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69-529: Several grammar schools survive to this day, including James Denman Middle School, Lowell High School (formerly Union Grammar School), and Spring Valley Science Elementary School. Washington Grammar School is believed to have been destroyed in a fire in February 1930. Three more grammar schools, Crocker, Hamilton, and Horace Mann, were created in 1913. These were the final grammar schools opened in San Francisco as

138-530: A 1 ⁄ 4 mile (400 m) all-weather running track. The campus has two parking lots, one for students and the other for faculty. There is also a central courtyard inside the school. There is an ROTC ( Reserve Officers' Training Corp ) facility built into the hill and located below the theater, accessed by a stairway down from the arts wing. The ROTC facility at one time included a rifle range where cadets practiced marksmanship with live ammunition. Lowell High School historically has test scores ranking among

207-535: A recall election against three School Board Commissioners on February 15, 2022, who were ousted by voters in a landslide. Their replacements were named by Mayor London Breed . On June 22, despite SFUSD Superintendent Vincent Matthews recommending an extension of the lottery system, the Board opted to restore merit-based admissions for the 2023–24 school year in a 4–3 vote. 2021–2022, a survey of 2,652 students. 2008–2009 faculty demographics: The Cardinals are one of

276-619: A San Francisco grammar school was Kate Kennedy, who was appointed in 1856. This California school-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lowell High School (San Francisco) Lowell High School is a co-educational, magnet public high school in San Francisco , California . It is a part of the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD). In 1853, Colonel Thomas J. Nevins, San Francisco's first superintendent of schools, raised

345-490: A case accusing its subsidiary, Strategic Resource Solutions, of defrauding the district in an energy deal. The David Lynch Foundation sponsored the Quiet Time transcendental meditation program at various SFUSD middle and high schools. Visitacion Valley Middle School was the first school to adopt the program in 2007. In 2014, the school district stopped teaching algebra to 8th graders. SFUSD dropped Columbus Day from

414-653: A committee formed by the San Francisco Board of Education , was due to James Russell Lowell's documented racist views. Opponents have said that evidence for Lowell's anti-war beliefs and abolitionist views far outweigh the negatives, citing his lasting influence on Martin Luther King Jr. and within the NAACP . Lowell was the first SFUSD school to be temporarily closed during the COVID-19 pandemic in San Francisco due to

483-472: A factor or to resubmit the plan under the settlement that had been reached with the Chinese parents. In January 2000 the district agreed to remove race as a factor of consideration for admission. Critics of the diversity index created by Ho v. San Francisco Unified School District point out that many schools, including Lowell, have become even less racially diverse since it was enacted. On November 15, 2005,

552-399: A group of Chinese-American community activists organized a lawsuit to challenge the 1983 Consent Decree race-based admissions policies used by SFUSD for its public schools. The lawsuit was led by Lowell alum Lee Cheng. In 1999, both parties agreed to a settlement that modified the 1983 Consent Decree to create a new "diversity index" system which substituted race as a factor for admissions with

621-461: A loss of 10,000 students, but halted those plans and replaced superintendent Matt Wayne in October 2024. SFUSD previously practiced a race-based admissions system, presently operates under a choice assignment system. In 1983 the NAACP sued the school district and won a consent decree that mandated that no more than 45% of any racial group may make up the percentage of students at a single school. At

690-531: A report of respiratory illness by a student's family member in March 2020. The 2021 documentary film Try Harder! profiled Lowell students as they went through the college admission process. In April 2022, Principal Joe Ryan Dominguez submitted his letter of resignation, which would go into effect at the end of the school year. Lowell is located north of Lake Merced , south of San Francisco 's Parkside District. The school spans several blocks between Sylvan Dr. in

759-471: A result of San Francisco NAACP v. San Francisco Unified School District and the 1983 Consent Decree settlement. The demographics began to disproportionately impact Chinese Americans in the 80s and 90s. As a result of this policy, effective in 1985, Chinese-American freshman applicants needed to score 62 out of a possible total of 69 eligibility points; Caucasian and other East Asian candidates needed only 58 points, and others needed fewer points. In 1994,

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828-411: A runner-up finish in 2005, the 2006 squad went undefeated in league play and finished with a 30–3 record and a city championship. The 2007 squad also won the championships, while the 2008 squad finished high in the playoffs. The 2009 team once again won the 2009 AAA championships over Lincoln. The basketball team engages in an annual rivalry with Washington High School in a game commonly known to those in

