For more than 12 years, Parents for Public Schools – San Francisco has been assisting families and working to ensure quality public schools for all children in our city. We help parents at each stage of the journey, from introducing them to the enrollment lottery process, to developing parent leaders in the schools and at the district, to improving systems at SFUSD and much more.
We provide essential support to all families in every community across our city, and we work to ensure that the full range of parent voices is part of policy-making at the District and Board of Education. Read more >
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What is Happening Now |
PPS-SF Announces New Executive Director
April 24, 2012
PPS-SF is pleased to announce Masharika Prejean Maddison as the organization’s new Executive Director. Masharika will take the helm on May 21, 2012 replacing Interim ED Annie Bauccio Moore, and joining long-term management team Vicki Symonds and Carol Lei.
Prior to joining PPS-SF, Masharika worked as a Director of Regional Communications with Teach For America, where she built relationships across a number of constituent groups; strategized and executed on media strategy; interacted with media and prepared others to do so as well. Before making San Francisco her home, she resided in Washington, D.C., where she worked closely with former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Department Spokesman Sean McCormack as a Special Assistant to the Spokesman. She was a New Leaders Council Fellow and a Presidential Management Fellow; holds a Master’s Degree in Public Affairs from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas and has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Economy from Tulane University. Read more (pdf) >
Update on Transportation Services for the 2012-13 School Year
SFUSD released an update on changes to the transportation policy for 2012-2013. See description of what is changing, how decisions were made, and how to provide feedback on our Current Policy page.
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Go Public! |
Assignment Letters for Round 2 have been sent home
For more information on your Round 3 options go to our Student Assignment page and click the Round 3 tab.
Getting Ready for Kindergarten Workshops
Starting kindergarten is a big academic and social step, for both parents and their children. Parents for Public Schools – San Francisco will share parent-to-parent advice and tips to ease families with this transition.
Come hear about…
- What to expect – from your child, from the school
- Parent responsibilities and involvement – before and during the school year
- Preparing your child for school – practical tips that experienced parents wished others had shared with them
See our Flyer (pdf) for more information. See our Events page for workshop dates.
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Tips from Parents |
A Great Way to Share Middle School Assignment
A Miraloma Elementary parent used Doodle.com to create a poll so that 5th grade parents could share thier child's middle school placement. It is a great way to see how many kids got into each school, how the feeder was implemented, etc. Parents could leave comments on how their school placement ranked among their choice, or if they applied to a charter school what school would they choose. It also helped cut down on emails on the school listserve.
Starting a Science Fair at your Middle School
James Lick MS has been participating for years. However it started with one grade level (a motivated teacher) and moved to all 3 grades participating. The students usually start the project process in Dec (great to do the project over break) or Jan. The paper is due first and then the boards are due a few days before our science fair about a week before the Randall. It is the biggest parent attended event at the school! The school orders the science fair boards and charge each kid $2. The ptsa helps if needed.
We set up the projects by grade level in the gym (the district will lend tables) and then they take home at the end of the night. The teachers put out a request for “community judges”. They review the projects and give awards – a variety of topics – best display, best hypothesis, best graph, etc. besides the top that move on to the Randall held around Feb. 20. The Randall has a full packet the school can get with details. It is totally free. They are graded on the project and report. Read more>
Read more great ideas and tips happening at other schools.
If your school has a tip to share with other public school parents, let us know and we will feature on our website.
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