Meet Fernando J Hernandez
Greetings everyone,
Perkins is a magnificent school located in Barrio Logan. We have students from the age of 3 all the way to eighth grade. We strive to create a strong family-like environment in school. It is important that students feel a strong sense of belonging. This greatly enhances academic achievement.
We also strive to provide as many unique experiences as possible to our students. For example, we organize very special trips for our students.
We have been to Washington, DC several times with our 5th grade and 8th grade students over the last 20 years. We have been to Russia to the cities of Novocherkassk and to Vladivostok to visit our sister schools. We have taken groups of students to Russia seven times over a span of ten years. We have also hosted students from Russia and from Japan in our community on exchanges. These opportunities that our students have experiences are memories that will never be forgotten. In fact, they motivate our students to do even better in school
We have been to space. Members of our Astronomy club sent a weather balloon with a GPS device and a camera that took pictures. The balloon rose to 22 miles before bursting and falling to the desert near the Salton Sea. The experience was marvelous. Our students took precautions to keep the camera from freezing at 22 miles above the Earth.
Also, eighth grade students go on a week long trip to visit several universities all across California from Sacramento all the way down to Los Angeles. This experience helps set the stage to dream and plan for college as students begin high school.
My goal as principal is to show students what is out there beyond our community. We have many programs to engage students and their families and to educate them beyond the classroom. It is important that students be surrounded by loving, caring adults at school. This only helps children thrive and reach their full potential.