897-457: A settlement that removed the previous race-based admission system; William Orrick, the U.S. district judge, had planned to officially announce the news of the settlement the following day. The district planned to implement a "diversity index" in which race was one factor, but in December 1999 Orrick rejected the plan as unconstitutional. Orrick ordered the district to resubmit the plan without race as

966-487: A variety of factors such as socioeconomic background, mother's educational level, academic achievement, language spoken at home, and English Learner Status. Critics of the diversity index created by Ho v. San Francisco Unified School District point out that many schools, including Lowell, have become even less racially diverse since it was enacted. On November 15, 2005, the United States District Court for

1035-467: A writing sample, and extracurricular activities . As of October 2020, Lowell admission is based on a lottery system, but it has reverted to a merit-based system for the 2023–24 school year. Run by SFUSD , Lowell is open to all San Francisco residents and charges no tuition . In 1983, the SFUSD attempted to ensure racial desegregation at Lowell and other schools by implementing a race-based admissions policy as

1104-399: A zone-based assignment system for Elementary students, and will "also consider the demographic characteristics of each child’s immediate neighborhood when assigning students to help ensure that every school reflects the diversity of the zone it's in." The following is a list of SFUSD Superintendents: (additional information is needed to complete the list between 1851 and 1934) SFUSD

1173-507: Is 36% Latino, 32% Asian/Filipino, 13.3% White, 8% Black, 7.4% Multiracial, 0.7% Pacific Islander, and 0.2% Native American. 4% are unreported. The district's Latino student body is disproportionate in comparison to the city of San Francisco's Latino population (36% vs. 16%), whereas the Asian student body percentage is almost roughly the same (32% vs. 37%), and the White student body is very low compared to

1242-684: Is a FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team. In both 2021 and 2022, they won the Chairman's Award (now FIRST Impact Award ), the most prestigious award in FRC, for promoting STEM among local youth and supporting the San Francisco Bay Area robotics community. CardinalBotics were regional finalists in 2013, 2018, and 2019. The team also won the Rookie All Star Award in 2012, the Judges Award in 2014,

1311-530: Is ranked 74th by U.S. News & World Report in its "Best High Schools in America" and 7th best in California. Lowell was also ranked 49th by Newsweek 's America's Best High Schools 2012 list and 66th by Newsweek 's 2013 list. Students have the opportunity to choose from a large number of Advanced Placement courses. Lowell has a graduation rate of nearly 100%, and it is the largest feeder school to

1380-449: The Board of Education voted unanimously to base 2021 freshman admittance to Lowell on a random lottery, rather than academic performance. Like other high schools in the district with lottery systems, priority would be given to applicants from census tracts with lower test scores, those with siblings at the school, and those who attended Willie L. Brown Jr. Middle School. On February 9, 2021,

1449-514: The City and County of San Francisco , and the first in the state of California . Under the management of the San Francisco Board of Education , the district serves approximately 49,500 students across 121 schools. SFUSD utilizes an intra-district school choice system and requires students and parents to submit a selection application. Every year in the fall, the SFUSD hosts a Public School Enrollment Fair to provide families access to information about all

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1518-969: The Tournament of Champions in Kentucky. Lowell Forensics has also competed in the National Speech and Debate Tournament under the National Forensic League for 40 years, making it one of the longest running national championship teams in the nation. Forensics alumni include Yale University President Richard Levin , Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer , California Governor Edmund G. "Pat" Brown , actress Carol Channing , actor Benjamin Bratt , writer Naomi Wolf , actor Bill Bixby , PG&E CEO Frederick Mielke, author Daniel Handler of Series of Unfortunate Events fame and numerous academics, writers, and judges. The student-run publication, The Lowell , has won

1587-580: The University of California system, particularly to the Berkeley and Davis campuses. Lowell used an "arena" class scheduling system, up until 2020, in which students were given a time slot and directed to a website to choose their classes. While scheduling classes for the 2006 spring semester, one of the students who had volunteered to assist the running of arena was caught abusing the scheduling system to use early scheduling privileges, granted to volunteers by

1656-713: The Army JROTC Cadet Reference Second Edition. William "Bill" Hewlett was the Lowell Army JROTC Battalion Commander in the 1929–1930 school year. Every fall, the Lowell Drill Platoon, Color Guard, Best Guidon Bearer, and Brigade Best Squad compete in the Annual Fall Liberty Bell Competition. In addition, every spring, Lowell's Exhibition Drill Teams, Flag Drill Teams, and Drum Corps participate in

