Clayton Valley Charter High School (CVCHS) is an independent conversion charter school. CVCHS offers a comprehensive high school program focused on college and career preparation, 21st Century skills, and character education. Serving nearly 2200 students, CVCHS is proud to provide diverse and challenging curricular opportunities, as well as robust co-curricular activities. The mission of CVCHS is to unite all our stakeholders – students, teachers, staff, parents, and community members – in the common goal of diligently preparing all students for success in college and for careers in the 21st Century. We are committed to preparing all students to become first-class citizens with an excellent education by instilling timeless principles and fostering a culture of excellence with rigor, relevance, and relationships. CVCHS’s shared vision is to develop and sustain traditional and innovative programs and practices that will promote student acceleration in all academic, social, and civic areas. CVCHS seeks to prepare our students for entrance into the global community as skilled participants ready to achieve their post-secondary goals with an emphasis on college and career readiness. In short, CVCHS exemplifies the “good to great” model as a high-performing school. All students should acquire and practice critical thinking skills that engage them in a real-world application of learning. Further, making learning relevant is the primary task of all teachers – thus recognizing students will "lose what they do not use" and retain what is applied. The foundation of learning is based upon the nurturing relationship between teachers and students because "students don't care how much you know until they know how much you care."