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Larchmont Charter School is a tuition-free and non-sectarian public elementary school. It offers a project-based, constructivist curriculum to educate the culturally rich and racially, ethnically and socio-economically diverse populations served primarily by Van Ness Elementary School and the surrounding neighborhood. By law, enrollment is determined by lottery which is open to all children in California.

Thank you founding parents!


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Welcome Back to Larchmont Charter School!

First Town Hall!
Thursday, September 4th at 7:00 PM in the St. Ambrose auditorium
Come one come all for a manditory information and bonding evening about fundraising and volunteering for the year. See you there!

Please direct any questions to:
Grades 2-5, Hollygrove Campus
Solace Pineo, Office Manager
323-836-0860

Campus hours: 7:30-6pm
School hours: 8:30-3, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
2:00 dismissal on Tuesdays.
Before school and after school until 3:30 child care provided without charge.

K1, LCS Primary Center
Karin Gonzales, Office Manager
323-656-6407

Campus hours: 7:30-6pm
School hours: 8:30-3, Monday, Wednesday, Friday
2:00 dismissal on Tuesdays and Thursdays
Before school and after school until 3:30 child care provided

Upcoming Playdates for 2-5th grade students August 27th at the Hollygrove campus. Come to LCS and meet your teachers:

  • 10am-12noon: 2nd and 3rd grade students
  • 12noon-2pm: 4th grade students
  • 2-4 pm: 5th grade students

First Day of School, both campuses: Wednesday, September 3, 2008

There will be a mandatory parent orientation at the Primary Center only, at 8:30 on September 3. Parents are invited to park and stay with their children.

There will be an all campus sing at the Primary Center at 8:45 AM every Thursday, and an all campus sing at the Hollygrove campus every Friday at 8:45 AM.

To sign up for LARCHMONT YOU, our After School Program, click here: LARCHMONT YOU

Hot lunch is available for purchase. September menu is available here. Meals are $6 per day. Turn in menus and checks as soon as possible, before August 29th to guarantee lunch for the first day of school.

Fundraising Lunch Days: Tuesday and Thursdays. $420 for both days; $210 for one day. Simply write a check payable to LCS and make sure your child?s name and day of fundraiser are on the check.

We greatly benefit from early and full payments for after care and lunch programs help as we are getting our programs for the year started!!

A Day at Larchmont

As one comes to the campus at 8am, one is aware that children are happily playing fully supervised by adults. Children utilize the Cool Tools problem-solving approach independently and in rare cases are facilitated by adults as need occurs. There are a variety of choices for children: gardening, jumping rope, tetherball, climbing structure, hula hoops...

As the half hour of before-school play ends, wind chimes held by two student helpers signal the beginning of the school day. The children line up in an orderly fashion next to the TA of the class who escorts them to the classroom.

Students place their bags, which have been provided by the school and decorated by the children clearly labeled with their names, on hooks in the entrance ways. They remove homework or communication folders and proceed to class. Most classes start the day with a class meeting during which the schedule of the day is discussed and roll is taken. It is a time to review Cool Tools and discuss class issues before beginning lessons. On Fridays, students return to the yard or indoor area for community sing; some classrooms begin the day with art, music or PE.

Classrooms feel more like home, with sofas and other soft furniture as part of the decor. Students are encouraged to modify their environment to create the most productive for them, whether sitting on the floor, outside the room, or using an adaptation such as a learning carrel or headphones. Students commonly work in pairs and small groups in addition to sitting attentively listening to teacher-directed lessons. Students take responsibility for their own learning, giving feedback to teachers and maintaining their materials.

During the morning hours, students participate in reading/writing workshops divided by recess. Math workshop follows, and then lunch. The afternoon hours are usually spent in project-based learning in social studies, science, or combined units. During the week, students participate in one art class, one music class, and three PE classes. PE is an important part of the fitness curriculum, cultivating positive habits for movement and nutrition. The PE program includes dance and yoga, to develop rhythm, coordination, strength, agility and the ability to focus in a quiet way.

Art and music not only contribute an opportunity to extend the projects begun in the classroom, but contribute important learning perspectives and skills specific to each discipline. The computer lab is available to older students for writing workshop, while computers are available in younger classes for small group work, research and word-processing.

At the end of the day, the class resumes its circle to give closure to the day's activities.

Enrollment for Fall 2008-09

We are fully enrolled for kindergarten, first, second, third and fourth grade for fall 2008. If your child has not been notified of a spot, please know that we will keep his or her name on the list and call you if a space becomes available. We do have openings for fifth grade at this time and it is still possible that we might have a sixth grade.
Enrollment information

Please Join Us!

If you are interested in joining our efforts on any level, please go to:

http://info.larchmontcharter.org/friendsoflarchmont

Or e-mail: information@larchmontcharter.org.

Our address:

Larchmont Charter School is located at
815 North El Centro Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90038
(Just North of Melrose at Vine, please see our map)
Office hours are Monday - Friday, 7:30am to 3:30pm
323/836.0860

Larchmont Charter School
815 North El Centro Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90038

P: 323/836.0860
F: 323/836.0863

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