Los Puentes Charter School – Who We Are

Mission Statement

Los Puentes Charter School provides personalized, structured, academic and extracurricular activities integrated with mental, emotional and behavioral health therapy, in a personalized and structured environment. Los Puentes will teach academic, social, and coping skills to youth at risk, based on educational and life goals, provide vocational and school-to-work opportunities, and instill within each student a renewed belief of their individual potential.

Los Puentes Charter School Values:

• A positive environment in which all students and staff are valued and respected as individuals.
• Opportunities for success through identification and development of students’ individual strengths, creativity and abilities.
• Student-initiated goal setting strategies.
• Shared decision making for commitment to a common vision.
• A positive work environment through effective communication and follow through.
• Shared humor as an effective teaching and learning tool.
• High expectations, which will create high-level achievement.