Press Releases

Students spend an increasing amount of time online to learn, communicate, and collaborate. To ensure they do so safely and responsibly, families and schools are teaching students about issues such as cyber-bullying, online privacy, and managing their digital footprint — essentially, to be good digital citizens.

Life below water, responsible consumption and achieving food security -- these are some of the topics that middle school students from seven SFUSD and OUSD schools will present at the first-ever Future Trailblazer Challenge, hosted by Salesforce.org. 

Protecting rainforests, making electric vehicles more affordable, protecting sea life from plastic pollution, maybe even moving to Mars.

Spring has sprung just in time for AccessSFUSD’s Spring Arts Spectacular. The inclusive arts showcase will feature visual and performing arts created by 20 students in the AccessSFUSD program.

Dolores Huerta Elementary School will celebrate its new name with SFUSD and City leaders, students and families, community members, and its namesake — labor leader and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta — in attendance.

Meeting a role model can have a profound impact on students, which those in Washington High’s Athletes in Math Succeed (AIMS) program will experience firsthand when they get a visit from former San Francisco Giants player Jeremy Affeldt, who pursued his dreams all the way to the Major Leagues.

E.R. Taylor Elementary School will celebrate a new makerspace that will build upon the school’s STEAM educational opportunities.

Dianne Feinstein Elementary School students are no strangers to sustainable activities, but they will get a special reminder on Earth Day about proper sorting, reducing and reusing with a lesson from the San Francisco Department of the Environment.

Approximately 800 San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) Ethnic Studies students from 13 high schools are expected to attend SFUSD’s 3rd annual Ethnic Studies Student Summit on Wednesday, held in coordination with San Francisco State University (SF State) Asian American & Pacific Islander Student Services.

Students at Dr. William L. Cobb Elementary School will get a head start in their journalism careers with a visit from an award-winning journalist who shares a name with the school.