Los Cerritos Middle School

Working as partners with their parents, we guarantee them a quality education through a varied, comprehensive, and rigorous curricular and extracurricular program designed to nurture ethical citizens and life-long learners. We continually strive to improve the learning environment and programs for all students.

Our staff is committed to creating an educational environment that we would seek for our own children. In order to support the continued growth of the students at Los Cerritos, we have incorporated two cornerstone programs and adapted them to meet the needs of our students and families. We strive to know our students' strengths and areas for improvement and have formalized reporting mechanisms to help measure, monitor, and intervene to help all students reach their potential. Our Response-to-Intervention (Rti2/MTSSA) initiative delivers targeted interventions and support to students every Wednesday across all subjects. Simultaneously, it provides enrichment and extension opportunities to students who may benefit from additional challenges. Each method enables us to diagnose individual student progress and school-wide progress to address the needs of individual students. The safety and security of our students is paramount. Our leadership team and teachers have incorporated the CHAMPS model to create a positive behavior support and management program based on teachers building and implementing a proactive and positive approach to classroom management, adopting common language among staff to address issues, and a focus on continuous improvement. The Ventura County Office of Education has named Los Cerritos a model program in our county based on our commitment to the CHAMPs program.