Heritage Oak School

While each student is uniquely individual, there are specific Christian traits we desire of every graduate from Heritage Oak School. Having thoughtfully selected the Knight as the school mascot, we see this figure representing those who would faithfully give all to serve the King of Kings while living an exemplary life that honors the Lord.

Our Expected School‐wide Learning Results are an acronym based on the Heritage Oak School mascot and spells out the standard and code of conduct by which every instructor models his or her own life and the governing principle by which they craft their lessons for the students who attend.

Our graduates thrive because they have learned to...
Know God's Word
Nurture Godly Character
Influence the World with the Gospel
Grow In Wisdom
Honor God
Think Clearly with Discernment
Serve Others

No matter where God directs our alumni in the future, these are the godly character traits they will need in order to fulfill their calling throughout their lives. It is our hope and prayer that they will thereby bless their families, churches, communities, and the Kingdom of Christ as they faithfully serve their Lord and King!

Our strategy employs the classical approach to education:
a. Age-specific K-12 learning (leverage the children's strengths at each stage of growth to help them learn)
b. Time-tested method and content (equip students to be lifetime learners by teaching students that every subject is comprised of certain defining facts with an orderly organization of the information, and a concise and persuasive way in which to present the acquired material)
c. Christ-centered curriculum (God is the creator of all that exists, and therefore all knowledge is interrelated and points back to Him)
d. Academically rigorous (students are capable of achieving much more than is commonly thought, and therefore we have high expectations for student learning).
e. Nurturing community (our school is a community of parents and teachers who share a commitment for teaching children to love learning and growing in godliness.

Our capabilities include:
- An education in light of a Christian world view
- Solid leadership, including our School Board, our Staff, our Faculty, and the qualifications we set for inclusion into each group
- Our students' parents, who believe in the goals of the school and in the direction we are taking to achieve those goals
- The support we have from the community organizations and churches to provide a solid, Christian-based alternative to public education.
- Small class sizes
- Accreditation through Western Association of Schools and Colleges
- Member of professional educational organizations such as: National Honor Society, Association of Christian Schools International, and Association of Classical and Christian Schools
- Curriculum vetted and approved by the University of California (UC) through their UC Curriculum Integration program

Heritage Oak has the desire to do more than it has, and has several projects either slated, or in the works, to develop the school and grow its influence and contribution to the local community. Although the school board established their self-evaluation strategy, they have only met twice on it and are working to make the meetings more regular and part of their normal routine. Our evaluations show that we know there are areas to expand and improve, however they also show that there are limitations on what we can do given either our size or current access to resources. As an example, with HOS' fairly established and proven curriculum, the administration desires to add electives for secondary students. Also, over time since the focus has been on developing a solid and proven curriculum, we have not focused as much on modern technology tools available in the classroom. We have several teachers who would like to do more than our current resources allow to incorporate current technology into their instruction techniques. Over the past few years, HOS has been slowly developing an athletics program – for the first time in the school's 20 year history. Although we are constrained by our size (60-120 students), we are also constrained by our resources. A gymnasium has been envisioned for quite some time and we have not yet dedicated the time and resources to investigate what would be needed to build it. As part of that construction, we would be investigating the incorporation of additional classrooms as well as part of that facility.


Heritage Oak funds it's baseline annual budget through tuition. This covers most of the school's expenses, including staff and faculty salaries and classroom expenses. The school's fundraising strategy is aimed at increasing the school's capacity and service to it's students. Families sign up to raise a certain number of funds throughout the school year. Donations, sponsorships, and grants made above and beyond tuition help support the expansion of programs (such as athletics and art programs), or the repair of our aging facilities (classroom repair and update, technology upgrades).