About Us

• Accreditation
• Administrative Staff
• Main Campuses
• Branch Locations
• Mission Statement
• ESLR's (Expected Schoolwide Learning Results)
• Focus On Learning Self Study Report

Accreditation

Kennedy-San Fernando Community Adult School is one of 36 Los Angeles Unified School District, Division of Adult & Career Education, Education & Career Centers. We are accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

Administrative Staff

Kathleen Javaheri .......... Principal

Karen Kuser ................... Assistant Principal

Julio Melara .................... Assistant Principal

Lisa Baskin ..................... Assistant Principal, Counseling

Grace Manalo ................. Administrative Assistant

Jinna Bartulo .................. Financial Manager

Main Campuses

• Kennedy Campus (Kennedy Adult School)
• Rinaldi Campus (Rinaldi Adult Center)
• San Fernando Campus (San Fernando Adult School)
• Sylmar Campus (Sylmar Adult School)

Branch Locations

Kennedy-San Fernando Community Adult School offers classes at over 60 branch locations in fourteen cities including Arleta, Chatsworth, Granada Hills, Lakeview Terrace, Mission Hills, North Hills, Northridge, Pacoima, Panorama City, San Fernando, Sun Valley, Sunland, Sylmar, and Tujunga.

Mission Statement

The mission of Kennedy-San Fernando Community Adult School is to provide instruction and support to the members of our diverse community so they may acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to meet their individual goals and participate more effectively in society.

ESLR's (Expected Schoolwide Learning Results)

Kennedy-San Fernando Community Adult School students will:

1. Gain skills to participate effectively in civic, community, or family activities:
   1. by acquiring knowledge about school, community, state, and national issues;
   2. by learning and assuming the responsibilities of community member or citizen;
   3. by acquiring skills and behaving as a responsible family member
2. Seek and acquire learning and apply it to life situations:
   1. by acquiring and using fundamental speaking, listening, math, reading, writing, physical, creative, and/or technical skills;
   2. by integrating academic, aesthetic, career-technical, personal/interpersonal, and/or life skills to accomplish daily work and leisure activities.
3. Apply critical thinking skills to problem solving:
   1. by synthesizing, analyzing and evaluating information;
   2. by working both independently and with others.
4. Be respectful of others:
   1. by acknowledging the uniqueness of the individual;
   2. by accepting differences of opinions, beliefs, and practices.

Focus On Learning Self Study Report

• Chapter 1: Community, School, & Student Profile 
• Chapter 2: School Mission Statement and ESLR's
• Chapter 3: Progress Study

• Chapter 4: Study Self Findings

• A. Organization for Student Learning 
• B. Curriculum and Instruction 
• C. Student Personal and Academic Growth
  
• D. Resource Management and Development

• Chapter 5: Schoolwide Action Plan