ALICE FONG YU ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL Go back
1541 12TH AVE
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122
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Phone: 415-759-2764
School Information
  • GreatSchools Rating: 10
  • Educational Climate: High
  • Technology Measure: Medium
  • Type: Public
  • Grades: Kindergarten - 8th Grade
  • District: San Francisco Unified School District
  • Students/Teacher: 22
  • Students/Grade: 61.6
  • Number Students: 554
  • Number Teachers: 25
  • Number Classrooms: 21
  • Expense/Pupil: $5,600.00 - 5,899.99
  • Poverty Level: 6 - 15.9 PERCENT
  • Number Computers: 34
  • Number PCs: 034
  • Number Macs: 0
  • Principal: Ms Liana Szeto
  • CHARTER SCHOOL
  • GIFTED AND TALENTED PROGRAMS
  • ESL
  • SPECIAL EDUCATION
  • ADVANCED PLACEMENT
  • BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS
  • ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS
  • YEAR ROUND CLASSES
  • VOC-TECH
  • ADULT EDUCATION
  • NCLB SCHOOL
  • BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL
  • COALITION OF ESSENTIAL SCHOOLS
  • AYP SCHOOL
  • INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE
  • MAGNET SCHOOL
School Ratings & Reviews

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    School Reviews (27 Reviews)
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    Parent Review | Rating:
    Posted 2010-12-05
    "Everyone outside the AFY has an unsolicited opinion about this school. Some say it's too much pressure at a young age. Others claim it's too much emphasis on homework. The truth is AFY is what the students and parents make of it. AFY is an alternative K-8 school. It's an EXCELLENT SAFE school that offers students academic challenges with a non-traditional curriculum and methods. 80% of instruction in kindergarten is in Chinese! Students and parents must embrace not only the Chinese immersion but culture wholeheartedly in order to seek the many opportunities AFY has. THIS IS NOT THE SCHOOL FOR EVERYONE. This is not the school for and English learner kid. The principal and staff are fully committed to the school and it isn't all cracking the whip. Success in public schools in not often reported; bashing public school education, however, is a national hobby in this country. As a parent, I strongly believe what AFY has accomplished, its best qualities, its culture of high expectations and emphasis on academic achievements, could serve as a model for other schools."
    Other Review | Rating:
    Posted 2010-11-22
    "this school, alice fong yu is a school i atten. it is fun and easy to make friends but also easy to make enimies for life. yes, some of the teachers are very strict but some are very kind.some will brib your kids to be good by giving them no homework or feeding them.if your kid comes home fatter then usawal then they etheir ate their friends snack or the teacher bribed them.this is a real student"
    Parent Review | Rating:
    Posted 2010-11-11
    "AFY is an amazing school. If you have any doubt about the value that public schools can bring, your faith will be restored by the education provided at AFY. My child is a 3rd grader. The quality and dedication of the both the teachers and principal is unrivaled by any private school based on what I know an heard about other families experience. When you consider how much budget pressure has been placed on the school in the last 4 years, it is amazing how the "body and soul" of the immersion program has been preserved. I have no complaints about the school and after 4 years and trust that the Principal will maintain the high quality of the faculty and curriculum that she has put together of the last 10 years. (I might add that I consider myself a very tough critic.)"
    Other Review | Rating:
    Posted 2010-02-03
    "I Love this school.Their teachers are excellent!"
    Parent Review | Rating:
    Posted 2009-10-14
    "AFY is K-8 school. The homework load increases a huge amount around 4th grade. Don't expect much vacation time. The teachers give enough homework during spring, winter, summer vacations/breaks so that the kids are doing homework most of the time. It's not unusual for the kids in middle school to have 4+ hours of homework each night. This is not just a few kids, but a large majority of them. The school gets high marks for preparing the kids, granted, but balance is missing."
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