Press Releases

School may be out, but more than 1,800 SFUSD incoming sixth-graders went straight to their new middle school this week to learn the ropes for success in sixth grade and beyond.

A collaborative consortium of City College of San Francisco (CCSF), San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD), the San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD) and BayBio Institute scored a nearly 6 million dollar California Career Pathways Trust (CCPT) grant yesterday.

At its regular meeting last night, the San Francisco Board of Education voted to develop and implement Arabic and Vietnamese world language pathways beginning in the 2017-18 school year.

The San Francisco Board of Education voted unanimously for a resolution that mandates a heightened level of attention to African American student achievement as well as a regular and comprehensive internal and external review of the programs and services supporting African American students in the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD).

The San Francisco Board of Education unanimously adopted a resolution that enrollment at the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts (RASOTA) be restricted to students who live in the City and County of San Francisco.

Argonne Elementary always felt a little empty after the fifth graders left the day of their commencement, so the school started a farewell walk tradition so every student in the school can say goodbye.

SFUSD is a linguistically diverse school system, with students who speak 71 different languages. This week, more than 65 students at Buena Vista Horace Mann (BVHM) will be celebrated by the school for demonstrating English fluency and being reclassified from English Learner to Fluent English Proficient.

At its regular meeting last night, the San Francisco Board of Education adopted the new “Let Me Learn” resolution calling for high schools with Newcomer Pathways to increase translated signage and allow students to access to their smart phones during the school day for translation support.

Bret Harte Elementary School, Buena Vista Horace Mann K-8, and Spring Valley Elementary School will be honored at City Hall during SF Environment’s annual school award ceremony.

SFUSD is launching the first-ever school district crowdfunding initiative that enables donors to give directly to district schools through one central portal.