The Graduate Profile

SFUSD is committed to helping all students develop strong academic knowledge and skills, as well as a host of dispositions and behaviors, that increase their curiosity and engagement, activate their full potential for learning, and prepare them for life, work, and study beyond their secondary school years. While the pace and the path toward achieving these outcomes will vary among students and unfold along a set of learning progressions, the goal is for every SFUSD student to possess these capacities by the time they graduate.

We help our students master the fundamentals they need to know to succeed—like math, English, computer science and art—and develop problem solving and critical thinking skills.

We help our students acquire the knowledge, skills and experience they need to navigate the real world. We partner with companies like Xoom and Salesforce to expose students to real challenges and learn how to solve them.

We equip students with the skills they need to succeed in the future. They learn new languages, understand new technologies or participate in local apprenticeships.

We organize activities in teams to help students learn to work together. We encourage students to work with partners outside the classroom, too—such as family members or mentors—to prepare them to lead and collaborate.

We provide opportunities for our students to be creative and at the center of solutions. They tackle problems like the California drought or work to improve their physical school environments.

We believe in every one of our students. We nurture their growth and teach them life lessons so they can recognize their purpose and value. We encourage each student to reach their full potential, whether they require extra support or a new challenge.