Sherman has the best teachers, families and a wonderful garden!
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Posted by a parent on 09/17/09
This is a great school that offers a strong core academic program and an excellent array of enrichment programs. As a longtime parent with two kids at Sherman school, I can attest to the wonderful progress this school has made under the leadership of the principal Phyllis Matsuno who sets high standards
... Read more for staff, students, and yes, even parents to reach! She has brought in enrichment programs and increased test scores every year she has been at Sherman. Kudoes to her for her commitment to our kids. The teaching staff, with a few notable exceptions, is committed and excellent. The school building and grounds are spacious, clean, and well-kept. This is a top-notch school! Read less
Posted by a parent on 04/14/08
After all the stress of the enrollment process, whew what a relief to find Sherman! As a kindergarten family, we keep finding out more to love about this school. Ms. Matsuno is amazingly creative with bringing additional resources to the school -- be they volunteer nurses students or high school kids
... Read more tutoring reading. She's also led the way for public and private schools with technology in the classroom with 'smart white boards' (connected to the Internet) and the 'Mind Institute program.' Our green schoolyear is a breath of fresh air in our urban environment with fruit trees, vegetables, and a fish pond that delight the kids. We love our kindergarten teacher. The parent community is engaged and active in making our school even better. We're very happy with our choice. Read less
Posted by a parent on 03/19/08
Sherman is an excellent school with an exceptional Principal. As incoming kindergarten parents this year after visiting many schools, we chose Sherman for several reasons, but primarily because of Principal Matsuno. During her tenure Sherman has become one of the highest performing schools in
... Read more the district. In addition to a strong emphasis on academics, Sherman offers its students gardening, painting/drawing, dance, choral music, gymnastics, computer lab and physical education, among others. The principal considers these to be necessary core curriculum for the children, and not just frosting on the cake. Over the course of several visits to the school, we were struck with her dedication to contiually evolving Sherman in the best interest of its students. Her drive and focus are admirable. We continue to be impressed with her, and feel that she is not only approachable, but is consistently willing to extend herself in an effort to address the needs and concerns of parents. She is a frank person, which is a refreshing and often lacking quality in persons who occupy leadership positions. For us this has inspired both respect for her honesty, and trust in her follow-through. Read less
Posted by a parent on 03/13/08
Sherman is a great school with a great principal. Mrs Mastuno has helped me out on a number of occasins and very easy to talk to. She is very direct and also very caring. She works very hard and has set the tone for a great school. Most of the teachers are terrific and gifted with a few slackers who
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Posted by a parent on 02/02/08
We're very pleased with our choice. Rumors about the principal are unfortunately true. She is difficult--headstrong, can be exceptionally rude and unresponsive to parents, and not always engaged. If you can look past that, and you should because she is expected to retire soon, you'll find lots to
... Read more like. The school is headed in the right direction despite the need for new leadership. The teaching staff is excellent. Parent involvement is strong and growing, with an active PTA. Read less
Posted by a parent on 01/21/08
Amazing jewel of a school. Strong academics (API scores rival Lilienthal's), lots of enrichment (art, music, computer, dance, gymnastics/PE, gardening etc), stellar principal(pro-active educator/leader who also knows each child), enthusiastic warm parent participation, esp in K-3, beautiful spacious
... Read more bldg & new gardens/waterfall. Toured public & private and glad we chose Sherman. Educated professional families have discovered this jewel, some selecting it over privates. We like Sherman's energy -- school is clearly on an upward trajectory -- as well as the true diversity that we found missing at some privates and publics, in different ways. Pleased w/aftercare; we were initially concerned that on-site care is for grades 2-5, until we found that a number of the programs that bus Sherman Ks & 1st graders were superior in quality than some of the on-site programs elsewhere. We consider ourselves lucky that our kindergartener is at Sherman. Read less
Posted by a parent on 11/04/07
Ms. Matsuno, the principal, has done a superb job in converting Sherman from a good school into a great school. If you walk through the halls and yards, you see a fully functional library, a PE coach on the grounds, students in chorus and art classes, a student-mentoring program on the yard, gardening,
... Read more great parent involvement. All of it developed over the past five years under her leadership. Teaching staff is excellent, too, but it can vary within each grade level. Read less
As parent of a student with learning disabilties, I had good fortunate to find Sherman school. The special education program is a large part of school and my son's teacher is, high energy hard worker, and fun. The principal seems to do avery good job and the staff is friendly and is compotent. The building
... Read more is cleanest school I have ever seen. Thank you to Sherman School. Read less
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San Francisco schools — Sherman Elementary School is located at 1651 Union St, San Francisco CA 94123. 1651 Union St is in the Cow Hollow neighborhood and 94123 ZIP code in San Francisco, CA The school district for Sherman Elementary School is the San Francisco Unified School District. Sherman Elementary School is a Public school that serves grade levels K - 5.
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