
Bienvenidos a Escuela Alvarado! Welcome to Alvarado Elementary!

Alvarado Is Amazing!
Join us as we hear from kids, parents, teachers, and Principal Sheera Sadja about all the amazing things that make Alvarado Elementary School one of the top elementary schools in San Francisco.
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School Type
- Early Education
- Elementary School
Grades
Estimated Enrollment
Principal
- Michelle Sundby
Assistant Principal(s)
- Amy Youngs
Hours
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Overview
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.
Programs
Before School
After School
Language
- Spanish Dual Language Immersion
Special Education
- Resource Specialist Program Services
- Separate class - Moderate/severe
Special Education Description
School Day Academic Enrichment
- Computer carts
- Computer lab
- English literacy interventionist
- Other
- Science lab
- Spanish literacy interventionist
- Technology teacher
Arts Enrichment
- Instrumental music
- Visual arts
- Vocal Performing Arts
Arts Enrichment Description
School Data
General education entry grade seats per application
School Accountability Report Card (SARC)
School Accountability Report Cards (SARCs) are required by state law and are intended to provide families with important information.
School Accountability Highlights
Published annually by SFUSD to provide access to key data points and three-year trends related to student achievement and school culture-climate. The highlights are available in English, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, Filipino, and Vietnamese.
Social-Emotional and Culture Climate Report
SFUSD annually surveys families and school staff on a range of school climate indicators that have been found to predict positive student academic achievement. The social-emotional learning of students in grades 4-12 is also assessed.
School Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA)
School communities gather twice a year to review data and previous actions in order to intentionally plan for the coming months. The School Plan for Student Achievement is the template on which this review and stakeholder engagement process is codified.