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Gateway Community Charters
is a Capturing Kids’ Hearts (CKH)
organization. This year, three GCC
schools were recognized as National
CKH Showcase Schools. “When you
have a child’s heart you can then
educate their mind.” Shares Dr.
Cindy Petersen, "Capturing hearts
and creating relational capacity is
powerful for all of our stakeholders."
This initiative focuses attention on
students from the superintendent,
principals, teachers, secretaries,
and custodians to show that
administrators, educators, and st aff
actively care about each student.
Each of Gateway’s charter schools
has a unique mission and vision, with
a track record of helping students
succeed academically. Three of
Gateway’s campuses are International
Baccalaureate schools (IB). IB is an
internationally recognized program
that institutes learner profiles and
character traits that all global learners
should have. When these students
leave Gateway’s doors, they will be
competitive in a global society.
Some GCC schools have
a vocational focus including
Sacramento Academic and Vocational
Academy (SAVA), which has ten
pathways and sixteen courses
articulated with local community
colleges. This allows students to
earn college credits while in high
Functioning as independent
public schools, charter schools are
allowed to be more innovative and
adaptable to the needs of students.
Through these strong partnerships
with parents, teachers, students, and
the community, charter schools can
create environments specially tailored
for students. Parents are encouraged
to be involved, teachers have the
freedom to innovate, and students
have the chance to learn.
shadowing, and career exploration,”
notes Sample. “We invite business
leaders to come in, inspire our
students and provide internship and
job shadowing opportunities.”
Learn more about how your
business can become involved with
Gateway Community Charters at
[e-mail].
school and graduate career ready.
“We’re always seeking ways for our
students to connect to the business
world through internships, job
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