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Rocketship offers 13 tuition-free Bay Area schools, open to any student who wishes to attend. We don’t believe one size fits all when it comes to student learning. We use personalized learning to meet every student at their own level. We partner closely with parents to understand the needs of their child, and welcome parents on our campuses at all times. As a result, Rocketship consistently ranks in the top 10% of all California public schools serving a similar population.
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Nuestra galardonada red de escuelas concertadas ha recorrido un largo camino desde el lanzamiento de nuestra primera escuela en 2016. Creamos un libro de cuentos de Rocketship Public Schools que destaca a los padres, maestros, estudiantes y líderes que trabajan juntos para transformar el futuro de comunidades resilientes en todo el país. ¡Mira el video de nuestra historia aquí !
Nuestro Director Ejecutivo
Maricela Guerrero is the California Executive Director. Maricela leads our Bay Area Region – overseeing all aspects of our 13 California schools. Maricela was a founding teacher at the first Rocketship school that opened in 2007 and has served as principal at two Rocketship schools in San Jose. Under her leadership, Rocketship’s California schools routinely rank in the top 10% in the state in both math and English Language Arts performance among all districts and charter networks serving a similar student population. Guerrero’s focus on teachers, leaders, and parent engagement continues to push Rocketship to new heights of success.
A daughter of Mexican immigrants, Guerrero first discovered the inequity of education as a student in south central Los Angeles. Zoned to a failing school, her talent as a musician earned her a spot at a high-performing public school across the city. Her steadfast belief that students shouldn’t have to leave their neighborhood to access a quality public education led her to become a teacher in 2001 in the Alum Rock Unified School District. She then joined Preston Smith as part of the founding team at L.U.C.H.A. In 2007, Guerrero and Smith launched Rocketship Mateo Sheedy Elementary, the first campus of Rocketship Public Schools.
Maricela obtuvo su licenciatura en Estudios Latinoamericanos con especialización en educación en la Universidad de California en Santa Cruz, y estudió una maestría en Educación en la Universidad de Phoenix. Tras terminar sus estudios, Maricela fue la directora ejecutiva de los Boy Scouts de la península del área de la bahía, un papel que reveló aún más las profundas desigualdades en el esta zona y la falta de oportunidades para los estudiantes de color en California.
“We dealt with a lot of bullying at the other school and that was non-existent here.
My children’s progress and their testing scores also grow exponentially throughout the year.”
-Mark, Rocketship Parent
- At Rocketship California we don’t believe in a one-size-fits-all approach. We focus on academic growth through personalized, project-based learning that accelerates all students.
- In the 2024-25 school year, five of our schools were named Top Schools by Innovate Public Schools for closing opportunity gaps and helping more students reach grade-level standards in math and reading.
- US News & World Report previously named seven Rocketship California schools as among the Best Elementary Schools in the nation!
- On the NWEA MAP—a nationally normed, gold standard assessment of academic growth, California Rocketeers achieved:
- 1.3 years of growth in math—equivalent to 54 extra instructional days of learning
- 1.5 years of growth in reading—equivalent to 90 extra instructional days of learning
Las escuelas Rocketship son escuelas públicas gratuitas para estudiantes de preescolar a quinto grado, y aceptamos solicitudes de estudiantes que ingresan a los grados TK-5. La solicitud es gratuita, no hay entrevista y los estudiantes se admiten por sorteo al azar. Animamos a todos los estudiantes residentes del área de la bahía, incluidos los que estén en programas de IEP o de aprendizaje de inglés, a que presenten su solicitud.
Las familias pueden presentar su solicitud a nuestras escuelas a través de SchoolMintLas familias pueden presentar su solicitud a nuestras escuelas a través de SchoolMint. , el sistema de solicitud de Rocketship Public Schools California. Empiece su solicitud en línea y recuerde seleccionar su escuela Rocketship preferida cuando envíe la solicitud.
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