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The mission of Somerset High School is to provide the kind of environment and teaching that is engaging, collaborative, and is the most appropriate in meeting the needs of continuation high school students. This includes an individualized and prescriptive approach to learning and the delivery of instruction. Students learn at their own speed and ability level in a teaching environment that is nurturing, stimulating, and motivating in each subject area. It also includes the expectation that students who are enrolled at Somerset are here to learn and receive an education, as well as a diploma.
Somerset High School, the continuation school for the Bellflower Unified School District, is located in the City of Bellflower, but serves the entire district. Somerset High School serves 350 students in grades nine through twelve. The minimum age for enrollment is sixteen. Students enrolled are referred from Bellflower and Mayfair High Schools and each school accounts for approximately one half the school population. The most frequent reasons for referral are "lack of attendance" and "behind in credits earned." Enrollment is available through an open entry system, which means that students may enter the school any week throughout the school year. Somerset High School is now thirty-six years old. The original school consisted of the present office area and rooms one through six. Other classrooms were added over the years with the additions of rooms 15 and 16 being the most recent construction (1988). Somerset received a grant from the State Department of Education to provide a new facility for the Infant Care Center. That building was completed during the 1989-1990 school year. The present facilities include 16 classrooms, and the Infant Care Center. The exterior of the school was painted in 1999 and the office area received a complete renovation a few years ago. In addition to the teaching and support staff provided by the district, there is staff available through various community agencies such as the Regional Occupational Center, (ROP), and community counseling agencies. Various services, such as community family guidance and caring counselors exist which provide support services and individual and group counseling. The school is further assisted by the support of a probation officer. The staffing ratio at Somerset High School is 1:25 and the maximum teaching load for each teacher is 125 students. The school has 12.5 regular education teachers, one resource specialist for special education support, one principal, one counselor and two guidance technicians. The school also has a nurse assistant on campus three hours daily, a school psychologist available one-half day a week, and the availability of district resources for speech and language disabilities. All teaching staff met the credential requirements of the State of California and 30 percent have earned advanced degrees. Teachers and students are further supported by a classified staff made up of one secretary, two clerk IIs, an attendance clerk, a campus security person, a technology technician, one-day custodian, one night custodian, four instructional aides, and three infant care aides |
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