San Jose Edenvale Elementary Stipe Elementary Become a partner How we work with schools Former schools Garfield Charter School Garfield Charter School , located in North Fair Oaks community adjacent to Redwood City, is a third-year Partner school. Garfield's main goal centers around aligning reading and writing instruction through standards-based practice, with special attention dedicated to the needs of English language learners.
Partners work in a variety of ways to support the literacy efforts.
These include bringing technology into the classroom, supporting both the lower and upper grade literacy coaches, and increasing the connection between the school and community. I believe public schools are a foundation of our society in which inequities are built or broken. I plan to become a teacher and am researching possible credential programs in California. I first became interested in a career with children and education after tutoring in a 3rd grade classroom during my senior year of college. After I realized my ability to positively influence young students to be excited about reading and learning, I felt I had found my passion.