{"id":187571,"date":"2023-07-21T13:35:55","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T20:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fremontunified.org\/robertson\/?page_id=187571"},"modified":"2025-08-04T22:09:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T05:09:36","slug":"welcome-copy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fremontunified.org\/robertson\/about-vista\/welcome-copy\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Vista"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p><b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Vista Alternative High School Profile 2025-2026<\/p>\n<p>4455 Seneca Park Avenue, Fremont, CA 94538<\/p>\nPh: 510-657-7028; Fax 510-657-5535<br \/>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"LrtPGLJfno\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fremontunified.org\/robertson\/\">Home<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Home&#8221; &#8212; Robertson HS\" src=\"https:\/\/fremontunified.org\/robertson\/embed\/#?secret=lLZE9HOa8K#?secret=LrtPGLJfno\" data-secret=\"LrtPGLJfno\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<p>CEEB Code: 050952<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\nAdministrator and Counselor Team<br \/>\nSheila Jemo, Principal<br \/>\nStephanie Palmeri Far\u00edas, Assistant Principal<br \/>\nMichael Hellerud, Counselor\n<p>Accreditation<\/p>\n<p>2021-2026 Western Association of Schools and Colleges Full Accreditation<\/p>\nStudent Demographics<br \/>\nHispanic\/Latino 35.9%<br \/>\nAsian 30.8%<br \/>\nWhite 12.8%<br \/>\nTwo or more races 7.7%<br \/>\nPacific Islander 5.1%<br \/>\nBlack or African American 2.6%<br \/>\nFilipino 2.6%<br \/>\nNot reported 2.6%<br \/>\n<strong>Total enrollment: 39<\/strong>\nCollege Bound (Class of 2025 Statistics)<br \/>\nFour year college\/university 19.05%<br \/>\nTwo year college 61.9%<br \/>\nNot sure yet<br \/>\n19.05%<br \/>\n<strong>Total class size (2025) 21<\/strong>\nThe School and Community<br \/>\nVista Alternative is the Fremont Unified School District&#8217;s Independent Study program catering to<br \/>\nstudents from seventh to twelfth grade. Our program offers dynamic learning experiences tailored to an independent instructional model. Vista students typically demonstrate strong academic<br \/>\nbackgrounds that align well with our independent study approach. Since 1980, Vista Alternative has<br \/>\nbeen an integral part of the Fremont community. Located in Fremont, California, at the heart of<br \/>\nSilicon Valley, our city warmly embraces families from diverse cultural and socioeconomic<br \/>\nbackgrounds. Fremont is a vibrant suburban community in the Bay Area\/Silicon Valley, rich in<br \/>\ndiversity and cultural heritage.\nThe Unique offerings of Vista Alternative<br \/>\nVista Alternative provides a robust curriculum tailored for grades 7-12. Utilizing Edmentum online<br \/>\nsoftware, an approved course provider by the University of California (UC) for &#8220;a-g&#8221; requirements,<br \/>\nensures students receive a high-quality education. Students have the flexibility to meet with<br \/>\nteachers a minimum of twice a week, scheduled to accommodate their individual needs. This<br \/>\nflexibility allows students involved in athletics, arts, or other pursuits to tailor their school schedule<br \/>\naccordingly, preparing them effectively for future academic success.\nOur Mission<br \/>\nOur mission is to motivate, challenge and prepare students to succeed in an ever-changing and<br \/>\ndiverse world. Our program provides a safe and secure alternative learning environment that is<br \/>\ntailored to accommodate individual needs, circumstances, or preferences that are not met by a<br \/>\ntraditional setting. Our curriculum is an academically rigorous blended learning model that<br \/>\ncombines direct instruction and independent study.\nHonors and Advanced Placement Courses<br \/>\nVista students can take AP classes through Dual Enrollment with a comprehensive high school.<br \/>\nStudents can also take CTE courses at MVROP.\nGraduation Requirements<br \/>\nEnglish 40 Units<br \/>\nMath 30 Units<br \/>\nSocial Science 30 Units<br \/>\nScience 20 Units<br \/>\nFine Arts\/ World Lang 10 Units<br \/>\nPhysical Education 20 Units<br \/>\nHealth 5 Units<br \/>\nElectives 45 Units<br \/>\n<strong>Total 200 Units<\/strong>\nTranscript Legend:<br \/>\nP= College Preparatory<br \/>\nH= Honors Level<br \/>\nAP= Advanced Placement\nGrading Legend:<br \/>\nI= Incomplete<br \/>\nNC= No Credit<br \/>\nR= Repeat Class<br \/>\nRF\/ RD= Repeated for Credit<br \/>\nN= No Grade\nGPA and Related Procedures<br \/>\nFremont Unified School District does not allow acceleration of coursework and does not rank students. A student&#8217;s overall GPA is not weighted and is based on a 4-point scale.\nClass Lengths and Units<br \/>\nEach class is 5 units per semester, 10 units<br \/>\nper school year.\nService Learning<br \/>\nFUSD&#8217;s Board of Education affirms the importance of service learning as a high school graduation requirement as a vital part of the instructional program and supports service learning as an instructional strategy. This enables students to be confident, effective thinkers and problem-solvers, as well as ethical participants in society. 40 hours of service learning are required of<br \/>\nstudents to be completed between 9th and 12th grade in order to graduate.\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Vista Alternative High School Profile 2025-2026 4455 Seneca Park Avenue, Fremont, CA 94538 Ph: 510-657-7028; Fax 510-657-5535 Home CEEB Code: 050952 &nbsp; Administrator and Counselor Team Sheila Jemo, Principal Stephanie Palmeri Far\u00edas,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249,"featured_media":191257,"parent":187575,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page_left_column_singular.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","advanced-sidebar-menu\/link-title":"","advanced-sidebar-menu\/exclude-page":false},"class_list":["post-187571","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-13 20:56:43","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fremontunified.org\/robertson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/187571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fremontunified.org\/robertson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fremontunified.org\/robertson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fremontunified.org\/robertson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fremontunified.org\/robertson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fremontunified.org\/robertson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/187571\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fremontunified.org\/robertson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/187575"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fremontunified.org\/robertson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fremontunified.org\/robertson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}