This school is a waste of your money, and I agreed with a prior comment, they do not care about…read moretheir students they only care about your money. How is it that their mission is to serve and help the world, but when their own students begin showing signs in disorders like autism or ADHD there is nothing they can do? They do not have teachers in special education? With all the money that you spend, the response is ultimately sorry we can't help you, even if your kid is a 4.0 student.

Doesn't prepare students for the real world. Poor teachers. In my experience there, most of the…read moreteachers didn't care for their students.

Like others who've shared their experience, I agree this school offers the best overall education…read more The community of parents and staff is very engaged. We're happy that our child has been able to learn French and take piano lessons from Kindergarten to middle school and have the opportunity to participate in the school's sports teams.

the middle school is more like military camp. the rules are too insane and I wish I would have…read morepulled my child out. THe school is not child centered.... it is a dogma and not enough french is taught! Not enough french culture is provided.

SFFS is such a wonderful school. I'm so grateful my kids get to attend - they're receiving a…read morestellar academic education, rooted in Quaker values. I've heard our faculty refer to the fact that "reflection is our super power", and I can see how valuable that is for my children as they develop and grow. And I love the parent community, it's a joy to be part of this inclusive and welcoming environment.

The SFFS faculty is amazing! The academic program they have created offers students an opportunity…read moreto grow as creative, collaborative, and competent problem solvers. One of my favorite things about SFFS is its emphasis on experiential learning and the focus on student-interest-driven projects, field studies, and community collaboration. All SFFS students are encouraged to explore multiple perspectives, ask meaningful questions, and contribute their unique voices. It has been such a joy to watch my children learn and grow in such a wonderful community.

Sterne is a great school for kids who have learning difference! The teachers are very supportive…read moreand understanding.

Our daughter is an eighth grader at Sterne, and we are glad we made this choice for her education…read more As a teacher, I am impressed with lessons I hear about. From teaching students about marine life with the Marine Mammal Center, learning about the Innocence Project and reading about a child's experience with her father's incarceration, to reading about a migrant family and their experience in the U.S., Sterne's teachers are amazing, not shying away from challenging work and topics, despite student's academic struggles. They encourage critical thinking and empathy for all people. With dyslexia and dysgraphia, she has consistent support from her teachers, making big gains in reading. Formerly a reluctant reader, she goes to the library most weeks. The teachers and staff know my daughter as a unique individual, with strengths and talents. The school's motto is "start with strengths" and I have seen this enacted many times. She explores her interests in music, digital arts, theater and studio art with dedicated teachers creating wonderful performance opportunities: playing in a rock band, participating in a unique fairytales play, or building a carefully crafted art show. We look forward to these events each year, and there is a newfound confidence in our daughter, who was shy in the past. Additionally, the administration handled a difficult situation between our child and another student, with kindness, compassion and respect, with nearly immediate contact with me. The staff made her feel safe and empowered to speak up for herself, and I am grateful for that. We also appreciate the kind and attentive staff at the front desk and office, who always help her out. Working in public education myself, I do not take for granted the opportunities the students at Sterne have for field trips, interest-based lunch clubs, and experiential weeks. These opportunities take an incredible amount of planning. I am impressed at what they do for students who could easily become disenchanted with school. The students are lucky at Sterne. We look forward to her continued growth, and eagerly applied for the high school this past year. We are grateful to be part of the Sterne family.

I attended Hamlin's l. The regimen was quite rigorous which prepared me for high levels of academic…read morecompetition.

My niece goes here. The school is doing a very good job at dealing with this corona virus. Thank…read moreyou for helping to keep her safe and her studies.

Update- kinder and 1st graders are combined classes due to small size of kinders this year. Also…read moresome of the 1st graders are with 2nd graders. Despite of the combos, we do not see any problems with it. I have a kinder and a 2nd grader. My kids love their school, their teachers and peers.

We love Garfield - our son is part of the first TK group to start this year and he's thriving. I…read morelove that the class sizes are small and he'll be in the community through 5th grade. The teachers + support staff are wonderful, they really give time and attention to the full student experience. Our kiddo had trouble transitioning to school-made lunch, so we worked with the teachers and staff to develop a food plan. We've also been invited to a number of school activities for kids + parents (and a few parent-only) and I love the community we're building. Garfield was recently fully renovated from the ground up, so even though it's proudly one of the oldest schools in SFUSD, it's also one of the schools with the newest infrastructure. Also? My kiddo tells everyone he basically goes to school at Coit Tower (and he's not wrong). For anyone worried about the hill: there's a VERY easy drop off and pick up process and the staff keeps it going, so much easier than the other two schools where we had to deal with odd parking/drop off and pick up situations!

My daughter graduated from this school and sending her here was the best choice we ever made. She…read moregot a great education and made life long friends.

If you are looking for a school with brilliant and caring teachers and administrators, look no…read morefurther. The magic sauce of this school is the relationships students build with the adults on campus. These connections serve as the foundation for students to thrive in a joyfully rigorous academic program. My son, a junior at Drew, is authentically engaged in each of his classes. He loves his teachers. He has become a leader of groups and topics he cares about most. Drew walks their talk of helping all students become leaders and teaching them to develop their individual voices. And it all comes down to Drew teachers, who pave the way for all Drew students to be joyful learners.

Academically single sex but socially coed - the best of both worlds. Convent (girls school) and…read moreStuart Hall (boys school) have separate classrooms but share the campus and resources. Really amazing administration and leadership - very active in building connections and on going projects between the boys and girls. They all know each other. My children have so many resources - reading specialists, math specialists, etc - that allow for differentiated learning within the classroom. For example, it is common for children in the same class to be learning at different math levels. While we are not religious, my favorite thing about the school is their global approach. The children are very educated about current events, world religions, world languages (Spanish, French, Mandarin, Latin), art, and music (Music Conservatory program). While academics and teachers are top notch, the global approach and emphasis on school community is very impressive. We love the school and all our kids are thriving! Also, great sports program!

I volunteered at the Stuart Hall for boys, a Catholic School of the Sacred Heart, as part of Bay…read moreArea Scientists in Schools in 2017. Two of my fellow graduate students from the Earth and Planetary Science department at UC Berkeley and I prepared and gave an interactive lesson and experiment on earthquakes and geological faults to a class of boys. Students interacted with the handout we prepared electronically via tablet technology and we broke the students into three groups, one with each of us volunteers. The students in my group were well behaved, contributed to group discussion, and not afraid to partake in the hands-on experiment. On the whole I had a good experience. One of the other volunteers was male, the other female, and I am female. I had no issues getting the male students to pay attention, nor did the other male volunteer, though we were both geophysicists and earthquakes fell in our realm of graduate studies. The other female volunteer, a geochemist, said she had a little difficulty with the students in her group, but not bad. Our conclusion was maybe it was related to our knowledge background and area of study in graduate school and how that translated into our teaching style, though there were lingering concerns it might have been related to her being female.