1725-553: The Board, in a 5–2 vote, made that change to a lottery-based system permanent, citing "pervasive systemic racism" and the school's lack of diversity as reasons. On March 8, 2021, Christine Linnenbach, a Lowell alum and attorney representing the Friends of Lowell Foundation, filed a Cure and Correct letter challenging the Board of Education's arbitrary and capricious adoption of lottery admissions. Christine Linnenbach, Esq. (Lowell Class of 1989) and Lee Cheng, Esq. (Lowell Class 1989) co-founded

1794-725: The CSPA Gold and Silver Crown awards, the NSPA Pacemaker (1993, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2012) and the Northern California Society for Professional Journalists' James Madison Award, in recognition of their 2006–2007 school year battle to protect free speech. The Lowell received the All-American ranking, with five marks of distinction, from the NSPA, the highest award. The Lowell Robotics team, CardinalBotics, which first competed in 2012,

1863-696: The Friends of Lowell Foundation. The SFUSD did not rescind the unlawful vote and the Friends of Lowell Foundation led plaintiffs, Lowell Alumni Association, SF Taxpayers Association and the Asian American Legal Foundation to file a complaint in the San Francisco Superior Court alleging that the SFUSD had violated the Ralph M. Brown Act when the Board of Education adopted lottery admissions. However, in November, Judge Ethan P. Schulman granted

1932-545: The Lowell Leadership Symposium Team) and 5 companies (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Foxtrot). Echo was disbanded in 2018, then restored in 2022. The Lowell Cadet Corps was founded in 1882 and later became known as Lowell Army JROTC when it adopted the national JROTC curriculum. A photo of the Lowell Battalion's former rifle range, now converted into a classroom and indoor drill facility, was featured in

2001-476: The New Lowell High School was opened in the early 1960s and replaced the old brick campus building on Masonic Street that is still used by the district for offices and an adult school. The "new" Lowell campus itself consists of a main three-story academic building with two extensions, the easternmost extension being a single-story science building, which was rebuilt and reopened on September 21, 2003, after

2070-670: The Northern District of California denied a request to extend the Consent Decree, which was set to expire on December 31, 2005, after it had been extended once before to December 31, 2002. The ruling claimed "since the settlement of the Ho litigation [resulting in the institution of the "diversity index"], the consent decree has proven to be ineffective, if not counterproductive, in achieving diversity in San Francisco public schools" by making schools more racially segregated. On October 20, 2020,

2139-477: The OER system implemented after San Francisco NAACP v. San Francisco Unified School District from 1983 to 2000. Citing choice did not increase diversity, but encourage the opposite, as well as the problem of requiring the time to "shop" for schools. In 2018, the school board voted unanimously to create a new plan to address segregation in the district. The plan seeks to focus on diversity, predictibility, and proximity with

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2208-1095: The Regional Engineering Inspiration Award in 2014, 2016, and 2024, the Game Design Challenge Finalist award in 2021, and two Gracious Professionalism Awards in 2023. In 2013, the team's founder won the FIRST Dean's List Award on the National Level, and in 2021 another member won the FIRST Dean's List Finalist Award. CardinalBotics attempts to encourage more students, especially women and minority students, to pursue STEM college majors and careers. The team also supports local LGBTQ youth through events such as their pride month t-shirt fundraiser. Lowell has an Army Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps battalion consisting of nine special competition units (Drum Corps, Exhibition Drill Teams (boys and girls), Color Guard, Drill Platoon, Brigade Best Squad, Lowell Raider Challenge Team, Academic Bowl, and

2277-730: The Spring 91st Infantry Memorial Drill Competition. The Lowell Raider Challenge Team also competes in the San Francisco JROTC Brigade Raider Challenge, which consists of a physical fitness test, first aid obstacle course, land navigation, and a three kilometer run. Academic Bowl competes in two online competitions over the school year and a national competition in June in Washington, D.C. Those who join JROTC will not be recruited into

2346-507: The Top 10 Public Schools in California, including Gretchen Whitney High School and Oxford Academy . Lowell has been named a California Distinguished School seven times and a National Blue Ribbon School four times. Lowell was named a California Distinguished School in 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 2001, 2009, and 2015 (as a California Gold Ribbon School), as well as a National Blue Ribbon School in 1983, 1994, 2001, 2012, and 2019. As of 2024, Lowell

