The school ensures that all students participate in a rigorous, relevant and coherent standards based curriculum that supports the achievement of the academic standards and the expected schoolwide learning goals by adhering to our schools philosophy. All LFCSA students, regardless of their background, receives equal access to a balanced and enriched academic curriculum. The pedagogy used to deliver the rigorous standards-based curricula will be an arts-integrated, project-based, multi-disciplinary approach, guided by many of the tenants of constructivist learning. They learn process skills, practice critical thinking, engage in higher-level thinking, and encounter an enriched academic curriculum. The environment is nurturing, supportive, and safe. It is a place that children feel welcome and included. The students enthusiastically come to school because they encounter a student centered curriculum and environment. The California State Frameworks and California State Standards will shape the educational program.

All choices in pedagogy and curriculum reflect our objective to enable students to become self-motivated, competent, life-long learners. The theoretical principles of constructivist pedagogy will define our classroom approach. The emphasis on valuing and developing “multiple intelligences” will allow students to develop skills and abilities within a positive context that utilizes their areas of strength. By fostering the ability to use one’s current strengths to develop skills, LFCSA will enable students to become life-long learners. The project-based nature of assessments resembles more authentic representations of knowledge than traditional tests, and allows students to make choices and seek answers to their questions, thus becoming self-motivated learners.

The students are provided with the foundational skills and content knowledge necessary for academic success. The program is differentiated to accommodate individual needs. This is accomplished through regularly looking at student work, the review of on-going authentic assessment and examination of data provided through continuing standardized assessment techniques.