SFUSD

A series of collaborations & events with High Schools from the San Francisco Unified District, all of which center around exposing young students to distilled design principles and design careers in general. Special thanks to Anne Yalon, Work-Based Learning Systems Specialist at SFUSD, for connecting our program with instructors throughout the District.

Philip & Sala Burton Academic High School

A series of workshops woven into the Arts, Media & Entertainment curriculum at Burton that aimed to introduce typographic principles through specific project-based prompts. The sessions started with a brief lecture and proceeded with a design assignment and continued reviews over a 2 or 4-week span. 

Credits

SFUSD Coordinator: Anne Yalon
Burton High School Instructors: Tera Freedman, Eric Chow
SJSU Students: (2017) Chris Decker, Josué Cruz, Michael Castro;
(2018) Seth Zavagno, Kelvin Esparza-Perez

Balboa High School

Groups from Balboa High School visited the SJSU campus to learn more about the Department of Design—Graphic Design, Animation, Interior Design, and Digital Media.

Credits

SFUSD Coordinator: Anne Yalon
Balboa High School Instructors: Jeff Larson, Marc Bayangos
SJSU Students Hosts: Robert Castellanos, Kelvin Esparza-Perez, Ngan Tran, Valerie Truong, Seth Zavagno

Galileo High School

A set of workshops at Galileo High School centered on typographic principles and the basics of Adobe Illustrator.

Credits

SFUSD Coordinator: Anne Yalon
Galileo High School Instructor: Hank Machtay
SJSU Alum: Mike Castro

Lincoln High School

A group from Lincoln High School visited the SJSU campus to learn more about the Department of Design—Graphic Design, Animation and Interior Design.

Credits

SFUSD Coordinator: Anne Yalon
Lincoln High School Instructor: Judd Vetrone
SJSU Student Lead Host: Josué Cruz