Upcoming Events

Saturday School & Saturday Suspension
Date: 5/25/2013
Time: 8:00 AM11:00 AM
Location: Room 109 & Room 501
HOLIDAY - Memorial Day - No School
Date: 5/27/2013
College Shirt Day
Date: 5/31/2013
Saturday School & Saturday Suspension
Date: 6/1/2013
Time: 8:00 AM11:00 AM
Location: Room 109 & Room 501
Saturday School & Saturday Suspension
Date: 6/8/2013
Time: 8:00 AM11:00 AM
Location: Room 109 & Room 501

News and Announcements

The O'Farrell Charter School TV Commercial
2013-2014 Letter of Intent
We are now accepting Letters of Intent for the 2013-2014 school year.
How O'Farrell Charter School Improved
After more than five years under the state's program improvement status, in a neighborhood school where 100 percent of students qualify for free lunch, The O’Farrell Charter School has reached a peak that most schools strive for:
The O'Farrell Charter School Earns Highest Test Scores in the Area
O’FARRELL CHARTER SCHOOL, THE JEWEL OF SOUTHEAST SAN DIEGO SHINES BRIGHTLY AS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA RELEASES ITS STAR TEST RESULTS - 805 API and AYP (25/25)
21st Century High School After School Safety and Enrichment for Teens Program
O’Farrell Charter School, in collaboration with the San Diego County Office of Education, intends to submit an application to the California Department of Education for the 21st Century High School After School Safety and Enrichment for Teens Program. If granted, funds will be used to establish a high school after school program.
Hands United For Children: O'Farrell Community School

Hands United For Children: O'Farrell Community School In reviewing its mission, Hands United for Children's Board of Trustees set the goal of assisting a domestic U.S. school to develop facilities and programs for less privileged children. A sideline discussion between soccer dads about education began the process of exploration leading to our selection of the O'Farrell Community School as Hands United for Children's domestic education project for 2012 and beyond.

The O'Farrell School's unique vision and situation fit perfectly into the goals of Hands United. Namely, they are determined to provide a top education to students who are frequently left behind in the American educational system. The elements which led us to select O'Farrell are as follows.
O'Farrell Community School: The Second Charter AVID National Demonstration School In The Nation

O'Farrell Community School: The Second Charter AVID National Demonstration School In The Nation I am pleased to announce that on the heels of O’Farrell Community Charter School receiving its WASC accreditation, today O’Farrell Community Charter School has just been validated and recognized as second in the nation charter school to achieve AVID National Demonstration status.
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Executive Director's Message

Welcome to O'Farrell Community School (A National AVID Certificated School). O'Farrell Community School is a community-oriented institution dedicated to fostering high academic standards, ensuring social and emotional growth, and maintaining a safe and secure learning environment for our entire student body. Through our homebase classes, the classroom teachers will provide skills conducive to the development of critical thinking, responsible decision-making, productive citizenship and individual creativity. High emphasis is placed on teacher/parent contact.

O'Farrell holds in high regard the FALCON Way. This describes the habits and character traits that students must have to attain high academic standards and demonstrate appropriate social and emotional growth during middle school (the Falcon is the mascot of the school). The word FALCON is an acronym to identify the key character attributes necessary to succeed in school: Focus, Attitude, Leadership, Citizenship, Organization, and Non-violence. With your support, O'Farrell Community School will advance your child's academic ability allowing a more fluent and successful transition into high school.

In the past two years, O'Farrell Community School has accomplished several milestones.  We are recognized for increasing the students daily instructional time to a yearly amount that tops most public educational institutions in the state.  O'Farrell has changed from using the San Diego SELPA (special education service) to the El Dorado SELPA which allows O'Farrell to better serve our special needs population.  O'Farrell has submitted to the state and has been accepted as a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation.  We have also introduced and established honors classes throughout the middle school to add a more challenging and rigorous environment for our students.  O'Farrell added and graduated its first 9th grade class this past year with close to 50% of the students participating in the Honor Roll throughout the school year.  Through the hard work of our Family Support Services, O'Farrell was awarded the Health Access Grant which assures our community equitable access to quality health care.  We are very excited to be recognized as the second charter school in the nation to achieve AVID National Demonstration School recodnition  - 2011/2012 school year.  Further, O'Farrell became recognized as a WASC Accredited Middle School (Western Accreditation of School and Colleges) in the spring of 2011.  O'Farrell will be opening doors to both an elementary and high school for the 2012/2013 school year.

The staff at O'Farrell Community School is looking forward to assisting our students. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact our office at 619-263-3009.

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