Southwest High

By February 1 of each year, every school in California is required by state law to publish a School Accountability Report Card (SARC).The SARC cont ains informat ion about

the condition and performance of each California public school. Under the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) all local educational agencies (LEA s) are required to

prepare a Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), which describes how t hey intend to meet annual school-specific goals for all pupils, w ith specific activities to

address state and local priorities. Additionally, dat a reported in an LCAP is t o be consistent w ith dat a reported in the SA RC.

For more informat ion about SARC requirement s, see the California Department of Educat ion (CDE) SARC w eb page at https://w ww .cde.ca.gov/ta/ac/sa/.

For more informat ion about the LCFF or LCA P, see the CDE LCFF w eb page at https://w ww .cde.ca.gov/fg/aa/lc/.

For additional informat ion about the school, parents/guardians and community members should contact the school principal or the district office.

school and comparisons of the school to the district and the count y. Specifically, DataQuest is a dynamic system that provides reports for accountability (e.g., test

data, enrollment, high school graduates, dropout s, course enrollments, staffing, and data regarding English learners).

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and public locations is generally provided on a first-come, first-served basis. Other use restrictions may include t he hours of operation, the length of time that a

workstation may be used (depending on availability), the types of software programs available on a w orkstat ion, and the abilit y t o print documents.

Mr. Matt Phillips, Principal

Principal, Southwest High

Dedicated to preparing all students for college and career, Southw est High School offers rich and varied courses and

pathways. Southw est is an International Baccalaureate (IB) school, a comprehensive college preparatory program w ith

courses offered in 11th and 12th grade. Advanced Placement (AP) and IB courses represent rigorous pathways to college

English, Social Science, Mathematics, Science and Spanish. Honors classes are available to 9th and 10th graders under

open enrollment. T hese classes are designed to prepare students for the rigor of AP and IB coursew ork. All freshmen

take Health and Success 101, which are graduation requirements. Students plan for college and career by creating a 10

year plan during their freshman year, and cont inuing to mark their progress through the Get Focused, Stay Focused

curriculum.

Our t eachers continue to develop and expand upon their craft by attending various Professional Development

opportunities t hroughout the year. This allow s them to bett er serve our students, w hich is the ultimate goal of

Southw est High School. W e are commit ted to preparing our students to meet t he challenges of t omorrow ’s global

economy to make our students college or career ready upon graduation. Here at Sout hw est High School, w e encourage

parental involvement . W e host community event s throughout the year and w e invite you to come and see for yourself

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