History & Mission

At SPEAK, our mission is to empower families, nurture communities, and encourage children to thrive. The schools within our consortium are united by a shared commitment to enrich parent and guardian education. We focus on addressing the most pressing needs of our families and communities, offering innovative programming, fresh insights, and a vast pool of expertise. We strive to remain flexible and proactive, adjusting our approach to tackle emerging issues head-on. Our goal is to foster an engaging and supportive environment for children through the power of informed and engaged parenting, education, and community collaboration.

 

SPEAK is a coalition of San Francisco K-8 schools that have joined together to enhance collective parent/guardian education.

Our goal is to enrich the education and learning experience of our families, our children and our communities. We endeavor to add value to parent/guardian education opportunities in the San Francisco/ Bay Area by:

  • Offering fresh and innovative programming and presentations

  • Staying abreast of parent/guardian education opportunities available in individual school communities.

  • Staying abreast of parent education opportunities provided by partner organizations such as Parenting in Place, Common Grounds, and the SF Coalition of High Schools in order to provide additional resources to member schools.

  • Discerning present and future goals for parent/guardian education

  • Selecting presentation topics rather than individual speakers so that the content of our presentations isn’t limited by a specific speaker’s expertise.

  • Creating speaker events that are unique to SPEAK and utilize the breadth of knowledge and experience in our community

  • Staying flexible and nimble in planning efforts in order to address sudden or major issues that arise in our community

 

Partner schools

Alta Vista School

Cathedral School For Boys

Children's Day School

Chinese American International School

French American International School

The Hamlin School

Katherine Delmar Burke School

La Scuola

Live Oak School

Marin Country Day School

Mount Tamalpais School

Millenium School

Presidio Hill School

Presidio Knolls School

San Francisco Day School

San Francisco Friends School

The San Francisco School

Town School for Boys