Kindergarten: Every day 8:30 am to 12:30 pm
1st and 2nd Grade: M, T, W, F 8:30 am to 3:00 pm and Th 8:30 am to 1:00 pm
3rd – 8th Grade: M, T, W, F 8:15 am to 3:15 pm and Th 8:15 am to 1:15 pm. 

Transportation
MBCS does not offer school buses. We encourage carpooling amongst families who have students at both campuses.

Monterey Bay Charter School will be providing morning and aftercare at both campuses this school year. Drop-ins allowed. Families can sign up for morning care and aftercare on ParentSquare. 

Morning Care at the Foothill Campus
7:15 am to 8:15 am. Drop off your child at the school office.  

Morning Care at the Pacific Grove Campus
7:15 am to 8:00 am
. Drop off your child at the Resource Room.

After Care at the Foothill Campus 
12:30 pm to 6:00 pm. Students can be picked up at the school office. 

After Care at the Pacific Grove Campus
3:15 pm to 6:00 pm and 1:15pm to 6:00 pm on Thursdays. Students can be picked up at the Resource Room. 

Breakfast and Lunch Service at Both Campuses
Monterey Bay Charter School will provide free breakfast and lunch to all students. Families can sign up for complimentary breakfast and lunch for their student(s) on ParentSquare.

Please Note: All lunch orders must be placed by Wednesday at midnight for the following week. You may pre-order as many weeks as you would like. These lunches are complementary and delivered to your student’s classroom. Order Your Lunch Here.

Our school calendar with school breaks and holidays can be found here.

You can also see our Calendar Page.

Monterey Bay Charter School provides all students with $150 of quality school supplies to be used throughout the school year (no trip to Target needed!). However,we ask that you give what your family can afford to help offset this cost and to support our school programming. This amount can be from $25-$100 a month or more. This number will ensure that we can continue to offer the diverse and rich curriculum that makes our school special. We depend on these contributions to support classroom needs and anything the state does not cover.

Family Giving and School Supply donations can be made here.

We only ask that every student come to school with a backpack, reusable lunch bag and layered clothing each day. Please refer to the dress code in the Family Handbook.

Sample of the amazing school supplies we provide to each student at MBCS:

The school has three Kindergarten classes and two classes in each of the 1st-8th grades. Class sizes are 24 students for each Kindergarten, 30 students for each class in grades one through five, and 32 students for each class in grades sixth through eighth. Class teachers typically stay with the same class through the course of several grade levels, enabling a strong understanding of the students and their progress.

Each elementary school child (grades 1-8) begins and ends the school day with an individual greeting and a firm handshake from the Class Teacher. Teachers often say with students for several years.

This continuity enables a deep understanding of each student’s strengths and challenges and supports the development of a rich social dynamic in the class. The class teacher is also able to bring continuity to the curriculum as well, unifying the various disciplines over the years. At the same time, working with new subject matter at every grade level inspires class teachers with enthusiasm.

The morning Main Lesson immerses the students in a particular academic subject of the curriculum over three or four weeks, and each child produces a hand written and illustrated Main Lesson book for each subject. The class teacher works with each child to draw out the child’s strengths and focus on areas in need of improvement.

Students are evaluated through comprehensive written reports sent to parents at the end of the school year. Grades and traditional report cards are not given, however, formal parent/teacher conferences are held twice in the school year providing a detailed progress report for each student. Benchmark testing is administered in each grade and students take the California standardized test each spring.

Teaching methods include:

• Teacher-led explicit instruction.
• Student discovery.
• Group work and independent practice.
• Peer study groups.
• Structured and guided practice.
• Regular assessment and re-teaching as necessary.

Assessment Tools:

• Benchmark tests
• Standardized tests
• In class tests and quizzes
• Portfolios
• Observation/evaluation
• Self-evaluation
• Group projects

Special points of interest:

• Teachers may stay with their class from grade to grade, however, most loop up only with the lower grades or upper grades.
• Handwork and Spanish instruction begins in grade one.
• Norm referenced state standardized tests are administered in compliance with state law.
• The curriculum and deep learning approach prepares students well for high school. Students attend their local high school, a private high school such as York, or a program such as MAOS at Monterey High School.

With the Waldorf-Inspired method, the class teacher involves the children in the subject through the following methods:

• Presentation
• Story Telling
• Writing
• Reading
• Recitation
• Dramatic Acting
• Painting
• Drawing
• Movement

Throughout the lesson, the teacher amplifies the subject matter and the students add to their Main Lesson books. The involvement of the students in the Main Lesson develops active listening, imagination, memory and verbal skills.

Our focus is to provide each student with high quality, effective specialized academic instruction and related support services to support each learner in achieving their full educational, emotional, vocational, and social potential. The type of support each student needs, and how it is delivered, is determined through evaluations/assessments and in collaboration with parents and the school’s IEP Team (Individualized Education Program).

More for information about our Special Education Program, please visit this website.