CARE Program

The Community Active Response to Education (CARE) program is a partnership between the San Joaquin County Office of Education (SJCOE) and local school districts designed to provide ninth grade students in need of additional support with the tools, resources, and other assistance to be successful during their freshman year and set them on a path to success throughout their high school career. Students in the CARE program are dually enrolled with the SJCOE and their district high school.

Many freshmen struggle with the transition to high school. CARE provides a smaller class size that allows teachers to make sure students are not getting overwhelmed— academically, socially, or emotionally. The CARE program uses the high school’s adopted curriculum in all academic areas. CARE is a general education program where most of the instruction in core academic courses will occur in one classroom with the CARE teacher.

CARE is offered at the following high schools: East Union, Sierra, Weston Ranch High Schools (Manteca Unified School District), and Merrill F. West High School (Tracy Unified School District).

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