Downtown High School
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Calendar
Downtown High School Important Dates and School-Wide Events
Calendar Aside Title
2023-2024 Instructional Calendar
More about this school
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School Type
High School (9-12) -
Principal
- Todd Williams
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Assistant Principal(s)
- Lara Schmidt
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Hours
HoursMo - Tu: 9:30 am-3:10 pm
We: 9:30 am-12:30 pm
Th - Fr: 9:30 am-3:10 pm
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School Tour
Arrange with counseling department
Sign up for a school tour at sfusd.edu/tours.
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Neighborhood
Potrero Hill -
School Meals
Breakfast, LunchView menus at sfusd.edu/menus.
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School Code
742
Overview
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Downtown High School offers project-based learning that emphasizes critical thinking skills across curricular areas and a strong connection with the School-to-Career Program. We focus on each learner's need for alternative strategies and are rooted in the commitment to student mastery of the core curriculum. With a project-based approach to learning, students have the opportunity to select a project that matches their own interests and learning styles. Each project has integrated curriculum and the flexibility of high interest academic and hands on experiential learning, backed by high expectations and teacher support. Downtown High School currently has five projects:
- Acting for Critical Transformations (ACT)
- Get Out and Learn (GOAL)
- Making, Advocating and Designing for Empowerment (MADE)
- Music and Academics Resisting the System (MARS)
- Wilderness Arts and Literacy Collaborative (WALC)
In addition to a rigorous core curriculum that includes language arts/literacy, mathematics, science, history/social science, world languages, and visual/performing arts, Downtown High programs prepare students for the real world, building essential life skills. Even students who have not been successful at traditional high schools find success and self motivation within rich academic settings. Mandatory parent conferences twice a semester ensure that academic and social information is passed between parents/guardians and teachers, bridging communication with families in a supportive manner. Service learning is also an essential element of the Downtown High School experience. Many students work and volunteer in the community as part of their selected projects. The world is immense and Downtown High is focused on bridging real world wisdom through exposure of multiple academic subjects coupled with experiential learning.
Watch this video to hear students and staff talk about the Projects at DHS.
Programs
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After School Programs
Students can accelerate their credit recovery by taking online classes through our afterschool program. There is also a cooking class once a week after school. -
School Day Academic Enrichment
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Credit recovery
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Interdisciplinary studies
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Project-based learning
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Arts Enrichment
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Cooking or home economics
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Creative writing
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Dance
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Drama
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Guitar
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Media arts
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Performing arts
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Visual arts
Digital arts, media and video productions, piano -
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Student Support Programs
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Counselor
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Health and wellness center
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On-site nurse
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Social worker
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College Counseling
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Academic counseling
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Cash for College or Financial Aid Night
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College and/or career counseling
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College application workshops
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Job readiness programs
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School Data
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School Accountability Report Card (SARC)
School Accountability Report Cards (SARCs) are required by state law and are intended to provide families with important information.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Contact Info
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Address
693 Vermont Street, San Francisco, CA, 94107 -
Phone Number
415-695-5860 -
Fax Number
415-695-5863 -
Email
sch742@sfusd.edu -
Website