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Parks, Rosa

School code number: 786
Grade Level: K-5
Hours: 7:50AM - 1:50PM

1501 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA, 94115
Neighborhood: Western Addition
Phone: (415) 749-3519
Fax: (415) 749-3610
School Loop: rosaparks-sfusd-ca.schoolloop.com
Principal: Paul David Jacobsen

School Data

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    Rosa Parks Elementary integrates three distinctive program strands - general education (GE), special education (SpEd), and the Japanese Bilingual Bicultural Program (JBBP) -  into a vibrant and unified academic community with shared values of success for all students. In keeping with the SFUSD Strategic Plan, Rosa Parks is committed to ensuring students equal access to the resources and opportunities they need to thrive. Engaging high achieving and joyful learners at Rosa Parks means that teachers work with each student's strengths, that students cooperate in project-based activities, and that learning is culturally relevant. Our dedicated teachers respond to students' diverse learning styles. They offer opportunities to learn outside of the classroom through performing arts and field trips. An outdoor classroom, outdoor kitchen and two hands-on gardens have transformed the schoolyard into outdoor learning areas and created green oases of nature for our school and community.
     
    Afterschool programs offered on campus include JUMP, ExCEL, Guitar Practice, Academic Chess, and Rapahel Weill Afterschool Childcare. Rosa Parks has a Parent Teacher Association focused on enhancing academic opportunities and resources and fostering a shared community culture of caring.
     

    School Tours

    School Tours: Tour schedule varies. Please contact the office at 749-3519:

    Wed., Oct. 26, 2011

    Wed., Nov. 9, 2011

    Thurs., Nov. 17, 2011

    Wed., Nov. 30, 2011 (tour in Japanese)

    Thurs., Dec. 8, 2011

    Wed., Jan. 11, 2011

    Thurs., Jan. 26, 2011

    Thurs., Apr. 11, 20

    Uniforms

    Top white, bottom Navy blue

    After School Programs

    JUMP 1:50 – 5:00; EXCEL 1:50 – 6:00PM; (JUMP 2nd – 5th grade;
    EXCEL Buchanan YMCA K-5th grade)

    Special Education Programs

    • Designated Instructional Services
    • Resource Specialist Program
    • Special Day Class/Mild/Moderate-Intensive Language & Learning

    Resource Specialist Program, Special Day Class/Mild/Moderate-Intensive Language & Learning, Designated Instructional Services

    Language Programs

    • Japanese

    English Plus Pathway, Foreign Language in Elementary School (Japanese K-5)

    School Day Academic Enrichment

    READ 180 (Language Block Time), Science Enrichment: UCSF Pharmacy Partnerships, SF State, USF, SF Ed Fund (School Volunteers) as tutors and classroom help, outside agencies, Gardening Program, Nutrition Education Project, AEMP, America Reads, community organizations provide tutors

    Opportunities for Parental Involvement

    Rosa Parks benefits from the active involvement of many families, alumni, and the surrounding community.  In addition to our School Site Council, we have a school wide PTA and a JBBP Parent Teacher Community Council (PTCC). Ongoing outreach is coordinated by an on-site Parent Liaison. Families help out in various capacities determined by their interests and schedules. Those available during the school day assist in the classroom or with general program support; others help from home. Many share their musical, scientific, technical, artistic, and gardening talents with students. As the recipient of an EcoZone award, the site involves many families in an ongoing project to "green" (make environmentally responsive) the school site. The Food Bank brings together our families and community in a mutually beneficial partnership.

    Languages Spoken by Staff

    • Cantonese
    • Chinese
    • Mandarin
    • Spanish
    • Tagalog

    Additional Info

    Winner of 2009 Ecozone "Green My Schoolyard" Grant. Courtyard redone to become an outdoor classroom, solar panels, eco-friendly paint, ecofriendly lighting. Additional greening projects turned outdoor areas into an outdoor kitchen and two hands-on gardens, one with a chicken coop and, soon to arrive, chickens!

    Partnership with the UCSF Pharmacy School, brings in Pharmacy School students  - the Science Squad - to work with 4th and 5th graders on hands-on science lessons, culminating in 5th grade’s annual Science and Health Fair presentations.

    A Jazz Residency with Dr. Anthony Brown brings jazz, history and spoken word projects to 3rd graders with plans to expand to more grades.

    A family grant funded a mural project for the lower yard and the upper courtyard. This year's project will by a mosaic project to not only beautify the school, but to raise funds to continue the work in our gardens.