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Alvarado Elementary School

School code number: 420
Grade Level: K-5
Hours: 7:50AM - 1:50PM

625 Douglass Street, San Francisco, CA, 94114
Neighborhood: Noe Valley
Phone: (415) 695-5695
Fax: (415) 695-5447
School Loop: alvarado-sfusd-ca.schoolloop.com
Principal: Robert Roy Broecker

School Data

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    Alvarado is more than a school; we are a community. We are a School of Languages, a School of Arts, and a School of Cultures and Social Justice. Our mission is to reach and teach the heart and soul of the child through fertile academic and art programs. We rely on our strong belief in community, equity, and the transformative power of education to empower our students to achieve their full potential. Alvarado offers a quality general education as well as an award-winning Spanish-English Dual Immersion Program. We are committed as a community of learners to the academic, social, and emotional growth of every student. We celebrate our diversity and are proud of the warmth in our halls.

    Social justice is embedded in our curriculum and is promoted through assemblies such as Latino Pride, Gay Pride, Spoken Word, and Women's History. In a safe and fair classroom environment, joyful, students thrive on an engaging, challenging yet accessible curriculum. Our teachers employ a variety of meaningful, authentic strategies and activities that address the variety of learning styles of all students. This is accomplished through the use of our arts program to teach across the curriculum. We keep our promises to students and families when we have an open dialogue among all of the members of the community—communicating needs, responsibilities, and results. We actively embrace the cultures and languages of our families through cultural events and encourage parent volunteers of many languages and cultures.

    School Tours

    Wednesdays at 8:15am during enrollment period. Tours in Spanish available. Information available at alvaradoschool.net/tours.shtml

    Uniforms

    None

    After School Programs

    GLO at Alvarado until 6:00 (415-285-7756); ExCEL program offered at no cost to family, from end of school until 4:30 (by invitation only)

    Special Education Programs

    • Designated Instructional Services
    • Inclusion
    • Resource Specialist Program
    • Special Day Class/Severely Impaired

    Resource Specialist Program, Inclusion K-5, Special Day Class/Severely Impaired (K-2, 3-5), Designated Instructional Services

    Language Programs

    • Spanish

    English Plus Pathway, Elementary Dual Language Immersion Pathway (Spanish K-5)

    Opportunities for Parental Involvement

    Without our cherished parents Alvarado would not be the school it is. Parents are an integral part of our school and of the education of our children. The family is expected and encouraged to be involved in school life. We rely on and welcome the community to help in classrooms and organize events. It is the energy and dedication of our parents that established and sustains much of our arts program, science consultant and outreach activities. We constantly look for ways parents can extend learning. Our school has various organizations that support parent involvement. Among these are a Parent Teacher Association (PTA), a School Site Council (SSC) and an English Language Learner Advisory Committee (ELAC). At Alvarado, we honor families of all kinds.