Top 10 Reasons to Choose SCVi

Great reasons to attend our tuition-free public charter school, Santa Clarita Valley International School (SCVi)? Our TK-12th grade learners receive personalized attention, caring facilitators, and a strong academic environment. Here are ten great reasons why children thrive at our community-centered school: 

1. Building a Foundation for a Bright Future

From transitional kindergarten (TK) through 12th grade, SCVi learners engage in high-quality academics and character development aimed at growing the whole child. Our curriculum is authentic and relevant, supports the needs of all learners, and meets or exceeds California Learning Standards. We have dual language immersion (English/Spanish) tracks for grades K-5, STEAM classes, Career Technical Education pathways, and an International Baccalaureate (IB) program in our upper school (see Reason #7).

2. Small School Personalization

At SCVi, everyone knows your child’s name and cares about their success. Every learner has an individualized learning plan and support from teachers – known as facilitators – and a care team of counselors, paraprofessionals, and administrators. We get to know each learner as a singular individual and nurture strengths and areas of improvement. We celebrate academic growth with regularly held Showcases of Learning where students share what’s been achieved.

3. Project-Based Learning

At our tuition-free school, we are passionate about project-based learning (PBL). PBL means learners are active participants in their educational process and are able to connect ideas and concepts together in hands-on and engaging ways. PBL gives our SCVi learners real-world skills based on collaboration and autonomy. Learners are encouraged to move at their own pace through inquiry-based growth strategies.

4. Arts are Essential – not “Extra”

At our tuition-free public TK-12 school, we believe arts are an essential part of developing the whole child. Arts are the thread connecting all subjects and are explored not only as a core subject but also as an integral part of our project-based learning. We offer music, theatre, and visual arts. We share our art with the community at our End of the Year Art Show and in local galleries around Santa Clarita.

5. Field Studies

Some may call them field trips – but ours are field studies! Packed with meaningful learning experiences, our field studies are directly connected to projects our learners are working on and allow opportunities to work and wonder beyond our classroom spaces. From visiting a farm and studying the plants and animals living there, to traveling to the Kennedy Space Center to see their plant experiments rocketed up to the International Space Station, our field studies take investigation from the indoors to the great big world. 

6. Social-Emotional Learning

Social-emotional learning (SEL) is at the heart of everything we do at SCVi. Sure, academics are important but we believe it’s vital to help learners develop skills like social awareness, self-management, emotional regulation, and self-realization early so you can use these ideas as you grow. SEL works in tandem with our PBL learning approach which requires our learners to research, implement problem-solving approaches, collaborate and create solutions. 

7. College & Career Pathways 

Curious to dig into Coding and Game design?  Intrigued by flight? SCVi uses the fascination of aviation and aerospace to bring STEAM to life for all of our TK-12th grade learners but the fun really ramps up in middle school when you have the opportunity to fly a glider! 

SCVi offers both theatre and aviation Career Technical Education pathways that learners can choose to pursue in our upper school. Not only that, high schoolers can participate in the International Baccalaureate Career-related Programme (IB CP). The IB CP allows learners to participate in a career-related curriculum while at the same time providing access to an IB education. Learners can also take college classes in high school all while meeting California’s A-G requirements for college as a given! And our learners work 1:1 with SCVi’s Academic and College Counselor every step of the way. So many options, options, options.

8. Our Values

At our small TK-12 school, we provide a safe space for our learners to grow, take appropriate risks, and gain confidence in themselves. We use the Leader in Me character curriculum which teaches the key concepts found in the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Additionally, we host Advisory (Morning Meeting for grades TK-5) where learners and facilitators have intentional time to focus on making connections, learning conflict resolution and exploring problem-solving ideas.

9. Globally Connected

Why do we have “international” at the end of our name? Because we feel it is crucial to offer culturally diverse programs that expose our learners to the greater world around them, such as dual language immersion, the IB program, science and the arts. We host a Cultural Unity Day, which celebrates heritage and community. Our learners also work together to send a science project to space. Does it get any more globally connected?

10. SCVi Families Welcomed

We know our community is our greatest asset and we gratefully lean on them to go the extra mile for our learners. From an active Scarlet Foundation to events like our annual Spring Open House, we are proud that our families contribute to the well-being of our school. We make sure to keep everyone up-to-date with a weekly “Monday Message” so you can see what our learners are up to and what’s ahead. 

Interested in how we can help build a strong foundation for your child? Find out more about SCVi and enroll today!

 

About SCVi:

Santa Clarita Valley International School (SCVi) is a free public charter school empowering TK-12th graders to become conscientious, compassionate, and responsible citizens of the world. We use project-based and social-emotional learning concepts to inspire and motivate lifelong learners with the skills they need to lead in the 21st century. We incorporate technology into every component of our curriculum, and we value and encourage development of leadership skills by inspiring confidence and character in each of our unique learners. Join our innovative school today!