Sandpiper School, located in Redwood Shores (Redwood City) on the peninsula south of San Francisco, and east of Highway 101, is one of six elementary schools in the Belmont-Redwood Shores School District. Sandpiper School was established in September 1997. When you enter the campus, you feel as if you have been transported back in time to a New England style waterfront community. Classrooms surround the village green where an outside stage highlights performance activities. The community center is located next to the square where a kitchen, multipurpose room and three conference rooms are provided for instruction during the day. The play fields are situated along the lagoon for student access during school hours and for community use after school.

The Sandpiper community values its children and places a high priority on education. They are actively involved at the school and work in partnership with the staff to provide a positive learning experience for students. Families enthusiastically support the Parent Teacher Association, School Site Council and various other committees on campus. Every year, parents and community members volunteer more than 20,000 hours to enrich the educational program. We are a community of students, teachers, support staff, and parents who work together to create a rich and stimulating learning environment for every child. The academic success of our students is evident with the consistent improvement in the API form 884 in 2005, 906 in 2006, 923 in 2007 to 932 in 2008, and 947 in 2009. This consistent growth is due to staff participation in team meetings and staff development focused on the instructional program.

Our teachers work to create child-centered classrooms where children work collaboratively and independently. We are a committed staff, with exceptional services to support the instructional program, and a strong parent community working together as we strive to inspire students to be life-long learners.

The 24 classrooms, library, and administrative offices are clean and in good condition.

There are no major repairs needed at this time.

No corrective actions are needed at this time.

Sandpiper School, located in Redwood Shores (Redwood City) on the peninsula south of San Francisco, and east of Highway 101, is one of six elementary schools in the Belmont-Redwood Shores School District. Sandpiper School was established in September 1997. The Sandpiper community places a high priority on education and is actively involved in the school. Families enthusiastically support the Parent Teacher Association, School Site Council and various other committees on campus. Parents and community members volunteer countless hours to enrich the educational program.

Vision Statement
Sandpiper School is committed to working with our community to provide a high quality educational program that allows students to meet their academic potential in an environment that inspires a love of learning. Students will develop a strong work ethic, exhibit high self esteem, learn self management skills and accept responsibility for their actions.

Mission Statement
Sandpiper is a community of learners in which every person is well known and honored for their individuality. Students conduct themselves with pride, exhibit the highest standard of behavior, and demonstrate personal initiative in their education. Sandpiper works with the community in a spirit of unity and mutual respect to promote excellence in the learning environment. Decisions center on the needs of children to provide a challenging integrated educational program that emphasizes creativity, innovation and flexibility. Graduates possess the skills and knowledge to be successful in an interdependent world. More importantly, we have inspired students to be life long learners.

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A school safety plan is revised and adopted each year by the School Site Council. Specific procedures for evacuation of buildings, communication and disbursement of emergency supplies are outlined in an emergency handbook in the office and on the school website. Specific responsibilities are given to adults for supervision of students in a safe location when a disaster occurs. Fire drills and earthquake disaster preparedness are practiced during the school year in cooperation with the local fire and police departments. Staff and parent telephone trees and emergency supplies are updated each year.

Emergency Procedures for Sandpiper School

Should an emergency situation (such as an earthquake, chemical spill, power failure, civil disaster, or any other event that interrupts regular school activity) occur while school is in session, Sandpiper’s basic response plan will be as follows:

• No student will be dismissed from school unless a parent (or individual previously designated by a parent) comes for him/her.
• No student will be allowed to leave with another person unless that particular person is listed on the student’s emergency card in our files.
  

If your child’s emergency card is not up to date, please give us correct information.

We do ask your help in the following areas:

• Please DO NOT CALL THE SCHOOL: We must have the lines open for emergency calls.
• As soon as possible, come to school to pick up your child and any other children for whom you are the emergency card designee.
• Park in designated parking spaces. Leave the driveway clear for emergency vehicles.
• If, at the direction of public officials (fire, police, etc.), the children have been relocated to another site for safety, an announcement will be made on Bay Area radio stations and television. A public information line will also be maintained at the District Office, (650) 637-4800, and the PTA will initiate a telephone tree.
• Be sure you have told your student to follow the directions of school personnel.

