List of Programs

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.

Ben Baum Scholarship

A scholarship named in honor of the late Ben Baum that rewards one Lowell High graduate attending UC Berkeley with a $1,000/year for four years.

Career Launch

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

Childcare Planning & Advisory Council (CPAC)

A collaborative of child care stakeholders, including parents, teachers, providers, city agency representatives creates and advocates for an early care and education agenda in San Francisco.

edMatch

Founded by public school parents, edMatch challenges corporations and private philanthropists to “match” funds raised in San Francisco’s public schools, then distributes the matching funds to all the City’s 113 schools on a per-student basis.
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Empowering Youth with Disabilities

The EYD project brings Junior High and High School students together with adult mentors with disabilities. The adult mentors work in the classroom on skill development in the school setting or participation in class activities.for a Five month duration. Mentors receive a monthly stipend. These learning relationships benefit both students and mentors. More than ten mentors have been placed in different SFUSD classrooms since the project began in 2007.

Principals of the Arts

Principals of the Arts, part of SFUSD’s Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA), puts the relationship between school leaders and artists at the core of in-school arts programming.   The program is a professional development model that exposes school leaders to the arts in San Francisco in order to develop their capacity to champion arts education at their respective school sites.

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.
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