SFUSD is seeking input from community, families, staff, and students on draft criteria for school mergers, co-locations, and closures for the 2025-2026 school year. Register to attend a virtual town hall or an in-person community session.

 

Families who missed the Main Round enrollment application deadline for the 2024-2025 school year can apply for Round 2 through April 19.

 

Celebrate the creativity of SFUSD students at the 2024 Citywide Youth Arts Festival! Visual art exhibitions will be on display throughout San Francisco, and a performing arts showcase and digital media screening will be held on April 27.

 

SFUSD celebrates LGBTQ+ Pride in April while working throughout the year to ensure students feel safe, welcome, and included in their school communities. We will be holding special events throughout the month, including the Superintendent's Rainbow Read-Aloud on April 23 and Pink Wave on April 30.

 

On April 6, celebrate diverse authors at the first BIPOC KidLit Fest at the San Francisco Public Library! Meet authors and get a free copy of keynote author Christina Soontornvat's works while supplies last. 

 

SFUSD students in Grades 4-12: Create art or video about the harms of smoking or vaping and submit it by April 19 for a chance to win up to $200! 

 

 

 

Spark’s Ignite Potential 2024 event is a special evening celebrating SFUSD’s students and leaders, and the community that supports them. Join us on May 1 when we will feature several student performances and honor six graduating seniors with the Superintendent's 21st Century Award scholarship. 

 

SFUSD celebrates the rich and diverse culture and contributions of the diverse population of Arab Americans all year long, and especially during the month of April.

 

Learning is accelerated in the spring semester, and that's why Showing Up for Spring is so important! ParentVUE allows you to see your child’s attendance record, messages from teachers,and grades. We want to make sure we get it right, so if you see anything for attendance that should be updated, please let your school know.

 

SUN Bucks is a new program to help families buy food for their school-aged children during the summer. Families will get $120 for each eligible child to buy groceries during the summer.

 

Find out which schools will be piloting Algebra 1 in eighth grade for the 2024-25 school year. Eighth graders in schools that are not piloting Algebra 1 will still have opportunities to take Algebra 1 over the summer or online.

 

The San Francisco Board of Education adopted new Language Arts core curricula for Grades PK-8 at its special workshop meeting on Tuesday, March 26. The new curricula will debut in the 2024-25 school year. 

 

Many of SFUSD Science Department's community-based partners will be hosting events for Earth Month for families. Join us! 

• SF Recreation and Park Earth Month events
• SF Climate Week is April 21-27
• Earth Day SF is April 21

 

If you are or know youth ages 14-24, March and April are the best months to visit the SF Department of Children, Youth, and their Families' Opportunities for Youth Page to find summer jobs, internships, scholarships, contests, and more.

 

 

If you are looking for summer camps and programs for children and youth in grades K-8, visit the SF Department of Children, Youth, and their Families' Our415 Summer! The Our415 Summer page includes 165+ agencies in San Francisco that offer a wide variety of summer camps and programs.

 

Inside San Francisco's Balboa High School, students in Mr. Peery's class are hard at work building video games. Make no mistake, while these games may be fun to play, designing them is hard work.

 

"That includes programming, it includes making the digital art assets, as well as sound effects and background music," said teacher Owen Peery.

 

 

Jefferson Elementary early education teacher Barbara Cushway was honored at the March 18 Warriors game for her long-time contribution to SFUSD. Ms. Barbara is an alumnus of Robert Louis Stevenson Elementary, A.P. Giannini Middle School, and Abraham Lincoln High School, and she returned to SFUSD to teach after her university studies and never looked back. 

 

Thank you, Ms. Barbara!