March 6, 2010
A recent New York Times article ─“Empathy’s Natural, But Nurturing It Helps” (February 16, 2010)─ shows not only the importance of the quality called empathy and the necessary conditions for its development in children, but also the role of parents and teachers in its nurturance.
Posted in Administrative Team
March 6, 2010
The Community Listening Forums were completed with vigorous and substantive participation by parents, teachers, alumni, trustees, and former trustees. SDFS will soon be launching an online opportunity for all those who were unable to attend the Community Listening Forums. We strongly encourage you to offer your thoughts and ideas through the online forums. The link will be sent to you this week.
Posted in Head of School
March 6, 2010
In early February, 29 eighth graders, along with chaperones Chris Corrigan, Aaron Brill, and Ashley Harsh, embarked on a 10-day journey to Puerto Rico. For some, this marked their first opportunity to travel outside of the continental United States. For others, it marked the first journey without family. As the students gathered in the San Francisco Airport, many expressed a nervous excitement about the upcoming adventures they were sure to experience. After a long day of travel, the group arrived in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Posted in Faculty & Staff Voices
March 6, 2010
Concert for Community was a wonderful experience for me and I was so happy to be a part of it. Here is a behind the scenes look at C4C.
Posted in Student Voices
March 6, 2010
The student congress has been working on many things over the past few weeks to help in the Haiti relief effort. At Concert for Community, we raised $237. All of our donations to Haiti are going to the Sirona Cares Foundation, which provides money, health care, and homes for children who have lost their parents in Haiti.
Posted in Student Voices
March 6, 2010
Call a gathering of the Day School community to generate ideas and there will be a lot of them! It’s no surprise, then, that the strategic plan task force members now have hundreds of ideas to sort through as they develop priorities for the School going forward. The School hosted a series of “listening forums” over the past two weeks to solicit ideas from community members as it starts the process of creating a new strategic plan.
Posted in PA News
March 6, 2010
The SFDS upper school math teachers have been working with Nancy Lobell, an educational consultant with an extensive background in teaching middle school math and in mentoring and coaching math teachers. Nancy also works for the Stanford Teacher Education Program at Stanford University as a clinical associate in mathematics, and our teachers at SFDS are [...]
Posted in Faculty & Staff Voices
March 6, 2010
With the help of SFDS alumna Susie Cranston (’92), parents considered gender differences and the lessons learned from more than five years of research.
Posted in PA News
March 8, 2010
21st Annual Spring Camp
April 5-9
St. Brendan’s
Boys & Girls, Grades 1–8
Morning Camp $185 / 8:15 am – 12 pm
Afternoon Camp $185 / 1:15 pm – 5:00 pm
All day camp $370 / 8:15 am – 5:00 pm
Free extended care: 7:30 am drop off & 5:30 pm pick up
Register at legarzabasketball.org OR call 415/334-3333
Posted in Classifieds
