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Summer of Learning 2025 Flyer

Summer School 2025!

Taper Tiger Families! Get ready for a Summer of Learning filled with enriching and educational content and activities. Summer school runs from June 17th - July 16th and for our Taper students, the nearest summer school site will be at Cabrillo Elementary. Please click for more information, list of school sites, and how to enroll.
STEAM Family Picnic Night Flyer 6-4-25

Save The Date!

Save the Date! STEAM Family picnic night is coming June 4th! Keep and eye out for more details in the month of May.
Open House 5-22-25

Open House!

Parents & Guardians! Open House is Thursday, May 22nd from 5:30-6:30. Reminder, school gets out at 12:48pm.
Enrollment Packet Flyer

Taper Enrollment Starts February 1st!

Prospective Parents and Guardians! Taper's enrollment begins on February 1st, 2025. Stop by our main office to pick-up your enrollment packet. If you have any questions, call us at (310) 832-3056.
UTK Flyer

Universal Transitional Kindergarten Enrollment

Our school is enrolling 4 year olds for full-day on-campus classes. Your 4 year old child will have the opportunity to begin school for FREE as of August 12, 2024.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our main office at (310) 832-3056 or Scan the QR Code on the Flyer.
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Taper Talks!

Please enjoy the latest Taper Talks episode 7. Our 5th grade student reporters caught some of the action at Taper's annual Science Olympiad.
Lunch and Parking Procedures

Important Information from Principal Garcia!

Parents and Guardians! Please take a moment to read some important information from Principal Garcia regarding our policy on Student Lunches and Birthday Celebrations, as well as our Parking, Drop-Off, and Pick-Up procedures to keep our students safe. If you have further questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us at the main office. Please click to read our policies. Thank you
Magnet Schools Excellence Award Logo

Exciting News!

Taper Avenue Elementary & STEAM Magnet Has Been Named an MSA School of Excellence!
We are thrilled to announce that our school has received the prestigious Magnet Schools of America (MSA) School of Excellence Award! Click to Read More.

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About Us

Welcome to our school's new website, which is designed to have easy-to-access information about our school for students, families and employees. This site is designed to work well on your mobile devices as well as on a computer. Please take a look around, and revisit us soon as we will update the site throughout the school year.
Taper Students

Our Mission

Taper Avenue Elementary and S.T.E.A.M Magnet will provide a challenging learning environment in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics, which supports students to maximize their potential and prepare students to be college and career ready and to meet the challenges in the world around them.