The San Francisco School

SFS has been a wonderful school for our kids - it is a great balance of strong academics and strong SEL curriculum. And what''s amazing about that combo is it creates real critical thinkers and leaders who love learning - kids not only learn facts but learning how to take information, connect dots between curriculum and love learning. Great south city school.

The San Francisco School has been amazing for my two kids, who are both very different as humans and as learners. The teachers have been able to craft individualized learning plans for each child, and as they move from classroom to classroom they are recognized and known by all the teachers. The parenting community also makes San Francisco so liveable. The school soccer team has a revolving roster of parent walkers to bring the team to practice (no pickup needed until 5:30!), shared birthday parties (let''s have 6 parties a year, not 25), and the middle school kids are amazing role models for the younger students.

My kids are in first and third grade and have loved their experience at SFS. I directly attribute my kids'' confidence and love for learning to SFS. They clamor to go to school and even to stay at extended day, and each day they come home happy and excited with stories of their day. They are thriving in all ways, academically, socially, and emotionally. Just this week, I was so impressed by my son''s first grade class and his passionate teacher who herself was an SFS alum. The kids wrote, edited, critiqued, and re-wrote and illustrated a "book" that they shared with parents at a publishing party. In my son''s class, there are two parents who are also SFS alum. It''s not surprising that the culture and community is so strong when alumni love the school so much that they return to teach and enroll their own children.

When we selected a preschool for our kids 11 years ago, we didn't realize how important seemingly small things such as reporting the day's lunch menu, building with milk crates, and learning the sounds of the week would be in instilling in our children a lifelong passion for learning, respect for others, and sense of personal responsibility. It is amazing how much our children have learned learned and grown from the caring, loving, intelligent teachers and staff who engage and empower them. The San Francisco School has celebrates the kids' imaginations, challenges them intellectually, and helps make them kinder, better people. As we tour high schools for our oldest who is graduating, our decision to send our kids to SFS has been reaffirmed- We have seen a disproportionate number of SFS alumni leading tours and sitting on admission panels at their high schools. They are articulate, intelligent and confident. We see in these alumni the enduring influence of SFS. It's the best!