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Upcoming Events
STEAM Fair
March 4, 2020 - 5:30pm
Join families for an interactive evening with STEAM projects made by our oldest students. Prospective families are welcome to attend. Please email Jina to sign up.
Student-Led Conferences
March 13, 2020
Families need to sign up for a conference that will be led by their child. This is an essential component of a progressive education.
SF Food Bank
March 15, 2020
Schoolhouse families head to the San Francisco Food Bank to learn about the importance of organizations who provide nourishing food to people in need.
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January 28, 2020 - 6pm
34%
30%
Students of Color
of Faculty/Staff are People of Color
8
languages spoken in our community
50%
of employees with a Masters degree
12
zip codes in our community
IMMERSIVE PROJECTS
Explore examples of our project-based learning. (Hover and/or click for descriptions and to play a video.)
K-1 Project
How does the post office work?
-Curious 1st graders investigated the post office and learned how it worked on an Adventure Day.
- Listened to stories about modern and historic mail delivery, and then ran their own post office, including sorting mail, canceling stamps, and delivering the mail to other students.
- Geography (students receiving letters from all over the world), letter writing, envelope addressing, and math skills with the selling of stamps permeated the project.
-Curious 1st graders investigated the post office and learned how it worked on an Adventure Day.
- Listened to stories about modern and historic mail delivery, and then ran their own post office, including sorting mail, canceling stamps, and delivering the mail to other students.
- Geography (students receiving letters from all over the world), letter writing, envelope addressing, and math skills with the selling of stamps permeated the project.
Grades 2-3 Project
Rock City
- Student-led town council determined the geography, services, and laws
- Scale construction, create building designs, and property taxes
- Adventure days to SF Public Works and Stow Lake supported urban planning decisions
- Student-led town council determined the geography, services, and laws
- Scale construction, create building designs, and property taxes
- Adventure days to SF Public Works and Stow Lake supported urban planning decisions
Grades 4-7 Project
Period End of Sentence
- Puberty Education taught students about their bodies and how to be comfortable about their natural functions.
- Documentary short: Period End of Sentence demonstrated the damage that silence and an absence of awareness and empathy can inflict on a society.
- Students heard about the Tampon Tax debate in CA and decided to write their elected officials.
- Puberty Education taught students about their bodies and how to be comfortable about their natural functions.
- Documentary short: Period End of Sentence demonstrated the damage that silence and an absence of awareness and empathy can inflict on a society.
- Students heard about the Tampon Tax debate in CA and decided to write their elected officials.
Original Plays and Performances (Grades K-7)
-Students wrote and co-directed the plays and performances with their teachers
-Students designed costumes, sets, and made their own props
-Original songs and dances graced some of the shows
-Students designed costumes, sets, and made their own props
-Original songs and dances graced some of the shows
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