El Segundo Unified School District

Working backwards from graduation to develop goals with the community 

Identifying cognitive, personal, and interpersonal outcomes necessary for post-secondary success

Using input from local stakeholders to specify the cognitive, personal, and interpersonal competencies that students should possess when they graduate from high school, we developed a graduate profile for our district. The Graduate Profile describes the expectations our community believes are req...

From inquiry to innovative community solutions

Eighth grade learning experiences culminate in a year-long project to create meaningful solutions

The eighth grade community project is a yearlong undertaking where middle school students apply their design thinking training to address local, state, national, or world problems. Working individually or in small groups, student engage in an inquiry process to explore problems meaningful to them...

Growing emotional intelligence with staff and students

Addressing social emotional learning using Yale University's RULER approach

RULER uses an evidence-based approach, applying the best research to developing students' soft skills in order to improve outcomes. Our adoption focuses first on staff, seeking to improve the emotional intelligence of the adults providing school-based services to students. Recognizing the importa...

Priming future health care professionals

Four-year course of study prepares students for further medical study or work

Launched in 2012 and certified by Project Lead the Way, our Biomedical Science Pathway engages students in a series of courses over four years of high school that combine rigorous curriculum in the life sciences and health care technology with hands-on activities and experiences in the healthcare...