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People have recently asked me what the highlight has been of my first year as SFUSD superintendent. I don’t even hesitate. Without a doubt, my greatest fulfillment has been visiting schools and seeing the amazing teaching and learning going on across the city. I’ve seen evidence that our teachers are fostering the 21st century skills that are essential for success. Please join me in celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week!
—Dr. Vincent Matthews, Superintendent
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Prop G will be on the June 5, 2018 ballot. The measure could help move San Francisco teacher pay to the top quartile in the Bay Area as soon as next year—making SFUSD teachers some of the best paid teachers in all urban school districts across the state.
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From parents and students to the Mayor and the SF Giants, our community is showing their appreciation for the dedicated educators who help our young people grow and learn. Here are some ideas for ways to appreciate teachers this week and beyond.
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Students, parents and community members are invited to attend the Bayview Hunters Point Music and Art Showcase on Wednesday, May 16 from at the Bayview Opera House. See music performances and art exhibits from students at Bret Harte, Malcolm X, Charles Drew and George Washington Carver Elementary schools, and enjoy light refreshments.
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Balboa High School celebrated its 90th anniversary on May 5. Built in 1928 and designated a city landmark in 1995, Balboa High is full of history. The school and its robust alumni association are known for their commitment to serving the community.
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The EED has been caring for and educating infants, toddlers and preschoolers since 1943, with a mission of developing joyful lifelong learners of our young children. Watch this video and wish them a happy birthday on social media with #Happy75SFUSDEarlyEd.
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No school on Memorial Day
All SFUSD schools and offices, including the enrollment office, will be closed on Monday, May 28 for Memorial Day.
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Round 2 assignment letters mailed May 18
Families who applied for new school assignments will receive their letters starting May 21. If you receive a new assignment, it will replace your previous assignment. You have until June 1 to register for your new assignment.
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Museums4Inclusion Recruitment Fair
Come to the Museums4Inclusion Open House and Recruitment Fair on May 18, which focuses on opportunities for individuals with disabilities. This event is free, but registration is required.
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SFUSD in the News
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SF school honored by state for arts education
Elementary schools in five different counties have captured exemplary awards from the California Department of Education. Three Bay Area schools garnered awards for their exemplary arts education programs. These were Commodore Sloat Elementary in San Francisco County, Encinal Elementary School in San Mateo County and Washington Elementary in Santa Clara County.
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Teens on social media: The good, the bad and the misconceptions
As the first Youth Takeover of KQED wraps up on Friday, Bay Area high school students join Forum to discuss the role that social media plays in their lives. Members of the first generation to grow up using Instagram and Snapchat will share what they see as the benefits and drawbacks of social media, how they manage their online personas and what their virtual relationships mean to them. If you're a high school student, or just parent one, what do the so-called experts get wrong about teens and social media?
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Cancer cuts a childhood friendship short, but lessons last
Lucas Tran, 17, is a senior at Abraham Lincoln High School in San Francisco. He spends a lot of his free time on expeditions with the Boy Scouts. He's currently working toward the Eagle Scout rank, the highest achievement in the Boy Scouts. When he first joined, however, he wasn't too excited about the program. It took a meaningful friendship to draw him into the Boy Scouts. In the end, the friendships he made through the program gave him much more than an outdoor education.
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For this teen, dance teaches the value of vulnerability
Daisy Kwok, 18, joined her school’s hip-hop club and discovered a passion for dance. Over the years, her initial shyness transformed into self-assurance as she embraced the chance to learn new skills. For Kwok, dance is a way to express herself and come to terms with being vulnerable in front of an audience. Kwok now leads a hip-hop dance team at Abraham Lincoln High School in San Francisco and helps new dancers find their own passion for dance.
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Celebrating 30 years of the San Francisco Symphony’s Adventures in Music program
San Francisco Symphony President Sakurako Fisher, San Francisco Symphony Executive Director Mark Hanson, San Francisco Mayor Mark Farrell, San Francisco Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Vincent Matthews, and an enthusiastic group of friends and leaders from City Hall and the Unified School District; parents, teachers and supporters of the Symphony; Symphony Board members; and members of the media joined together to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the San Francisco Symphony’s Adventures in Music (AIM) program.
