Western Sierra Collegiate Academy


Western Sierra Collegiate Academy is a public charter school serving grades 7-12 in Rocklin, California a northeastern suburb located near Sacramento, California. It is part of the Rocklin Academy Family of Schools, which also includes two elementary schools and one TK-8 school located in Rocklin.

Administration

Current School Administrators:
Robin Stout- Superintendent
Chelsea Bowler- Principal
Chip Kling- Vice Principal/Counselor
Scott Crosson- Vice Principal/Student Life
It was announced on December 18, 2015 that Western Sierra principal, Mr. Gregg Moses, would not be returning in 2016. As of January 4, Mr. Chip Kling 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 began 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 than 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 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 Chemistry 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, History of the. U.S. to 1877, and History of the U.S. since 1865.

"School of Mastery" approach to Education

As a "School of Mastery" Western Sierra students are required to master all summative assessments. If a student scores under a 70% on any summative assessment, that student is then required to "reperform" the exam within a three-week time frame that the teacher provides. Students can also decide to "extend" for a B or an A on an exam if they have completed at least 90% of the homework and earned at least a C on the test.
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 classes for graduation. VAPA approved courses include Choir 1, Choir 2, Advanced Women's Choir, Art 1, Art 2, Art 3, Orchestra, Beginning Band, Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Guitar, Digital Photography, Sculpture and Theatre Arts.

Other Electives