Alvarado Elementary School
News and Events
Alvarado in the News!
For those who missed the recent NBC broadcast, here's the video of Alvarado parent Tim Smith and his kids talking about the school yearbook project.
View Final Budgets and Help Advocate for Alvarado
To view budgets for the SSC and PTA, and to see how you can help advocate generally for public school funding, have a look at our advocacy page.
Help Advocate for Alvarado
The proposed SFUSD budget cut of up to $113 million could have dramatic, negative consequences for Alvarado -- we could lose up to $600,000 of financing. 
Read about potential impacts, then make your opinions heard! Attend the Feb 25th Town Hall meeting and contact our California State Legislators and let them know that cutting education is short-sighted.
Join the Fun at the Tech Search Party
The Technology Committee has organized a fun, community-building scavenger hunt around Noe Valley to help raise money for technology infrastructure at Alvarado. The event takes place on Saturday, February 6th from 6-8 p.m. To learn more, visit www.techsearchparty.com.
Alvarado Night at Casa Mexicana
Mark your calendars! Casa Mexicana in Noe Valley is sponsoring a special night for Alvarado friends and families on Thursday, November 19th between 5 and 9pm. Casa Mexicana will donate 20% of your check to the Alvarado PTA. It helps fund our programs and is a fun night out. Just give a copy of the attached flyer to your server. Hope to see you there!
Alvarado Fundraising Night at Kasa Indian Restaurant
Mark your calendars! Kasa Indian (a local restaurant owned by an Alvarado family) is sponsoring Alvarado night on Tuesday, Oct. 27 from 5 to 10 p.m. Eat dinner at Kasa, and 15% of your check will be donated to the Alvarado PTA. Or you can get takeout, too: the same deal applies. Just bring this flyer and give it to your server. Kasa Indian is located at 4001 18th Street (at Noe).
Kasa has children's options too. Check out the special un-spicy Roll for Kids, a delicious house-made bread with a layer of egg rolled around rice.
Kasa Indian Restaurant is located at 4001 18th St. View Map.
From the Principal's Desk
Thank you to all of you for a very smooth start to the school year! I have enjoyed seeing all of our excited students and talking with our parents, new and returning.
Welcome to New Staff
This year we welcome the following new educators to our Alvarado family:
* Richard Santos – 4th Grade Dual immersion. Sr. Santos is a veteran district teacher. He is filling in for Maria Woodworth who is on sabbatical.
* Lauren Spurchise – Reading Recovery. Ms. Spurchise is an experienced Reading Recovery teacher, coming to us from Flynn Elementary school.
* Lindsay Sanchez – Learning Support Professional. Ms. Sanchez Is a licensed social worker. She will be working to support our students and families in social and behavioral needs as they impact education.
Alvarado Fundraising Night at Pasta Pomodoro
Invite your friends and family to dine at Pasta Pomodoro on September24, 2009 from 5 p.m to 9 p.m. Bring the flyer, and 20% of your tab will be donated to the Alvarado PTA. Download the flyer.
Pasta Pomodoro is located at 4000 24th St.@Noe. View Map.
Principal's Welcome
Welcome to all of our Alvarado families, new and old. Parents are children’s first and most influential educators. We look forward to collaborating with you in providing your children with the best education possible. We have been busily preparing for the new school year. Many of our teachers have used the summer break to gain training in various disciplines. Parent volunteers have done much work in the school gardens, making them educationally accessible and more inviting. Lily and Jose, our custodians, have worked hard cleaning up the school and getting it ready for another year.
To save time and trees, view your weekly packet of school, PTA and district news, dubbed Alvarado Notices, online here.
Email alvarado.pta@gmail.com to automatically receive each new version of Alvarado Notices when it becomes available.
Ever wonder what goes on behind the closed doors of PTA Executive Board Meetings? How about the SSC? And what about the PTA Program Coordinator, what does she do? Get the facts, demystified, by reading meeting minutes online
