Starr King Elementary School

See the wonderful families and teachers and students participating in this great event!

Parents, teachers, and students walked to school on Wednesday, October 8th.  This was the kick off event for our Healthy Walking Grant which will fund a variety of activities to promote health and wellness.  Look for coverage in the Examiner and World Press.

We will start another year at Starr King on Monday, August 25th.  All the teachers have been hired, trained, and the rooms set up in anticipation of your children arriving.  We cannot wait to see all of you on the first day of school.

We are hiring two teachers for our Mandarin immersion program. The program is in the second year and has two kindergarten classes and two first grade classes. An additional grade will be added each year until there are six grades. Instruction is 80 percent Mandarin in the earlier years, and decreases by 10% each year until reaching 50 percent Mandarin/50 percent English in the later years. The Mandarin Immersion program is one of four programs at Starr King Elementary (General Education, Spanish Bilingual, Special Education, and Mandarin Immersion).

Requirements

• Appropriate California Teaching Credential (Mandarin BCLAD)
• Experience teaching in ethnically diverse setting
• Experience working with a team
• Knowledge of literacy teaching strategies

How to apply

You must apply to the San Francisco Unified School District before being eligible to teach at any individual school. Please follow these instructions from the Human Resources department. In addition, please contact the school principal, Chris Rosenberg, at 415-695-5797.

Thanks to the many families who donated through Office Max’s Adopt A Classroom program, we won the challenge and all our contributions are going to be doubled!  Details will be released in mid to late January, but this is one more indication of the fantastic support and participation of the families here.

The Starr King PTA raised over $10,000 in a matter of weeks to support arts, student nutrition, school beautification, and family celebrations.  Thank you to the many people who contributed and helped us reach our goal so quickly.

As China booms, so does Mandarin in U.S. schools - USATODAY.com

Amazon.com is the hugest online store for books, CDs, and almost anything. It’s like Target, without the traffic. A lot of people use it for their holiday shopping. Now the Starr King PTA has a deal with Amazon.com where, if you go to Amazon from our school website, Amazon will donate up to 10 percent of your purchase price to our PTA!

Starr King students marched for the first time in the Chinese New Year parade in downtown San Francisco. We all had a great time and the kids looked great in their colorful costumes! Here’s a slide show of the evening.

Starr King proudly announces the first Elementary Wellness Center to open in August, 2007.  The center will provide both direct, on-site services as well as advocacy and referral support, all centered around physical, mental and social wellness.  Funding provided in part through the Department of Human Services will allow for the coordination and expansion of many activities and services already offered at Starr King.