Happy Filipino American History Month! October is Filipino American History Month. SFUSD celebrates by highlighting the diversity, brilliance and beauty of the Filipinx community both in their countries of origin but particularly in the diaspora and their presence here in San Francisco.

This Resource Guide provides links to literature, lessons, content, events, and other resources to celebrate the rich history, contributions and amazing that is Filipinx heritage and presence. (source: SFUSD Student & Family Services)

Handbook is translated in SEVEN Languages, including Samoan Language!

A Parent/Guardians' Guide to your first IEP Meeting!

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Click on the button below to check out SFUSD career website, and click on the Current Openings tab! For questions about any current job openings, please contact: Seilala Zumbado - recruiters@sfusd.edu

On Thursday, October 26th, Office of Superintendent hosted - Kindergarten Literacy Night with the theme Camp Read-A-Lot at Bessie Carmichael! Members from Matua Advisory Council and African American Parent Advisory Council put together 10 literacy activities for kindergartners and their families to enjoy! Special Read-a-loud from Crystal Hawkins, co-author of the book, Soul Sisters (Hermanas Del Alma) and co-founder of Black Girl, Brown Girl Books! Also providing free books that night was SF Library (Books shared: Sleepy Time Samoa, Book of Tonga), Pacific Island Cultural District (Book: Filbert and the Party Pals, The First Birthday Party Event) and SALT Pacific Islander Resource Hut (Book: Everyone needs a Rock by Byrd Baylor). 

Saturday, October 21st was the SFUSD Enrollment Fair! All school site Principals were present and tabling for their school site to share information about their schools to families preparing to enroll their child in SFUSD! Food was catered by Vegan Mob, and various SFUSD departments such as Special Education were there! Matua Advisory Council was also present and providing information to families about the MAC. (Left image: Co-Chair of MAC, Asipesionau Finau; Right image: families, students and SFUSD staff. 

On Saturday, October 14th was the School Site Council Fall Summit at Everett Middle School! Facilitated by the Superintendent's Office (Tim Burke, LCAP Manager). This submit was geared towards ways the community can engage in and support effective governance to improve student outcomes, and share best practices for effective school community partnership. Keynote Speaker was AJ Crabill, sharing key quote, "Student outcomes don't change until adult behaviors change." Many teams from the Joint Advisory Alignment members facilitated breakout rooms and parents and students shared suggestions, recommendations, feedback and possible solutions through collective efforts and working together. (right image: Mauricha Robinson and Julia Martin; Left image: AJ Crabill). Asipesionau Finau was present and shared the Pacific Islander experience as a parent in the district and a family advocate. Thank you Ms.Finau!

Saturday, September 30th - Soso'o Le Afa (Connecting the Sinnet) Event! This event gathered SFUSD Educators, Afterschool program Leads, Community Based Organizations and various SFUSD Departments to come together to share each of our work internal and external SFUSD to connect the resources. The opening to event was from our students conducting the Ava Ceremony, Formal acknowledgement from Herbert Ilalio aka Coach Wylie, Words of encouragement from UrsulaAnn Siataga, and to workshops filled with great information. One workshop was a Fishbowl facilitated by Michelle Chang, and Health and Wellness Workshop facilitated by Jason Finau. Great work to this team effort! Shout outs to Beacon at Bret Harte, Real Options for City Kids (ROCK), Matua Advisory Council, SALT Resource Hut, Samoan Community Development Center and the Wellness Team for tabling and for Lina Maga's kitchen and team for a great spread of delicious Pacific Islander food! Shout outs to Educators & Staff from Leola Havard EES, Paul Revere K8, Lowell HS, Burton HS, Balboa HS, Visitacion Valley Middle School, Commodore Sloat, CCEIS, Enrollment Center, and Physical Education Department! Special shout out to Commissioner Alida Fisher for her presence as well! 

Samoan Solutions presents, 12th Annual 5K Turkey Trot for Charity! 

8:00AM

Brisbane Marina

400 Sierra Point, Brisbane, Ca

SFUSD employees join in on the fun every year! Let's do it again, and create a team!

Click below if you would like to find ways to get involved and support the Maui Relief Efforts!

Talking with Students about War

Summary of Messages and Resources Shared by Superintendent Wayne 

We mourn the loss of lives as war unfolds in the Middle East, and recognize that the escalated conflict may have an impact on our students, families, staff, and community. Members of our community may have personal connections to this situation and many of us are hurting. We hold everyone impacted in our hearts.

SFUSD is committed to supporting students as they process current events and strives to create safe spaces for each and every person to learn and thrive. This is a time for us to affirm our core values, build and strengthen authentic partnerships, and foster inclusive community at our schools and central offices alike.

We recognize that certain lessons or discussions could inadvertently have a profound effect on students, and workplace comments could be upsetting to our colleagues. Please be mindful if and when you engage in any dialogue about these events and see the resources below to support conversations with students.   

At SFUSD we believe that equity is the work of eliminating oppression, ending biases and ensuring equally high outcomes for each and every student.  Let’s take good care of each other during this time. 

The following resources are not meant to be exhaustive.  SFUSD does not endorse a particular political viewpoint.

Talking with Children about War

• This guide from UNICEF is geared towards younger children.

Addressing Anti Semitism in Public Schools

• The San Diego County Office of Education's guide for educators to address antisemitism contains resources from educational organizations, many of which are promoted and used by state departments of education and teachers across the country.

Countering Islamophobia in Public Schools

• SDCOE’s resource guide on supporting Muslim students includes a section about countering Islamophobia in schools.
• The Teach 9/11 with Compassion guide also contains resources that, while not specific to the war, may be helpful.