Extera Public Schools

Extera Public Schools operates Extera Public School, a charter elementary school that provides outstanding education in Boyle Heights and East L.A.

Extera Public School will open in September 2011 with 264 students in grades K-3. Adding a new grade level each subsequent year, Extera will reach capacity enrollment in 2014-15 with 462 students in grades K-6. Extera will serve inner city children and families who have historically had limited access to high quality education programs within their neighborhoods. The mission of Extera Public School is to ensure the academic success of children by providing a rigorous and effective education program built on the pillars of excellence, equity and engagement. Through a school theme focused on the natural world and the inter-connectedness of all living things, children at Extera engage in hands-on, minds-on project-based learning that offers "real world" relevance, impact and self-empowermet.