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This past Saturday hundreds of parent volunteers and school leaders joined together to help plan their school’s priorities for the next school year, and this week parents of K-8 students will be attending family-teacher conferences. We are so appreciative of all the ways families are involved in their child’s education. You are your child’s most important teacher!
—Dr. Vincent Matthews, Superintendent
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SFUSD graduating seniors: the Superintendent’s 21st Century Award is now accepting applications. Six seniors excelling in at least one of the categories of the Graduate Profile will receive a $2,000 cash prize. This is available to all students regardless of immigration status. Apply online by March 8.
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César Chávez and Dolores Huerta co-founded the United Farm Workers, and fittingly, Dolores Huerta Elementary School joined César Chávez Elementary School in SFUSD when Fairmount Elementary adopted its new name this school year. On March 31 we celebrate César Chávez's birthday.
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Students looking for summer jobs or internships can check out this Productive Summer Guide to view job and internship opportunities by topic or by industry sector.
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Over 300 K-12 students from schools across the district will perform for at this free event at the Scottish Rite Masonic Center on March 7.
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Did you know you can access the New York Times online for free? Any California library card holder can access by visiting the nearest public library branch and registering while connected to the library’s Wi-Fi.
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Spring break is just around the corner. If you’re staying in town, there are plenty of activities that are fun for the whole family the week of March 25!
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Spring break from March 25 to 29
All SFUSD schools will be closed from Monday, March 25 to Friday, March 29 for spring break. SFUSD offices will remain open all week.
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Family-teacher conference week
Meet with your child's teachers during Family Teacher Conference Week, from March 4 to 8 for elementary and middle schools—check with your school for a schedule.
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SFUSD in the News
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Olympic champion and coach help SF students succeed on and off the ice
Once a month during the school year, you’ll find Olympic Gold Medalist Brian Boitano and his coach and manager, Linda Leaver, teaching kids on the ice. For the last 21 years, they’ve introduced more than 10,000 inner-city children to ice skating through their nonprofit, Youth Skate. For many of the kids, it’s their first time on the ice. Fifth through ninth graders take part in Youth Skate. It’s supported by the city of San Francisco and its redevelopment agency, the San Francisco Unified School District, and the Yerba Buena ice rink.
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San Francisco celebrates African American honor roll students with special ceremony
San Francisco is honoring some of its brightest students of color with a special ceremony Thursday night. For some, high school can mean high stress or high anxiety. But, for some it means high achievements. Some of those students are being recognized at San Francisco's African American Honor Roll Celebration. Raoul Wallenberg High School senior Kamiah Brown is one of those students who worked hard to earn her high grades. "My cumulative GPA is a 3.81, but this semester I got a 4.0 weighted GPA," said Brown.
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Wallenberg High School student's photography shortlisted for the National Geographic Magazine competition (Chinese)
Leanna Lam, a senior at Wallenberg High School in San Francisco, was shortlisted for the 2019 National Geographic Magazine student photography competition and was one of the 28 finalists selected from over 5,000 entries. Lam's submission, "The Amaru Girls," was shot in Pisac, a village in southern Peru. Lam said in an interview that in the summer of 2018, she received a scholarship from an international exchange program and went to Pisac to live for one month.
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Raising the next STEM generation
It’s 12:09 p.m. at Buena Vista Horace Mann school in San Francisco’s Mission district. Laura Ramirez, a curriculum technology integration specialist, is waiting for 14 girls to stream into her classroom. She’s laid out old Dell CPUs alongside tool kits that contain screwdrivers, Allen wrenches, and pliers. The girls’ job today is to carefully open the computers, explore and label the components, and then put the hardware back together again.
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O’Connell High teacher recognized for commitment to education
She runs the student leadership at John O’Connell High School. She coaches track and cross country. She even runs the social media accounts for the school. She’s a core member of the ethnic studies team, working with ninth graders to develop strong literacy, research and presentation skills. And she “makes sure we’re chipping away at systemic oppression and that youth are having a voice at the school,” said Susan Ryan, O’Connell’s principal.
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