Ronda Kesler, Principal Grades Served: PK-6 Kendall-Whittier is a community school and member of the Growing Together network which incorporates a variety of community partners to promote and advance student academic and whole person success. We are proud to say that KW is an ethnically diverse school with a commitment to providing educational opportunities for our entire community. Our school academic program is focused on literacy, oral language development, and hands-on mathematics instruction. The Fine Arts are infused into the daily curriculum, as well as, through enrichment capacities. Kendall-Whittier is a result of a community vision and collaboration bringing Henry Kendall Elementary and James Greenleaf Whittier Elementary schools together in a new facility in 1997.