Bridges Academy is a small Oakland public elementary school in the Oakland Unified School District that emphasizes bilingual instruction and offers on-site enrichment such as music, a school library, and after-school activities run with community partners.
Bridges Academy is a small public school in East Oakland that serves elementary-age students as part of the Oakland Unified School District. The school emphasizes both academic skills and students' socio-emotional development and works closely with families.
The school implements a dual-language model that divides instruction between English and a partner language, and includes regular music instruction and library services as part of the school day. Enrichment and extended-day offerings are provided in partnership with local organizations.
Bridges Academy maintains multiple community partnerships to support learning and enrichment. Partners listed by the school include Playworks, Seneca Centers, Raising A Reader, Oakland Literacy Coalition, Tech Exchange, Educate78, Oakland Education Fund, and the Museum of Children's Art - Oakland. District-level policies and family resources are published and available to families.
A dual-language program designed to develop bilingualism and biliteracy by integrating students of different language proficiencies, with roughly half of instruction in a partner language and half in English and long-term goals for bilingual, biliterate, bicultural outcomes.
Girls Inc. of Alameda County runs the school's after-school program, which expands learning beyond the school day and provides academic support, literacy development, and hands-on enrichment activities in a structured environment.
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