The mission of Extera Public Schools is to ensure the success of children in Boyle Heights/East Los Angeles by providing a rigorous and effective standards-based education built on the pillars of excellence, equity, and engagement. Through a school theme focused on the natural world and the inter-connectedness of all living things children at Extera Public Schools will engage in hands- on, minds-on project based learning that offers "real world" relevance, impact and self-empowerment.