The Gateway Unified School District serves more than 3,000 students from preschool through high school. Its academic curriculum includes various subjects, such as mathematics, history, science, social studies and language arts. The district s library system offers access to books, magazines, classroom videos, teacher resources and online research services. The Gateway Unified School District provides various medication services. The district offers curriculum based on the California State Content Standards and a range of cocurricular and extracurricular opportunities. It also provides computer libraries with Internet access for students and parents use. The Gateway Unified School District is located in Redding, Calif.
Alta Mesa Elementary School provides educational programs to students from kindergarten through grade five and is located in Redding, Calif. It offers sport activities, such as cross country, soccer, basketball, softball and volleyball. Its garden club offers opportunities to learn about gardening, landscaping and environmental issues. Its reading programs includes systematic instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics and spelling, reading naturally, picture phonics and Marty s family reader. It also provides students after-school care, homework assistance, tutoring and a variety of fun activities. It offers Title I math program for students in grades four and five. Its parent-teacher booster club includes parents and staff meeting monthly to coordinate school-community programs. The group organizes annual carnivals, fundraisers and events to increase student-parent involvement in school-related events.
Located in Redding, Calif., Shasta County Office of Education is a service organization and an intermediate unit between local districts and the California State Department of Education. It serves more than 30,000 students in grades kindergarten through 12 and offers a variety of educational programs and services. The organization provides services to more than 20 local school districts and a community college, including business, data processing, personnel, administrative, psychological, nursing and community health, curricular assistance, graphics, printing and information technology. The county office also provides programs for special education students, at-risk youth, child development and vocational education. Additionally, it offers educational, early childhood, technology, business and human resources services.
Located in Redding, Calif., Parsons Junior High School serves students in grades six through eight. The school offers a variety of advanced, standard and sheltered courses. Parsons Junior High School offers elective programs, including Spanish, leadership and television production, visual arts, music, band, computers, reading lab, math lab, yearbook and teacher s aide. The school also offers an after-school care program that includes homework and tutoring sessions, participation in a variety of activities, such as jujitsu, flag team, a jazz ensemble, ceramics, golf club, Christian club, science Olympiad and the student government. Additionally, the school also offers an extracurricular sports program, including basketball, volleyball, soccer, cross-country, wrestling, tennis, cheer leading, track, softball, baseball and noon-time intramural sports.
