2018–2019 School Accountability Report Card

The vision and mission for PUC Inspire Charter Academy (PICA) is guided by PUC’s 3 Commitments:
1. Five times more college graduates within the communities we serve.
2. After four years with us, students are proficient.
3. Students commit to uplift our communities now and forever.

In order to achieve this mission and vision, PICA is replicating key design elements of the PUC model that have proven highly successful. Implementation of the PUC model will include the following design elements:

• The school curriculum will prepare students with a common core of know ledge, irrespective of primary language or ethnic background.


• The school provides a small, nurturing environment.


• Teachers use assessments and data to identify and fill learning gaps for individual students.


• The school infuses theater, arts and physical education and health education into the academic program for all students.


• The school offers an extended day (after-school) program that will provide students with a safe place, academic support, arts, athletics, clubs, as well as enrichment in a variety of areas. The program is custom built to the interests and needs of the students.


• The school fosters exposure to higher education through the College Connection will support the vision of college graduation for all children becoming a reality.


• The school encourages supportive and purposeful teaching as the norm.


• The school implements an inclusion model for students with special needs, an immersion program for ELL students, as w ell as strategies, such as pre-teaching, in order to build confidence and w ell-being.


• The school strategically cultivate a positive school environment characterized by mutual respect through participation in the Community Circle from the * Tribes program. -The school will prioritize each child’s emotional and physical health in addition to their academic needs. Services will be identified and offered to alleviate the barriers to learning.