Dear Pivot Charter School Families: As much as we are all eager to spend time with our students face to face at the site, due to the COVID status of the county in which our resource center is located, the Pivot Charter School resource center will remain closed through at least October 30th. We will […]
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Five Distance Learning Tips to Start Your School Year Off Right
September 9, 2020
Pivot operates on the belief that all students can reach their goals and succeed in their education. This is why Pivot provides students with online access to their courses 100% of the time, providing a flexible schedule. Since Pivot will begin the school year completely online, we have compiled some tips to help students and […]
Pivot Welcomes 10 New Staff Members
September 9, 2020
Pivot Charter School is excited to announce that 10 new staff members will be joining our team of educational coordinators and support staff for the 2020-2021 school year — a record number of new staff to start the school year. “We are thrilled to have a record number of talented, passionate individuals join our Pivot […]
Teacher Spotlight – Kristen Poitras, MTSS Coordinator
September 9, 2020
Pivot Charter School’s Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) Coordinator Kristen Poitras always wanted to work with children – even when she was a child herself. While in college, Poitras became particularly interested in helping teenagers and at-risk youth through education. Poitras earned her Bachelor of Arts in English from San Francisco State University and a […]
The Pivot Student Store is Reopen!
August 14, 2020
To kick-off the 2020-2021 school year, Pivot is excited to reopen our Student Store! The store will be open from Friday, August 14th through Friday, September 18th. You can go online to place your orders anytime between now and September 18th, and your items will be conveniently shipped directly to you. The gear you’ll see […]
Pivot Back to School Information
August 12, 2020
Dear Parents and Students of Pivot Charter Schools: I hope you have had the opportunity to spend time with family this summer and enjoy one another’s company. We know this continues to be a difficult time for many of you. Please let me know if Pivot can assist you in any way. As you may […]
2020 Graduation
June 4, 2020
On Thursday, June 11 at 6 PM, the Pivot North Valley graduation parade was streamed through Facebook Live and can now be viewed on this webpage. Pivot Charter School is proud of all our graduates and glad we could still see them graduate, despite challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. Thank you for being flexible […]
Meet Pivot Riverside Student Kelli Crawford!
May 13, 2020
Kelli Crawford, currently a junior at Pivot Riverside, transformed her high school experience when she became a Pivot Charter School student at the beginning of her sophomore year. Whereas the traditional high school Kelli had attended was chaotic and anxiety-inducing for her, Pivot’s unique blended educational program now provides Kelli with a more comfortable and […]
Leadership Spotlight: Jennifer Clopton
May 13, 2020
Jennifer Clopton has served as an educator at Pivot Charter School North Bay for the last seven years and has worked as Site Administrator since Fall 2016. While working in a number of Sonoma County Schools as an English teacher for more than a decade, Jennifer realized that students need an educational environment that celebrates […]
Teacher Spotlight – Cassidee Platner, Pivot Riverside
May 13, 2020
For second year Educational Coordinator Cassidee Platner, teaching sixth through twelfth grade students at Pivot Charter School Riverside felt more natural to her than teaching in a traditional setting. Platner says the individual emphasis at Pivot allows her to cater the day’s lessons to each student. “In a traditional classroom, I often worried about focusing […]
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