First Year Teacher? Here are 5 Mistakes to Avoid.

By Jeremiah Davis, Paraprofessional, Rocketship Dream Community Prep | November 11, 2024

As a first-year teacher, the school year can be both exciting and overwhelming as you navigate the challenges in your new classroom. While there’s no perfect guide to getting everything…

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Back Home at Sí Se Puede

Daniella Martinez, Interventionist at Rocketship Sí Se Puede Academy | September 21, 2023

“I’m excited to share that your daughter is reading at a 6th-grade level. Congratulations!” That’s the phone call from Miss B-T that brought my parents to tears when I was in 5th grade at Rocketship Sí Se Puede. You see, as someone who went undiagnosed with a learning difference for years in a public district…

Why Voting Matters

Lety Gomez, Senior Education Organizer, Rocketship Texas | September 19, 2023

I was born and raised on the east side of San Jose, California. I grew up in a low-income area, where choices and power weren’t something my family knew we had. My parents immigrated from Mexico to California to provide a better life for our family. They trusted the US education system as it was…

Why I Teach

Juan Mateos, VP of Schools, Rocketship California | September 18, 2023

Why do I teach? I teach because it is a privilege. It was a privilege when I started as a fourth-grade teacher 12 years ago at Mateo Sheedy. It was a privilege to be a part of the founding Rocketship Fuerza team ten years ago as a school leader. It is a privilege as I…

Introducing Rocketship Explore Elementary!

Amaris Salazar, Founding Principal | August 29, 2023

During school naming meetings with parents and families, I was reminded of how community is the driving force in the development of the vision for our school. We partner with parents to pick our school name, changing the traditional power dynamic between schools and families. While the process to choose the name for our second…

What Our Community Schools Did This Year

Maricela Guerrero, Executive Director, Rocketship California | July 14, 2023

As community schools, we deeply engage our families in their student’s academic life and build our school community around our families. Our Care Corps is an expansion of Rocketship’s community schools model, allowing us to support the whole child and families inside and outside of the classroom. Our full-time Care Corps coordinators help our families…

First Year Teacher? Here are 5 Mistakes to Avoid.

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