Educational Philosophy

Elite Open School is a fully WASC and Cognia accredited middle and high school and is a part of the Elite Education Group family of education services and schools. Elite Education Group has been an industry founder and leader with a focus on college preparation since 1987. 

Our Mission

Our mission is to provide students with a challenging academic environment that promotes personal growth and discipline, develops the knowledge and skills necessary to unlock their academic potential, and ultimately assists them in gaining admission to the colleges and universities of their choice. Furthermore, we believe in instilling a passion for learning and promoting high standards of academic ambition in our students, encouraging them to develop their talents and passions so that they may reach their full potential both academically and personally.

Our Values

To give students and their families the freedom and support to pursue their dreams without sacrificing quality education. 

Schoolwide Learner Outcomes

Academics

  • Willing to struggle for intellectual growth with delayed gratification/result

  • Equipped to successfully operate at a College Level and Career Foundation with learning skills formed over time

  • Achieves global standards for admission to American top 100 Schools or Global equivalent

  • Integrate technology to accelerate and make efficient knowledge sources and study tools

  • Still leverage classic learning methods for things irreplaceable by technology

Problem Solving

  • Less Knowledge Acquisition, more Logic and Solution Searching

  • Leverage PS Skill in effective Leadership Roles to innovate and change community

  • Knowing the right questions to ask, not just right answers to give

  • Seeing every challenge, unknown, or obstacle is an opportunity to solve

  • Leveraging media, technology, and literature to build/improve self

Maturity

  • Growth Mindset, not Fixed Mindset

  • Priority of Creativity and Innovation over Blind Tradition/Methods

  • Ability to conquer fear of failure and learn from it

  • Mindset to take action, instead of simply react to the world

  • Reflect on thought/action/past for personal growth

  • Able to see multiple perspectives, beyond own perspective

Leadership

  • Future leaders will need diverse skills, experiences, and mastery of humanities to lead in a technologically powered future

  • Proactivity is supreme - Our students must at least do

  • Personal Responsibility - Self Improvement, not Blaming/Victimhood

  • Impact local communities while thinking globally

  • Perceive, Decide, Act for causes greater than self

Self Management

  • Time Management by oneself

  • Initiative to work independently AND collaboratively to apply/do what was learned

  • Integrate technology into execution of goals

  • Work Ethic and Perseverance in all that our students do

Communication

  • Integrate media and technology in promotion of ideas

  • Speaking/Writing, also non-verbal, even coding

  • Not just English grammar, but systematic thinking and impactful language

  • Our students will be able to say what they think and feel - a growingly rare quality

  • Leverage technology to empower communication globally with peers across the world

Teamwork

  • Work in teams of diverse backgrounds (race, ages, class, creed, etc)

  • The world is becoming closer and smaller due to technology - our students will be equipped to bring people’s efforts together

  • Future problems won't be solved by individuals but by teams