2415-599: The United States District Court for the Northern District of California denied a request to extend the Consent Decree, which was set to expire on December 31, 2005, after it had been extended once before to December 31, 2002. The ruling claimed "since the settlement of the Ho litigation [resulting in the institution of the "diversity index"], the consent decree has proven to be ineffective, if not counterproductive, in achieving diversity in San Francisco public schools" by making schools more racially segregated. As of 2007, SFUSD admission factors include race-neutral aspects, such as

2484-655: The Washington Eagles ended with Lowell coming on top with the varsity boys scoring 170-49 and the girls 122–62. The JV girls also were able to defeat Washington with a score of 104–67. However, the JV boys lost to their counterpart from Lincoln 93–69. In April 2007, Lowell's dragonboat team competed in the California Dragonboat Association Youth Race at Lake Merced in San Francisco, California. They brought home three golds and two silvers. The Lowellitas,

2553-405: The administration, to let friends schedule before others. Five of six department chairs and dozens of teachers at Lowell called to eliminate arena scheduling and to replace it with computerized scheduling used in all other SFUSD schools. Critics characterized arena scheduling as an antiquated and inefficient system, and creates weeks of unnecessary work for teachers and counselors. Proponents of

2622-496: The arena argued that the system can prepare students for a similar selecting of courses in college. After a student forum, committee meetings, several student petitions, and final deliberation by then-principal Paul Cheng and the administration, it was decided that arena would remain in place, with the modifications of the abolishment of early scheduling for Shield and Scroll and "mini arena," which allowed people with incomplete schedules another chance to complete them by opening up all

2691-597: The army. The program offers leadership and team working opportunities through lessons related to first aid, money management, problem solving, and map reading. The program's motto is "to motivate young people to be better citizens." Lowell has competitive football , cross-country , soccer , tennis , volleyball , basketball , wrestling , badminton , dragonboat , softball , swimming , track and field , fencing , flag football , golf , cheerleading , and baseball teams. In 2004, Lowell's Boys Varsity Basketball team won its first AAA Championship since 1952. Following

2760-542: The city as the "Battle of the Birds" game, named after the teams' cardinal and eagle mascots. Lowell's Varsity Baseball team, led by coach John Donohue, won eight of ten championships from 1994 to 2004 while posting a regular season record of 185 wins and only 11 losses during that span. Coach Donohue won his 300th AAA league game on March 7, 2003, and tallied his 450th win overall just two weeks later on March 21, 2003. In 2004, Lowell's track and field and cross-country teams won

2829-507: The city championship in all four divisions for the seventh year in a row. The cross country team recently swept all three divisions at the city finals in Golden Gate Park, marking Lowell's 26th overall championship win in a row. In recent years, the track and field team has attracted about 150 athletes each season, and the cross country Team has attracted nearly 100 runners each season. Lowell's Girls' Varsity Volleyball team has dominated

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2898-562: The city's college preparatory high school . In 1952, the school sought a new location near Lake Merced and moved there (its present address) in 1962. Until 1988, the Lowell mascot was the Indian. In 1988, School Superintendent Ramon Cortines ordered that the name be changed to something less offensive. Lowell was selected as one of the 44 San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) schools considered for renaming in 2020. The school's selection, by

2967-400: The classes again with a few slots. Under pressure from faculty and students, in 2013, the Lowell administration decided on an "online arena". In 2012, the Lowell administration began preliminary testing by requiring students to submit their proposed classes for the next school year through an online form, designed and maintained by a few students from the computer programming classes. During

3036-401: The district had received $ 37 million in desegregation funds. The NAACP had defended the decree. White parents who were against the racial quotas had a tendency to leave San Francisco. In 1998, a federal appeals court ruled that the race-based criteria should not be ended, but that SFUSD is required to justify why it required higher test scores from ethnic Chinese applicants to gain admission to

3105-461: The girls' team, won their seventh consecutive gold medal. In the spring of 2010 the Lowell Dragonboat team won gold medals in the top division, breaking a five-year drought of golds for Lowell in the top division traced back to 2005. San Francisco Unified School District San Francisco Unified School District ( SFUSD ), established in 1851, is the only public school district within

3174-482: The idea of a free high school for boys and a seminary for girls. It took three years for Nevins to persuade the Board of Education, and a resolution was passed on July 10, 1856, to establish a San Francisco High School and Ladies' Seminary. Six days later, however, the resolution was rescinded on the grounds that a high school could not legally be part of the San Francisco Common Schools. A name change from

