• The next Coast orientation will be on Wednesday, August 27th.
• Students planning to transfer to CHS must have a referral from their home school.
• Orientation class will begin promptly at 8 a.m. Please be on time!
• A parent or guardian must accompany each new student.
• Using a PowerPoint presentation, we will acquaint parents and students with Coast programs and requirements; afterwhich, students and parents will complete registration forms.
• Parents will be able to leave by approximately 9 a.m.
• Students will stay until approximately 11 a.m.
• Students will receive their first homework assignments during Orientation.
• Students will return on Weds. to turn in their Orientation homework and to meet with the Guidance Specialist. At this time they will be assigned to an academic class, a subject area teacher, and an appointment day and time.

A Different Road...
A Different Drummer

Coast students are a diverse group of individuals with a common goal—to graduate with a high school diploma. Students who are successful at Coast have other things in common as well; for example, they are motivated and determined, and they take responsibility for their own education. Many of our students gain invaluable experience in time-management. Because of their involvement in career path activities outside of school, they have learned that they must manage their time efficiently in order to reach their goals, both academically and professionally.

• One Coast student is a professional skateboarder. She travels all over the world for her sponsor.
• Several Coast students are pursuing professional motocross careers. You can spot them by their bruises and scraped knees and elbows.
• One of our graduates is pursuing a career in ballet.
• A current student is a musician in a group that plays at concerts all over the country.
• Another student is pursuing a career as a professional hockey player.
• One of our former female students is a competitive surfer. She travels all over the U.S. to compete in surfing contests. She also travels to promote her sponsor’s products.
• Coast has been the academic home to a competitive skateboarder who also travels around the U.S. and is the model for a well-known skateboarding clothing line.
• CHS also has several students involved in the ROP cosmetology program, which requires students to attend four days a week. It is an intense course of study that prepares students to pass the State Boards.
• Many of our students are enrolled in other ROP classes, which prepare students for future careers through internships and eventual job placement.
• Several students have plans to enter trade schools after they have earned their diplomas. For example, one student is planning to apply to a well-known automotive training program in Wyoming.

Coast students are unique in that they have decided to take advantage of an alternative educational delivery system in order to attain their goals. Some of our other students acknowledge that they made some poor decisions in not attending classes at their home schools; however, they believe that the past doesn’t cement the future, and they are now making good decisions. They are managing their time better, taking personal responsibility for their education, and literally accelerating by “doing double duty” to make up credit deficiencies so they can either return to their home schools to graduate or stay at Coast and participate in our graduation ceremony.