index

DISCLAIMER :: Due to privacy issues this site contains little personal information about the Rooftop community. Any images or personal information on this site has been provided with permission. If you need to contact a fellow Rooftop family, please see your Rooftop Directory.

Welcome to the Rooftop Alternative School PTA!

Below are some of the programs that are supported by the work of our PTA. Without the strong partnership between all parts of the Rooftop community: families, students, teachers, administration and community, much of what we do would not be possible. Please take some time to read through some of the exciting programs that are offered at Rooftop.

Rooftop Alternative School is a K-8 School in the SF Unified School District

Rooftop Visual Arts Program grades K-8

The goal of the art program at Rooftop is to bring art to each classroom on a regular basis. For most classes in grades K-5, art parent volunteers teach art lessons on a weekly basis in coordination with the classroom teacher. We have over 100 art volunteers each year. Grades 6-8 have a daily art class, taught by Cyndy Sugawara. Through the art program, the students become familiar with the elements of art and expand their experiences with art media as they progress through the grades. They develop artistic skills as they learn about the art process and, more importantly, they develop positive feelings of self-esteem. The art program is integral to Rooftop School’s vision. It enhances and reinforces the curriculum at Rooftop and is used as a critical extension of learning in core subject areas. Each year, student artwork is entered into various art contests such as the PTA Reflections and the Youth Arts Festival.

Performing Arts Program grades K-5

Rooftop works with teaching artists and arts providers, such as SF Arts Education Program — a highly successful program that has been placing professional artists in public schools for the past 25 years — to provide students with instruction in chorus, dance, and drama.

Performing Arts Program grades 6-8

Instructors Shannon Day and Elizabeth Rosas work with grades 6-8 to develop the music and theater skills of participating students. The 10-week course of study culminates in a performance, Dare to Perform, in December.

“ART IS...” grades K-8

“ART IS...”is a Rooftop arts education program that uses works of art to provide an inexhaustible resource for exploration, reflection and understanding. The program actively engages students, supports learning across the curriculum, and builds critical thinking skills through “hands-on” art making, reflection and research. “ART IS...” uses the Lincoln Center Institute model of aesthetic education and focuses on live works of art to develop integrated, interdisciplinary curriculum that will support learning for all students.

Winter Workshop

For three days in December, students in grades 1-5 participate in a workshop of the student’s choice to create a beautiful gift for a loved one. Students in grades 6-8 may participate in an optional Winter Workshop held afterschool at the Mayeda Campus. There are over twenty different workshops offered each year by teachers and art parent volunteers. The students create, complete, and wrap a gift and everyone celebrates with a festive Workshop party.

Yard Art

Yard Art is available to students weekly at lunch on the Burnett school yard.

Family Art Evenings

Family Art Nights at the Burnett Campus and Mayeda Media Nights are evening workshops that give parents and their children the opportunity to play and learn together through a variety of arts experiences.

Instrumental Music grades 4-8

The District provides a music instructor, Monica Perry, to teach students instrumental music for one hour a week. The students may choose from violin, flute, trumpet, or clarinet.

Adventures in Music grades 1-5

The San Francisco Symphony and the District fund this incredible program that brings professional musicians to classes for a series of educational performances and discussions about music. The talks culminate in a spring show at Davies Hall of the San Francisco Symphony.

Sensory Motor grades K-2

Jeri McGovern, a developmental movement specialist, heads this superb, very fun movement program that helps children master gross and fine motor skills as well as sensory and coordination skills. This program is based on the research showing the strong link of working on these skills with classroom success.

Garden Program grades K-4

Heidi Jenkins, “Coral Bells” heads this innovative hands-on science/garden program taught in our own beautiful garden. Classes have garden once a week. Volunteers are needed to assist during the class time as well as to help maintain this sanctuary.

Library grades K-8

The Burnett Library offers weekly reading and book selection services to classes in grades K-4. Library services are also provided to grades 5-8 in the Jack Mayeda Library located on the Mayeda campus. Our libraries are parent funded and always welcome volunteers and donations.

Bookpals grades K-5

This program sponsored by the Screen Actors Guild, places volunteer actors in classrooms to do dramatic reading to the students and help them learn the joy of the written word. (deletion of line about Tracy as coordinator)

Computer grades 3-5

Students in grades 3-5 work on keyboarding skills and the writing process at the Burnett Campus computer lab.

Outdoor Education grades 4-8

Outdoor Education focuses on community building, strengthening the students’ personal relationship with nature, and their commitment to maintaining the environment.

AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMMING

Afterschool options at Rooftop include Student Council, Yearbook, the Mayeda News, Spanish, the Rooftop Chorus, chess club, and sports teams (baseball, basketball, soccer, and track.) Afterschool tutoring is provided two times per week to students in Grades 2-5. Middle school teachers offer tutoring weekly in content areas afterschool.