Orientation for Elementary Division students and families will be held on Saturday, July 6, in the Multi-Purpose Room at Michelle Obama Elementary School. At the Orientation, you will hear about program procedures, meet your teacher, familiarize yourself with the school, and have a chance to visit with other students. At Orientation, you will hear about program procedures, meet your teacher, familiarize yourself with the school, and have a chance to visit with other students. Although not mandatory, attendance at Orientation is highly recommended, especially this year for all students and their parents. As this is a new school site, your coming to Orientation is the best way to make the first day of class on Monday go smoothly! However, if you are unable to attend, you do not need to notify the ATDP office.
Program Schedule
This student and family orientation is in two parts: a half-hour large group meeting in the Michelle Obama School Multi-Purpose Room (MPR) and a smaller half-hour meeting with the student’s teacher and classmates in the student’s regular classroom. Some families are invited first to the MPR and then to the classroom. Others are invited to the classroom first. Please find your course schedule below to learn in which group you belong and to where you should report first. If parents have children in different groups, they should pick just one time to go to the MPR. The same program will be repeated at each MPR meeting.
GROUP 1: Morning classes for students who have completed grades K through 3
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Go first to the Multi-Purpose Room at 10 a.m. and then to your classroom by 10:30 a.m.
GROUP 2: Morning classes for students who have completed grades 4 through 6
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Go first to your classroom at 10 a.m. and then to the Multi-Purpose by 10:30 a.m.
GROUP 3: Afternoon classes for students who have completed grades K through 3
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Go first to the Multi-Purpose Room at 11:30 a.m. and then to your classroom by 12 noon.
GROUP 4: Afternoon classes for students who have completed grades 4 through 6
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Go first to your classroom at 11:30 a.m. and then to the Multi-Purpose Room by 12 noon.
Directions to Michelle Obama Elementary School
From San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland, Highway 24, the Peninsula, and the South Bay:
Take I-580 W/I-80 E towards Berkeley/Sacramento. Take exit 16B and keep right at the fork for San Pablo Ave. Turn right onto Barrett Ave., then right again on 42nd Street. Michelle Obama School is on the left.
From Sacremento, Vallejo, Highway 4:
Take I-80 W and take exit 16 for Barrett Ave. Continue until 42nd Street, then turn right. Michelle Obama School is on the left.
From Marin, Sonoma:
From US 101, take I-580 East across the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. Exit on Marina Bay Pkwy and turn left, then right onto Cutting Blvd. Continue until S 37th St and turn left. Continue until Barrett Ave and turn right, then left onto 42nd Street. Michelle Obama School is on the left.