| Alameda Community Learning Center | |
| Location: | 1900 Third Street Alameda, California, 94501 |
| Type: | Independent charter |
| Established: | 1992 |
| Principal: | Michael McCaffrey |
| Staff: | 29 |
| Athletics: | Dark Meat (Ultimate frisbee team) Volleyball, Basketball and Track and Field |
| Website: | https://www.alamedaclc.org/ |
| Enrollment: | ~360 |
Alameda Community Learning Center (ACLC), formerly known as Arthur Andersen Community Learning Center, is a 6th-12th grade public charter school located in Alameda, California, United States. It currently shares a campus with Nea Community Learning Center.[1]
The Alameda Community Learning Center an educational model that empowers all youth to take ownership of their educational experience, to celebrate their diverse community, and to actively participate as members in a democratic society.
The Alameda Community Learning Center was created as a school in which the Graduate Profile of the Alameda Unified School District could live and breathe. The Graduate Profile is a document that was created at a visioning conference held by the AUSD in partnership with Arthur Andersen in 1992. Andersen funded the start-up costs for the school. After its first five years, the school became a charter school.
The JC system, also known as the judicial committee, is made up of a group of elected learners and overseeing facilitator. JC enforces the rules of the school by hearing cases submitted by learners and facilitators and deciding on appropriate consequences to specific actions. The findings of the JC are binding on all parties involved and may result in further action, including suspension or expulsion, if necessary. The Judicial Committee (JC) is composed of five clerks elected by the learners and one facilitator selected by their peers. The JC meets five times each week to consider issues related to infringement of rules codified in the Law Book[2] developed by CCC.[3]
Leadership is one of the courses offered at ACLC. Leadership is similar to a student council, and conducts its business using Robert's Rules of Order. The group meets three times a week and works closely with a facilitator to deliberate, vote on, and implement proposals submitted by the community. Its responsibilities include codifying and enforcing rules, coordinating activities and field trips, and coordinating and facilitating the annual ACLC Constitutional Convention.
ACLC has a set of graduation requirements designed to meet University of California requirements.[4] [5]
Electives include creative writing, computer science, Spanish, and digital arts, music, and filmmaking courses.
As of 2021, ACLC learners produce a weekly news program called CCC News. It is primarily used to convey school-related information and events to learners. It was created by Saoirse Foltz and Alexander Hayden, who hosted it throughout the 2021-2022 schoolyear. Its hosts during the 2022-2023 schoolyear were Samuel Yonas and Isaac Lu. Its current hosts are Fionn Rooney and Finley Collins.