4 Lee Ave
San Francisco, CA 94112

Ruth Asawa School of the Arts (RASOTA) is a gem of a high school for teens who have artistic or musical interests where they can hone their craft with others who thrive on creativity and often push themselves academically. The school has an amazing array of 14 art disciplines, where the students take their academic classes in the AM, enjoy a healthy free lunch (yes, that’s right), then have 2 periods each day, that’s 10-hours a week, of their art discipline. As a result, students are able to really dive in and exceed at their focus, which is so apparent in all of the performances & arts showcases in the year. Imagine musicals, full orchestra-style concerts, an in-house Mariachi group, guitar dept, spoken arts, creative writing, plus world music & dance, the list goes on. In Visual Arts, there are 4 showcases (gallery-style openings for each grade) & this year an off-site gallery show with music & dance collabs. Not only amazing art, but also RASOTA has strong academics as well. Incredible experience overall! Also, the students who come out of RASOTA do extremely well in terms of college choices, even getting into UC Berkeley & UCLA at rates higher than Lowell & other pricey private schools. In addition, RASOTA students win city-wide Mock Trial competitions, year after year. Personally, our family has witnessed 2 teens graduate from RASOTA primed for both medical school as well as professional athlete career paths. What is the common thread, you may wonder? We have seen firsthand how the school especially fosters discipline & commitment that can be applied to anything the students put their minds to, whether that is to continue their art focus, or pivot to something else. With this, we opted to send our teen to RASOTA over other private school offerings & have not regretted the decision. As a public school, with the district providing less than is needed to excel, RASOTA has a robust parent community which raises funds & builds community to ensure that the kids & teachers have what they deserve to thrive. Come be a part of that special gem in our incredible city!

My child attends this school. She just started 11th grade. She was selected to participate in a STEM program held at UCSF Mission bay hospital. She is excited and enthusiastic about her future. While this school doesn’t excel in the statistics it is what you make it. She is in AP classes and thriving.

Our child graduated from Lincoln last year. Overall, our child's experience with teachers was good to excellent. He had a special few teachers he connected with deeply, something any parent wants to see happen. One history teacher really inspired him, and now he might want to be a teacher one day in the future. We had an absolutely amazing experience with our child's counselor, who was responsive, helpful, warm, and organized. He enjoyed the large and diverse student body that included all types of people. It will be exciting to see how the school transforms under its new leadership. We hope the new administration modernizes the school's approach to communication with parents. Overall, our child had a great time at Lincoln and is doing well in college!

The teachers are fine, but the bathrooms always have this one toilet where it's clogged, or dislocated. Once, the toilet water started spewing out and flooded the whole bathroom and there were toilet paper everywhere.

Very much bullying, everyones rude and hateful about anything and everyone.

The school has good teachers and a sports program that my student really liked. He ran track and played on the school soccer team. He was always busy and he learned a lot. He is graduating now and he will miss Denman.

I’m back again! Mission didn’t change its name and Mission has better statistics than Lowell for getting into Uc Berkeley and for UCs in general!

Kindergarten: We started at Sunnyside in 2020 when my child was in kindergarten. It's been amazing to see how the community has rebounded since the COVID days. Our kindergarten experience was as good as you could expect for a Zoom kindergarten year -- I was so impressed at how well our kinder teacher was able to engage the kids over video, and I've seen first-hand how amazing they are in person. They take the time to help the new kinders adjust to not only Sunnyside, but the school environment. The kinder students enter the yard through a different entrance for the first 6 weeks of the year to help them adjust to the school, which seems like it really helps make the transition less overwhelming for our youngest students.Educators: We've been very happy with our teachers between K and 4th grade (currently in 4th). The staff has an average tenure of ~8 years, so when new teachers come in, there's already a strong foundation with the other educators in the grade-level team, which I think really helps with a smooth transition into the staff.IEP process: My child had an IEP for our first three years at Sunnyside. We had a good experience with the IEP process, and felt goals and progress were reported on as expected.Learning: Being one of the youngest in the class, and adding Zoom kindergarten on top of that, our child was very behind in reading in kinder and first grade. We were really happy with the support of the teachers and staff -- we obviously helped out at home too, but I really attribute the complete turnaround to Sunnyside's educators. My child is now reading above grade level thanks to the support they received.Community: The community was adjusting to post-COVID for our first few years at Sunnyside, but it really feels like each year the PTA is able to do more, and hold on to what is important to the Sunnyside community of today. You do tend to see the same 20-30 parents volunteering, but I think families who want to be involved are always welcomed in whatever capacity they can contribute.

I am a student at Raoul Wallenberg High School and I am giving this High School a review for these reasons:I would say that learning is not something everyone will be 100% excited about but students show that they are ready to come to class on time and show active engagement in learning. Teachers tell students to try their best and also encourage them to work at their best. Some challenges may come with learning depending on how the student is feeling but teachers make sure students can have a space where they are ready to learn.Teachers at this High School want to make sure that students are ready to go to college but can also create a learning space where it will not be so hard. That means that teachers will make sure students can get a check in to see how they are doing personally and see how they can help them. The teachers want to make sure it is a supportive space where you don't just get mountains of work and you can not get a check in to see how you are doing.Students will need social emotional support and teachers, staff members, and admin will be there to provide that. There will be days where students need a break or need to have a check in to see how they are doing emotionally. There will be a space for students to not hide emotions inside and pretend that everything is fine when it really is not. Considerations on this standard will be provided below.Special Education services are important for students who need it and Wallenberg High School will be a space for students to be able to feel normal and not judged just because of what services they may need. If you have a student who needs Special Education services and will need a supportive space, consider this to be it. Students, if you would like a supportive space, please consider looking into this school and see how others like it as well.Safety is something that will relate to family engagement. Safety is something that students value so if you would like to have a safe space where you can engage with others, this would be a good space. Other High Schools are packed and do not have the admin to watch over so if you would like to have an adult watched space as well, consider this to be a good school. For families, ig anything happens, admin or staff will reach out to tell you what is going on and what can happen next.I would say that Wallenberg High School is a small and safe space, so if that is what you want, please look into it for more. Thank you for reading!

The education here is very terrible as the teachers are severely underpaid and are not motivated to make sure the students have the best education. Teachers and staff also are known for being involved and taking sides with teens during drama and conflict and often take favoritism. many problems about this school include the bathroom policies where they don't allow students to use the bathroom for a little less than half a period (20 mins). Teachers and staff treat using the bathroom like it's a special privilege and fail to emphasize with students. Burton only allows a handful of students to use the bathroom and only one 1 of the 3 bathrooms is usually opened, leading to a chaotic transition period between classes where you have to pick whether to hold in your juices or risk your attendance absent. The principal of the school is also super unprofessional as she lets her own biases and political agendas influence her decision-making. For example, the JROTIC and other military branches were removed and blacklisted from this school, as she wants to pump up the numbers of students who attend college, in turn making the school statistically look better than it really is. (and that's putting it lightly)The lunch policies are also the worst, as they serve an inadequate amount of food, with an inadequate amount of nutritional value per meal. Often, I have to go through the day with an empty and my bladder full. Overall this is not the place for you if a great education is what you are looking for.