2018–2019 School Accountability Report Card

The vision and mission for PUC CALS MS & PUC CALS ECHS is guided by PUC’s 3 Commitments:

1. Five times more college graduates w ithin the communities w e serve.

2. After four years w ith us, students are proficient.

3. Students commit to uplift our communities now and forever.

CALS MS:

PUC California Academy of Liberal Studies (CALS) was founded in 2000 and serves the communities in Northeast Los Angeles. With approximately 240 students, the school was founded on the premise that schools empower students to uplift their communities through academic rigor and community service. Students are thought of as scholars and catalysts of change.
A college going culture is strongly emphasized at PUC CALS Charter Middle School. By instilling the notion that all students are college bound, PUC CALS aims at closing the achievement gap.

The mission of the PUC California Academy for Liberal Studies is to offer every enrolled student a dynamic learning environment within a small community committed to educational excellence and personal integrity. PUC CALS guides its students as they discover and cultivate their unique gifts and talents, challenging each individual to achieve his or her full potential.

CALS ECHS:

PUC California Academy Liberal Studies Charter Middle and Early College High School (PUC CALS ECHS) serves the educational needs of students living in the city of Los Angeles, with a concentration on the communities of Lincoln Heights, Cypress Park, and Glassell Park. PUC CALS ECHS, home of the falcons, was founded in 2003 as a continuation of the personalized, rigorous education imparted at PUC CALS Middle School, a founding charter school at Partnerships to Uplift Communities. The mission of PUC Schools is to develop and manage high quality charter schools in densely populated urban communities with overcrowded and low achieving schools. We create school programs and cultures that result in college graduation for all students. We uplift and revitalize communities through the development of educational and other supportive partnerships. PUC CALS ECHS has developed successful partnerships with Los Angeles Trade Tech College and Pasadena City College, allowing all students take college classes during high school. PUC Schools uses an educational model based on high expectations for all students, highly qualified teachers, and parents as partners. The school operates on a traditional August-June academic calendar. PUC CALS ECHS is proud to be recognized as a California Distinguished School.

Our small school environment helps support the whole student through a variety of services and clubs; such as athletics, clubs after school, mentorship opportunities and providing outside resources to all students. As a high school we are working hard to build and foster partnerships with our families in support of the whole student in the areas of academic celebrations and culture spirit events to have more investment to our school community