Our Mission: To empower the next generation through innovative, rigorous, and personalized educational options.
Our Mission: To empower the next generation through innovative, rigorous, and personalized educational options.
Baker Charter Schools are two charter schools sponsored by the Baker School District in Eastern Oregon. The schools were founded in 2008 and have experienced exponential growth since then, serving students all across the state.
Baker Web Academy offers K-12 students a full menu of classes (online and/or textbook-based) as well field trips, labs, and other face-to-face educational opportunities. Each family is assigned a mentor teacher who visits the student twice a month in the comfort of the student’s own home, or at a local business if the family prefers. Teachers are Oregon-certified instructors who care about students and want to make their education meaningful and challenging. Students receive the materials they need for success, whether that is a laptop or a curriculum of textbooks.
Baker Early College allows students grades 10-12 a chance to complete high school and start their college experience early. Students attend local community college classes and gain high school and college credit at the same time. BEC pays for 12 credits per term of tuition/fees and $200 in book reimbursements. Students are supported by licensed staff who are experts at making community college studies successful. Many students earn their high school diploma with 1-2 years of college already completed!
With the passage of Senate Bill 208 in 2017, high school charter students can participate in interscholastic activities (sports, music, band, and choir) at their resident district. Families with younger students are encouraged to talk directly first with their local school’s principal if they can participate. Participation does require the approval of the local school’s principal.
Students should expect to complete a full school day in their coursework. Elementary students generally have more paper/pencil based curriculum and usually spend 4-5 hours a day working. Middle through High School students focus more in online courses and work nearly 6 hours a day.
We have learned that every student requires an individualized approach. At our charter, the staff and teachers strive to make every experience a positive one. For example, if your family would prefer fewer home visits, but more virtual interaction, we are happy to make accommodations on a case by case basis.
Yes. Like every other public school, we receive state funds to operate our school and therefore must meet state requirements in reference to state testing.
A. We offer ESL classes, in addition to other language-level appropriate coursework, our forms and materials are translated into Spanish and Russian, and we do our best to make our school accessible to all students. ESL students will receive individualized instruction from an instructor who guides the students through a standards-based and culturally relevant curriculum.
A. As an accredited school by AdvancED we are unable to award core credit for home school work. Students may take CLEP or credit by proficiency tests to gain credit for home school work. We are only able to offer elective credit for home school.