Since the November 8th Presidential election, SFC has created a Reflection Wall for our community to express their feelings. This is showing to be a very powerful expression of what our kids, staff and parents feel during this time of change in our country. It is continuing to grow. Some of the recent posts are paragraphs that our 4/5 classes have done. This is
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On Wednesday November 30th, The Bay Area Discovery Museum (BADM) came to SFC and Ms. May’s Kindergarten class. This was a part of a STEM workshop they offer to students. As the students prepare for their Project Open House (Tues, Dec 13th at 5:30 @ SFC) they are learning to be scientists! The lesson today was in physics – learning force and motion. The main
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Last Wednesday, October 26th all four of the K/1 classes had a field trip to The California Academy of Science. The students are learning to be scientist and to explore the world around them using their five senses. We took a bus there and back. When we got there we broke up into small groups and explored all over the Academy. There is so
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Today SF Community participated in the Bike & Roll to School “bike train” from Excelsior Playground to nearby elementary schools that takes place on the first Tuesday of each month. Kids, parents, and teachers from SFC and Cleveland Elementary, along with representatives from the SF Bike Coalition and SF Safe Routes enjoyed homemade doughnuts and milk brought by one of the participating families, and the grown-ups had
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All the kids at SFC are preparing for their fall projects. Ms. Joy’s second and third graders are busy learning science and states of matter. This is built on their lessons learned in K/1. On Wednesday, October 26th the class was integrating some of their chemistry lesson with a cooking class. The menu this day… pancakes! The kids listened to the rules. They
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SATURDAY NOVEMBER 5, 2016 – SF Community School Kermes @ SFC from 11am to 2pm All are welcome! Please plan to join our school community for a day of fun for kids of all ages – bouncy house, carnival games, popcorn, cotton candy and other treats, PLUS music, face painting, and arts and crafts! It’s a great opportunity for all of us in the SFC school community
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This year our second and third grade teachers decided to have our 3rd annual camping trip in the fall (normally done in the spring). This wonderful SFC tradition of camping has been happening since SFC began around 40 years ago. For the last 3 years the teachers, students and their families have gone for an overnight at Rob Hill Campground hosted by Camping at
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Today the students in Mr. Andrew’s class showcased their accomplishments as authors and publishers. Each student created a book that recounted an event that was meaningful to him or her with a detailed narrative describing actions, thoughts, and feelings. Their stories included temporal words to show the passage of time and order of events, and communicated the conclusion of the story with a strong
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On Friday October 7th the entire SFC community – Kindergarten thru 8th grade, staff and families – descended on Crocker Amazon Park for the 2016 Whole School Picnic. The picnic is one of SFC’s annual traditions and an amazing day for community building. Community is one of SFC’s virtues and something we all value and spend time cultivating. The classes left SFC in the morning
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Hey SFC! Our annual Whole School Picnic is coming up this Friday, 10/7! We’ll be at Crocker Amazon park. Remember Whole School means the whole school. Our school building will be closed from 11-3 as all staff and students will be at the park. Please note that we are in a different location this year, we will be in the Football Field which is
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