2021–2022
School Profile DIRECTOR OF COLLEGE COUNSELING
Gina Meneni gmeneni@bayschoolsf.org ext. 107 ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF COLLEGE COUNSELING
Maria Furtado mfurtado@bayschoolsf.org ext. 144 ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF COLLEGE COUNSELING
Ashley Terry ’11 aterry@bayschoolsf.org ext. 179 35 Keyes Avenue San Francisco, CA 94129 Phone 415-561-5800 Fax 415-561-5808 www.bayschoolsf.org CEEB Number: 053985 Accreditation: WASC, CAIS Member School: NAIS, NACAC, WACAC, ACCIS
CLASS OF 2022 93 SENIORS Highest GPA: 4.0 Lowest GPA: 2.63
The Bay School uses an unweighted GPA, does not calculate class rank, and does not award any academic honors or distinctions. COVID-19 CURRICULUM CHANGES In response to Covid-19, Bay closed for in-person learning on March 12, 2020. On March 16 we began distance learning, one day prior to the San Francisco shelter-in-place order taking effect. In accordance with Governor Newsom’s July order regarding counties on California’s watch list, The Bay School reopened for in-person learning on March 26, 2021.
The Bay School of San Francisco, founded in 2004, is a co-educational, independent, college preparatory day school located in the scenic Presidio National Park. Bay enrolls 438 students in grades 9–12 and offers a challenging curriculum that emphasizes depth over breadth, rigor, and discipline in mastering detail; cultivates depth of synthesis and analysis; demands authentic inquiry; and emphasizes examination of pressing global issues.
MISSION At The Bay School, we balance challenging academics and innovative thinking with a mindful approach to learning and life. Our goal is to see students unlock their individual and collective potential so they begin to realize their roles in a dynamic world. CURRICULUM HIGHLIGHTS In 2018-2019 Bay moved from a block trimester calendar to a semester schedule, punctuated by two 3-week immersive terms. In each semester, students take five courses. In each Immersive term, students take one course all day, every day. The Bay School of San Francisco does not prescribe to/offer an AP or IB curriculum. In the 12th grade, students have the opportunity to enroll in honors coursework. On occasion, students may be placed in an honors course in 11th grade. IMMERSIVE TERM Immersive courses are affiliated with academic departments—often in interdisciplinary ways—and fulfill graduation requirements in those departments just as a semester-long course does. An Immersive meets for the equivalent number of hours as a semester course. Please note that due to Covid-19, the 2020 spring Immersive term was cancelled, which will not adversely impact the fulfilment of graduation requirements for the classes of 2022 and 2023. There is enough flexibility in Bay’s curriculum and schedule to allow for a loss of one semester of credit without losing the ability to fulfill all graduation requirements. The classes of 2022 and 2023 will be allowed to opt into an Immersive term at the end of their 12th grade year to make up for the Immersive term lost due to COVID.
INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSES Bay pushes the boundaries of the traditional classroom setting in order to ensure our students are given the tools needed to thrive in the 21st century. Bay offers a host of interdisciplinary courses—in both the semester and Immersive terms—cotaught by two instructors of different disciplines. These courses combine curriculum from each discipline to create an innovative, in-depth, and well-rounded approach to learning. SENIOR SIGNATURE PROJECTS A highlight of each student’s Bay experience, the Senior Signature Project (SSP) program is designed to be the culminating experience of a Bay education. In this program, students embark on a journey of personal investigation and discovery. SSP is required for graduation and involves extensive field work for which students earn full academic credit for a twoterm course. The program offers a meaningful opportunity for each senior to explore a passion in depth through the lens of a young professional working in a field rather than a high school student studying a topic. Each student works with an adult mentor who provides expertise and guidance. Projects in recent years have included redesigning the waiting area of a health clinic for low-income families to reduce patient anxiety; creating a course reader about LGBTQ+ history and identity as a supplementary resource for high school teachers; teaching week-long astronomy courses for middle school students to expose them to a branch of science typically not covered in depth at that level; and designing a prototype running shoe with replaceable, interchangeable soles. The diversity of projects reflects the diversity of Bay students and their interests.
