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Mission Statement

South Shores is a kindergarten through fifth grade magnet school located in San Pedro, serving students and families throughout the Los Angeles Unified School District. We are grateful to have such wonderful parents, faculty, staff, and administration who work together as a family to bring our children an incomparable instructional program that incorporates the visual and performing arts with the Common Core State Standards, while fostering a warm and caring environment for learning, growing, and achieving. 

Principal's Message

To ensure that our students graduate ready for the world, we empower them with a high-quality, rigorous college preparatory education that fosters academic excellence, principled character, visionary leadership and a lifelong love of learning.

News & Announcements

Art for Art's Sake
Babes on Broadway

Babes on Broadway

Peace, Music, and Love

Peace, Music, and Love

Student Painting

Student Painting

Awards and Recognitions

  • California School Boards Association Golden Bell Winner
  • National Blue Ribbon School
  • A California Distinguished School