Math, Science & Technology Magnet

1450 Allenford Avenue
Los Angeles, CA  90049
(310) 917-4800
www.paulreverems.com 

Principal:  Fern Somoza

Who We Are
Enrollment: 2,034 Students in Grades 6-8
2009 API:   848    Similar Schools Rank: 8
   
A 2003 California Distinguished School, Revere Charter Middle School offers a diverse student population and a caring faculty and administration, dedicated to ensuring that every child receives the best possible education in a balanced social and intellectual environment conducive to learning.  Revere’s 6th grade is a “cored program,” where students are assigned two teachers (one for Math/Science, the other History/Language Arts) who work together to coordinate curriculum and transition students into middle school.  Revere also offers highly gifted and honors programs for eligible students.

What Makes Us Unique
• A Math, Science, Technology Magnet program.
• Active parent participation through our Booster Club, PRIDE, and our PTSA.
• Outstanding, award-winning choral and instrumental music programs.
• A horticulture program, growing ground, and student-maintained animal farm.
• A comprehensive Library program, run by and for students.
• An active “Council” communications program that fosters listening and mutual respect.
• An award-winning PE Department.
• An excellent, bi-monthly student newspaper, The Town Crier.
• A comprehensive, after-school program, PEP, administered by Revere teachers, including both athletics and course offerings.
• The Revere Literary Anthology – a compilation of student literary work published every year and presented through a Young Authors’ Evening.
• A variety of lunch clubs geared toward student interests, including tennis, ping pong, Hebrew, Movie/Screenwriting, and many others.
• Two completely outfitted computer labs.
• Apple computer pilot program in each core discipline.

Admissions
Students matriculating from any of the five complex elementary schools, living within the residential communities, or who are siblings of current students are automatically admitted.  All others must complete a charter application and will be enrolled via lottery.  Magnet, PWT, and Public School Choice students must apply via the LAUSD Choices Brochure.  Prospective families may tour the school.  Please contact the Main Office or visit the website for further information.

141 North Topanga Canyon Blvd.
Topanga, CA  90290
(310) 455-3711
www.topangaelementary.org
         
Principal:  Liam Joyce

Who We Are
Enrollment: 260 Students in Grades K-5
2009 API:   914    Statewide Rank: 10
    
Topanga Charter Elementary School is located on a 12.4 acre wooded campus in the heart of Topanga Canyon. With a small population, the school maintains the true feeling of a community school, with the ability to foster long lasting relationships with students and families. These relationships are strengthened by the stability of the fully credentialed faculty and their numerous years of service. Topanga Elementary Charter School provides an integrated core curriculum focused on independent thinking, decision-making, problem solving skills and creativity, with an emphasis on community and global attitudes.

What Makes Us Unique
• Active parent involvement and participation, providing help in the classroom, office, library/media center, Leadership Council, school committees and through the Topanga Enrichment Programs (TEP) Booster Club.
• Three-hour instructional aides in every classroom.
• Full-time science teacher and science center for all grades.
• An instrumental music program, featuring woodwind, brass, strings and guitar instruction; and an upper grade chorus.
• The Art Trek program, featuring monthly full morning art projects.
• A School Garden Project that includes growing space for each classroom.
• Apple laptops in every classroom.

Admissions
Topanga Charter School, as a neighborhood school, gives first priority in admission to students who live in its attendance area and for siblings of current students.  However, we anticipate being able to accept Charter applicants living outside of our school's attendance.  For further information, please contact the main office.  To enroll, families must provide verification of date of birth, residence and immunizations.

800 Via De La Paz
Pacific Palisades, CA  90272
(310) 454-3700
www.palielementary.org
         
Principal:  Joan Ingle

Who We Are
Enrollment: 430 Students in Grades K-5
2009 API:   928    Statewide Rank: 10
    
A 2006 California Distinguished School, Palisades Charter Elementary School is dedicated to academic excellence, appreciation of the arts, and the promotion of positive social awareness.  The school, located in the heart of the Palisades community, is built in a beautiful, traditional Spanish-style architecture, reflective of Los Angeles’ early history.  Palisades Charter Elementary’s curriculum emphasizes the study of the arts as an important part of a complete education. The arts engage students in individual and group activities, develop creativity, problem solving, and critical evaluative skills.

What Makes Us Unique
• TRIBES, a democratic group process emphasizing listening and mutual respect to develop a positive environment that promotes learning and human growth.
• Active parent participation through the PEP Booster Club, helping in the classroom, and by organizing school-wide events and activities.
• A comprehensive Arts program, including the Art Cadre, where an artist works once a month with grades 1-3 on a special project and Art Matters, a curriculum specially designed for the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades.
• The Discovery Garden, a “natural” classroom, used for exploring math, life science, and social studies through hands-on lessons.
• The Green Team, helping our kids learn the importance of recycling and many other environmental lessons.
• Olympic Day, an annual event that promotes physical fitness through participation in a variety of athletic activities.

Admissions
Palisades Charter School, as a neighborhood school, gives first priority in admission to students who live in its attendance area but also provides for the education of non-neighborhood students who wish to attend based on the District’s Desegregation or Integration policy. To enroll, families must provide verification of date of birth, residence and immunizations. Campus tours are conducted monthly.  Please contact the front office for more information.

16821 Marquez Avenue
Pacific Palisades, CA  90272
(310) 454-4019
www.marquezcharter.org
   
Principal:  Phil Hollis

Who We Are
Enrollment: 613 Students in Grades K-5
2009 API:   906    Statewide Rank: 9
   
Perched on a hillside overlooking the vast Pacific Ocean lies a very special place we call Marquez Charter School. Marquez is an exceptional school where dedicated, highly trained teachers work closely with parents and the Palisades community to ensure that every child receives a quality education that will enable them to succeed in the 21st century.  A 2008 California Distinguished School, Marquez was also recently named an Apple Distinguished School, in recognition of its Digital Edge program.

What Makes Us Unique
• Digital Edge Program that fully integrates laptops into the school curriculum at a ratio of 2:1 from grades 1-5.
• Active parent participation through the Friends of Marquez Booster Club, the PTA, and classroom support.
• A 24:1 student teacher ratio in grades K-3 and class size reduction using CSR teachers in grades 4-5.
• A PE program that provides approximately 40 hours of instruction per week.
• A comprehensive enrichment program, including arts and music education in the classroom, supplemented by professional instruction through the Studio Art and Children’s Music Workshop programs.
• An Edible Growing Ground that serves as an outdoor classroom to enhance nutrition and agriculture awareness along with science curriculum studies.
• Three historically-based, award-winning musicals performed by 5th grade students to learn social studies curriculum through the arts. 

Admissions
Marquez Charter School, as a neighborhood school, gives first priority in admission to students who live in its attendance area in the Pacific Palisades community of Los Angeles but also provides for the education of non-neighborhood students who wish to attend based on the District’s Desegregation or Integration policy.  To enroll, families must provide verification of date of birth, residence and immunizations.  Prospective families are welcome to tour the school; call the front office to make arrangements.  Kindergarten/Newcomer Orientations are conducted in the fall and spring.

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