Course Offerings SUBJECT REQUIREMENTS
REQUIRED COURSES
ELECTIVE COURSES
ENGLISH 4 credits
• Humanities 1 (1 credit)* • Humanities 2 (1 credit)* • American Studies:
• Advanced Composition • Advanced Sem: Essay and Memoir (H) • Advanced Sem: Fiction (H) • African American Literature** • Asian American Literature** • Connecting to Place • Critical Theory • Futures Past and Present • Gender in Literature** • Modern American Family
Literature (.5 credit)
SOCIAL STUDIES 3 credits
• Humanities 1 (.5 credit)* • Humanities 2 (.5 credit)* • American Studies: U.S. History (1 credit)**
• Civics
• Mythology • Poetry • Speculative Fiction • The American Dream** • The Business of the Short Story • The Writer’s Life • There, Here: The Problem of Place in Native Literature**
• Utopia/Dystopia
• Art History • Artist as Activist • Comparative Government and Politics (H) • Hip-Hop Culture, Politics and Production • Latin American Studies • Mathematics of Democracy • Negotiation, Legislation and Diplomacy • Poverty and Justice • Social Movements of the Late 20th Century
• Social Theories of Race and Difference • The Creation of a Nation: Israel and Palestine
• Uncovering Cultural Bias in America • U.S. Foreign Policy (H) • U.S. Politics
MATH 3 credits
• Math 1 • Math 2 • Math 3
• Advanced Topics in Calculus (H) • Analysis of Functions • Calculus (H) • Cryptography
• Discrete Math • Mathematics in Digital Animation • Statistics • Topology (H)
SCIENCE 4 credits
• Conceptual Physics 1 • Chemistry 1 • Biology 1
• Advanced Mechanism Design • Advanced Product Design • Applied Chemistry • Astronomy: Experiential Processes in the
• California Natural History • Chemistry 2 (H) • Climate Change • Computer Science 1 • Computer Science 2 • Environmental Justice • Human Health and Disease • Physics 2 (H) • Robotics • Water in the American West
Observatory
• Atmospheric Science and Engineering
• Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Design • Biological Psychology • Biology 2 (H) • Biology of Health and Wellness • California Geology ART 1.5 credits
• The Creative Process
CAPSTONE 1 credit
• Senior Signature Projects
LANGUAGES 3 credits
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PHILOSOPHY & WORLD RELIGIONS 0.5 credit
Mandarin 1 Mandarin 2 Mandarin 3 Mandarin 4 Mandarin 5 (H)
• Adv. Drama: Creating and Performing (H) • Adv. Drama: Technique and Analysis (H) • Adv. Drawing and Painting Studio (H) • Adv. Projects in Digital Arts (H) • Design • Digital Imaging • Drama • Drawing
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• Electronic Music Studio • Filmmaking • Immersive Art Studio • Jazz 1 • Jazz 2 (H) • Painting • Strumming • Video Production
Spanish 1 Spanish 2 Spanish 3 Spanish 4 Spanish 5 (H)
Adv. Topics in Mandarin (H)
• Buddhism • Comparative Philosophy (H) • Comparative Religion (H) • Ethics and Ethical Decision Making
• Hinduism • Human Nature • Religion in U.S. Politics
(H) denotes honors courses *Humanities 1 and 2 form an interdisciplinary program that fulfills two years of English and one year of history. **American Studies: U.S. History and American Studies: Literature fulfill one year of U.S. history and one semester of American literature.
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COLLEGE ACCEPTANCE AND MATRICULATION, 2017–2021 100% of our students are accepted at 4-year schools, and 91% are admitted to their top-choice school. Acadia University Agnes Scott College American University Amherst College Arizona State University (Barrett Honors College) Art Center College of Design Babson College Bard College Barnard College Bates College Baylor University Beloit College Bennington College Bentley University Berklee College of Music Boise State University Boston College Boston University Bowdoin College Brandeis University Brown University Bryn Mawr College Bucknell University California College of the Arts California Lutheran University California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo California Polytechnic State University, Pomona California State University, Channel Islands California State University, Chico California State University, Dominguez Hills California State University, East Bay California State University, Fullerton California State University, Long Beach California State University, Los Angeles California State University, Maritime Academy California State University, Monterey Bay California State University, Northridge California State University, Sacramento Carleton College Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Chapman University City College of San Francisco Clark University Clemson University Colby College Colgate University College of Charleston College of Marin Colorado College Colorado School of Mines Colorado State University (Fort Collins) Columbia College (Chicago) Columbia University Connecticut College Contra Costa College Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art Cornell College Cornell University Cornish College of the Arts Dalhousie University
Dartmouth College Davidson College Denison University DePaul University Dickinson College Dominican University of California Drew University Drexel University Duke University Earlham College Eckerd College Elon University Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Daytona Beach) Emerson College Emily Carr University of Art & Design Emory University Fairfield University Fordham University Franklin & Marshall College Furman University George Mason University George Washington University Georgetown University Gettysburg College Gonzaga University Goucher College Grinnell College Hamilton College Hampshire College Hampton University Harvey Mudd College Haverford College Hawaii Pacific University Hobart and William Smith Colleges Hofstra University Howard University Humboldt State University Illinois Institute of Technology Indiana University Ithaca College Johns Hopkins University Johnson & Wales University Kalamazoo College Kansas State University Kenyon College Lafayette College Lake Forest College Landmark College Lawrence University Lehigh University Lewis & Clark College Liberty University Linfield University Loughborough University Loyola Marymount University Loyola University Chicago Loyola University New Orleans Macalester College Marian University Marist College Marquette University Maryland Institute College of Art Marymount Manhattan College Massachusetts College of Art and Design Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology McGill University Miami University (Ohio)
Text in bold indicates matriculations.
