Redefining the way people think about the role of Education in Restoring Communities
2015 Winner, Harvard Innovations in American Government Award
2014 Hart Vision Charter School of the Year
sfexaminer.com, December 5, 2017
Laura Waxman
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"A program that offers college credit classes to San Francisco County Jail inmates will add a psychology course and creative writing course with an emphasis on poetry to its curriculum next semester.
Through a 2012 partnership among City College of San Francisco, the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department and the Five Keys Charter School, inmates have previously had access to six units (generally equating to two courses) each semester."
csmonitor.com, October 9, 2017
Jessica Mendoza
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"With the Self-Determination Bus Project, a San Francisco-based nonprofit hopes to address safety issues that keep adults from earning their high school diplomas.
Where Shelia Hill comes from, people get shot for crossing the wrong street.
Visitacion Valley, a district that sits on the southeastern end of San Francisco near the San Mateo County line, has a history of substance abuse, drug dealing, and gang violence going back to the 1970s. It’s not unusual, Ms. Hill says, for young men in the neighborhood to kill each other because they come from rival gang territories – areas that could be just two blocks apart."
therenewalproject.com, August 23, 2017
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"It’s been compared to an ice cream truck, luring people out of their homes for a taste of something wonderful. But our sleek, new mobile classroom on a retired city bus peddles something better: an education.
Our lime-green bus, emblazoned with the name The Self-Determination Project, is an ambassador for Five Keys, helping people choose their own path in life rather than stumbling along one strewn with gangs, drugs, and possibly, jail."
inlieuof.club, August 2, 2017
In Lieu Of, a website dedicated to raising $ for non-profits is featuring Five Keys this week. The concept is simple, instead of a $5.00 cup of coffee, donate to your favorite charity. Five Keys is featured this week. Please share the link above with everyone you know!
There also is a way to donate, without donating. In Lieu Of will donate a $1 for anyone that subscribes to their free weekly email list. The more people on the list, the more people learning about great nonprofits in the Bay like Five Keys! Any help spreading the word is greatly appreciated.
For your friends and family that simply want to donate, here is the link--- In addition to the funding from current In Lieu Of subscribers, anyone who joins the ILO Club this week (8/2 - 8/8) will contribute to Five Keys as their first nonprofit.
Huge thank you to Sam Buck, Founder of "In Lieu Of" for featuring Five Keys!
June 30 2017
Five Keys Charter Schools and Programs from Onyx & Ash on Vimeo.
Five Keys Charter School Board Meeting
Click here for Agenda Notes from the most recent meeting.
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2017 Five Keys Annual Art Show - San Francisco Mission Cultural Center, 2868 Mission St, San Francisco, between 24th and 25th |
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The Artist Inside: Five Keys Art Show Retrospective First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco |
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2017 Five Keys Annual Art Show - Los Angeles 6:00PM - 9:00PM |
2016 SF Bay Area COLLEGE & CAREER RESOURCE FAIR
Interested in learning more about college programs, valuable resources, and training opportunities? Come down to the Five Keys Annual College and Career Fair to learn about many academic opportunities in the SF Bay Area!
Thursday, February 25, 2016 12:00 - 2:00PM
564 6th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94103
Facebook event page
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