New Highland Academy

New Highland Academy

District School School Performance

Grades: TK - 5 Address: 8521 A Street Oakland, CA, 94621 Public Transportaton: AC transit lines 1, 1R and 98 serve our school.

Learn about this school’s performance, including academics and school culture/climate at: http://bit.ly/OaklandReportCardElementary

Phone: 510-729-7723 School Website: www.ousd.org/newhighland Mission Statement: At New Highland Academy, we focus on providing rigorous, differentiated and culturally relevant academic instruction, arts integration, social/ emotional skill building and support, and strong, positive connections with families, Our students will achieve proficiency or better in all subject areas. Our vision for New Highland is that our students become creative thinkers, effective communicators and compassionate members of their community. They'll attain academic excellence and develop powerful thinking skills. They'll also communicate effectively through oral and written English and a variety of arts and technology media. Our students will be develop into compassionate citizens possessing strong social-emotional skills and confidence in their own capacity to learn and achieve.

Number of Students: 351 School Hours Before School Program Begins: N/A School Day: 8:30am - 2:50pm

After School Program Ends: 6:00 pm Before School Programs: No information available.

After School Programs: Yes. 1st through fifth grade, ages 6-11. From bell until 6:00pm.

Uniform Details:

African American

13%

Asian

1%

Filipino

0%

Latino

83%

Native American

0.00%

Multiple

0%

Not Reported

1%

Pacific Islander

1%

White

0%

ELL Programs: Yes, English Language Learners are welcome at our school. Please see our website for more details on specific ELL programming.

New Highland students wear light blue or white tops with dark blue bottoms (pants, skirt, or shorts). Families can buy school t-shirts for $12, and uniform polo shirts for $15 at the school. Scholarships for free shirts are available according to need. Students wear the same colors in every grade.

Focus Area: N/A Visual Arts N/A N/A

Special Education Program: Every school in OUSD provides a range of quality services for students with special needs. Although every program is not available at every school site, a full continuum of services is available within the District. For more information please contact Office of Special Education at 879-8100 for more information or contact schools directly for details about their Special Education services. Instructional Methods: No information available.

Services and Activities: Application Deadline: January 26, 2018

No information available.

More Information: Please visit the Oakland Unified School District website at www.ousd.org/enroll to learn more about applying to this school. more information available online at oaklandfinder.schoolmint.net/school-chooser/schools/602

Publish date: data as of 11/10/17