Program Sites

PHILOSOPHY
The firm’s philosophy is defined by our Vision, Mission and Core Principles. It is what makes RGA unique and why our Clients continue to select our firm for their work.

VISION
“To be an integral part of our Client’s team in the delivery of exceptional educational environments”.

MISSION
To provide our Clients:

The Project they want
On time
On budget, and
With a level of service that exceeds their expectations.
CORE PRINCIPLES
Client Service
Above all, RGA is a client-focused service organization devoted to delivering the exceptional personal service. Every Client is served directly by a Principal or Associate Architect; staff is dedicated to respond to Client needs; we work with the best possible consultants; and we always place our Clients’ needs before our own.

Specialized Knowledge
Our firm is dedicated to serving educational Clients and has built a deep understanding and knowledge base of school issues and needs. Educational facilities are our passion and we are dedicated to providing exceptional solutions for our Clients on every project.

Intelligent Sustainability
We believe that sustainable principles should be applied to every project in an efficient, effective and intelligent manner. This will give Clients the best possible project, the healthiest educational environment, and the most energy efficient solution within a reasonable budget.

Innovative Solutions
Every project deserves thoughtful and innovative planning and design. We strive to deliver exceptional educational environments that solve Client needs in effective, efficient and stimulating ways without compromising programmatic needs, budget or schedule.

Quality
RGA’s QA/QC Studio, comprised of our most experienced architects, apply rigorous quality standards to every project. QA/QC efforts, from project initiation through construction, have raised the level of our technical documents, and ensured Client program needs are fully and properly addressed.

Relationships
We work to build long-term professional relationships with all stakeholders, including Clients, Contractors, Agencies and Inspectors. By collaborating, listening and focusing on the big picture, we have built many long-lasting relationships that are the basis for the firm’s ongoing success for over 26 years.

Our Mission. To provide for the health, inspiration and education of the people of California by helping to preserve the state's extraordinary biological diversity, protecting its most valued natural and cultural resources, and creating opportunities for high-quality outdoor recreation.

MSW students will be providing support to patients and families dealing with serious illness. They will be responsible for conducting biopsychosocial assessments and offering appropriate resources. They will have opportunities for conducting group and individual support counseling.

Since 2011, 916 Ink has led the effort to promote youth literacy in Sacramento by empowering youth voice. We have published more than 85 books, serving more than 3,300 young authors in the Sacramento region.
916 Ink's curriculum asks students to reflect upon their own "hero's journey," which is a mode of storytelling meant to explore how one individual can play different roles in life. By encouraging students to write about their own journey, students begin to see the different facets of their identity and can create a story that positions them as the hero of their own lives.

In our workshops, students become part of their own writing community where they write together, share their work, and give and receive positive feedback.

Data shows that a 916 Ink workshop increases self confidence, heals trauma, and teaches empathy, listening, and literacy skills. Our safe environment provides youth a place for expression teaches them to "take the yes," a motto created to help youth silence their inner critics.

Through creative writing workshops in partnership with public schools, probation, group homes, non profit organizations, libraries, and community centers, 916 Ink students generate writing (prose, poetry, and creative non-fiction) using varied writing prompts and reading samples that spark the imagination.

During the revision process, students work with professional volunteer writers and editors to polish their work for publication in an anthology featuring pieces from each writer in the workshop. Students choose a title for their book and collaborate with a graphic designer to create the book cover. Each student receives two copies of the anthology and they can share this success with friends, families, and fans at a book release party where students are invited to read their work before an audience.

Reading Partners works in schools with high percentages of children from low-income families. Working with school leaders, Reading Partners transforms an empty classroom into a reading center, complete with a library and teaching tools managed by a full-time staff member. Reading Partners collaborates with teachers to...

Reading Partners works in schools with high percentages of children from low-income families. Working with school leaders, Reading Partners transforms an empty classroom into a reading center, complete with a library and teaching tools managed by a full-time staff member. Reading Partners collaborates with teachers to...

Reading Partners works in schools with high percentages of children from low-income families. Working with school leaders, Reading Partners transforms an empty classroom into a reading center, complete with a library and teaching tools managed by a full-time staff member. Reading Partners collaborates with teachers to...

Reading Partners has been a part of the Sacramento educational landscape since 2009, when we first began placing community volunteers in low-income schools to help kids master basic reading skills. Our one-on-one tutoring model empowers students to succeed in reading and in life by engaging community volunteers to provide...