South Patio improvements, 85 percent complete. Thank you to all the SKES families, who volunteered on Saturday 5/11.
5/9 and 5/10: Stagewrite
The reviews are in!
The plays were AMAZING! Each of the 5th grade playwrights worked extremely hard! Ryiu's dragon slayed the show, Jayden reminded us all how important reading can be, Hannah showed us that we can work through feelings and family, Marquita taught us that being real is much more important than being fake, Asher let us jam out to some old tunes, and Leo showed us how much teachers have to do every day!
—Ms. Erickson
5/6 Teacher Appreciation Week
Monday - Bagels with Lox and fixings, cream cheese, coffee
Tuesday - Pastries, muffins, cut fruits
Wednesday - Make your own Granola & Yoghurt Parfait, cut fruits, coffee
Thursday - Butter cake & cut fruits. Boba Tea pickup at 1.40pm for early release in the office.
Friday - Little gift pickup for all staff and treats from families of Starr King
4/26 Starr King Sports Banquet
We celebrated our school athletes at the 2nd Annual Starr King sports banquet on Friday! Awards, dinner, and camaraderie for all. Thank you to our parent coaches who make it all happen!
Special thanks to our coaches emeriti, who have tirelessly nurtured our sports program over the last 10 years! Over 2/3rds of Starr King students play on a team now. We will miss you next year.
Upcoming Event -- 6/1 Carnival and Toy Drive
It’s not even May and we’re already thinking about summer break! Put the end of year spring carnival on your calendar now — and if you’ve got new or gently-used toys, games, or books at home to donate for prizes, please drop them off at the office.
4/6 Greening Day
Check out the California Natives blooming!! Thank you to the facilities team again for all your hard work! Special thanks to Vicki for gathering 4 bags of trash.
3/31 Spring Is Here!
It’s our own Starr King Superbloom! The California Native Wildflowers, that we spread on our work day in the fall are starting to bloom!
3/22 Starr King Talent Show
Starr King kicked off spring break with a celebration of talent! Singers, dancers, rock stars, designers, and comedians all strutted their stuff. IT WAS AMAZING!!! Click through for pictures and videos.
Click here for longer clips of the Queens and the Fallout Five.
2/1 Chinese New Year Carnival
Check out Ms. Martin and Mr. Fitzsimons kicking the jianzi! Wishing everyone an auspicious lunar new year.
3/2 Maker Fest
Maker Fest was sold out and it was a blast! I would like to thank all the parents who volunteered to help out and showcase our school.
Big thank you to Aaron Valade who saved the day.... and led the volcano experiment at the Starr King ES table! And thank you to PreFUND for hosting the event.
3/1 Black Wallstreet: Black Heritage Event
Starr King’s Black Wallstreet event featured painting, jewelry making, hair braiding, music, African dress and food. Thank you to AAPAC for hosting the event! Video by Monica J. and pictures by Monica J. and Martha Q.
This event was named in honor of the Blackwallstreet market in Greenwood, a vibrant black business community in Tulsa, OK, which was tragically destroyed in the 1921 race riots. Read more information about the historic Black Wallstreet here.
Throwback Tuesday: Golden State Warriors 3/15/18 visit to Starr King
2/23 Chinatown Chinese New Year Parade
Happy Year of the Pig! Our kids did wonderfully at the Chinatown Chinese New Year parade on Saturday 2/23, and made it onto the TV broadcast on Channel 2. More pictures here — and you can check out videos below from either the KTVU broadcast, or the view from the Starr King party corner on Grant and Kearny.
Black History Month -- February 2019
We celebrated Black History month at Starr King at our Black Heritage Event, where each grade did a presentation celebrating African and African-American culture. If someone sends me a picture of what I understand is a beautiful mural the 5th graders did about the history of hip-hop, I will post it! In the meantime, Ms. Erickson has decorated her door for the month: wow!
2/3 Greening Day
Our newest Starr King community member — an arboreal salamander from the library garden
1/25 Fall ASK Celebration
A big thank you to Starr King for your generous support of the PTA’s Fall ASK campaign! We smashed through our $225,000 goal and ended up at $256,000 — which is amazing. We’ll use the money to support our teachers, fund our science paraprofessional, support outdoor education, and much more. We celebrated on Friday the 25th with shaving cream pies in the morning and popsicles in the afternoon!
1/18 Black Affirmation Breakfast
We recognized there are many negative images of Black people. The purpose of the breakfast was to give Black students the opportunity to counter those perceptions with positive images. One of the ways we do this is through positive affirmations. After reciting the Starr King Affirmation, students wrote their own and many chose to recite them for the audience. Once student returned to class, Ms. Martin and Mr. Fitzsimons heard from parents about what they wanted for their students while they attended Starr King.
12/18 Hands On Bay Area and PG&E Volunteers
Thank you to Hands On Bay Area and PG&E for the volunteers who helped out with the mulching and planting at SKES!
12/17 Teacher and Staff Appreciation
THANK YOU to the dedicated teachers and staff who work so tirelessly to make our school so great. This Starr King hat is just a small token of all the many ways we appreciate everything you do!
12/2 Greening Day
Another wonderful green work day. Thank you SKES volunteers.
We spread California Native Wildflower seeds along the North, East and West perimeter of the SKES site.
We spread California Poppies along the Wisconsin Street/ Starr King Open Space sidewalk strip.
We added squatter and shorter pine wood rounds to the yard and Wisconsin Street and more mulch.
We also did a thorough trash clean up. Thank you all!!!