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Mission Education Center

School code number: 724
Grade Level: K-5
Hours: 9:30AM - 3:30PM

1670 Noe Street, San Francisco, CA, 94131
Neighborhood: Noe Valley
Phone: (415) 695-5313
Fax: (415) 695-5339
School Loop: mec-sfusd-ca.schoolloop.com
Principal: Deborah L. Molof

School Data

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    Mission Education Center is a K-5 elementary school for newly arrived Spanish-speaking immigrant students. This transitional program helps the newcomer students achieve the necessary skills and confidence to succeed in regular schools to which they will transfer at the end of one year. Our teachers are Spanish bilingual and credentialed to work with our newcomer population. Our main focus is oral English proficiency, academic success in Spanish and English, and orientation to life in a new community. At Mission, all students have opportunities to engage in a high quality arts program that includes visual arts, performing arts, music and dance. All students have a high quality physical education program taught by specialists. All students have the opportunity to participate in the ExCEL afterschool program.

    Mission Education Center students participate, have ownership and take responsibility in their own learning. We honor and promote our students' culture, background, and experiences. We welcome all newcomer families and provide support, education, resources, outreach, and workshops. We encourage parents to become engaged in and supportive of their child's education, through bi-weekly parent education workshops. We work collaboratively with community agencies such as SF School Volunteers, Mission Science Workshop, Performing Arts Workshop, SF Ballet, and Lion's Club.

    School Tours

    Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m. Call to schedule an appointment.

    Uniforms

    None

    Before School Programs

    Kate Kennedy Child Development Center 7:00-9:30am

    After School Programs

    Tuition based/sliding scale 3:30-5:30pm; ExCEL program at no cost 3:30-6:00pm. ExCEL after school program is an academic, recreation and enrichment program for MEC students, that provides academics, art, dance, nutrition, cooking classes, gardening, physical education, soccer, poetry slam, homework help, SCORES

    Special Education Programs

    • Designated Instructional Services
    • Resource Specialist Program

    Resource Specialist Program, Designated Instructional Services

    Language Programs

    • Spanish

    Newcomer Pathway (Spanish K-5)

    Learning Support Professional, Student Success Team, Elementary Advisor, Parent Liaison

    School Day Academic Enrichment

    Marin Headlands, Mission Science Workshop, Nutrition Education Project, Balanced Literacy Approach, Results for English Learners, Creative Writing Program

    Opportunities for Parental Involvement

    Parents are encouraged to become active members of the Parents' Club, the School Site Council and Advisory Councils. We also encourage our parents/guardians to volunteer on field trips and in the classrooms and library. The parent liaison provides bi-weekly parent education workshops. The parent workshops are offered on topics such as Homework Help/Standards, Positive Discipline, Family Literacy, Nutrition, Family Science, and Enrollment Information. We encourage our families to attend district Community Based English Tutoring classes. We offer a beginning reading and writing class to our pre-literate parents. Project Inspire will provide a series of 4 parent education workshops in Spanish designed for EL newcomer parents.

    Additional Info

    Newcomer school for newly arrived Spanish speaking immigrants. It is a one year transitional program, focusing on ELD and bilingual education.