Greetings Schafer ParkParents,

We will be moving into our new school when return from our winter break on January 9, 2012.  Parents are asked to drop off students using the new entrance on Flamingo Ave. We will have personnel to direct traffic on the first day of school in the new building. We will be hosting school tours for the students and their teachers prior to our first day in the new school building to get them familiar with their new classrooms and school procedures.  We will invite all parents during the first week of school in the New Year to join us and get information on upcoming events and an update on the remaining construction projects. Construction for the new school playground will begin in the location of our current building in January 2012.    We look forward to moving in and make sure to offer your child’s teacher any extra support that they may need during this move.

Schafer Park’s mission for the 2011-2012 school year is to continue to improve the educational experience for our students and their families. Achieving educational excellence and equity for all requires the input, accountability and monitoring of systems by all stakeholders which includes, our teachers, students, parents, site leadership and community members.   We are dedicated to increasing the number for students performing at proficient and advanced by continuing to be reflective of our current practices, existing infrastructures and by evaluating their effectiveness in reaching this goal. We promote and encourage the leadership capacity building of our parents in collaboration with our teachers as they work to provide parents with ongoing data on their student’s progress.

The involvement of parents and community members is essential in jointly developing our policies that improve student achievement with parental voice.  Every effort shall be made to build parent leadership capacity that supports the safety and academic progress of our students.  A team of parents, teachers, and administrators work together to develop and implement the policies at our school that will help improve our students achievement and improve safety. Our policies shall be amended and revised annually to meet the changing needs of parents and the school.

11/28 Food drive begins

12/5 SSC mtg. 3:15

12/6 minimum day

12/8 minimum day  parent conference, title 1 mtg. 5:00 p.m.

12/9 minimum day  parent conference, food drive ends

12/12 rm. 21 to Chabot College

12/21 SBDM

12/23 winter recess begins

1/9 school resumes in new building