MISSION – The mission of Encore High Schools for the Arts  is to provide a creative, challenging, and nurturing environment that offers secondary students with innovative preparation for a university education and pursuit of the arts.

Encore – High Desert has implemented strong academic standards and was able to produce the highest API score among Hesperia Unified School District high schools.  Encore – High Desert is accredited through the accrediting board “Western Association for Schools and Colleges (WASC).”  Encore – High Desert currently has many A-G courses that have been approved and accepted through the University of California and is registered as a Tier 1 school with the United States military.  To date, Encore – High Desert has helped graduates with awards of over a million dollars in college scholarships.

With consistent collaboration between academics and arts conservatories, Encore students have become passionate about achieving success through their academic and arts programs.  Students have completed graduate requirements early and about 75% of all Encore graduates have enrolled in post secondary education programs.  Of the students that firmly embrace the arts conservatory programs, a good portion of them have been awarded scholarships to Universities across the country from UCLA to Yale.

Educational Philosophy – Encore shall offer a creative learning environment combining intensive studies of arts education with intensive pre college academic classes.  Offering low student/teacher ratios, this high school is a great stepping stone to college.

• An educated person of the 21^st century is well rounded and can use critical thinking to work through every day problems.  With education beyond high school through either University, Trade, or Life Experience - an educated person can interact, socialize, and flourish in today’s society.
• A student will be most successful in their high school career if they enjoy the educational atmosphere in their institution.  It is important that the academic lessons are challenging, but clear.  It is also important that electives appeal to the student directly.  Combining both what they have to learn with what they want to learn will help each student tolerate what they hate to do and passionately explore what they love to do, ultimately helping them succeed at both. 

 Provide services of a psychological nature designed to improve the development of the individual student and the educational program.  Supervise the dailiy operations of the on campus special education programs.

REPORTS TO: Executive Officer of Student Services

1. Make diagnostic psychological studies of atypical children referred for study. This may include classroom observation, psychological testing, case conferences, contacting community agencies, conferences with parents, and consultation to the teacher and principal.

2. Assists in planning and evaluating the district’s group testing program with emphasis on interpretation of the results to teachers and parents.

3. Consults with school personnel on individual pupil studies, test interpretation, attendance problems, retentions, accelerations, and other guidance matters.

4. Participates in the planning and conducting of in-service training program for school personnel.

5. Participates in various educational research projects designed to improve the instructional program.

OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Prepares written reports of psychological findings and insures their confidentiality.

2. Does follow-up on pupils who have been referred for psychological study.

3. Administers appropriate individual tests to pupils having academic emotional, and social adjustment problems that interfere with school success.

4. Support teachers and staff in developing appropriate modifications and accomadations.

5. Re-test children in accordance with district policy and the California Education Code.

6. Serves as a consultant to counselors regarding individual pupils, as well as the counseling program.

7. Consults with parents, doctors, and various agencies requesting special help or information concerning a child.

8. Serves as a consultant to specialist working in Special Services and the general education teachers.

9. Participates in the evaluation of the district’s special education programs and plans.

10. Supervises the campus specialeducation program to ensure desired goals are being achieved.

11. Other Duties as assigned.