ADMISSIONS OFFICE

Paloma Herman Acting Director of Admission pherman@sfschool.org 415.239.5065 ext. 103 Para recibir información en español, por favor comuniquese con la oficina de admisión Nina Wang Director of Admission (2010-2011 maternity leave) nwang@sfschool.org 415.239.5065 ext. 103

ADDITIONAL INFO

Vision & Philosophy Admissions Brochure (pdf) High School Placement Podcasts Campus Tour

“The San Francisco School is like a village in an urban atmosphere.”
-- SFS alum parent

We offer interested parents two opportunities to visit our school to learn more about our programs and philosophy: School Tours and Open Houses. We require all parents to visit the School.

School Tours

In order to gain more insight into our program, parents should attend a school tour before applying. School tours are held weekly in the fall and winter during the regular school day. Each tour gives a small group of visitors an opportunity to observe students and teachers in our classrooms.

Tours are led by a current school parent and include a Q&A with the Head of School and the Admissions Director.

The best way to sign up for a tour is by reserving a space online. All tour sign-ups are made available by mid September of every school year on our website. We recommend that you sign up by October, as tours fill up quickly.  Please be sure to call the School to cancel your reservation if you are unable to attend your selected tour date.

Parents of Kindergarten applicants must attend the October Open House before taking a school tour. Tour sign-up sheets will be available during the Open House. Tours for Kindergarten applicants occur on Mondays as a part of the Elementary School tours.

Open Houses

The Preschool & Elementary School Open Houses include a parent-led tour of our campus as well as presentations by teachers, the Assistant Head to the Lower School, Head of School and Admissions Director. We offer two Preschool & Elementary School Open Houses and each accommodates approximately 150 parents.

The Middle School Open House includes two separate programs: one for parents and the other for students.  We encourage all prospective middle school students and parents to attend the Middle School Open House. This event takes place concurrently with the second Preschool & Elementary School Open House.

The San Francisco School values the richness of its diversity and actively seeks students from racially, socio-economically and culturally diverse families, including gay and lesbian families, single-parent families, adoptive and foster families.