A Foundation of Academic Excellence

San Mateo Accelerated Academy fosters academic excellence for all students, emphasizing basic subjects, enrichment, and real-life experiences. We believe this foundation prepares students for success in advanced studies.

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Once a Loyal Lion, Always a Loyal Lion!

We want our students to remember San Mateo as a welcoming, supportive school and community that helped create their foundation and first experiences of education. We want them to remember the fun and enriching activities as elementary students that they were able to experience at San Mateo Elementary School. Once a Loyal Lion, Always a Loyal Lion!

Open Communication and Family Engagement

We are excited to have an active PTA in place this year and will host many family engagement nights to bring information and resources to parents. We are looking forward to collaborating with parents and stakeholders through the School Advisory Council. We communicate with our parents through Thrillshare, our website, and Facebook page to give them the most up-to-date information.

San Mateo Special Programs, Clubs, and Activities

Gardening Club

San Mateo Garden Club provides a great way for students to learn about gardening and gain hands-on experiences growth their own food and tasting the fruits (and vegetables) of their labor.

Kick Ball Club

San Mateo Kickball Club is a great way for children to build social skills, develop teamwork and an active lifestyle. The students learn sports fundamentals like kicking, throwing, and catching are learned while having fun.

Lego Club

Teams of students focus on the fundamentals of engineering as they explore real-world problems, learn to design, and code and create unique solutions made with LEGO bricks and powered by LEGO Education robot.

Minecraft Club

Students will explore Minecraft coding and programming by building cool projects while learning coding basics and game design. Students will share our experiences, knowledge, tips, tricks and builds! There are weekly adventure challenges, building challenges, and collaboration of skills.

3-D Printer Club

San Mateo 5th Grade 3D Printer Club is a fantastic opportunity for your child to explore the world of 3D printing and design.

Drama Club

San Mateo Drama Club is an extracurricular activity designed to engage students in performing arts and theater. Students will learn acting skills, work on building sets and making props, design costumes and makeup and so much more. Students will participate in various skits and acting exercises, work on memorizing lines and delivering them with expression, and contribute to the production of a final performance.

The Loyal Lions Orff

The Loyal Lions Orff is a group dedicated to practicing and performing music using the fundamentals of the Orff Approach. This musical group uses a combination of singing, movement, drumming, and Orff instrumentation (glockenspiels, xylophones, metallophones) to perform a variety of different songs and student-created compositions. The approach in and of itself is crafted to assist children in the creation of music.

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