3243-466: The later pupils of grammar school age would attend junior highs (first opened in 1922) and middle schools (opened in 1978). Four of the schools (Denman, Lincoln, Broadway) awarded medals to their top graduates. In addition, male pupils competed for the Bridge Medal, established by Samuel J. Bridge who resided in San Francisco before returning to his native Dresden, Maine . The Chinese Elementary School

3312-476: The most active student bodies in San Francisco, with over 84 academic organizations, teams and student interest clubs. Lowell has academic teams that are exempt from volunteer hours in exchange for not being publicized as well as the clubs. The Mock Trial team represented San Francisco County at the State Competitions in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2012, 2014, and 2016. In 2007, 2012, and 2014; they finished in

3381-547: The new structure took place on September 19, 1860. The school in the new building was already referred to as San Francisco High School because it was generally recognized that the course of study was on the secondary level. In May 1864, the Board of Education decided to form separate schools for boys and girls. Boys remained at the same campus at the Boys' High School, while girls were moved to their own school at Bush and Stockton streets ( Girls' High School ), where they would remain until

3450-469: The next school year. On February 3, 2021, San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera announced that, on February 11, he will sue the San Francisco Board of Education , SFUSD, and Superintendent Vincent Matthews for violating state law by not having a plan to "offer classroom-based instruction whenever possible". The lawsuit was the first of its kind, wherein a civil action is filed by a city against its school district over COVID-19 school closures , within

3519-406: The original building from the early 1960s was demolished because the labs were antiquated. The second extension consists of a single-story free-standing building that replaced temporary classrooms. The original single-story visual and performing arts building is the westernmost extension of the main campus and remains with the 1,000-seat Carol Channing auditorium, named for the famous actress who

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3588-455: The pandemic, Lowell's arena system was finally terminated and has remained that way since. Lowell is one of two public schools in the San Francisco Unified School District (the other being School of the Arts ) that was permitted to admit only students who met special admission requirements. The Lowell admission process was competitive and based on a combination of standardized test scores, GPA ,

3657-445: The petition challenging the lawfulness of the adotion of lottery admissions and reversed the vote to make the change permanent. The next month, the school board voted to extend the lottery system through 2022. During the 2021–22 school year, the first in which the lottery system was in effect, nearly 25% of freshmen students reported D or F grades, compared to nearly 8% of freshmen from the previous academic year. Constituents triggered

3726-686: The proposed San Francisco High School and Ladies' Seminary to the Union Grammar School appeased those who had opposed the creation of a high school. The Union Grammar School first opened on August 25, 1856, in rented quarters at the Wesleyan Methodist Church on Powell Street, between Clay and Sacramento. In 1860, the church was purchased and reconstructed as a school at the same location. The new two-story school building had four classrooms, an assembly room, and two rooms for gymnastics exercises and calisthenics. Dedication ceremonies for

3795-538: The return of coeducation (in practice) in the 1880s. In 1894, because the name Boys' High School was not in accord with the growing number of girls taking its college-preparatory classes, the school was renamed to honor the distinguished poet James Russell Lowell , chiefly through the efforts of Pelham W. Ames, a member of the school board. The school relocated in January 1913 to an entire block on Hayes Street between Ashbury and Masonic. Lowell remained there for 50 years as

3864-581: The school calendar in January 2017. In early March 2020, SFUSD temporarily closed Lowell High School and adjacent Lakeshore Elementary School after some family members of students reported respiratory illness at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States . All schools were then closed on March 16th, for 3 weeks, which was subsequently extended until the end of the school year with distance learning implemented for students. In July 2020, they announced that schools would remain closed into

3933-463: The school district's most prestigious high school and that the school district is required to prove, during a trial held in the 1999–2000 school year, that segregation is remaining in the school system and that the limitation of the ethnic groups at each school is the only possible remedy. On February 16, 1999, lawyers representing the Chinese parents in Ho v. SFUSD revealed that the school district had agreed to

4002-431: The schools in the district. This system is set to change as the school board has resolved to overhaul the system to ensure that more students (at least at the elementary level) are placed at neighborhood schools. SFUSD has the second highest Academic Performance Index among the seven largest California school districts. Newsweek ’s national ranking of "Best High Schools in America" named seven SFUSD high schools among

