Read about Starr King updates and highlights in the April 2023 newsletter.
Latin Heritage Night
Students and their families celebrated with with games, crafts, books and dinner!
9/9: First Morning Parent Coffee of the School Year
We had a great turnout of new and returning parents who enjoyed hot coffee provided by the PTA and treats brought by 2nd and 5th grade families hosting the event.
4/17: Our Garden Is Doing Great!
The California wildflowers are blooming!
3/19: They Grow Up So Fast!
Local California native plant Ceanothus "Ray Hartmann" in bloom. Local Bumble bees love this plant. The Facilities committee planted the Ceanothus behind the column fence 3 years ago when it was 12 inches tall, it is now 6 feet tall!
3/5: Poppy Path Project
Congratulations to our Greening Team! Starr King, along with a number of neighborhood partners, has won a grant to beautify the walk from school to the Potrero Hill Rec Center by installing a native California wildflower meadow path, featuring beautiful views, shaded platforms, and interactive signage along the way. We’ll keep you posted on progress, but here’s an artist’s rendition of the project for now.
2/28: Black WallStreet
Thanks to all for another great Black WallStreet event for Black History month!
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2/29: Starr King Chickens!
Mr. Hsu, our science teacher, reports that the chicken eggs that all our classes have been incubating have hatched! These Australorp chicks are 2-3 days old.
Love this science experiment? Our schoolwide supplemental science curriculum was started by parents and our science instructor is supported by the PTA.
2/8: Starr King in the Chinese New Year Parade
Happy Year of the Rat! The Starr King dancers, drummers, and dragon team proudly marched through Chinatown in the 2020 San Francisco Chinese New Year parade.
Click through for videos of the drummers practicing before the parade, performing at the bleachers, and marching down Kearny Street.
1/23: MLK Day Parade
Mr. Wade and students at our MLK parade. More pictures and videos on ParentSquare.
1/18: Fall ASK parties!
Three Starr King staffers - Mr Kenny, Ms Huynh (4th grade) and Ms Mackey (library) - were good sports and the recipients of pie in the faces to celebrate achievements in our ASK campaign. Students from the 3 classes that donated the most Hawkeyes were entered into a drawing to deliver the pie faces.
Congrats to the students in the following three classes for donating the most Hawkeyes!
2nd Grade - Ms Lin's class
3rd Grade - Ms Zhou's class
5th Grade - Ms Markle's class
Also congrats again to Ms Zhou's class for the donating the most Hawkeyes, with the students getting a pizza party yesterday as well!
1/6: Wildflowers
California Wildflowers starting to emerge at SKES.
Hi SKES community,
We spread these California Native Widflower seed mixes this fall and last and many of these wildflowers are starting to emerge.
Shady Mix - Showy clarkia, Chinese houses, mountain phlox, mountain garland, five spot, tansy-leaf phacelia, bird's eye gilia, tall and dwarf farewell-to-spring, and baby blue eyes (Clarkia amoena, Clarkia bottae, Clarkia unguiculata, Claytonia sibirica, Collinsia heterophylla, Gilia tricolor, Linanthus grandiflorus, Nemophila maculata, Nemophila menziesii, Phacelia bolanderii, Phacelia tanacetifolia).
Pollinator Conservation Mix -Achillea millefolium, Clarkia unguiculata, Clarkia williamsonii, Eschscholzia californica, Grindelia camporum, Lupinus microcarpus var. densiflorus, Phacelia californica, Phacelia ciliata, and Helianthus bolanderi, Phacelia bolanderii.
12/12: Teacher and Staff Holiday Appreciation
We always appreciate our teachers and staff but today was an extra-special day! Thank you, educators!! Thank you also to Kristin F. for putting together such a lovely event today.
12/10: Thank You, Food Pantry Workers
Thanks to our great food pantry workers for getting those great snacks out to our students!
12/4: Build a Better World
Library art project in progress
11/21: PTA Thanksgiving
Thanks to everyone who came to the PTA Thanksgiving potluck! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving break next week.
11/19: Grand Opening of Tennis and Basketball Courts at Potrero Hill Rec
Starr King students helped inaugurate the new tennis and basketball courts at Potrero Hill Rec Center this Tuesday. Rec and Park has pictures up on their FB site too.
11/15: Greening Projects
Our greening team is hard at work! They’re applying for a grant to beautify the walk from Starr King to Potrero Hill Rec Center (look at our student advocating on our behalf below!), and look how nice our back courtyard space looks now. Thanks, Team Green!
Does your PTA committee want to brag about its accomplishments in the blog? Send us your pics!
11/12: California Native Abutilon
Beautiful native plants on our driveway on the Wisconsin Street side. Thanks, Greening Team!
11/1: Starr King Open Space Mural
From our neighbors across the street — lovely