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Educator rescues students from human trafficking
Educators in the San Francisco Unified School District receive special training on how to spot signs that something isn’t quite right with a student, and what to do about it. The same week one paraeducator received this training, they discovered two students who may be victims of human trafficking — and stepped in to get them the help they needed.
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Musically gifted student creates new song for SF's Willie Brown Middle School
What happens when musical talent merges with school pride? At San Francisco's Willie Brown Middle School, it makes a new song. The song is the work of 13-year-old Jaiden Coleman. He's an eighth grader at the recently built campus which opened in 2015. Since the school is new, Jaiden thought it ought to have a new school anthem so he sat down and wrote one.
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San Francisco finds new tool for pedestrian safety
About one-quarter of San Francisco public school kids walk to school, that's higher than the national average which is 15 percent. That's a number given today by the San Francisco Unified School District and by San Francisco Police as they presented their newest tool to help kids stay safe while navigating their way through the city. It's called Ed's Neighborhood, named after former mayor Ed Lee. It's a type of pope up modeled after one in Los Angeles but with San Francisco artifacts.
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For one Supreme Court justice, a personal connection to school law
Whenever U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer is asked about his father, he typically slips the Omega watch from his left forearm and shows off the inscription. "Irving G. Breyer—Legal Advisor—SFUSD—1933-1973—From Your Friends." The elder Breyer was legal counsel to the San Francisco Unified School District for those 40 years, serving from the depths of the Great Depression until the era when the city's school system grappled with desegregation.
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MidPen chosen as developer of City’s first teacher housing project
Nonprofit developer MidPen Housing has been awarded the contract for construction of The City’s first housing complex for educators, which is expected to open its doors in the Outer Sunset neighborhood in 2022. Headquartered in Foster City, MidPen was chosen from the four firms who responded to a Request for Proposal issued by the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development in fall 2017.
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Abraham Lincoln High School Japanese Club students post video 'To the Mayor of Osaka'
Abraham Lincoln High School students post video online asking Osaka Mayor Yoshimura to reinstate the sister city relationship between Osaka and San Francisco. [article in Japanese, video in English and Japanese with subtitles]
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SF elementary school students gear up for new curriculum with 100 free bicycles, riding lessons
Learning how to ride a bicycle could soon become part of the physical education curriculum for San Francisco’s second grade students. Already, students at three elementary schools are participating in a pilot program that, through lessons and resources, is helping them get behind the wheel safely, school district leaders announced on Saturday.
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SFUSD seeking donations for multimillion-dollar Arts Center
Details of plans for a new Arts Center slated to rise near the Civic Center area that will house the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts in the coming years are emerging, though more than half of the funding needed to develop the project has yet to be secured. Mark Cavagnero, architect for the estimated $294 million project, met with Superintendent Vincent Matthews and other San Francisco Unified School District and city leaders on Tuesday to discuss details of the project, which entails transforming a block on Van Ness Avenue into an arts education hub and high school.
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City asks investors for funding for rent subsidies, loan payment assistance as part of teacher retention plan
In an effort to recruit and retain educators, The City is looking for sponsorship for several proposed “teacher incentive” programs that potentially could help them tackle credential-related debt and pay rent, among other things. The City is turning to investors in the tech world who could help sponsor the proposed programs, which were pitched to company founders in March with hopes the funding would be received by September.
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CA Dept. of Education recognizes 6 SF schools as 'Distinguished Schools'
California's Department of Education has recognized six San Francisco schools as Distinguished Schools, San Francisco Unified School District officials said Tuesday. The 2018 Distinguished Schools Program recognized 287 California schools, serving students from kindergarten to eighth grade, that have made exceptional gains in implementing academic content and performance standards adopted by the State Board of Education.
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Radio Poets
For National Poetry Month, KALW and America SCORES Bay Area have teamed up to bring you the voices of young poets from San Francisco’s public schools. America SCORES works in the Bay Area’s most challenged public elementary schools, using soccer and poetry to help young “poet-athletes” discover the benefits of working together as a team, the joy of physical activity, and the fun in reading and writing.
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