Open Magnet Charter School

Welcome to Open Magnet Charter School

Open Magnet Charter is an Affiliated-Charter and Magnet Elementary School (K-5) in the Los Angeles Unified School District. We are conveniently located near the 405 Freeway in the City of Los Angeles adjacent to the community of Westchester.

Like an oasis away from the busy city, Open students, parents, and staff come together to build a true learning community where students learn through meaningful experiences. Teams of two teachers sharing the same “cluster” of multi-age students design the instructional program to create a thematic project-based curriculum. Enrichment programs covering visual arts, vocal arts, orchestra, physical education, and gardening are also integrated. With its constructivist approach to teaching and a dedicated and diverse school community, Open is one of the most unique schools in the district.

Our goal is to inspire and support our students’ love of learning, thereby enabling them to master the skills they will need as lifelong learners and responsible citizens in our ever-changing society.

Information about upcoming tours will be available on our website in September-October. Click here on how to apply to Open Magnet Charter.

Open Magnet Charter has been designated as a California Distinguished School in 1997, 2003, and just recently in 2012.

"[These Schools] demonstrate the incredible commitment of California's teachers, administrators and school employees to provide a world-class education to every student, in spite of the financial hardships facing our state and our schools. Their dedication is inspiring, and I applaud and admire their passion and persistence."
--State Superintendent Tom Torlakson

In 2001, we were one of three schools chosen in the county of Los Angeles to be the recipient of the Los Angeles Educational Partnership Excellence Award. The LAEP Excellence Awards highlight the accomplishments of teachers, schools and school-communities in the Los Angeles Unified School District that have enhanced student learning and achievement in pre-K through 12th grade.

News Highlights

Readathon 2019 Has Begun! (Article)

Submitted by Shazneen Gandhi on Feb 14 (last updated Feb 14)

Open’s annual Readathon will run until March 7th! This year's Readathon theme is "The Open School of Reading & Wizardry" inspired by the Harry Potter series.

This three-week event is not a fundraiser, but an opportunity to promote childhood literacy. Click here to read more about the Readathon and how you can support your rising young reader!

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Donations Sought for 2019 Online Auction (Article)

Submitted by Shazneen Gandhi on Feb 7 (last updated Feb 14)

The annual online auction is one of Open School's most popular fundraisers. It helps pay for our kids' gardening, music, arts, and PE programs, while providing an (inevitably exciting) opportunity for parents to bid on valuable listings! This year the auction opens on March 8th. Bidding is open to the general public.

But the auction can only succeed if we have enticing listings that our friends would want to bid on!

So at this time, we are requesting you to start soliciting donations of gift cards from your favorite restaurants, gyms, camps, after school programs, sports/fitness classes, beauty salons, vacation rentals, etc. that we could add to our auction listings. Please publicize our interest in such donations among your social network: you never know when someone may want to help out your child's school!

This auction letter and donation form will help facilitate this process, and volunteers on the auction committee are ready to provide further help, if necessary. Please email questions or requests for help to jamieshwartzyahoo.com (Jamie Shwartz).