Arroyo Pacific Academy

Arroyo Pacific Academy is an independent, private, coeducational, comprehensive, college preparatory, four-year secondary school. The school was founded and incorporated in 1998. The high school code number for SAT/ACT is 050-144.
The Accrediting Commission for Schools of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) has recognized Arroyo Pacific Academy as Fully Accredited. The school maintains a traditional 2 semester calendar as well as a varied Summer School Program. There are 5 daily class periods including a Study Hall of 1 hour each. The length of each term is 8 weeks and there are 4 terms in an academic year.
There are 21 teachers and 5 staff members who serve 160 students. The President is Philip Clarke, the Principal is Joseph Blackman, the Vice Principal is Leticia Tufenkdjian, the Vice President and the Dean of Studies is Robert S. Walley who also serves as the SEVIS Principal Designated School Official

CURRICULUM
The school follows the guidelines of the California State Frameworks and the Content Standards adopted by the California State Board of Education aligned with our Expected Schoolwide Learning Results. The school is committed to providing a comprehensive academic program with many courses offered on multiple levels which include Advanced Placement, College Prep and the General High School curriculum.
Arroyo Pacific Academy's a-g courses that meet requirements for admission to the University of California System and the California State University System may be found at http://www.ucop.edu/doorways/ and are listed in our Academic Bulletin. Courses that meet the National Collegiate Athletic Association Clearinghouse Requirements may be found in our Academic Bulletin available at www.arroyopacific.org under Academic Program. 

ADVANCED PLACEMENT PROGRAM
The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program (AP) enables students to pursue college-level studies while still in high school. The school offers: AP United States History, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP United States Government and Politics, AP English Language and Composition, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Biology, AP Environmental Science, AP Physics: B, AP Chinese Language and Culture, and AP Psychology.
ASSISTED LEARNING PROGRAM
The program is designed to assist and respond to the needs of students who learn differently with documented learning disabilities and courses may be designated with (AL) on a transcript.
SERVICE LEARNING PROGRAM
Arroyo Pacific Academy requires that students participate in at least two service learning projects per school year. 

UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES 1998 TO PRESENT
PUBLIC CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITIES
University of California: Berkeley, Davis, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz
California State University: California Maritime, Channel Islands, Chico, Dominguez Hills, Fullerton, Humboldt, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Monterey Bay, Northridge, Pomona, San Francisco, San Jose, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, and Sonoma

PRIVATE CALIFORNIA COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
 Art Center College of Design
 California College of the Arts
 Chapman University
 Loyola Marymount University
 Laguna College of Art and Design
 Mills College
 Occidental College
 Pepperdine University
 Pitzer College
 Point Loma Nazarene University
 University of Redlands
 University of San Francisco
 University of Southern California
 Whittier College
OUT OF STATE COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
 Arizona State University
 Brigham Young University
 Boston College
 Boston University
 Brandeis University
 Clarkson University
 Dickinson College
 Drexel University
 Eckherd College
 Emory & Henry College
 Gonzaga University
 Hawaii Pacific University
 Hiram College
 Illinois Institute of Technology
 Kettering University
 Lewis & Clark College
 Michigan State University
 Montana State University
 New York University
 Northeastern University
 Ohio State University
 Ohio Wesleyan University
 Oregon State University
 Purdue University
 Rochester Institute of Technology
 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
 SAE Institute, Dubai
 Saint Louis University
 Syracuse University
 The College of Wooster
 Tulane University
 University of Alaska
 University of Arkansas
 University of British Columbia
 University of Colorado, Boulder
 University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
 University of Connecticut
 University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
 University of Kansas
 University of Massachusetts, Amherst
 University of Miami
 University of Michigan
 University of Minnesota
 University of Montana
 University of Nevada
 University of Oregon
 University of Tulsa
 University of Washington
 Worcester Polytechnic Institute