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
Town, like most independent schools, is governed by a board of trustees composed of parents, alumni, and other stakeholders.[3]
Mark Pirie, New Zealand poet, writer, literary critic, anthologist, publisher, and editor[11][12]
Deke Sharon, American singer, arranger, composer, director, producer, author, coach, pioneer, has been referred to as the "godfather of a cappella"[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]
^Charles Briffa, World Literature Today, Summer 1999, USA, pp. 604-605; Sarah Quigley, 'Checking out Gen X', New Zealand Books, vol. 8, no. 5, December 1998, pp. 16-17; Lydia Wevers, 'Talking about GenX', in Telling Stories: Postcolonial Short Fiction in English edited by Jacqueline Bardolph, Rodopi, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2001, pp. 379-387; Michelle Cruickshank, 'Write the Wave', Pavement, April/May 1998, p. 42
& Andrew Johnston, 'Mark Pirie's Excellent Adventure', Sport 21, Spring 1998
[1]
^Guy Somerset, 'Cover artists', Dominion Post, 5 December 2007, p. E3
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
Town, like most independent schools, is governed by a board of trustees composed of parents, alumni, and other stakeholders.[3]
Mark Pirie, New Zealand poet, writer, literary critic, anthologist, publisher, and editor[11][12]
Deke Sharon, American singer, arranger, composer, director, producer, author, coach, pioneer, has been referred to as the "godfather of a cappella"[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]
^Charles Briffa, World Literature Today, Summer 1999, USA, pp. 604-605; Sarah Quigley, 'Checking out Gen X', New Zealand Books, vol. 8, no. 5, December 1998, pp. 16-17; Lydia Wevers, 'Talking about GenX', in Telling Stories: Postcolonial Short Fiction in English edited by Jacqueline Bardolph, Rodopi, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2001, pp. 379-387; Michelle Cruickshank, 'Write the Wave', Pavement, April/May 1998, p. 42
& Andrew Johnston, 'Mark Pirie's Excellent Adventure', Sport 21, Spring 1998
[1]
^Guy Somerset, 'Cover artists', Dominion Post, 5 December 2007, p. E3