Mastery" Western Sierra students are required to master all summative assessments (Mastery = 70% or Better). If a student scores under a 70% on any summative assessment, that student is required to "reperform" the exam.

The school, as of the 2016-17 school year, uses the Common Core State Standards.

Visual And Performing Arts

Western Sierra requires two years of Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) classes for graduation. VAPA approved courses include Choir 1, Choir 2, Advanced Womens Choir, Art 1, Art 2, Art 3, Orchestra, Band, Guitar, and Theatre Arts.

Following the 2015-2016 school year and after students had requested their courses for the 2016-2017 school year, the entire Media Arts department was cut without any information or explanation to the students and parents as to the reasoning behind cutting such a large percentage of the Visual and Performing Arts department.

Other Electives

• Pop Culture
• Creative Writing
• Philosophical Ethics
• Marketing And Business
• Yearbook