JYC Pandas - John Yehall Chin - SFUSD

Tour John Yehall Chin (JYC) Elementary School
• Tuesday 3/24 10:00-10:45 AM
• Thursday 3/26 10:00-10:45 AM
📞 call to schedule
(415)291-7946

What does “success” mean to you? Kyle and Britney from the Oakland Zoo share with JYC students about their idea of success 🐼

🐼 Dear JYC 1st–4th Grade Families,

Spring Picture Day will take place NEXT WEDNESDAY, 03/11/26, inside our School Library!

Due to recent controversies regarding LifeTouch, we are excited to share that JYC alum Anita Liu will be our School Photographer this year! Anita recently graduated from UC Berkeley and has been side-gigging as a photographer for several years. We’re so grateful she’s taking on this special project for our JYC community 💛

✨ Important Reminder:
For 1st–4th grade students, photos will ONLY be taken if your family plans to purchase pictures.
If you are not interested in buying photos, we will NOT take your child’s picture.

📷 After Picture Day:
• Digital proofs + online order form will be emailed to families
• No retakes
• Order form closes Thursday, 03/26/26
• Payment is due after ordering

💲 Photo Pricing (sold individually – no bundles):
• $15 – Digital photo
• $15 – 8x10 printed photo
• $10 – 5x7 printed photo
• $5 – 4x6 printed photo
• $5 – 2 wallet-sized printed photos

Families may purchase multiple items.

💳 Payment Options:
• Venmo (directly to Anita Liu – details coming soon)
• Check (payable to Anita Liu; submit to JYC Front Office)
• Cash (in envelope labeled with student’s name, grade, and room #; submit to Front Office)

🗓 Distribution Timeline:
• Digital photos emailed the week of 04/06/26
• Printed photos distributed to students the week of 04/13/26

📧 Questions? Contact Anita directly at:
[email protected]

📷 View her work here:
https://www.instagram.com/anitaliuphotography/

We’re looking forward to a beautiful Spring Picture Day! 🌷💐✨

100 Days Smarter! 🐼 💯 ♥️

Tune in TONIGHT on ABC 7:30 PST to watch JYC’s own Kimmy aka Ms. Hwang on Wheel of Fortune!!! 🎉 way to go Kimmy!!!

SFUSD 🤝 SF Ballet = pure magic ✨

Through this incredible partnership, our 2nd and 3rd graders at JYC get to experience the beauty, discipline, and joy of ballet *and sometimes, the spotlight*. This year, three of our very own students auditioned and were selected for a **scholarship** and a role in the **2025 SF Ballet Nutcracker** 🩰❄️

So proud of these hardworking, brave, and talented **JYC Pandas**. From the classroom to the stage… just wow. 💙🐼

At JYC, the 2nd and 3rd graders participate in a dance program with SF Ballet. The SF Ballet partners with SFUSD through programs like the Swanson Community Scholarship Program (SCSP), identifying talented elementary students for free, world-class ballet training, fostering lifelong arts connection, with some progressing to the SF Ballet School. This partnership brings dance enrichment into schools (like John Yehall Chin Elementary) via residencies and offers subsidized student matinee tickets, making ballet accessible and nurturing future professional dancers from diverse backgrounds within SFUSD.

Big gratitude to the USF Women’s Golf Team for spending the day with our JYC students, sharing what it really takes to dream big, set goals, and chase success with heart. Our kids lit up hearing their pep talks and walked away a little taller, a little more inspired.

Huge thank you to Tim and Peanut from Harper’s Kids for always showing up with so much positivity and support for our school community. Your impact goes further than you know. 💛⛳️

Salesforce and came to our school to build and give bikes and helmets to our 3rd graders. Volunteers came with willing hearts and hands to assemble a new bike for each 3rd grader and spend time fitting our kids helmets, adjusting their seats, and spending some time with them. Look at these happy kids!

Wish for Wheels partners with corporations and community organizations to give the gift of a brand new bike and helmet to second graders. By encouraging healthy habits at a young age, they foster independence and freedom, increase confidence, and create a lifelong love of bikes for students in underserved communities.

✨JYC fam, it’s time to level up!✨
We’ve mastered hard work and friendship—now we’re building on **Loyalty** and **Cooperation** 💪💛

Loyalty means standing by your team, even when things get tough.

Cooperation? That’s all about working *together* to make great things happen.

Keep climbing The Pyramid of Success—one strong step at a time! 🧱🔥

🪣 ☀️ JYC families had a blast at Ocean Beach for the annual Sandcastle Classic! LEAP’s Sandcastle Classic is a free community event organized by Leap Arts in Education to raise funds for arts programs in Bay Area schools. The event features professional teams (architects, engineers, etc.) working with elementary school students to create large sand sculptures. Thank you so much to all the firms that continue to partner with JYC to create these core memories with our students! 🐼

Students practiced for The Great California Shake Out this past week. San Francisco is known for the 1906 earthquake and the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake.