February 2, 2012
Check out our students on “Decades Day!” For this special day in Spirit Week, students were asked to dress according to their grade’s decade – for example, 8th graders dress in 80’s gear, 7th graders rocked the 70’s look, etc.
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February 2, 2012
When the post office is in full swing, the first graders are busy receiving, sorting, and delivering mail all around the school!
Posted in Around the School, Featured Excerpts, Student Voices
January 6, 2012
Please don’t miss this opportunity to show your appreciation for an SFDS student!
Yearbook recognition ads are a great way for parents, families and friends to commemorate student achievements and important milestones. To purchase your ad online, go to www.YearbookAdService.com and choose your ad size, template and upload your pictures. If you prefer to upload a [...]
Posted in Around the School, Faculty & Staff Voices
January 6, 2012
On Tuesday, December 3, AXIS Dance Company performed for San Francisco Day School, exposing our students to a fresh and inspiring style of modern dance.
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January 6, 2012
Groceries, Stamps, and Measuring Strips – To learn more, visit: http://3gclassof2017.blogspot.com/.
Currently our focus in math is the introduction and early development of multiplication. By making use of realistic contexts, this unit invites students to find ways to mathematize their lived worlds with grouping structures. The unit uses many contexts: inside the grocery store; postage stamps; [...]
Posted in Around the School, Faculty & Staff Voices
January 6, 2012
Q: Timbuktu, a center of caravan trade for almost a thousand years, is located north of the Niger River in which landlocked country?
Don’t worry, if the answer didn’t immediately spring to mind, you are not alone. Fortunately, we have a special student at SFDS who knows that the answer is Mali. After several challenging rounds, [...]
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January 6, 2012
In a world where Facebook, Google chat and Twitter are just a few of the countless social networking tools available today, it is increasingly important that our students understand and appreciate the potential consequences of expressing yourself online. This week, our fifth graders took some time to discuss the proper use of technology tools and [...]
Posted in Around the School, Student Voices
December 9, 2011
Each year, UNICEF sponsors a “Trick or Treat” campaign to turn Halloween into an opportunity to make a lifesaving difference in the lives of children around the world. This fundraising effort has served as UNICEF’s original Kids Helping Kids campaign and has been in place for more than sixty years. As one of the longest-running [...]
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December 9, 2011
SFDS Student Congress is organizing a holiday drive to support Bay Area Women’s and Children’s Center. Boxes will be in the Masonic Lobby for donations of toiletries, socks, and women’s clothing. Thank you!
Posted in Around the School, Featured Excerpts, Neighborhood News
December 9, 2011
Thanks to the passion for hockey and “make-it-happen” attitude of SFDS seventh grader Rex, SFDS had a very special visitor during Friday morning’s upper school assembly. After more than 15 years, pro hockey returns to San Francisco with the newest member of the league, the San Francisco Bulls. SF Bulls manager/head coach/general manager Pat Curcio [...]
Posted in Around the School, Sports
