Sausalito – Marin City
Building Tomorrow Today
The Sausalito Marin City School District (SMCSD) is an elementary (K-8) district drawing its student population from Sausalito and Marin City. The district has three schools: Bayside Elementary, Martin Luther King, Jr. Academy and Willow Creek Academy, a charter school. District enrollment is 320 students. Class size averages 15 students. SMCSD students attend high school in the Tamalpais Union High School District.
Mission Statement
The Sausalito Marin City School District is committed to providing a rigorous and challenging academic program for all children in a safe environment that values diversity. The district is committed to a climate of mutual respect. All services in the SMCSD focus on furthering student academic achievement and developing responsible citizens.
Academic Program
The Sausalito Marin City School District employs 17 teachers, a part-time clinical psychologist and a part-time certified nurse. State special education, counseling and Title I services are provided for students with special needs. The Bay Model Association and The Headlands Institute, the district schools are provided with enrichment programs in the visual and performing arts and physical sciences.
In partnership with Youth in Arts, which has been providing arts education to students in the Bay Area since 1970, the district also offers quality instruction in visual and performing arts, literacy and recreational sports. STAR results are available at the district office or online at the California Department of Education’s website: http://star.cde.ca.gov.
Parent/Community Support
The Sausalito Marin City School District supports an active Parents Students Teacher Association helping to foster relationships between families, school administration, businesses, and community service organizations. The SMCSD actively participates in community events such as the Caledonia Street Fair, Jazz & Blues by the Bay and Halloween festivities. Sausalito Rotary Club members participate weekly; tutoring individual students and parents assist in the classrooms. Such liaisons contribute to the quality of life in the wider community by involving students, parents and community members in community-service projects and enable school personnel to maximize resources, but they also increase public commitment and support for education and the Sausalito Marin City Schools.
Dr. Debra Bradley, Superintendent
Sausalito Marin City School District
630 Nevada Street, Sausalito, CA 94965
(415) 332-3190 Fax: (415) 332-9643
Bayside Elementary School – Grades: Traditional K – 6
Students: 133
School Hours: M/T/Th/F: 8:10 to 2:00
Kindergarten: M/T/Th/F: 8:10 to 3:00, Grades 1-6 W: 8:10 to 1:40
Twilight After School Program: M/T/Th/F: 3:00 to 6:00, W: 2:00 to 6:00
Bayside is located on a hillside overlooking Richardson Bay in central Sausalito. In 2008, we unveiled our brand new 5,500-square-foot classroom facility, which includes a conference room in addition to the contemporary classroom space. Additional facilities include computer and visual arts, music and multipurpose rooms. A parent-teacher conference room, playground and a two story library round out our campus.
We recognize today’s society as multicultural and global, the families in our community represent a cross section of socio-economic levels and our staff and faculty celebrate the rich cultural diversity of our student population.
Preparing our young learners to become future leaders, we recognize the importance of technology and emphasize the use of technological resources to support and augment classroom instruction.
In addition to a dynamic standards-based interdisciplinary curriculum, we offer our students a comprehensive after school program facilitated by Youth in Arts, which has been providing arts education to students in the Bay Area since 1970.
Our Twilight After School Program offers quality instruction in visual and performing arts, literacy and recreational sports.
In 2008, Bayside Elementary School became a California Distinguished School.
Awarded and honored by The California Department of Education as one of the State’s most exemplary and inspiring public schools. Bayside also received the Title 1 Academic Achievement Award consecutively in 2007 and 2008 thus becoming one of 48 schools in the State of California recognized with distinction as a Double Winner School.
Cherisse C. Baatin, Principal
Bayside Elementary School
630 Nevada Street
Sausalito, CA 94965-1654
Phone: (415) 332-1024
Email: cbaatin@marin.k12.ca.us
www.sausalitomarincityschools.org
Martin Luther King, Jr. Academy – Grades: Traditional 7-8
Students: 37
School Hours: M/T/Th/F: 8:00 to 3:00, W: 8:00 to 1:40
Twilight After School Program: M/T/Th/F: 3:00 to 6:00, W: 2:00 to 6:00
Martin Luther King Jr. Academy is located on a sunny 11-acre site in Marin City.
Construction has begun and we are anxiously awaiting the completion of a new 21,621-square-foot, two-story facility slated for completion Spring of 2009.
The new school will be comprised of six classrooms, a science lab, a large multipurpose room, and administrative offices.
We recognize today’s society as multicultural and global, the families in our community represent a cross section of socio-economic levels and our staff and faculty celebrate the rich cultural diversity of our student population.
Recognizing literacy is vital to individual empowerment; our interdisciplinary curriculum is standards-based, student centered active learning in a physically and emotionally safe atmosphere to promote the maximum growth and achievement for each student. Our commitment to high educational standards provides clear and concise goals, preparing our young learners to continue on into higher education and become leaders in the new millennium through an educational system characterized by state-of-the-art technology programs.
We offer our students a comprehensive after school program facilitated by Youth in Arts, which has been providing arts education to students in the Bay Area since 1970. Our Twilight After School Program offers quality instruction in visual and performing arts, literacy and recreational sports.
Preparing our student body to embark on a lifelong quest for learning and achievement, our faculty and staff is extremely qualified, professionally skilled and dedicated to academic excellence.
We offer students of MLK Jr. Academy leadership and support in a nurturing environment through which students can learn and are challenged to achieve their highest potential.
Cherisse Baatin, Principle
Martin Luther King, Jr. Academy
630 Nevada Street
Sausalito, CA 94965-1654
Campus: 630 Drake Avenue
Marin City, CA 94965-1654
Phone: (415) 332-3573
Email: cbaatin@marin.k12.ca.us
www.sausalitomarincitschools.org
Willow Creek Academy – Grades: K – 5
Students: 142
School hours:
M/T/Th/F: 8:15 to 3:00, W: 8:15 to 2:00
Willow Creek Academy is a public charter school created by parents and community to provide students with an integrated project-based curriculum with a strong academic core. Students receive a rigorous curriculum in language arts, mathematics, social studies and science with extensive work in the arts, foreign language and environmental studies.
Parents are a vital part of the Willow Creek family, by providing at least 50 hours of volunteer time per year and signing a contract promising that students come to school ready to learn. Students also sign contracts with teachers to take responsibility for their work.
Carol Cooper, Headmistress
Willow Creek Academy
630 Nevada Street, Sausalito 94965-1654
Phone:(415) 331-7530
Email: ccooper@willowcreekacademy.org