Principal's Message
Greetings from Parkside Education Center!
The school year begins with great excitement among our programs at Parkside Education Center. Our teachers, staff and instructional assistants have all been preparing for what proves to be a great year! Parkside is comprised of the following programs: ASPIRE program, Home/Hospital Instruction, Adult Transition and our Independent Study EDGE Virtual Academy K to 12 with a Hybrid option for Elementary. Each program is highly specialized and is unique to the individual needs of the students celebrating an alternative educational pathway.
EDGE Virtual Academy is an online school for students who wish to be virtual with daily and weekly support with a combination of asynchronous and synchronous schedule with Highly Qualified Credentialed Teachers. Teachers provide tiered support and students are encouraged to come in for assessments and in-person academic or counseling support. Our High School has A to G courses, Advanced Placement and Honors Courses and 2 CTE pathways (Business Management and Computer Science) to provide quality education in a flexible manner. Elementary students have the option of a Hybrid component where parents have responsibility for providing direct daily instruction in collaboration with OUSD teacher.
Adult Transition serves young adult students with IEPs to meet the needs of 18-22 year old young adults with developmental disabilities. Our key focus is to help young adults build independence and quality of life linking adult students to appropriate community and adult services. Community based instruction, mobility training and providing support to small groups of students to attend special community college programs/classes is part of the mission for our adult student populations.
ASPIRE serves students in grades nine through twelve with individual education plans and is an IEP placement only. ASPIRE is built on the belief that all students can learn when given the appropriate social-emotional support, educational services, and transition services. There is a focus on the whole student in developing lifelong skills.
Home/Hospital instruction is to help students maintain continuity of instruction during a period of temporary disability. Any student with a temporary disability that makes attendance in regular classes or another education program impossible or inadvisable may be considered for this program with medical documentation.
As you can tell, this is a dynamic learning environment for many students and we look forward to providing excellent learning opportunities that exemplify our District’s core values of integrity, respect, equity and excellence.
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Sincerely,
Julie Lucas
Principal, Parkside Education Center