The school designs and implements academically challenging programs tailored to students' individual learning needs. Engaging families and community organizations as partners in learning, the school promotes creativity, understanding and action in the arts and environment.

Charter Schools , Education

Big sur charter school (bscs) provides k-12 public education that promotes civic engagement and self-directed learning. Teachers, students and families collaborate to provide a personalized learning environment that recognizes each child's unique interests, abilities and ways of learning, while promoting active participation in the local and global community. The school's education programs may include small group instruction, standards-based personalized learning plans, community-based learning programs, distance learning, individualized tutoring, computer assisted instruction and independent study. All students are provided a standards-based curriculum in core subjects and have access to a resource library. Bscs strives to enable students to become self-motivated, competent and lifelong learners. These educational approaches reflect bscs's concept of what it means to be an educated person in the 21st century.