San Francisco Bay Area · SFWS Private High School

Overview

This San Francisco high school combines college-preparatory academics with hands-on exploration, encouraging students to question, consider different viewpoints and form their own judgments. Visual and practical arts, music and theatre run through the regular high-school curriculum and receive serious attention alongside traditional academic subjects.

Campus life also provides space for student initiative and responsibility. Clubs develop around students’ interests with faculty support and can change from year to year. Organizing activities, sharing interests and participating in community service give students ways to build peer relationships and responsibility beyond academic study.

Curriculum

Regular study spans mathematics, natural sciences, history, literature and world languages, combining year-long courses with focused subject blocks. Analysis, discussion and making help students connect ideas rather than treating subjects simply as separate lists of information.

For example, mathematical concepts can be explored through geometric construction, science through observations of weather, and literature through writing practice. Arts and music offer further ways to observe and communicate, connecting abstract concepts, practical experience and personal expression.

The wider school also has theatre, athletics, interest groups and community service. Short visitors’ academic lessons, arts courses and activities depend on grade, English readiness, the current timetable and the relevant participation requirements.

Highlights

• Academic learning through inquiry, discussion and independent judgment
• Visual and practical arts, music and theatre throughout regular high-school study
• Student-initiated clubs supported by faculty

Grades & eligibility

Eligible grades

Grades 9–12

English must be sufficient for classes; courses depend on grade and dates.

Entry requirements

• Grades 9–12 may apply; sufficient English for classes is required.
• Applications include language assessment, academic records, recommendations and an interview.
• Students must live with a family member or guardian over 25.
• Establish housing, guardianship and immigration arrangements before enrollment; visitor courses and clubs depend on the schedule.

Dates & fees

Duration

Short- or long-term; ask about minimum duration

Dates

Contact an advisor for dates and places

Fees

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Housing & documents

Attendance options

Day attendance / Homestay (external options on enquiry)

The school does not directly provide housing. Students must live with a family member or guardian over 25; external homestay options may be explored, with no placement guarantee. Students must live with a family member or guardian over 25; external homestay support may be explored.

Application documents

• Academic records and recommendations; language assessment and an interview are also required.
• Contact an advisor for the full application checklist.

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