APAs Selected as California Schoolmasters of the Year
March 10, 2010
Lowell High principal Andrew Ishibashi and Noriega and Francis Scott Key Child Development Centers’ Site Manager Candace Lee, have been selected as Schoolmasters of the Year for 2009-10 for the San Francisco Unified School District. The two were honored at a dinner at the Napa Elks Club on March 5.
“I feel deeply honored because this was the first time that this award has been presented to an educator from the Child Development Program,” says Lee. “I thank Superintendent Carlos Garcia and his cabinet for recognizing the value of my work.”
The Schoolmaster of the Year Award is sponsored by the California Schoolmasters’ club, which was established in 1893. Membership is open to all Northern California area educators. The award is given to principals in participating school districts who show exceptional leadership.
Asians Comprise at Least Half of Students at SF’s Top Elementary Schools
December 30, 2008
All ten of the San Francisco Unified School District elementary schools recently named as 2008-2009 Title I Academic Achievement Award recipients have an Asian student enrollment of at least 53 percent. Read more
The Gift of Giving
December 23, 2008
Local teens going to Mali on volunteer trip
SAN FRANCISCO - Since 2001, San Francisco Unified School District high school students have volunteered during the holiday season and throughout the year with Building with Books, an international non-profit organization that engages students to volunteer in their own communities, learn about other cultures and raise funds to support the organization’s school-construction projects overseas. Read more
Japanese Hip Hop and Santa Hats: Clarendon Elementary students dazzle at Performing Arts Night
December 16, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO — It was a night of Japanese hip hop, kimonos and comedic skits interwoven with serious themes such as the relocation internment camp and picture brides of early settlers in America.
Clarendon Alternative Elementary School held its annual Japanese Bilingual Bicultural Program’s Performing Arts Night on Dec. 12. Read more
AIDS Quilt Displayed in District Schools
December 10, 2008
S.F. students learn about the disease for World AIDS Awareness Week
SAN FRANCISCO - To commemorate World AIDS Awareness Week, 30 public schools displayed sections of the Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt from Nov. 30 to Dec. 6 in remembrance of those who have died from the disease. Read more
High School Students Celebrate Thanksgiving
December 3, 2008
For upper-grade students, there were no coloring cornucopia dittoes or pasting paper Pilgrims
MILLBRAE, Calif. - How did Mills High School students, who are now too old to make cut-out construction-paper turkeys in class, celebrate Thanksgiving? Read more
Schools Get Helping Hand from Wells Fargo
November 25, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO - Wells Fargo Bank recently donated more than $100,000 to over three dozen elementary, middle and high schools in San Francisco.
Of that amount, which includes money raised through Wells Fargo and KNBR’s “Adopt-A-School” effort, the San Francisco Unified School District will receive $30,000 for program support. Read more
Pacific Islanders’ Need Boost in Academic Scores
November 18, 2008
S.F. School District working on a five-year plan
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco Human Rights Commission hearing at City Hall on November 13 discussed solutions to low high-school graduation rates, especially among African Americans and Pacific Islanders.
In nine of California’s largest urban districts, African Americans and Pacific Islanders (including Samoan, Read more
Custodian Sweeps Aside Language Discrimination With Lawsuit
November 11, 2008
Sues Oakland Unified School District for workplace language requirement
A custodian who was not allowed to work because of an English requirement reached a settlement with the Oakland Unified School District in early October.
Farm Meng Saephan, a refugee from Laos, had worked for the district for two years before being laid off Read more
SFUSD High Schoolers Support Obama: Youth back Prop V, reject Props 6, 4 and 8 in mock election
November 4, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco Unified School District high school students overwhelmingly supported Barack Obama in a mock presidential election, with at least 87 percent voting for the Democratic senator.
Prop V, which supports the continuation of the JROTC program in district schools, passed with 57 percent of the vote. Prop 6, which would mandate that youth aged 14 or older who are convicted of gang-related Read more
Vietnam Refugee Named Volunteer of the Year: Hoa Tran Gives Back to Immigrant Students at Newcomer High School
October 28, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco School Volunteers, a group that recruits and places volunteers in city public schools, honored Hoa Tran as Volunteer of the Year at an Oct. 14 lunch reception at the Fairmont Hotel.
For the past five years, Tran has assisted with classroom projects in Newcomer High School’s computer lab and has taught its staff and students applications such as PowerPoint. Tran also created customized tools to Read more
Lincoln High School’s Spirit Pays Off in High School Musical Contest
October 21, 2008
San Francisco’s Lincoln High School was ranked ninth last month out of thousands of schools vying to win the “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” School Spirit Contest.
Schools earn points by completing online trivia quizzes, submitting videos and photos that express school spirit, referring others to the contest MySpace site and text messaging. Read more
