News and Events
Back to School Night for All Grades
Thursday, August 7: 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Join us to learn about all the new things happening at YES!
• Tour the campus, visit the Gardens and Farm
• Meet the staff and your Student’s teachers
• Meet your Student’s classmates and your fellow parents
• Find out what your Student will be learning this year and get info about field trips
• Get all your questions answered!
Join Us for High School Intro & Orientation Night
Thursday, July 24 • 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Get a SNEAK PEEK at the new Career (CTE) and College Prep Courses!
If your teen is already enrolled or if you’re thinking about enrolling your teen in our high-value, career-focused curriculum, we’d love to see you at Intro Night!
This relaxed, one-hour intro and orientation will give you a head start on the upcoming school year.
– Meet the teachers (Forestry, Natural Resources, Design, Visual, and Media Arts, Entrepreneurship, College Prep, Science, Language Arts, Social Studies)
– Check out the classrooms
– Find out what’s included in the new certification programs (CTE)
– Walk the grounds and visit the student farm and gardens
– Get all your questions answered!
If you can’t make it exactly at 5:30, not a problem… the intro/orientation will last until about 6:30 and we’ll be answering questions until at least 7pm. We’d love to see you Thursday, July 24!
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WASC Accreditation awarded to YES Charter Academy, Yuba County, Northern California
YES Awarded WASC Accreditation
 | YES Charter Academy Principal, Louise Miller, is honored to announce that YES Charter Academy is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Schools, Western Association of Schools and Colleges (ACS WASC). YES celebrates the WASC accreditation, which enhances our mission to offer project-based learning opportunities aligned with community and environmental values. The WASC accreditation recognizes that YES is dedicated to providing a high-quality high school and elementary education that meets rigorous standards. |
Yuba-Sutter Juneteenth Community Events
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YES First Grade Students Make the News!
YES Charter Academy Supports Monarch Butterflies With New Waystation By Julia Campbell
YES Charter Academy Supports Monarch Butterflies With New Waystation By Julia Campbell
On April 26th, Yuba Environmental Science (YES) Charter Academy committed to the support of the migrating Monarch butterfly populations for generations to come. Collaborating with several organizations and agencies, such as the Yuba County Resource Conservation District (RCD) and Yuba Watershed Protection & Fire Safe Council, they gathered over 60 volunteers from the community to establish the Yuba Foothills Monarch Waystation. YES farmer Juan Jose Domingo and DJ Baker, Director of RCD, mapped out the planting beds and trails, with the help of Yuba Watershed Protection & Fire Safe Council Director Allison Thompson’s expert eye the day of the planting event. Earning a certificate of recognition from Kristen Baum, Director of MonarchWatch.org, the Yuba Foothills Monarch Waystation is an official habitat for migrating monarchs. The inspiration for this mode of conservation blossomed from the current curriculum at YES; Connie Murtaugh, a first-grade teacher at YES, has her class studying pollinators and their habitats. Her students had the goal of planting 500 milkweed plants or more and enlisted the help of their community members to achieve and exceed this goal. Students joined volunteers from the community and planted more than 500 plants in the beds along trails, providing vital resources to monarchs needed for their reproduction and migration. Monarch butterflies use milkweed plants to lay their eggs, as it is a necessary food source for their caterpillar stage. Through this planting process, friendships were strengthened, and the spirit of community was proven to be thriving in the Yuba Foothills. YES is determined to encourage local insects and wildlife to thrive as intended. Providing these endangered butterflies with the essentials for their survival will serve generations to come. The students and volunteers that planted each plant will be able to enjoy the coming generations of monarchs and their migrations, knowing they played a crucial role in their conservation. Read the full post on ParentSquare
Save the Date - YES Charter Academy Earth Day 2025 Celebration
Save the Date – YES Charter Academy Earth Day 2025 Celebration
[Wednesday, Apr 2 at 6:00 PM]
Correction – This event is May 3, 2025, not April 3 as the calendar note originally stated. Read the full post on ParentSquare