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“I believe in the lasting joy…” (2017)

A Ruth Asawa quote, “I believe in the lasting joy that making art can bring to all of us,” is among the thousands of mosaic tiles that encircle the Mayeda Campus Dedication plaque.
A photo of the Mayeda Campus dedication plaque taken on February 18, 2017.

Rooftop Alternative School Mayeda Campus

Opened February 18, 1997

Rooftop Alternative School was built with the support of the Board of Education and San Francisco voters, who passed the School Facilities Bond Measure that funded its construction.

San Francisco Board of Education Keith Jackson, President • Carlota del Portillo, Ed.D., Vice President • Mary T. Hernandez, J. D • Dan Kelly, M.D. • Juanita Owens, Ed.D. • Steve Phillips • Jill Wynns

Superintendent of Schools Waldemar Rojas, Ed.D.

Principal Nancy Mayeda

Architect Chester Bowles Jr., FAIA

The ceramic tile with the quote by Ruth Asawa, “I believe in the lasting joy that making art can bring to us all,” is one of the thousands of ceramic and glass tiles that make up, In Time of Silver Rain, a mosaic mural that was installed by the Rooftop community on Saturday Mural Day, April 28, 2007.

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