Founded in 1994 - Charter is celebrating 30 years in the 2023-2024 school year!!!

The Charter community is commemorating this milestone with a vibrant mural that captures the spirit and inclusiveness of the community.  Over mid-June through July we invite the San Carlos and Charter communities and alumni to come together to beautify the new campus together.  In true Charter fashion - this work is led by passionate volunteers.

“Portals & vessels” as described in the artist’s own words

“The San Carlos Charter community is like “Portals” to other worlds — of learning, growth, belonging, etc. This could be taken in literal and abstract directions visually. In one, silhouettes of figures at the center are nested, each with a different concept embedded (like an onion, people have layers). In others, these could be taken in a more collage-like direction with intersecting forms that can use patterns and symbols to bring in references to the keywords outlined in the brief. 

The “Vessel” forms are an abstraction of the community who come in all shapes, sizes and varieties. At the same time, vessels hold things, just as people hold space and knowledge and can capture culture, history, science and more. And the shapes these forms themselves take can depict simple representations of higher-level ideas such as growth, community, courage, resilience, friendship, collaboration and more. The simplicity of the overall concept and the shapes also serves a practical purpose in making the mural easier to produce ultimately and to balance the skill level for painting needed to actually execute the project.”

Community Paint Day -
Saturday, 6/24/2023

750 Dartmouth Avenue, San Carlos, CA 94070 — San Carlos Charter

A Community Paint Day and celebration will be held on Saturday, June 24th. Please come out and enjoy food trucks, listen to local musicians, sing some karaoke, learn about Charter and mingle with the community.

We thank our partners and community volunteers for their contributions and support for this effort.