Michigan State University Middlebury College Mills College Montana State University Morehouse College Mount Holyoke College Muhlenberg College New York University Newcastle University Northeastern University Northern Arizona University Northwestern University Norwich University NYU Shanghai Oberlin College Occidental College Ohio Wesleyan University Oklahoma State University Old Dominion University Olin College of Engineering Ontario College of Art & Design University Oregon Institute of Technology Oregon State University Otis College of Art and Design Pace University Pacific Northwest College of Art Parsons School of Design at The New School Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Pennsylvania State University Pepperdine University Pitzer College Pomona College Portland State University Prairie View A&M University Pratt Institute Princeton University Providence College Purdue University Quest University Canada Quinnipiac University Reed College Regent’s University London Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rhode Island School of Design Rhodes College Richmond, The American International College in London Rochester Institute of Technology Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Rutgers University (New Brunswick) Saint Joseph’s University (PA) Saint Louis University Saint Mary’s College of California Saint Michael’s College Salve Regina University San Diego State University San Francisco Art Institute San Francisco State University San Jose State University Santa Clara University Sarah Lawrence College Savannah College of Art and Design School of Jazz and Contemporary Music at The New School
School of the Art Institute of Chicago School of Visual Arts Scripps College Seattle University Simmons University Skidmore College Smith College Sonoma State University Southern Methodist University Southwestern University St. John’s College (NM) St. Olaf College Stanford University Stevens Institute of Technology Suffolk University SUNY at Purchase College SUNY Buffalo State College Syracuse University Temple University Texas A&M University Texas Christian University The American University of Paris The College of Wooster The Evergreen State College The New School The Ohio State University The University of Edinburgh The University of Sheffield The University of Tampa The University of Tennessee The University of Texas at Austin The University of the Arts Trinity College (CT) Trinity College Dublin Trinity University Tufts University Tulane University of Louisiana Underwood International College Union College University of Arizona University of Bath University of British Columbia University of British Columbia (Okanagan) University of California, Berkeley University of California, Davis University of California, Irvine University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Merced University of California, Riverside University of California, San Diego University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Cruz University of Chicago University of Cincinnati University of Colorado, Boulder University of Colorado, Denver University of Connecticut University of Dallas University of Delaware University of Denver University of Florida University of Georgia University of Glasgow University of Hartford
University of Hawaii at Hilo University of Hawaii at Manoa University of Illinois at Chicago University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Iowa University of La Verne University of Maryland (Baltimore County) University of Maryland (College Park) University of Massachusetts (Amherst) University of Miami University of Michigan University of Minnesota University of Nevada Reno University of New Hampshire University of New Haven University of New Mexico University of North Dakota University of Ontario Institute of Technology University of Oregon University of Pittsburgh University of Portland University of Puget Sound University of Redlands University of Richmond University of Rochester University of San Diego University of San Francisco University of Southern California University of St. Andrews University of the Pacific University of Toronto University of Utah University of Vermont University of Virginia University of Washington (Bothell) University of Washington (Seattle) University of Wisconsin (Madison) University of Wisconsin (Oshkosh) Utah Valley University Vanderbilt University Vassar College Villanova University Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Wake Forest University Washington State University Washington University in St Louis Wellesley College Wentworth Institute of Technology Wesleyan University Western Michigan University Western University Western Washington University Westmont College Wheaton College (MA) Whitman College Whittier College Willamette University William and Mary Williams College Worcester Polytechnic Institute Yale University
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