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Join Academic Dean Andy Shaw for a new blog series that provides an in-depth look at academics at Bay. For his first post, Andy highlights Bay's math program and its recent curricular changes. These days, it’s not uncommon for an older student or an alum to drop by my office to remark, “Math’s different now…my …
Watch out, Mr. Broudy! There’s a new bow tie in town. Meet David Friedlander-Holm, the physics-loving, bow tie-wearing science teacher who joined Bay’s faculty this school year. For David, teaching science – and especially physics – has always been his dream. “I literally raised my hand in my high school physics class and said I …
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We ventured to SCRAP (SF's Scroungers Center for Reusable Art Parts) to collect materials for the next project of the term: Transformed Treasures. They faced a challenge very similar to an episode of Project Runway. The challenge: in 20 minutes, students had to select a lot of one type of object, collecting everything in paper …
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Inspiration comes from many places. For U.S. History’s most recent unit, it came from one resource in particular: Bay’s home, the Presidio. Three years ago, the U.S. history faculty made a commitment to add local history to the curriculum by tapping into the Presidio’s myriad offerings, while encouraging their students to critically examine how history …
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Fresh off their trip to the de Young, the Advanced Drawing and Painting Studio classes have just finished their second life drawing session. Held each week for 2.5 hours, professional life drawing models come to Bay and pose for the class. Students have discovered that drawing is physical and intense, and are also recognizing how …
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