Open Charter Magnet School

I toured the Open School a week after looking at private schools and one other highly regarded Magnet school. After talking to teachers and watching the students, it didn't take long to realize that this school was every bit as good, if not better than schools I had already seen. Four years later I was not surprised to hear someone at a party call Open Magnet "the best public school in LA". I have yet to find an elementary school with teachers as impressive as the ones you'll find at Open. The kids are engaged and interested and they want to come to school. They love learning - and as a parent you will love watching them grow at this extraordinary school. The music and art programs are pretty special; but what struck me the most is the challenging and rigorous academics. While many students come from the neighboring Westchester neighborhoods; most of the students come from zip codes spanning the LA basin - making Open Charter one of the most diverse schools on the west side. If you're like me and you came to LA to live in a dynamic community filled with interesting diverse people, you and your kids will feel right at home at the Open School.
--Submitted by a parent

It is my child's last year at the school and we are very sad there is no Open Charter middle with the same quality of teachers, principal and staff. We have experienced OCS for 5 years and all greades have been excellent. The teachers are experienced, motivated and very creative. The classrooms are full, but children still feel individual attention. The approach used to teaching goes beyond covering the information required by LAUSD. Teachers show children how to relate the information to the world around them, how to use creativity and imagination...how to love learning.
--Submitted by a parent

I go to this school and love it so do my parents.The teachers are all really great.So I really recommend IT!

I am a parent of two children who attend Open Charter. Open School is an inviting environment for eager learners. Individuality is embraced and addressed in lesson plans/academic programs. The extracurricular activities are awesome and cater to a variety of interests. The level of parent involvement is incrredible. I love Open School and feel extrememly blessed that my children are involved in such an amazing program.
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I love its connection to the greater community and well rounded multiage learning approach
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I'm so lucky to have my kids in this school. Both of my kids have flourished and the teachers have been great partners in teaching and raising them as well.
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The principal is intuitive, creative in problem-solving and the teachers are dedicated and inspired. The office staff; top of the tops. The children learn to be thinkers and doers.
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Open School is an amazing school and we are so lucky to be there. The families, teachers and the Administration are the best.
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The sense of family/community is phenomenal!!
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individualized instruction, mixed age clusters, diversity, socially conscious, creates learners and independent thinkers, emphsizes development of personal responsibility, creative programs and acitivites
--Submitted by a parent