We Are SFUSD

I’m glad to be part of a school where our students exhibit excellence and pride in what they do.

"I want to meet students where they see themselves and build from there with each student who I encounter."

We are excited to help students rebuild the relationship they have with school from the home context and back to the community of a school learner’s context.

My role involves serving as a thought partner and collaborator with teachers and staff with the goal of improving our school's outcomes for students.

Each individual is important to this community - like a puzzle, if just one person, piece, is missing, this whole image is incomplete.

I am proud to be in a school community where we believe in each and every child's brilliance and power while overcoming challenges together.

Someday, I want to learn how to cook, so I can create my own recipes and write a cookbook.

Fifth grade was one of my funniest years and when I grew the most as a student. I will never forget poetry night and our camping trip.

My favorite teacher makes learning more fun by giving homework that involves hands-on activities.

I’m proud of how much work and how far the facilities department has come - it’s pretty amazing to see all the collaboration to get our school buildings open and ready.

If there's anything I want the world to know about school lunch workers, it's that we care and we're here, and no matter what, we'll always be here.

Partnership starts with families and the student, respecting where they’re at, where they come from and the fabric that makes them who they are in that moment.

My job as a teacher is to arrange for victories for my students.  I may present them with a task, but as an educator I try to envision the way forward. 

 

Representation is really important. Books should be mirrors for students, content should be mirrors for students, they should see themselves represented in the curriculum.

As a teacher, I have always believed that equity and justice meant being the best possible teacher I could be for my students.

I wanted to take a minute to thank all who were involved in providing Chromebooks for the students to borrow. I have a third grade daughter who is benefiting from this decision. My husband and I both grew up in San Francisco and honestly, I am so pleased with all of the efforts that SFUSD always seems to make. Thank you again for giving our family one less thing to stress about during these changing times.

I want to study Political Science in college because I want to be a Civil Rights attorney. America needs more people who are able to fix it - things like police brutality, the prison system, and sentencing laws.

My supervisor trusts me to do the work, knowing that I understand the vision and I'm going to truly partner with the children and families.

The key to dealing with kids is you talk up to them, you don’t talk down. Things like that build trust with kids, and if they don’t trust you then they can’t identify with you and they won’t deal with you.

I think being fearless makes you the best player you can be. You’re fearless to make mistakes and trust your teammates, which is a big part of volleyball. Being fearless is something that contributes to the game and is one of the most important factors that got us to win the championship.

My granddaughter loves it here, and she’s always a good student. The school is more like a family school, because you can work out your issues and they look out for my granddaughter.

When I’m out on the field, I just want to play hard for everyone on my team. I do it for everyone out there, the people at home, all the friends I’ve made since I came to Lincoln. It’s been really fun.

I want to raise up a champion generation, to get our students to understand who they really are and how they could reach the moon. Let’s celebrate and build on each other’s strengths, because united we can move forward. We are SFUSD, we are Pacific Islanders.

We do young people a disservice when we do not believe in them. We do a disservice to them when we do not show and prove to them that they are capable. I believe if we spent time listening and building with them, they are ready to make this world better.