Redding Elementary School | school # 790
Rooftop K-8 School | school # 796
1421 Pine Street Phone: 415.749.3525 Web: www.sfusd.edu Email: sch790@sfusd.edu
443 Burnett Street – Burnett Campus, K-4 500 Corbett Street – Mayeda Campus, 5-8 Phone: 415.695.5692/415.522.6757 Web: www.sfusd.edu Email: sch796a@sfusd.edu
Redding Elementary School serves a culturally, linguistically, and ethnically diverse group of students who come from all over San Francisco. To the Redding School community, social justice and equity mean providing the highest quality education possible to all students so that they may succeed in our society. Our staff commits to providing a nurturing and safe learning environment in which all students are expected to achieve their maximum potential in all curricular disciplines. We offer a thematic, interdisciplinary program that aligns with State and District Standards and integrates arts education. Teachers work in collaboration with parents to ensure that students do their best work to experience success in their endeavors. At Redding, we believe that joyful learning means teachers providing stimulating and varied experiences for all students, regardless of performance level. We celebrate the achievement of all of our students, and diligently monitor student attendance through our Student Attendance Review Team. We maintain ongoing communication with families (through interpreters as necessary). Staff value knowing every student’s current achievement level and suggest strategies and/or interventions to advance each student to the next level. We expect our students to be successful in their educational journey here so that they can be responsible, respectful citizens who positively contribute to our society. We are a community of lifelong, joyful learners!
Did you know?
Students read their own essays aloud every month at Parent Education Meetings. Students and the school community celebrate achievement monthly during school-wide Meritorious Dragon assemblies.
“Social justice is about being able to make choices in life that allow one to pursue goals and dreams.” - a Redding Elementary School teacher 44
K-8
Rooftop strives to be much more than a school. Students, staff, and parents work together to create a respectful, caring community of learners focused on developing the unique strengths of each child. Rooftop’s challenging educational program integrates the arts to empower all students to become academic achievers, critical thinkers, and effective problem solvers. Rooftop’s staff and students commit to a pledge of respect which acknowledges the worth and dignity of all of its members: “Acceptance and tolerance is a personal decision that comes from the belief that everyone is valuable and worthy of respect.” At Rooftop, talented teachers provide enriched, rigorous standards-based instruction to support the achievement of all students. Rooftop’s achievement profile reflects the success of this academic program for its diverse student population. Rooftop’s integrated arts and service program provide a gateway to joyful learning. Students discover their gifts and develop their talents through participation. Students are engaged in high achieving, joyful, 21st- century learning through a variety of authentic learning opportunities which include: art, gardening, outdoor education, sensory motor integration, computer classes, student government, performing arts, visual arts, newspaper, yearbook, physical education, and sports teams. Students are encouraged to take positive risks in the pursuit of knowledge and creative expression. The in-depth study of an artist and his/her work are community and culturally based. Students are excited, engaged and take charge of their own learning. Rooftop’s study of art enables students to express themselves, share learning, relate to others and contribute their ideas to peers and family. We also hold family nights, community days, and projects that require service and creative effort. Through participation, members of our community gain pleasure from their efforts and recognize the worth of their personal contributions in service to others.
Did you know?
Rooftop has an artist in residence who mentors the school community in understanding core values, learning, and our relationships with others through creative expression.