The Bay School of San Francisco

The Bay School of San Francisco is an independent, coeducational, college preparatory high school that opened in 2004. The school moved into its current location in the Presidio of San Francisco in 2005.

The Bay School of San Francisco
Location
35 Keyes Ave.
San Francisco, California

United States
Coordinates37.80045°N 122.45597°W / 37.80045; -122.45597
Information
TypePrivate
Established2004
Head of schoolLuke Felker
Faculty38
Grades9-12
Number of students355
Color(s)Navy blue, light blue, white
AthleticsSoccer, volleyball, baseball, lacrosse, softball, basketball, golf, cross-country, track, rock climbing, sailing, tennis
MascotBlue the Breaker
Websitehttp://www.bayschoolsf.org

History

In 1992, Malcolm Manson, a former headmaster of Marin Country Day School and the Cathedral School for Boys, conceived of the idea of a new high school. In 1996, the school became incorporated.[1]

The school opened in 2004; at that time, a single class of freshmen made up the student body. During the first school year, students attended classes in a temporary building, a "long, majestic white building on Schofield Road facing the bay".[1] In August 2005, the school moved to its current (permanent) location on 35 Keyes Avenue.

Campus

The Bay School of San Francisco is housed at 35 Keyes Avenue.[2] The building, Building 35, was constructed in 1912, to initially be used as cavalry barracks, and later as bakers and cooks barracks, before becoming the headquarters for the U.S. IX Corps, which was responsible for all U.S. Army facilities within the Western United States. After major renovation, Building 35 reopened as The Bay School's new campus in August 2005.[3]

The building contains 62,000 square feet (5,800 m2) of space. Among other things, it houses a 3,000-square-foot (300 m2) library/media center and 4,500-square-foot (420 m2) student center on the ground floor. There are 21 classrooms on the second and third floors.

Students

The 2018–2019 academic year sees the student body grow to 375 9th-, 10th-, 11th-, and 12th-grade students.[4] Students come not only from San Francisco, but also from other parts of the Bay Area, including Marin County, the Peninsula, and the East Bay.

Curriculum and activities

Bay offers a 4-year program in Mandarin Chinese. The program includes collaborations with CAIS (Chinese American International School), and cultural immersion.

Students are given a choice between a Lenovo ThinkPad laptop or the most recent MacBook Air as part of a one-to-one laptop program; each student keeps that same laptop computer for all four years.

Bay seniors take part in the Senior Signature Project Program which requires a minimum of 65 hours of field work in a topic of their choice, and a formal presentation and/or paper at the end of the project.[5]

Bay fields teams in boys and girls soccer, boys and girls basketball, volleyball, boys and girls tennis, boys and girls golf, baseball, softball, and lacrosse. Bay's teams, called the Breakers, have won over 30 league championships since the school's founding. In 2018, the girls' soccer team won the first North Coast Section championship in school history. In addition, activities such as yoga, dance, martial arts, rock climbing at Planet Granite, physical conditioning and sailing are offered.

References
  1. Millard, Max. "Presidio's new Bay School welcomes first freshman class", Marina Times, September, 2004. Accessed April 7, 2008.
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-05-03. Retrieved 2006-07-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "The Bay School Campus at 35 Keyes Avenue" Archived 2008-07-04 at the Wayback Machine. The Bay School. Accessed April 8, 2008.
  4. http://www.bayschoolsf.org/About
  5. "Senior Projects & Field-Based Learning" Archived 2008-07-04 at the Wayback Machine. The Bay School. Accessed April 8, 2008.
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