The Bay School of San Francisco is an independent high school where innovative teaching and learning is grounded in mindfulness, equity, and community.
At Bay, we ask students to use their voices to make positive changes within their communities. Many of our academic courses—such as Research in the Community, Climate Change, Artist as Activist to name a few—and projects within classes explicitly ask students to use what they have learned to develop awareness, change behaviors, or even change …
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When a parent asks their children they learned in school that day, it is not common that the response is, “We are working to discover a new planet.” What?!? That is exactly what the students in science teacher David Friedlander-Holm’s Astronomy and Stellar Astrophysics class are doing each day with the resources that have been …
By Andy Shaw, Academic Dean “‘Mindful approach to learning?’ So what does that mean? You meditate during class?” By now, I’m used to this question, which comes most often from prospective parents or visitors who have closely read our school’s mission. It’s a good question, and one I love to answer. Yes, we meditate at …
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Bay is busting down the walls of the traditional classroom to increase learning opportunities for our students! Partnering with Chinese American International School (CAIS), a highly regarded Mandarin immersion K-8, we are piloting an innovative online Advanced Chinese course that allows Bay students to discuss current events and real-world issues, completely in Mandarin, remotely with …
Girls Lacrosse is finally here and the students on the team are all smiles! Many girls at Bay have wanted to play lacrosse at Bay but they didn’t have the opportunity until now! Two students in particular really pioneered the movement to bring lacrosse to Bay: 10th graders Lauren L. and Lauren O. The girls …
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