If there is a need to evacuate, we would be at the parking lot of the Community Center next door.

Emergency Procedures for Disaster

Fire Drill:
Alarm will automatically be activated in each classroom with corresponding strobe lights. All students and staff will exit rooms to outside corridors and quickly walk to the play field area in single class lines. Teachers will immediately count all students to confirm attendance and location of each student. Teachers will hold up green cards to designate that all students are present. Red Cards will be held up indicating that there are missing students. Classroom teachers will exit with emergency bag in hand which contains emergency cards and supplies.

Earthquake:
Alarm and/or paging system will alert all students and staff to exit and convene on the play field area. Duck and cover exercise will be used in the classrooms before exit. Emergency cards will be used to exit students from the campus. Emergency provisions are available in the emergency shed. Bottled water t and a small food supply are stored for an extended stay in an emergency situation.

Maps and telephone trees are available for exit and communication of next steps. Emergency procedures are posted on the website for parents’ use. There is a cellular phone provided by the Belmont-Redwood Shores School District that is available in the main office along with emergency cards.

An emergency binder is kept in the school office. It contains maps for exit, circuit breakers and water main locations as well as emergency numbers and telephone trees.

Security Levels:

An all call for “Code 1” indicates that staff needs to be aware of an impending emergency. All students must be accounted for and return to classrooms immediately.

An all call for “Code 2” indicates a “Lockdown”. All staff will immediately lock their classroom doors and account for all students. Students and teachers remain in classroom until further notice.

Age of Buildings:
This school has 24 classrooms, a library, two portable classrooms, and administrative offices. The main buildings were constructed in 1997.

Cleaning Standards:
The District has adopted cleaning standards for each school, and a copy of these is available in the principal’s office. The principal works daily with the custodial staff to develop and implement cleaning practices that ensure a clean and safe school campus.

Maintenance and Repair:
District maintenance staff, assisted as necessary by outside contractors, keeps the school in good repair. Work orders are completed in a timely manner, and tracked on a computerized system of record keeping, which also allows priority to be assigned to emergency repairs.

Complaints and Reports of Conditions Requiring Remedy:
Each classroom contains a notice regarding the availability of complaint or report of unsafe condition forms, which can be found in the principal’s office. The District uses the Uniform Complaint Process (per Board Policy) in responding to all filed complaints.

In 2009-2010, Sandpiper had 24 classrooms which are used for regular instruction. Learning Center teacher and reading specialist are housed in a small classroom. The speech and language program and the school psychologist are located in a classroom Classrooms in the community center provide space for special meetings, classroom music and parent education.
 
Our school has over 90 computers within the classrooms and in a computer lab. The lab is used for direct instruction of applications for all students and staff with 230 workstations available in the computer lab. There are two portable carts with 15 lap tops also available for use in classrooms. Every teacher in the District has a computer for both instruction and classroom management. Every staff member has a   telephone number and voice mailbox. Every staff member received technology training and has a telephone number and voice mailbox.
 
Sandpiper Community Center provides child care services through a private agency. Before and after school care provides supervision for students in kindergarten through grade 5 five days per week as well as all day for district in-service days and some holidays. Our school district and the city of Redwood City share the community center facilities located on site. The multi-use room and conference rooms are   available to the school during the day and the rooms available for Park and Recreation Programs after school and into the evenings.

2008-2009: 1 day dedicated to staff development
2009-2010: 1 day dedicated to staff development
2010-2011: 1 day dedicated to staff development

Staff development activities are determined by analyzing student achievement data and identifying needs based on the areas of weakness. The staff sets goals and identifies staff development needs for the year. Sandpiper teachers participate in staff development after school, on shortened Wednesdays and on non student days. During these staff development days, teachers received training in:

• English Language Arts
• Mathematics
• Grade Level Teaming
• Curriculum Planning for the Year
• Special Education
• Curriculum and Instructional Practices
• Standards and Assessment

Individual staff members also participated in additional workshops and training based on need and interest.