Curriculum and Instruction
The following resources are used to enrich El Segundo Unified School District curriculum, and to help parents and students better understand the curriculum, standards and frameworks of the State of California.
Content Standards of the State of California
Access to information published by the State regarding standards, data, statistics, assessments, professional development, financing and grants
Alternative Education
Arena Alternative/Virtual High School is located in El Segundo, California and is part of the El Segundo Unified School District. Arena High School is designed to provide an online learning environment supported by classroom teachers. The model allows for accelerated learning, credit recovery, flexibility as needed, and dual enrollment with community college when appropriate. The school and model also are appropriate for those simply looking for a smaller school setting that maintains high levels of rigor.
Arena is a WASC accredited school that offers two (2) California standards-embedded curriculum for students either a) wishing to earn A-G type credits who are interested in attending a University of California, California State University, out-of-state or private school, or b) wishing to earn a diploma, move out into the workforce after high school with the possibility of pursuing further education at a community college. For more information please contact Jack Plotkin at jplotkin@esusd.net.
Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI)
Elementary age children bring lots of things to school with them -- besides the huge backpacks stuffed with supplies and the occasional toy from home. They bring ingenuity, innate knowledge, and mathematical insight. They sometimes amaze their teachers with creative ways they come up with to solve problems. When teachers are able to link their classroom instruction with their students’ intuitive knowledge, students can take classroom instruction a lot farther and it promotes an enduring mathematical development that can last a lifetime. That is the approach of Cognitively Guided Instruction; often abbreviated as CGI.
El Segundo Middle School Summer Reading and Math List
Summer reading list for grades 6 - 8
El Segundo High School Summer Reading List
Summer reading list for grades 9 - 12
