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CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS TO WATCH

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California Schools to Watch is a statewide program implemented by the California League of Middle Schools, California Department of Education, California Middle Grades Alliance, National Forum, and the California Schools to Watch model schools.
Serrano Middle School - Highland

Redesignated: 2019, 2022, 2025

Designated 2016

San Bernardino City Unified School District

San Bernardino County

Erin Freeman, Principal

3131 Piedmont Drive, Highland, CA 92346

(909) 388-6530

School Characteristics

Community: Urban; Enrollment: 838; Grades: 7-8; School Schedule: Seven-period day rotating schedule with early release on Mondays. Once-a-week period for social skills and restorative practices.

Replicable Practices

  • School is scheduled in interdisciplinary teams with common prep period.

  • Serrano has a well-developed PBIS program, restorative justice program, and Saturday home visit program, during which staff visit student homes.

  • Staff instructional rounds, peer observations, and a video instructional coaching model support instruction.

  • Grade level interdisciplinary teams meet weekly to discuss team trends, interventions, and student monitoring.

  • One day per week, 8th grade students are regrouped to allow for differentiation and re-teaching of important concepts.

  • All 8th grade students are in Algebra. Progress for each student is monitored on a skills tracker card to identify and measure growth in gaps, and to direct students to classes for re-teaching.

  • AVID interactive notebooks are utilized in all core classes.

  • Common assessments are developed and used regularly by core teachers.

  • AVID practices are schoolwide and over 50% of students are enrolled in an AVID class.

  • All teachers are CLAD certified. EL students are mainstreamed and provided a two-period intervention block for language development.

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