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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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The Bay School’s first ever winter formal dance was a great success. 168 students including guests from Urban, Lick-Wilmerding and Branson, arrived at the Presidio Golf Course Clubhouse, which Social Events Club had transformed into a winter wonderland! Students enjoyed a full array of desserts provided by the Parent Guardian Association and catered snacks and refreshments …
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Arts Instructor Ascha Drake shares about a recent outing to a local installation. On Nov. 8, the Drawing 1A and Drawing 1B classes ventured to Andy Goldsworthy's third Presidio installation, "Tree Fall." It is located in Building 95, just up the hill from The Bay School, and it will be there for an indefinite amount of …
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Humanities instructor Ellen Greenblatt discusses her class' recent visit to the Presidio's own Walt Disney Family Museum (WDFM). Before going to the WDFM, students in the Writing Workshop class were working on honing their interpretive and analytical skills, using "The Book Thief" by Marcus Zusak as a model text. Students focused on plot, character, setting …
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Colin Williams took his junior history class to Presidio Chapel on Monday. To complement their discussion about The New Deal among other topics, students took time to “read” Victor Arnautoff’s 1935 fresco depicting the Presidio’s founding. Between notes and questions, students delved into historical topics both national and local. Take a look! To view all …
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