In the News: South San Francisco school leaders weigh how to launch new transitional kindergarten South San Francisco Unified School District officials are mulling over potential plans for embracing a new transitional kindergarten program that would align with state goals to broaden early education opportunities but wouldn’t come with additional state funding.
Return of El Camino High’s Winter Concert Breathes Life Back into the Community Live, musical performances returned to South San Francisco Unified School District (SSFUSD) with El Camino High School’s first in-person, winter concert since the onset of COVID-19 in 2020.
Adult Transition Students Are Learning Independence During the Pandemic Students of South San Francisco Unified School District’s (SSFUSD) adult transition program (ATP) have been helping to prepare and serve meals at schools to help alleviate the effects of a COVID-19-induced staffing shortage that has impacted the district’s pool of substitute teachers, extended care teachers, and food service workers.
In the News: South San Francisco Unified School District’s Learning Center to be renamed after Gene Mullin The South San Francisco Unified School District’s Board of Trustees approved a resolution during its Nov. 18 meeting to rename the Community Learning Center at 520 Tamarack Lane after Gene Mullin, the late California assemblymember and South San Francisco High School history teacher.
How Ruby Bridges Day Went Statewide Current and former students of Deborah Carlino’s fifth grade class at Martin Elementary School in South San Francisco Unified School District (SSFUSD) hailed the California state senate’s vote to designate November 14 as Ruby Bridges Day throughout the state of California.
In the News: South San Francisco elementary school celebrates Ruby Bridges South San Francisco students at Martin Elementary School celebrated Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day for the first time Wednesday morning since the occasion was officially signed into state law earlier this year.
This is What Day of the Dead Means in 2021 South San Francisco High School’s annual Día de los Muertos celebration returned for the first time since 2019 with live dance performances by the school’s ballet folklorico program and the construction of a gigantic Day of the Dead altar.
In the News: School leaders respond to San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury’s equity report In response to a San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury report which outlines a lack of diversity in school faculty that matches student demographics, school districts across the county have begun offering responses with the bodies largely agreeing with the findings and promising to improve hiring practices.
AB 130: Virtual Independent Study Program New legislation from the State of California designed to offer parents and students more flexibility with regard to traditional, classroom instruction.
In the News: South San Francisco Unified School District officials back new school policing protocol Document returns for City Council approval; campuses policing remains suspended
