- For more information about SARC requirements, see the California Department of Education (CDE) SARC web page at https://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/ac/sa/.
- For more information about the LCFF or LCAP, see the CDE LCFF web page at https://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/aa/lc/.
- For additional information about the school, parents/guardians and community members should contact the school principal or the district office.
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California School Dashboard
Jennifer Stickel, Principal
- Principal, Public Safety Academy
About Our School
Principal’s Message
It is 8:14 am on a Wednesday morning. Cadets in grades six through twelve in police-style uniforms are huddled under the awning eating their breakfast, chatting with friends, and shining their boots. Several teachers are chatting with cadets and each other about upcoming assignments or simply just talking about how their week has been. As soon as the clock strikes 8:15 am, the honor guard begins to play Reveille, which is the same song that plays on every military base to begin the day. Cadets begin to run to formation and prepare to salute the flag while colors are presented.
It’s an impressive sight to see. Over 400 of the area’s finest students gathered under the direction of student leaders to uphold a tradition that has been in place since 1999. After cadets recite their “Cadet Creed” and their “Six Pillars of Character”, they are dismissed to their common core-aligned classes taught by highly qualified and dedicated teachers.
Public Safety Academy of San Bernardino (PSA) is a public charter school which prepares cadets for careers in public safety service sectors. This includes police work, fire service, and military service. Our “cadets” demonstrate Michael Josephson’s Six Pillars of Character: Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring, and Citizenship. Those are the same pillars they recite every morning before attending class. Courses at PSA are taught with a focus on Public Safety. For example, the title of the 11th grade English course is called Literacy, Advocacy, and Public Service. The bulk of the reading and writing in this course focuses on law and justice, societal issues, and other high-interest topics of that nature. We also offer career technical courses, such as Dispatch, Cyber security, and Protected Services. These courses give our students the opportunity to learn the basic skills that may be needed if they choose to go into those prospective careers.
Students and stakeholders often comment on how PSA feels like a family. It is an honor to be a part of an organization where our mission is strong and our community is proud of what we do.
As we say at PSA, “What’s in it for we? Ooh rah!”
Principal's Comment
Contact
Public Safety Academy1482 East Enterprise Dr.
San Bernardino, CA 92408-0161
Phone: 909-382-2211
Email: jstickel@psasb.us