| San Francisco University High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| San Francisco, CA, USA | |
| Information | |
| Type | Private, Coeducational |
| Religious affiliation(s) | None |
| Established | 1973, Opened 1975 |
| Head of School | Dr. Michael Diamonti, B.A., M.Ed., C.A.G.S., Ph.D. |
| Faculty | 66 |
| Enrollment | 389 |
| Average class size | 16 students |
| Student to teacher ratio | 8:1 |
| Campus | Urban, three city blocks |
| Color(s) | Red, White |
| Athletics | 22 sports |
| Mascot | Red Devils |
| Average SAT scores | Critical Reading 691 Math 700 Writing 702 (2008) |
| Newspaper | Devil's Advocate |
| Website | www.sfuhs.org |
San Francisco University High School (familiarly known as UHS or simply "University") is an academically focused, college preparatory, private high school located in the Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco, California. The school was established in 1973.
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"University High School welcomes students of demonstrated motivation and ability to engage in an education that fosters responsibility and the spirited pursuit of knowledge. We are a school where adults believe in the promise of every student, and together we work to build and sustain a community of diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and talents. UHS challenges each individual to live a life of integrity, inquiry, and purpose larger than the self."
The median GPA at University is 3.54 with a grading scale of A-F including plus or minus. In order to graduate, students must take two years of art (including the mandatory Western Civilization course in their sophomore year), four years of English, three years of a foreign language (with Mandarin, French, Spanish, and Latin offered), two years of History excluding Western Civilization, three years of Mathematics, and two years of Science in addition to Community Service Learning requirements.[1]
The cost of attendance at University High School for the 2010-2011 school year is $32,750. In 2010-2011, students at University High School received a total of about $2.1 million in financial assistance, with 22% of students receiving financial aid.[2]
The school is made up of four buildings, commonly referred to as Upper, Middle, Lower, and South campuses. Upper and Middle are connected and located between Jackson and Washington streets, while Lower is across the street, between Washington and Clay. South is two blocks farther down, located at Lyon and Sacramento streets.
Upper Campus is the oldest and most historic part of campus. Originally designed by Julia Morgan, it was first used to house the Katherine Delmar Burke School, a girls' high school, from the early part of the 20th century, until 1975, when the building was sold to the newly created University High School. It is the front entrance of the school with a reception area next to the Jackson Street entrance. It is composed of many small classrooms mostly used for history and English classes, as well as a large part of the school administration. It is also home to the USF HS tanning club, which took home second place in the 2008 international tanning competition hosted in Juno, Alaska.
Middle Campus, connected to Upper Campus by a bridge, houses the school library, theater, student center and cafeteria, science labs, and music rooms.
Lower Campus is home to the math and science departments and is made up mainly of math rooms and laboratories. It also holds the main computer lab, fitness center, changing rooms, gym, and athletic office. Indoor sports are played at the gym, while field sports are mainly played at fields in the nearby Presidio.
South Campus, newly opened in the 2006-2007 school year, is the home of the language department, the art departments, college counseling, and Summerbridge, UHS's pioneer program to help talented students from local public middle schools get the resources they might not have access to in their own schools. In addition to a language lab, multiple classrooms and offices, South Campus has a large photography studio and darkroom, film editing lab, ceramics studio, and painting and drawing studio.
In 2007, the Wall Street Journal ranked University the 21st best high school based on how many University students were sent to top colleges and how successful they were there.[3]
Danny Plotnick, Film Instructor
James Faerron, Technical Theatre Instructor