Our before and after school program (also known as “Milk and Cookies”) started on the first day of school this year (August 15). Like last year, most of the children in the school signed up for the program. Children are now signing up for sports programs, in afterschool, in the fall. Soon they will be… Read More »
Two new t-shirt designs for Harvey Milk Day 2011 are now available for sale in our Zazzle store for $20-30 each. They will also be available for sale on May 21, 2011 in the Castro neighborhood of San Francisco during our Harvey Milk Day 2011 events in front of and at the school, and at… Read More »
On Saturday, May 21, we are celebrating Harvey Milk Day 2011 and invite you to join us at our school, 4235 19th St between Collingwood and Diamond, in San Francisco. 10am-Noon Hotcakes for Harvey (join us for brunch of pancakes, fruit, bacon, eggs! $10) in the school cafeteria 11am-5pm 19th Street between Collingwood and Diamond… Read More »
The Bay Area Reporter reported on our spring fundraiser, for Harvey Milk Day, on March 31, 2011: “The student body is getting bigger but the resources necessary are not. In terms of resources to support the dynamical types of students we serve, absolutely not,” said the school’s principal, Christina Velasco. With the school’s parent population… Read More »
You helped us save 3 of our Educators last year. Please help us keep them. This year the state has cut our budget again and we face losing more of our educators and staff — even the ones you’ve already helped save! As a result of devastating budget cuts across public schools in San Francisco, we… Read More »
Here are 3 of the staff whose positions were cut in the budget last year (and some fabulous kids). Friends of Harvey Milk stepped in and paid to save these 3 valuable positions. FoHM has almost raised all of the money needed to save these positions again this year. We have a new fundraising campaign,… Read More »
The Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy Hip Hop Club was invited to perform at the Cal Berkeley Women’s Basketball game on Thursday, February 10th, 2011. The dance group performed a three minute show during half time and brought down the house! Thanks to Carmen Morrison, FoHM’s president, and one of the afterschool hip hop teachers,… Read More »
The largest activity that Friends of Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy (“FoHM”) manages and supports and funds is the After School program. The program is funded by grants and by donations from individuals which makes it free for all kids to participate (and almost all of the kids in the school do participate!) For the… Read More »
During the week of October 18-22, 2010, the 4th graders had a fantastic time at Camp Mosaic: 4th grade teacher Mr. Fewell describes their week away from school: Mosaic is an amazing experience for students at Harvey Milk. It gives students a shared experience in a beautiful setting. For some of our students, it will… Read More »