Live Oak School District
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The Live Oak School District is the collection of publicly funded schools in Live Oak, Santa Cruz County, California. The district superintendent is Dr. David Paine, ED. The district was founded in 1872 by Martin Kinsley, an Irish immigrant. The first school in the district was the Live Oak School House. Today, it has grown to include the following schools:
- Live Oak Elementary School
- Del Mar Elementary School
- Shoreline Middle School
- Ocean Alternative Education Center
- Tierra Pacifica Charter School
- Cypress Charter High School
- Green Acres Elementary School
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[edit] Mission
The district's motto is "Excellence is achieved through a caring partership with students, parents, community, and staff." Their curriculum aims to make students good writers, readers, and problem solvers, and to teach them critical thinking, the arts, technology, and physical fitness. Also, the association hopes to improve the students ability to work in groups by encouraging them to work with many different people, and to prepare them for citizenship and democracy.
[edit] Awards
Green Acres Elementary School has won the California Distinguished School Award for 2006, alongside Bradley, Valencia, San Lorenzo, and Bolder Creek Elementary Schools. Also, Shoreline Middle School has been recognized for boosting its test scores and closing the gap between socially and economically disadvantaged groups and the rest of the student body.
