Town School for Boys

This article is about the San Francisco-based school for boys. For the New York City-based coeducational school, see The Town School.

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Private school in San Francisco, CA, USA

Town School For Boys

Address

2750 Jackson Street

San Francisco

USA

Information
Type| Private
Established| 1939
Head of School| Lorri Hamilton Durbin
Faculty| 65
Gender| All-male
Enrollment| 400
Student to teacher ratio| 11:1
Color(s)| Blue and White
Mascot| Town Tiger
Website| www.townschool.com

Town School for Boys, located in San Francisco, California, is an independent day school for boys from kindergarten through the eighth grade.

The school was established in 1939 by parents from the recently closed and privately owned Damon School, and in 1938-39 was known as the Tamalpais Junior School. Town School for Boys is considered a college preparatory institution for boys in San Francisco. The school is well respected nationally, and has a thriving teacher training program called the New Teacher Institute, founded in 1990. The enrollment of over 400 boys is divided into 9 grades, K - 8, with two classes per grade.

While renovations took place in the 2013-14 school year, the school temporarily leased the space in the Palace of Fine Arts vacated by the Exploratorium.[1][2]

## Governance[edit]

Town, like most independent schools, is governed by a board of trustees composed of parents, alumni, and other stakeholders.[3]

## Heads of School[edit]

[citation needed]

* 1938–1957, Edwin M. Rich
* 1957- 1962, Robert M. Kimball
* 1962–1963, Dr. Harold E. Merrick
* 1963–1965, Samuel Hazard
* 1965–1967, Marshall Umpleby
* 1967–1989, David L. Pratt
* 1989–2016, W. Brewster Ely
* 2016–2017, Lila B. Lohr, Interim
* 2017–present, Lorri Hamilton Durbin

## Notable alumni[edit]

* Nick Traina
* John Heinz
* Andrew Getty
* Ethan Canin
* Mark Pirie
* Deke Sharon
* Alex Gansa
* Ulrich Schmid-Maybach

## References[edit]

1. ^ Kuchar, Sally (2013-02-22). "The Town School for Boys Will Temporarily Takes Over Old Exploratorium Space". Curbed. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
2. ^ Riley, Neal (2013-02-21). "Lease agreement for temporary Palace of Fine Arts tenant approved". San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
3. ^ "Board of Trustees". townschool.com. Retrieved 2022-06-25.

## External links[edit]

* Official website

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San Francisco schools

San Francisco USD

Comp. high schools|

* Balboa
* Burton
* Galileo Academy of Science and Technology
* Abraham Lincoln
* Marshall Academic
* Mission
* O'Connell of Technology
* Wallenberg Traditional
* George Washington

Alt/magnet high schools|

* Asawa School of the Arts
* Lowell

Charter high schools|

* Leadership

Elementary schools|

* Chinese Immersion School at De Avila

Superintendents|

* William Langdon
* Ramón C. Cortines
* Bill Rojas
* Richard Carranza

Independent schools

Secular private schools|

* La Scuola Int'l
* Bay
* Katherine Delmar Burke
* Chinese American Int'l
* French American Int'l
* German Int'l of Silicon Valley (S.F. campus)
* Int'l H.S. of S.F.
* Lycée Français
* San Francisco Pacific Academy
* Town School for Boys
* San Francisco University High School

Religious private schools|

* Archbishop Riordan J.S.
* Cathedral School for Boys
* Convent of the Sacred Heart H.S.
* Immaculate Conception Acad.
* Krouzian-Zekarian-Vasbouragan Armenian
* Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep.
* S.F. Waldorf
* St. Ignatius College prep.
* Stuart Hall for Boys
* Stuart Hall H.S.

Closed|

* Mercy H.S.

Tertiary education

Undergraduate|

* City College of S.F.
* Golden Gate U.
* S.F. State U.
* U. of San Francisco
* Minerva U.

Creative and
culinary arts|

* Academy of Art U
* American Conservatory Theater
* Art Institute of Calif. S.F.
* Calif. College of the Arts
* Calif. Culinary Acad.
* S.F. Conservatory of Music
* S.F. Art Institute

Graduate|

* Alliant Int'l U
* Calif. Inst. of Integral Studies
* Golden Gate U.
* U. of the Pacific Dugoni School of Dentistry
* S.F. Law School
* Saybrook University
* U. of Calif., S.F.
* S.F. State U.
* U. of Calif. College of Law, S.F.
* U. of S.F.

Other

Public libraries|

* San Francisco Public Library
* Main Library

Supplementary schools|

* Japanese School of San Francisco

State schools|

* California School for the Deaf (moved to Berkeley in 1869)

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Single-gender schools in California

Public boys' schools|

* Boys Academic Leadership Academy

Private boys' schools|

| Greater Los Angeles|

* Cathedral HS
* Crespi Carmelite HS
* Damien HS
* Don Bosco Tech. Inst.
* Loyola HS
* Salesian HS
* Saint Francis HS
* Servite HS
* St. John Bosco HS
* Verbum Dei HS
* YULA Boys HS

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Bay Area|

* Bellarmine College Prep.
* Cathedral School
* De La Salle HS
* Junípero Serra HS
* Stuart Hall
* Stuart Hall HS
* Town School

Greater San Diego|

* St. Augustine HS

Closed|

* St. Michael's Prep. (Silverado)

Public girls' schools|

* Girls Academic Leadership Academy

Private girls' schools|

| Greater Los Angeles|

* Archer
* Bishop Conaty-Our Lady of Loretto HS
* Flintridge Sacred Heart Acad.
* Immaculate Heart HS
* La Reina HS
* Louisville HS
* Marlborough
* Marymount HS
* Mayfield Senior
* Notre Dame Acad.
* Pomona Catholic HS
* Ramona Convent Sec.
* Rosary Acad.
* Sacred Heart HS
* St. Joseph HS
* St. Lucy's Priory HS
* St. Mary's Acad.
* San Gabriel Mission HS
* Westridge
* YULA Girls HS

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Bay Area|

* Katherine Delmar Burke
* Carondelet HS
* Castilleja
* Convent of the Sacred Heart HS
* Hamlin
* Holy Names HS
* Immaculate Conception Acad.
* Mercy HS (Burlingame)
* Julia Morgan
* Notre Dame HS (Belmont)
* Notre Dame HS (San Jose)
* Presentation HS

Greater San Diego|

* The Academy of Our Lady of Peace

Greater Sacramento|

* St. Francis HS

Closed|

* Cornelia Connelly HS (Anaheim)
* Holy Family HS (Glendale)
* Mercy HS (San Francisco)

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