Our Youth, Their Voice
About YCHS
Youth Chance High School is a county community school that is operated through a partnership between the Embarcadero YMCA, San Francisco Unified School District, and the San Francisco Department of Education. Our school specializes in working with young people ages 16-19 years old, who have severely fractured relationships to education, academic institutions, and how they see and experience themselves as learners.
The school recognizes the need to support ‘the whole student’; considering not only a student’s academic needs, but also the bio/psycho/social needs of high school youth. In the classroom, teachers utilize a trauma informed lens and prioritize the students’ social emotional wellbeing in addition to their academic progress as part of a holistic classroom experience.
Why Youth Chance?
Youth Chance offers engaging, integrated standards-based instruction designed to meet the individual needs of students in the academic areas of Language Arts, Ethnic Studies, Health, Science, and Life Skills. All classes are co-taught by a credentialed general education teacher and a special education teacher using engaging and culturally relevant instructional materials and effective alternative education pedagogy.
Youth Chance works to provide students provide students an alternative school in a community-based setting that is optimized to meet the needs of young people affected by the dependency and delinquency systems. Classrooms within the Bayview, Buchanan, and Embarcadero YMCAs support the San Francisco Unified District to deploy a “circle of care” that re-engages truant youth, provides them a high school program targeted to their unique needs, connects students and families to a wealth of services and supports within and beyond the YMCA, and supports each young person to develop and implement a personalized map to graduation.
Learn More
Youth Chance Direct Line: 415-615-1337
Embarcadero YMCA: 415-957-9622 (ask to speak with Youth Chance)
Email: YCHS@ymcasf.org
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Hours
Monday - Friday 9:30AM to 2:20PM
Make a difference
Help us change the lives and futures of San Francisco teens. 100% of your donation goes directly to the youth and families we serve, through intentional programming.
Contact
Celan Beausoleil, LCSW
Youth Chance High School Director
Celan is a licensed clinician social worker who began her career with the YMCA as a clinician with Urban Services.