Junipero Serra is my neighborhood school. In fact, we live down the street from the
Annex CDC. I called the office on a
Thursday and they set me up with an individual tour on Friday. The school is a
series of well cared for bungalows. I arrived at the school and immediately
noticed the flower filled garden. Some
of the TK students were outside their classroom painting a mural with a
district art teacher. The classroom
itself is relatively small. Because of
its size, there are only 18 children. The classroom itself felt well cared for
and cozy. Th TK class is very play-based but also immersed in Spanish literacy.
Student work was posted and there was a
word wall. The students were sitting at
tables – doing centers. One table was
working with the teacher, another had iPads set to a literacy game, a different
group was working with blocks. The
class is taught in 80% Spanish and 20% English.
I am excited to about this because there is only one other bilingual TK
in the district. The teacher is one of
the most experienced TK teachers in the district – this is her 3rd
year. The kids get to go outside and
garden at least once a week. The play area is lovely and my daughter would be
able to see our house J.
I know one family that attends this school and they love it.
There is an afterschool program that reserves the majority
of the spaces for TK students. It’s on a
sliding scale, but for full cost students it does cost over 500 dollars a
month. Also, the TK has an 8:45 start time. These
time constraints would be very difficult for my family – the afterschool care
is relatively expensive and we would have to find morning care to supplement it.
I feel like this would be a nice place
for my daughter to play and improve her Spanish. If this is the school she is
assigned to, we will have to figure out a way to make it work. I do like how close to home it is and the
cozy feeling of the class.
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