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Put a poem in your pocket for National Poetry Month
SFUSD | April 2015 | National Poetry Month
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Spring is in the air at SFUSD, and with it comes showcases of learning across the city. From cooking demonstrations to geography bees to mariachi concerts, our multi-talented youth never cease to impress me.
All students benefit from opportunities to discover and cultivate their talents and passions. Can you help? Learn about offering a summer internship to a high school student.
—Richard A. Carranza, Superintendent
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It’s April, so we encourage you and your child to grab your favorite poems and put them in your pockets. Why? It’s National Poetry Month, and April 30 is Poem in Your Pocket Day. Or celebrate by tuning in to KALW 97.1 to listen to our students reading their original poetry on the radio.
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Hosting a student intern is one of the single most important things a business or individual can do to support high school students. Providing guidance to a young person as they navigate to adulthood changes lives in addition to building brand recognition and improving the workforce of San Francisco. Can your workplace get involved?
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San Francisco youth between ages 16-24 can get more job ready by going to practice interviews, having their resumes reviewed, and even interviewing with top employers at the April 11 Summer Jobs + Youth Resource Fair. RSVP in order to reserve a time slot, and don't forget to bring a printed resume and dress for success!
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Deadline to Register for School
The deadline to register for school is April 10! It's good to register even if you submit an application for Round 2—it won't affect your chances, and you won't risk losing your original assignment.
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Bike & Roll to School Week
Bike and Roll to School Week (April 20-24) celebrates the joys and many health benefits of biking or "rolling" to school as a family. Check and see what your school is doing and see how you can participate.
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SFUSD in the News
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Techies Teach Students with Mixed Skills
It was first period at Mission High, and Aimee Menne moved among rows of 21 tired students at Mission High who are working on a program developed out of UC Berkeley meant to introduce beginners to computer science. The game is based on the familiar Hangman but requires students to think logically through a coding process, serving as a precursor to much of computer science including HTML5 and Linux.
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Robots: a Hands-On Approach to STEM Education
In San Francisco, a few high schools have started offering hands on tech experience to students in after school robotics clubs. George Washington High School in San Francisco’s Richmond District is one of them. They’ve entered a national robot-building competition of 3,000 teams. They have six weeks to build a robot that can lift and stack big plastic bins, for a regional contest in Davis.
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SF Sixth-Grader to Compete in California State National Geographic Bee
For the past month, 11-year-old Henry Rothert has spent each one of his 30-minute bus rides to and from Marina Middle School with his nose is buried in an atlas. The sixth-grader had no idea until this school year that he has a self-described knack for geography.
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Former Mayor Willie Brown Tours San Francisco School Named After Him
One of San Francisco's most underserved communities will soon be the envy of other neighborhoods. In August, the Bayview District will have a hub that includes a middle school with a health and community center.
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Districts Adopting Measures to Assess Students in Earliest Grades
As millions of California students prepare to take new online assessments beginning in the 3rd grade, districts are grappling with how best to measure academic progress in the earliest grades—starting in kindergarten.
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SF Mission High Kids Learn Mariachi and More
One student had played the cowbell in band class, another the tambourine and bells. But few of the 12 students sitting in the small theater at Mission High School had ever picked up a guitar until January, when they walked into the district’s first mariachi class in 30 years.
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Underperforming High School Turns Around with Digital Media Programs
Nestled on the border of San Francisco’s bustling Mission Street, Balboa High School serves a working class neighborhood. Largely comprised of kids from whose families came from working class backgrounds, Balboa High School’s status as a historical landmark was deceiving for years.
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San Francisco Schools Make Push to Keep Teens from Vaping
San Francisco schools say they're winning the battle against smoking. But now they're worried about something else. There's a new push to keep kids from vaping. In a video produced by high school students that won second place in a contest, teens make statements like: "Vaping is not healthy" and "I want this body to last."
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89% of Families in SF Schools Lottery Get One of Their Picks
When school assignments landed in San Francisco mailboxes Monday, 8,215 parents rejoiced. They had gotten their first choice of schools for their incoming kindergartner, sixth-grader or high school freshman.
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SF and Oakland School Officials Get Prime Time with President Obama—Face to Face
Two Bay Area education officials were among a small group gathered around a table in the White House’s Roosevelt Room with President Obama Monday morning, a White House meeting that offered insight into what’s working in schools and what’s still needed.
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Pencils Down as State K-12 Testing Enters the Computer Age
For the first time in the history of standardized testing in California, students didn’t pick up a No. 2 pencil to show what they know. They hit the power button. Many districts across the state, including San Francisco, kicked off computerized Common Core exams last week, and while relatively few schools opted to administer the exams the first week in a six-week testing window, no major problems were reported.
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SF School Aide Wins National Title
For 29 years, Janet Eberhardt has been in San Francisco schools, working with children, parents and teachers as an “education support professional” or “paraprofessional.” In less wonky terms, Eberhardt is a teachers aide, but as of this week, she’s the best teachers aide in the country, according to the National Teachers Association.
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SFUSD to Explore Offering Arabic-, Vietnamese-Language Classes
In response to a growing number of Arabic- and Vietnamese-speaking students in The City's public schools, the San Francisco Unified School District is considering offering classes in those languages beginning in the 2017-18 school year.
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Breakfast Becomes a Bigger Part of School Day in San Francisco
Nearly 2,000 more San Francisco students are grabbing a bagel, yogurt or hard-boiled egg each morning at school, a 24 percent increase in participation in the district’s breakfast program, district officials said Thursday.
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SF, Education Officials Aim to Graduate 100 Percent of Public-School Students
On Aug. 18, the first day of this school year, Mayor Ed Lee spoke about the importance of technology in San Francisco's public-school classrooms. Nearly seven months and millions of dollars in donations for tech equipment later, the San Francisco Unified School District is advancing toward its goal of trying to raise $40 million in the coming years to support digital learning efforts.
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Common Core Testing Begins in California Next Week
Students for the most part learn that schoolwork must be memorized. That's true to a certain extent, but as part of the Common Core curriculum, students are being asked to thoroughly understand concepts.
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The Kids Are All Artists
The San Francisco Unified School District launched their week-long Arts Festival at the Asian Art Museum last Saturday for the third year in a row. There are short musical performances in Samsung Hall daily by everyone from Presidio Middle School Vocal above to Ruth Asawa School of the Arts World Music.
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