Katherine R. Smith
Elementary School
About
Katherine Smith Elementary School is a public project based learning school serving students in transitional kindergarten through 6th grade in the Evergreen School District of San Jose, California.
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Principal's Message
Katherine Smith Elementary School is located in the northern section of the district’s borders. Looking to the future, our students need to be prepared for an ever changing world. Katherine Smith School has been redesigned with that mission in mind– to create the most engaging and excellent education for our children—an education to serve them in the twenty-first century where we need to communicate, think critically, collaborate, and be innovative.
Staff at Katherine Smith dedicate themselves to a consistently improving the curriculum to engage students through purposeful, project-based approaches, integrating instructional technology to enact new knowledge, and creating a strong school culture to empower children to be great citizens of the world. We are creating thinkers, learners, workers, communicators, collaborators, and contributors who will be ready to take on any challenge in this ever changing world.
Katherine Smith has been nationally recognized as a Partnership for 21st Century Learning Exemplar (2014), a National Governor's Council National Champion School (2013), a New Tech Network Exemplary Demonstration Site (2016), and PBL Works Exemplar (2017).
Doris Malmin
Principal, Katherine Smith Elementary School
School Vision
Katherine Smith school will be the model of excellence for 21st century learning and community service.
School Mission
Prepare each student to think, learn, work, communicate, collaborate, and contribute effectively now and throughout his or her life.
