News & Announcements

Join us for an informational meeting to meet the board, learn about open positions, engage in a discussion about how the PTO operates, and learn what you can do to get more involved, and learn about upcoming events/fundraisers for next school year.

Now that we are off to a fantastic start, we would like to remind our school community that we continue to enroll students from Transitional Kindergarten (TK) to 6th grade. If you are aware of students that are not enrolled in school or are not going to school, please let them know Sheridan is enrolling and ask them to visit our main office.

The USC Viterbi School of Engineering brings innovative STEM projects, programs, and professional development to PreK-12 schools and teachers in Southern California through VAST - Viterbi Adopt-a-School, Adopt-a-Teacher - the research-based component of USC Viterbi’s STEM outreach. Their goal is to help teachers and students in East LA gain equal access to 21st century digital skills, building demonstrable ability in computational thinking and understanding of the social significance of computer science.

At Sheridan Street Elementary School we believe our Mighty Wise Owls are Learners Today, Leaders Tomorrow. We will make certain that we continue focusing on turning our learners into leaders by creating a safe, nurturing and learning environment where all family members are valued and learning is differentiated to meet the needs of our students. We look forward to seeing all our WISE Owls on Tuesday, August 14, 2018!

Did you know that reading 20-30 minutes per day can help your child be more successful in school and in life? It’s important that they keep this up during the summer so they can maintain the skills they learned during the school year.

Minimize "learning loss" with these summer family activities that make learning fun for everyone.
Look for summer activities in your area:
Los Angeles Public Library
City of Los Angeles Parks and Recreation
FreeRice.com – great family learning activity. Subjects include famous paintings, literature, English vocabulary and grammar, multiplication and basic math, chemistry, geography, science, languages (German, Spanish, French, Italian, and Latin) and SAT Prep.

On May 30, 2018 we acknowledged the hard work and dedication of our School Volunteers with a breakfast and ceremony to thank them for their support and contributions. We would like to invite all our parents to become a school volunteer. Please see Ms. Diaz, Community Representative for more information.

Take advantage of this year's Back to School Children's Health Fair. Fair will have many free health screenings for children and adults as well as free haircuts, backpacks and other fun items. Please see flyer attached.

This morning, Council member José Huizar, officials from the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT), the Bureau of Engineering, and the L.A. Unified School District (LAUSD), and parents, teachers, and students from Breed and Sheridan Street elementary schools all joined forces to break ground on streetscape improvements intended to make it safer for parents and kids to walk and bike to and from those schools.