Founded 1951 School number CEEB Code: 052770 Total enrollment 1,076 (Jun 2005) Colors Black, White, Green | Superintendent David Yoshihara Principal Liz Seabury Phone +1 415-453-8770 | |
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School type Public, comprehensive high school Oversight Western Association of Schools and Colleges,
Accrediting Commission for Schools Address 1327 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Anselmo, CA 94960, USA District Tamalpais Union High School District Similar Terra Linda High School, Marin Catholic, Marin Academy, Novato High School, San Rafael High School Profiles | ||
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Sir Francis Drake High School is a secondary school located in San Anselmo, California. It is named after the English privateer and naval hero Sir Francis Drake, who purportedly landed in the area in 1579. The school's mascot is a pirate named Petey.
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- Cool school sir francis drake high school
- Sir francis drake high school s homecoming highlight 2014
- History
- School Awards
- Academies
- Trek
- Galileo
- ROCK
- Mobius
- Sea Disc
- Comacad
- Basketball
- Jolly Roger
- Mountain Biking Club
- Notable alumni
- Notable faculty
- References
The school was established in 1951 as the second high school in the Tamalpais Union High School District. It is located at 1327 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, situated on a 21-acre (85,000 m²) campus bordered by two creeks. The site was formerly known as Cordone Gardens.
Approximately 99% of Drake’s 2015 students graduated.
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History
Sir Francis Drake high school was founded in 1951 in San Anselmo, California, providing schooling for students from Fairfax, Forest Knolls, Lagunitas, San Geronimo, Woodacre, San Anselmo, and Nicasio grades 9–12. This was the second high school to be introduced into the Tamalpais Union High School District, the first being Tamalpais High School. Until 1958, Sir Francis Drake High School served other towns of Marin that are now served by Redwood High School, including Corte Madera, Ross, Larkspur, Greenbrae, and Kentfield.
Between 1992 and 1995, Drake High School started a new program of small learning communities due to the poor performance of students, which was affecting the perception of the school. Drake has received two state grants for these programs; one in 1996–1997 and the other being in 2000. Since then, there have been four Freshman–Sophomore Academies and two Junior–Senior Academies.
In 2012, Drake implemented a new technology program called "Echo". Its goal was to encourage communication, collaboration, and improve teacher practices. ECHO is active in two of the four Freshmen-Sophomore academies: Trek and Galileo.
School Awards
Drake High School has received many awards for its academic success through the 90's.
In 1990 was Designated as a Next Century School by RJR Nabisco Foundation for its "entrepreneurship in education." Drake was one of the thirty school to receive this award.
In 1999 Drake High School was designated as a California Distinguished School.
In 2003 Drake was the first high school to be recognized has a Bay Area Green Business School for its environmental awareness around campus.
Academies
Drake's two academies, Galileo and Trek, have now merged into The Learning Collaborative, one of the less great programs Drake offers.
Trek
Trek is a Freshman-Sophomore academy that runs off New Tech: Echo. Originally a 9th grade only program, since 2014 is now a 9th-10th grade program. Trek is a group project focused academy which teaches based on 5 learning outcomes: Collaboration, Agency, Oral Communication, Written Communication, and Knowledge and Thinking Skills.
Galileo
Galileo is a Freshman-Sophomore academy that runs off New Tech: Echo. Like Trek, Galileo is a group project focused academy that works off of similar learning outcomes based on the "Common Core".
ROCK
ROCK was started in 1992, making it the first academy. ROCK is a Freshman-Sophomore academy which has an focus on the arts. ROCK focuses on four large group projects a year that helps to nurture an environment for writers, artist, scientist, and problem solvers. ROCK is one of the most difficult frosh-soph programs, but is highly regarded for the community it creates.
Mobius
Mobius was a 9th-10th program until 2014, when it became a Sophomore only program, only to go back to being a Freshmen-Sophomore in 2015. Mobius is a group project based learning academy which focuses on Leadership, Community, and Critical Thinking while answering the overall question "How do we know what we know?"
Sea-Disc
Sea-Disc is a Junior-Senior academy with a focus on group project revolving around environmental education and protection. The program focuses on giving students hands-on experience taking care of the environment with laboratory experiments and Field Trips, helping students to make a difference. Students also are asked political and environmental questions without a defined answers and have to find an answer.
Comacad
The Communications Academy of Sir Francis Drake High School is an inter-disciplinary two year program of English, Economics and Digital Communications.
Basketball
In 1982 both the boys and girls basketball teams took the state division II title. The boys basketball team returned to the states championship in 2014 but lost.
Jolly Roger
The school newspaper, the Jolly Roger is published almost every month. The 1986-87 edition was a winner of Columbia University’s Silver Crown Award for high school newspapers in 1988. The Jolly Roger has been a regular recipient of the Medalist rating, given to the top 5% among high school newspapers in its class in United States.
Mountain Biking Club
The school's NICA NorCal League mountain bike team is notable for being one of the first in the nation and has won numerous regional and statewide competitions. The team is nine time NorCal League champions (2004, 2006, 2009-2015) and five time California State champions (2009-2012, 2015), being beaten by Redwood High School in 2013 and 2014