Located in the Presidio of San Francisco, The Bay School was founded in 2004 to provide something truly groundbreaking.
The Bay School's academically challenging, innovative curriculum sets us apart from other high schools. Our students develop an adept intellect, integrity, self-knowledge, and an expansive approach to learning. They are more than just prepared for college: They are equipped to bravely approach the challenges of an unpredictable world.
Community Takes Us Further
The Bay School is organized around the principles of mindfulness, equity, and community. These values sustain us and allow us to go further in both our intellectual and personal development. We foster collaboration, human-centered problem solving, and an aspiration to live in relationship with one another. Community is more like a verb for us, practiced in Morning Meetings and in the many ways students engage with their peers and staffulty.
Where Do Students Go After Bay?
Our students' paths after Bay are as unique as the students themselves. Learn more about our college counseling program and check out some alumni news to find out who our grads have become after Bay.
Our Home in the Presidio
In keeping with the Bay precept of living with kindness and honesty and being careful truth tellers, we acknowledge that the Bay School campus sits on the land of the Village of Yelamu, which is the traditional, unceded territory of the Ramaytush-speaking people, one of eight nations now referred to as Ohlone. The Bay Area was the site of trade, travel, gathering, and healing for more than a dozen Native tribes, many of whom continue to live and thrive here. We further acknowledge that colonization is ongoing and continues to adversely affect indigenous people here and around the world. The Bay School is committed to providing an education that works to dismantle ongoing legacies of settler colonialism by expanding our understanding of history; recognizing the hundreds of indigenous nations who continue to resist, live, and uphold their sacred relations across their lands; and considering how to repair historical and present harm.
The history, natural features, and surrounding businesses of the Presidio provide an extended classroom and a deep well for discovery by our students.
In 1776, the Presidio’s history as a military outpost began with the Spanish incursion and ended with its decommissioning by the US military in 1994, when it was transferred to the National Park Service. Built in 1912 as army barracks, our building at 35 Keyes is a national historic landmark. It also once served as the home of the military’s School for Cooks and Bakers. The building was restored to create a home for The Bay School, which has received numerous architectural and environmental awards for its LEED-certified design.
