San Jose Schools are members of a large urban school district serving about 32,000 students from kindergarten through grade twelve. San Jose Schools represent the eleventh largest urban school district in California, with thirty-one elementary schools, seven middle schools, and seven high schools. The student population is 31% Anglo, 49% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 3% Black and 4% other minority. The districts web page states the following Vision Statement San Jose Schools [are] learning communit[ies] that inspire students to be the best they can be, equipping them with world class skills, a commitment to lifelong learning, active citizenship in a diverse society, and respect for self and others.
Service Projects San Jose Schools students learn about service projects through a partnership with Youth ReAction Corps (http://www.yrcorps.org), a high school based program to educate young people about local, national and international issues, empower them to create plans for social change, and invest financially in their visions of a better world.
In the May 27, 2007 Prize:, San Jose schools, announced that the Congress Expressway Automobile Dealers Charitable Foundation donated 5 million yuan, 12 elementary schools, and support for 38 third-grade classroom library. San Jose School Police Tangyigelai Iglesias said, we are very grateful for their generosity and their commitment? Donation shows education? . Literacy is the key to successful student learning.
New ProgramOne San Jose schools, high school, Leland High School, all of 15 minutes program initiated. This emphasizes an anti-DUI program, the good decisions for high school juniors and seniors. The program has two phases one phase, a simulated accident scene and the second phase is a funeral that also guest speakers who have lost loved ones in alcohol-related collisions. The program brings the San Jose school students as close as possible to the loss of a loved one, and brings home the reality of an alcohol-related collision.
Just For the Kids Another new program that San Jose Schools are participating in is the Just For The Kids program. This helps schools and communities compare their schools to similar schools in the state. Parents and educators can access the Just For The Kids web page at http://www.jftk-ca.org. The data is free and gives easy to understand data on every public school in California, including San Jose Schools. The information is designed to help schools and communities raise student achievement.
Opportunity: On Monday, 2 April, the non-profit California Dictionary Project, in conjunction with the San Jose schools and 100 volunteers from the community, to distribute dictionaries to all 3rd Class San Jose schools students. Founded in 2002, the California Dictionary Project distributed more than 75,000 children, the dictionaries San Jose schools.
Visit School Choice Giving families a choice of which school their children, is the rage these days. San Jose schools meet this demand with magnet programs. The Magnet Schools Assistance Program, San Jose schools funding school for six sites for the school years 2004-2007.
San Jose 2 two excellent bilingual education schools – Olinder and Grant Elementary School recently, California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) received the Award of Excellence seal. This award honors exemplary bilingual education programs.