Phone: 805-437-1460 • Fax: 805-437-1493
200 Horizon Cir • Camarillo, CA 93010
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For RETURNING students only - Re-Enrollment
VCOE utilizes Parent Square for communication with parents and guardians. This platform allows for direct messaging with school staff and facilitates the sharing of information regarding events at the school site.
Gateway Community School is proudly operated by the Ventura County Office of Education for the purpose of serving all districts in Ventura County. Gateway primarily serves expelled, truant, and referred students in grades 6-12. Our school has high expectations of students and provides a rigorous academic environment, while also providing essential social-emotional services for students who need the most and deserve the best.
Our primary goal is to ensure positive personal and academic outcomes for students. Such outcomes include preparing students to return to their home school districts, graduating from Gateway, or earning their high school equivalency certificate. Gateway realizes these results by ensuring that every student receives every possible support they need to succeed in school and life.
Gateway Vision Statement: In fulfilling our "Commitment to Quality Education for All" we teach, inspire, and support our students by providing opportunities for them to discover their potential, develop their character, and maximize their learning so they may become life-long learners and world class citizens.
Gateway Mission: Gateway Community School's mission is to create a caring and safe learning envirornment that offers each student a personalized academic path and social -emotional supports to empower our students to reach their fullest potential.
We are Respectful, Positive, Productive, and Proud. These "Guidelines For Success" are the essential qualities that we teach and instill in our students. First and foremost, these core values define who we are as a school staff. We know that each of our students deserve to be treated with the utmost of dignity and respect.
California Community Schools Partnership Program( CCSPP)
Gateway is proud to announce that we have been awarded a California Community Schools Partnership Program (CCSPP) grant. This exciting opportunity supports our commitment to building strong, collaborative relationships with local agencies and community partners. The CCSPP grant helps schools like ours become full-service community schools—places where academics, health services, mental wellness, and family engagement are integrated to support the whole child. With this funding, Gateway will align resources more effectively, expand student support services, and create stronger pathways for student success.
Explore our website to learn more about Gateway Community School's unique programs, positive behavior support model, restorative approaches, and counseling services.
To learn more about our school and program, you can access our handbook here Gateway Handbook 2024.2025
If you have further questions about our program, please call our office at (805) 437-1460.