Address:
940 Laguna Honda Blvd
San Francisco, CA 94127

Extended Care Phone:
415-731-6466 -- after 2:30 PM

Parish Center & Gym
201 Ulloa Street
San Francisco, CA 94127

 

About St. Brendan School

St. Brendan School is a co-educational Catholic grammar school (K through 8) in San Francisco with a total enrollment of 319 students. Our faculty and staff are committed to providing our students with the highest quality Catholic education while teaching them to become active Christians, responsible citizens, life-long learners, and problem solvers.

St. Brendan School, mindful of its mission to be witness to the love of Christ for all, admits students of any race, color, and national and/or ethnic origin, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, and national and/or ethnic origin, age, sex, or disability in administration of educational policies, admissions policies, tuition assistance programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.

CURRICULUM
St. Brendan School provides a rigorous academic curriculum designed to develop age-appropriate mastery of skills in elementary subjects. In addition to our core curriculum we offer instruction in technology/computers, music, dance, and art. By the eighth grade, our students average standardized test scores are in the 91-92% range, and virtually all of our graduates have gone on to San Francisco’s best college preparatory high schools, including St. Ignatius, Sacred Heart Cathedral, Convent, Archbishop Riordan, Mercy and Lowell.

St. Brendan alumni have continued their education at the finest universities in the country, including all of the UC campuses, Annapolis, West Point, Columbia, Fordham, Georgetown, Cornell, Stanford, Harvard, and Yale.

FACULTY
Principal: Mrs. Carol Grewal, B.Ed., MAT Besides our principal and ten classroom teachers, our faculty includes a full-time technology coordinator, a full-time librarian, two science teachers, a math/language arts associate, two learning support specialists, and instructors in art, physical education, motor skills, and dance. There are classroom aides for grades one through four, and grade eight.

Athletic directors for both boys and girls are in charge of our well-regarded after-school sports program for grades three through eight.

FACILITIES
Besides our immaculately maintained main school building, we offer a Learning Center for small group lessons; an excellent new gymnasium; a top-notch science lab; a 28,000 volume library; and a state-of-the-art technology lab incorporating 80 laptop and desktop computers with wireless connectivity and a mobile digital media center.

TUITION
  Parish Non-Parish
One child $4,700 $4,900
Two children $8,800 $9,000
Three or more $12,250 $12,500
Tuition assistance is available for those families requiring it.


SCHOOL HOURS
Kindergarten
Morning session: 8:00 am to 11:15 am
Afternoon session: 11:45 am to 3:00 pm
(10:30 am to 1:45 pm on Fridays)

Grades 1-8 8:00 am to 3:00 pm
(8:00 am to 1:30 pm on Fridays)


EXTENDED CARE
Extended care, supervised by a director and three associates, is available after school until 6:00 pm. Children are given a nutritious snack and drink and may take advantage of outside playtime, homework time, quiet time, and indoor activities.

ACCREDITATION
Western Catholic Educational Association (WCEA)
Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)

APPLICATION DEADLINES
Incoming Kindergarten: Applications due by January 11, 2008
Transfer Students:

Applications accepted throughoutthe school year.                                       



Please call the school office at 415-731-2665 to request an application and/or to arrange a tour of the school. Group tours are offered weekly from mid-September through November.


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