San Francisco School Alliance

Learning Reimagined

List of Projects

SPONSORED COMMUNITY PROJECTS

The School Alliance provides a non-profit umbrella for a wide-range of community initiatives that enhance the learning and education of our 56,000 students in San Francisco. We are proud to provide a home for the many remarkable people and extraordinary projects that make a difference every day.







Students around their Teacher

Career Launch

The Career Launch in the Schools Project provides access to youth employment programming for a large population of underserved youth while helping public high schools meet educational objectives for career awareness and job readiness.

Empowering Youth with Disabilities

A program that links five SFUSD students with disabilities with one mentor with disabilities.

Garden Project at Willie Brown Academy

The garden project at Willie Brown Academy creates an opportunity for students to learn about nature, sustainability, and nutrition.

Headstand

The mission of Headstand is to transform San Francisco schools by providing yoga-based programming and resources for students.

Arts Program at Moscone Elementary

The program’s goals are to promote creativity, discipline, and self-confidence among children and to encourage them to continue in their academic studies.

San Francisco Beacon Initiative

The San Francisco Beacon Initiative supports the work and practices of eight innovative youth and family centers where young people, their families – all community members – can receive academic tutoring, explore career options, and pursue their dreams.

San Francisco Green Schoolyard Alliance

The San Francisco Green Schoolyard Alliance helps to build sustainable garden systems by offering access to resources and educational support for San Francisco public school communities who are working to create outdoor learning environments on school grounds.

 

School Sports Fund

The School Sports Fund was created by Don Collins to support the San Francisco Unified School District’s Athletic programs. The School Sports Fund exists to sustain valuable athletic programs that are jeopardized by limited funding.

SF Team

The San Francisco Together Education Accomplishes More (SF TEAM) is a program that partners schools and community based organizations to provide academic support and literacy-rich expanded learning opportunities to San Francisco youth.

Transitional Age Youth Initiative (TAY)

Develop recommendations on how San Francisco could improve outcomes for San Francisco’s most vulnerable transitional youth—those ages 16 through 24 who are disconnected from education, employment, and social support systems.

At the Library

Young at Art (formerly The San Francisco Youth Arts Festival)

An annual, week-long event that encourages and recognizes students in the visual, performing, literary, and media arts by providing a showcase exhibition for their work and a celebration of arts education in their schools.

Youth Employment Coalition

The Youth Employment Coalition is an alliance of community-based agencies convened to address youth employment issues in San Francisco.

YouthVote

A project to familiarize students with the election process through development of voter education curriculum to implement in the social studies department of the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD).