Heritage Computer Science Academy is an elementary school in Santa Ana, CA (Garden Grove Unified School District) serving transitional kindergarten through sixth grade and hosting preschool programs for children ages 3–5. The school incorporates computer science learning into daily instruction and maintains district-run student supports and enrichment.
Heritage is an elementary campus serving transitional kindergarten through sixth grade and offering preschool services for children aged three to five. The school identifies itself as a computer-science-focused elementary campus and integrates technology into classroom instruction.
The curriculum integrates computer science skills across core subjects and aligns lessons with district career-technical and career-ready practices. Instruction uses a range of educational technology platforms and tools to support coding, programming and robotics learning.
Classrooms have modernized instructional technology and climate control. The site includes a Technology Lab and a flexible Heritage Learning Commons for collaborative projects and instruction.
The school uses multi-tiered systems of support and Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) to address academic and social-emotional needs. The campus provides after-school academic support and enrichment activities, mentoring for upper elementary students, regular family engagement through PTA and family events, and schoolwide assemblies and awards.
After-school assistance in which teachers help students with homework and subject-area content to provide extra academic support.
Heritage operates as a computer science immersion campus where computer programming, coding and robotics are integrated into daily instruction; instruction uses platforms including Tynker, Lego Spike, Minecraft for Education and VEX Robotics.
A special education preschool that provides services for students with identified special needs; qualified students are assigned to Heritage based on location and services described in an existing IEP.
A half-day, three-hour state preschool program with morning and afternoon sessions for families who qualify based on family size and income.
A mentoring program that prepares sixth graders for long-term academic goals by providing college mentors who deliver lessons on academic and emotional topics and serve as role models.
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An extracurricular robotics group that works on coding challenges and competes at the county level.
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