ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES CLASS OF 2011

GRADUATION ANNOUNCEMENT

Date and Time:  Thursday, May 26th at 2:00 PM

Place:  Golden Gate Park Band Shell (In between the deYoung Museum and the Academy of Sciences at the Music Councourse)  at S Tea Garden Dr, San Francisco, California 94118 (415) 386-1923.

Cake and light refreshments will be provided after the ceremony.

Please see the attached map of Golden Gate Park (The Music Concourse is #22 on the map) for the exact location.  There is unlimited seating, so all are welcome at the graduation!

In case of inclement weather, the graduation will be held at the main theatre on campus and seats will be limited.  Please see www.sotacad.org in case of inclement weather for instructions.

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Academy Excel Afterschool Program Expands!

Last month, The Academy of Arts and Sciences announced that it was piloting an ExCEL Afterschool Program.  The Afterschool Program will offers tutoring from 3:30 to 4:30pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday specifically in Math and English as well as in all subjects. The library is also a great place to get homework done even if you don't need tutoring at all!

This month, we have added arts and enrichment classes after the tutoring as well!

Beginning Monday, March 7th, students will be invited to participate in a variety of enrichment activities from 4:30 to 6:00pm.  All activities meet in the library at 4:30 and then they will move to their individual spaces.  These activities include...

EcoSF's School Farm Afterschool Program (Meet in the library)

Program activites include:  Organic farming, natuarl building, nature hikes, trail building, carpentry, art projects and multimedia.  Once the weather is nice, the goal is to be outside every day workign on the farm. 

Ballet Folklorico

Ballet Folklorico is a collective term for traditional Latin American dances that emphasize local folk culture with ballet characteristics - pointed toes, exaggerated movements, highly choreographed. 

Breakdancing/Caporeia (Start date TBD)

This class introduces students to an infusion of dance styles such as Popping, Locking, Capoeira and break dancing. Through out the classes students will learn rhythm through safe fun and high energy dance choreography and freestyle movement. The goal of the dance class is to build confidence, respect, and promote a positive self esteem through physical fitness leading to a healthy lifestyle.  

Come to the afterschool program Monday - Thursday in the library for academic tutoring and stay for the enrichment programs until 6:00 PM. For any questions, please email Greg Markwith ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or call the school at (415) 695-5700 x 3320

Academy Community:

This is just a reminder that the Academy’s inaugural afterschool program begins on Monday, January 10th in the library.  From 3:30 – 4:30 there will be academic tutoring in the library and snacks will be provided.  In addition, we are in the process of ordering a TON of supplies for students so when they come to the program they will never be without academic materials.

 We are still waiting to find out about our enrichment providers and when they will start, however, we have talked about ballet folklorico and/or capoeira.  Ecof SF will also begin offering programming beginning in February, plus another provider with begin in March offering graphic design and video game design.

Please promote the academic tutoring beginning on Monday with your student. The following staff members will be staffing the academic tutoring portion of the program!

Matt Travisano:  M – Th, Barbara Sherfey: M – Th

Steve O’Reilly:  M, W, (CAHSEE Prep in January)

Therese Folco: T, TH

Danielle Snyder: T - Th (beginning in February)

Doug Reed: M – Th (Math Tutor)

CSF will also be providing peer tutoring coordinated by Amy Trusso