Isador Cohen Elementary - SCUSD

Organization Description

Sacramento City Unified School District is one of the oldest K-12 districts in the western United States (established in 1854). SCUSD serves 43,175 students on 75 campuses spanning 76 square miles.

SCUSD is home to a 2013 California Distinguished School (West Campus High School), the only public Waldorf-inspired high school in the nation (George Washington Carver) and the only Hmong language immersion program in the state (Susan B. Anthony Elementary School).

Alumni from SCUSD’s schools include U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, nationally renowned political scholar Dr. Cornel West and author Joan Didion. Recent graduates from SCUSD are currently attending Harvard, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UC Davis and host of other prestigious universities.

Our Board-adopted mission statement promises the community that our students will “graduate as globally competitive life-long learners, prepared to succeed in a career and higher education institution of their choice to secure gainful employment and contribute to society.”

SCUSD’s students reflect the rich diversity that is the hallmark of Sacramento’s central city. Our student population is 37.1 percent Hispanic or Latino; 17.4 percent Asian; 17.7 percent African American; and 18.8 percent white. About 5.3 percent of students are of two or more races or ethnicities.

Residents within SCUSD speak more than 40 languages; 38 percent of students do not speak English at home.

SCUSD employs 4,213 people and operates with a budget of $383 million.

Program Information

Welcome to Isador Cohen Elementary School, where students are embraced socially and academically.  As a community we come together to educate future leaders of our world.  We place an emphasis on the importance of being kind to all and helping others.  It is with this thought that each person is then able to reach their greatest potential.  A quote from Martin Luther King Jr. resonates, “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically.  Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of a true education.”  Each and every staff member believes in the importance of character, and aspires to be the best they can be each and every day.  We come to work each day with purpose.  Together, we are responsible to educate each student to extraordinary achievement in and outside of the classroom setting.  Each person brings a personal strength and intellect that enhances our school culture.

Health & Safety
Address 
9025 Salmon Falls Dr.
Sacramento, CA 95826
United States
General Phone 
(916) 228-5840
Website:
http://www.isadorcohen.com/
Program(s) 
Service Learning
Academic Internships
Organization type 
Education - Administration/District (Nonprofit)
Focus Population(s)
Children/Youth, Teens/Young Adults
Focus Area(s)
Education