Welcome to the San Mateo-Foster City School District’s website.   At this site, you will find information about the 20 outstanding schools located in San Mateo and Foster City.   These 20 schools successfully educate over 11,000 students in preschool through eighth grades.  Students are educated to high, challenging academic standards and prepared to be socially responsible, contributing members of our community.

San Mateo-Foster City School District offers parents a choice of schools that are best suited for their children.   Parents can choose from their school of assignment, one of 10 magnet school programs, and/or one of 8 schools on a year-round calendar.   

Elementary magnet school choices include:

• Mandarin Language Immersion – College Park School
• Spanish-English Two-Way Immersion/Global Studies – Fiesta Gardens International School
• Accelerated Project-Based Learning – George Hall School
• Montessori Program  – Parkside School
• Math and Science – San Mateo Park School
• International Baccalaureate  World School & Environmental Studies – Sunnybrae School
• Montessori K-8 with Music and Art – North Shoreview School

Middle school magnet program choices include:

• Spanish-English Two-Way Immersion – Abbott Middle School
• THE Bayside S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) ACADEMY
• International Baccalaureate World School – Borel Middle School
• Montessori K-8 with Music and Art – North Shoreview School

Year-round calendar elementary schools include:

• Beresford School
• Brewer Island School
• College Park School
• Fiesta Gardens International School
• George Hall School
• Parkside School

Year-round calendar middle schools include:

• Abbott Middle School
• THE Bayside S.T.E.M. ACADEMY

The District also offers programs for gifted and talented (GATE) students at:

• George Hall Elementary – 4^th and 5^th grade cluster classes of gifted students
• College Park Elementary – Multi-age classrooms for 4^th and 5^th grade gifted students
• THE Bayside S.T.E.M. ACADEMY – Cluster classes for gifted students in sixth, seventh, and eighth grades in Language Arts and Social Studies as well as acceleration classes for gifted students in Mathematics.

Thanks to San Mateo and Foster City voters’ support of Measure L, $175 million in school facility modernization, new classrooms, and new facilities are underway.  This summer the following schools were upgraded:

• Audubon portable demolition project
• Bowditch roofing replacement
• Bowditch siding and painting
• Knolls ADA upgrades
• Meadow Heights roofing replacement

During the 2011-2012 school year, these schools will be updated:

• New LGI and 10 classroom building at Baywood
• College Park/Turnbull modernization
• Fiesta Gardens modernization
• Foster City Elementary modernization

San Mateo-Foster City School District’s teachers, staff, principals, and administrators genuinely care about the success of every child.   We work smart, and we work hard to find the best way to educate every child in safe and modern facilities. 

As the new school year begins, celebrate the great work happening for kids in the San Mateo-Foster City schools.  You won’t find a better choice!

Sincerely,

Dr. Cynthia Simms

Superintendent

csimms@smfc.k12.ca.us