4071-486: The socioeconomic status of a student's family. Lyanne Melendez of KGO-TV wrote in 2007 "but the local courts and the district have found that race-neutral factors haven't worked in San Francisco's case." In 2011, SFUSD instituted a full choice assignment system, but "despite the District’s good intentions, San Francisco’s schools are more segregated now under the current policy than they were thirty years ago." then under

4140-671: The sport since its creation with the most city championships amongst other San Francisco public schools, and from November 1996 to November 2008, went on a record streak of 13 consecutive volleyball city championships. The girls' junior varsity volleyball team also owns 15 of the 18 city titles (as of November 2010). In November 2019, the girls' varsity volleyball team won the CIF State Division 3 Championship. In April 2007, Lowell's varsity swim team won their 11th consecutive AAA Championship title, with an undefeated season and an undefeated girls' title, ever since girls have been admitted on

4209-453: The state of California. The suit is supported by Mayor London Breed , who has criticized the Board for focusing on renaming 44 SFUSD schools during the pandemic. Both the Board and Matthews have criticized the suit, calling it wasteful and inaccurate. On February 15, 2022, three members of the school board were recalled in the 2022 San Francisco Board of Education recall elections . The district planned to close some schools by 2025 amid

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4278-476: The system promoted racial discrimination. On April 15, 1998, the Chinese-American group asked a federal appeals court to end the admissions practice. The system required ethnic Chinese students to receive higher scores than other ethnic groups in order to be admitted to Lowell High School , the city's most prestigious public high school. Waldemar Rojas , the superintendent, wanted to keep the decree because

4347-458: The team. The close rivalry between the Cardinals' and the Washington Eagles ended with Lowell coming out on top of all the other SFUSD high schools participating, which included Balboa High , Lincoln High , and Wallenberg High School. In April 2008, Lowell's varsity swim team won their 12th consecutive AAA Championship title, with an undefeated season yet again. The rivalry between the Cardinals' and

4416-573: The time, white and black students were the largest demographic groups in the school district. The decree was intended to benefit black children. When it was discovered that Hispanic children also had low test scores, they were added to the decree's intended beneficiaries. In a five-year period ending in 1999, Asian and Latino students were the largest demographic groups in the SFUSD. In 1994, after several ethnic Chinese students were denied admission to programs because too many ethnic Chinese students were present, ethnic Chinese parents sued SFUSD arguing that

4485-506: The top five percent in the country in 2007. In 2005, two SFUSD schools were recognized by the federal government as No Child Left Behind Blue-Ribbon Schools . Arlene Ackerman began her tenure as the superintendent of SFUSD on August 1, 2000. In May 2004, the district received $ 3.3 million for whistleblowing a company defrauding a federal program meant to provide internet to disadvantaged children. In June 2004, Ackerman announced that Progress Energy Inc would pay SFUSD $ 43.1 million to settle

4554-779: The top ten at the State Finals. In 2014, the Lowell High School Mock Trial team placed 6th at the Empire Mock Trial San Francisco International Competition and in both 2015 and 2017, they won 1st place, beating out 21 teams. The Lowell Forensic Society, founded in 1892, is one of the oldest high school speech and debate teams in the nation and the largest student organization on campus, with over 200 members. The team travels regularly to prestigious national invitationals, including Harvard , UC Berkeley , Stanford , CSU Long Beach , and

4623-472: The west and 25th Ave. in the east, and Eucalyptus Drive in the north to Winston Drive and Lake Merced Blvd. in the south. The school is accessible via the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) K , M , 18, 23, 28, 28R, 29, 57, and 58 lines. The campus is located next to Lakeshore Elementary School, a public school, and St. Stephen School, a private K–8 school. The campus of what was called

4692-459: Was an alumna. The main entrance to the theater and the school is below street level on Eucalyptus Drive. The campus includes a library, arts and music classrooms, six computer labs, a foreign language lab, an indoor gymnasium, men's and women's locker rooms, a dance studio, a weight room, an American football field, a soccer /multipurpose field and baseball batting cage, ten tennis courts, eight basketball courts , four volleyball courts, and

4761-563: Was created in response to a court ruling in 1885 that Chinese students must be educated. This ruling would have allowed Mamie Tape to attend Spring Valley Grammar School if the Chinese Elementary School had not been created to prevent her doing so. In 1870, a typical grammar school building for 1,000 pupils cost $ 30,000 to build. In 1875, 6,055 students were enrolled in San Francisco's grammar schools, taught by 129 teachers (102 of which were female). The first female principal of

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