Press Releases

School may be out for summer, but not for students at Willie L. Brown Jr. Middle School who are participating in the school’s first free, three-week Summer Enrichment Academy. On Saturday, June 18, students will showcase for their families and the community what they learned, including African drumming, and how to make Claymation videos and cook.

The San Francisco Board of Education voted unanimously to adopt the Good Food Purchasing Program (GFPP), a metric-based framework and set of tools that guides organizations to direct their buying power toward suppliers.

The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) announced today that Donn K. Harris has been hired as the Executive Director for Creativity and The Arts, effective July 1.

The California Department of Education (CDE) has released its 2014-15 Cohort Outcome Data, which includes graduation rates as well as A-G course completion rates. San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) rates continue to improve and exceed statewide rates.

Mayor Edwin M. Lee will honor nine outstanding San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) educators as the Mayor’s 2015-2016 Teacher and Principal of the Year tonight at a San Francisco Giants Pre-Game Homeplate Ceremony at AT&T Park for Teacher Appreciation Month.

District 9 Supervisor David Campos will be sharing what his workday is like with Junipero Serra students along with employees from Xoom, a digital money transfer company whose employees regularly volunteer at the school as part of SFUSD’s Circle the Schools program.

Students at the Chinese Immersion School at De Avila will be throwing open the doors of their new STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) lab for a grand opening.

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded the San Francisco Unified School District a 2016 Green Ribbon Schools award for environmental accomplishments.

SF Giants World Series Champion pitcher Sergio Romo will be taking part in the AIMS year-end celebration with students at Lafayette Elementary, planned by student athletes from Washington High.*

The SF Board of Education adopted a resolution this week specifying ways the school system will better prepare youth to vote.