Storyteller Series - #69 The School Bench S

... continuing our virtual tour....

This is the South end of The School Bench, including the view of the top tiles as we face northwards toward the schoolyard and buildings. You can also see the right arm and hand of the Storyteller. The wide angle of this blip makes reading the text difficult, so I re-typed the tiles for your reading pleasure:

Words tiles above the information text tiles (each of these lines is a separate tile):

SOCIAL STUDIES
ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
MATH

Rosa Parks Elementary School tile 1:

School opens September 1997. 1500
students from kindergarten through 5th
grade enroll, exceeding the target
enrollment of 900.

Rosa Parks Elementary School tile 2:

The EDUCATIONAL MISSION is to promote
educational competence and develop
confidence and character for all students so
they become productive citizens who can be
leaders of our community and nation and
are able to meet the challenges of the 21st
century.

Rosa Parks Elementary School tile 3:

THE CITY HEIGHTS EDUCATIONAL
COLLABORATIVE begins September 1998.
The San Diego State University College of
Education is in charge of academics in
partnership with Price Charities, and the San
Diego Unified School District and the San
Diego Education Association, the teachers
union. Rosa Parks is a professional
development school where a broad
spectrum of fundamental academic and
non-academic issues is addressed.

Rosa Parks Elementary School tile 4:

SCHOOL IN THE PARK begins September
1999. All 3rd, 4th and 5th graders spend an
average of 20% of the school year attending
school at museums in Balboa Park. This
innovative program is the first in the nation
with teachers and museum educators
collaborating to create the curriculum.

Rosa Parks Elementary School tile 5:

Rosa Parks is established as a
'COMMUNITY SCHOOL", involving families,
health care providers and the community in
support of children. Parents volunteer
thousands of hours every year.

Rosa Parks Elementary School tile 6:

THE COMMUNITY GARDEN provides a place
to work together for a sustainable planet.
It's a learning environment for students and
a neighborhood endeavor to serve the
whole community.

Rosa Parks Elementary School tile 7:

THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY POLICING
PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM brings parents
and community members together with the
San Diego Police Department to make the
neighborhood a safer place.

Rosa Parks Elementary School tile 8:

ACHIEVEMENTS:
* Over an 8 year period Rosa Parks achieves
the highest increase in California State test
scores in the San Diego school district.
* Rosa Parks leads the San Diego school
district in teacher retention.
* Attendance rate at Rosa Parks averages
97%.


Word tiles below the information text tiles:

LITERACY
ART
MUSIC
SPEECH
SCIENCE

The designing artist featured In Today's Views is Sayoko Kay Mura