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Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academic Elementary School

School code number: 505
Grade level: K-5
Hours: 9:30 a.m. - 3:35 p.m.

4235 19th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94114
Neighborhood: Castro/Upper Market
Phone: 415-241-6276
Fax: 415-241-6545
Email: sch505@sfusd.edu
Website: www.harveymilk.com
Principal: Ronnie Machado
School bus from zip codes: 94110, 94124, 94134

School Data

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Discover This School

Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy is a small school in the Castro, named after its most famous persona—Harvey Milk! Our mission is to empower student learning by: teaching tolerance and non-violence; celebrating our diversity; achieving academic excellence; building strong home-school community connections; and understanding lessons from the Civil Rights Movement centered on social justice and peace. We are a Model Inclusive School, meaning our students with identified special needs are included and supported within the general education classroom. We support our experienced, high-quality teachers with resources and weekly time to collaborate.

This school feeds into:

Everett Middle School

School Tours

Please call or check our website

Uniforms

None

Before-school programs

We partner with the Mission YMCA to provide services to our before and after school programs. Their mission is "to build strong kids, strong families and strong communities by enriching the lives of all people in spirit, mind and body...building the skills and habits for a healthy life, being empowered to reach their highest potential."

Afterschool programs

Embarcadero YMCA, Monday through Friday, 3:30 to 6:30 PM. Cost-based program.
ExCEL program, Monday through Friday, end of school until %:00 or 6:00 PM. Free of cost.

Special Education Programs

Mild/moderate

Student Support Programs

Family liaison
Student adviser
Social worker
Therapist
Other

Arts Enrichment

Arts residency
Ceramics
Cooking or home economics
Dance
Gardening
Theater
Visual arts
Writing or poetry

School Day Academic Enrichment

Computer carts
Education Outside
English literacy interventionist
Mission Science Workshop program
Technology teacher

We Are SFUSD

There is a tremendous amount of value in having a mentoring program within the district. We build connections between students and staff while also supporting their families. It’s important to me to care about their academic success, social-emotional development, and future growth. The mentoring program allows for this and provides a really clear and direct opportunity for adults to build caring relationships with young people.

—Morgan Holland, Central School Social Worker for School Health Programs and Mentoring for Success

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Non-Discrimination Policy

San Francisco Unified School District programs, activities, and practices shall be free from unlawful discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying based on actual or perceived race, color, ancestry, national origin, ethnic group identification, age, religion, marital or parental status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or gender expression; or on the basis of a person’s association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. This policy extends to San Francisco County Office of Education, including community school programs and activities.

If you believe you have been subjected to discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying, you should immediately contact the school site principal and/or Director of the Office of Equity (CCR Title 5 and Title IX Officer), Keasara (Kiki) Williams, at 415-355-7334 or equity@sfusd.edu. A copy of SFUSD’s uniform complaint policy and SFUSD’s non-discrimination policy are available upon request.