Who We Are

Ocean Charter School is a community of families and educators using innovative teaching methods to nurture and educate children in a multi-cultural, urban environment. We are committed to achieving academic excellence through experiential learning, enhancing the growth of curiosity and imagination through the rigorous practice of an arts integrated curriculum. This approach addresses the whole child, promoting the development of healthy, responsible, and creative human beings. Our graduates will have the vision, desire and skill to live meaningful lives, balance technology and humanity, and create a sustainable future.

Ocean Charter School's Whole Child Curriculum, informed by the Waldorf educational approach and built on a foundation of creativity and self-confidence, grows with the child to balance imagination, critical thinking and academic excellence. This foundation, combined with a focus on ecological and social responsibility, nurtures a sense of delight and wonder about the world, as well as respect for nature and humanity. Our goal is to graduate students who will positively shape our culture, rather than merely reflecting it. Our curriculum is designed to empower each student with the knowledge that she or he matters as an individual and shapes not only her or his own life, but, ultimately, the course of history.

For the upcoming 2008-09 school year, Ocean Charter School will have an enrollment of 324 students serving Kindergarten through Grade 8.  We will eventually grow to serve almost 400 students..

We are a public charter school and a public, benefit corporation.

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