News

Wednesday, Jan. 9, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at Drew.

Alumni: Sign up today and join us for lunch with faculty on campus!

The six Drew students who attended the Student Diversity Leadership Conference, hosted by the National Association of Independent Schools, present their experience and learnings during an all-school assembly.

Students in English 2 find their voices by amplifying the voices of others during the A Story Worth Telling assignment.

Congratulations to the 10 Drew Dragons named All-League athletes for the fall season!

Students in Mr. Thayer’s Letter Writing Experiential Elective find their voice through an exploration of the age-old art of letter writing.

15 Drew alumni join current members of the Boys and Girls Basketball teams for the annual Alumni Basketball Games in Drew's new gym.

Congratulations to the performers and crew of The Audition, Drew's fall play! 

Students in Spanish 1 join students in Mandarin 4 for a cultural exchange lesson around Dia de los Muertos and the Qingming Festival.

Students in Social Entrepreneurship demonstrate intellectual engagement, critical and creative thinking, and communication by envisioning a solution for a unique problem faced by Drew’s community partners at the Booker T. Washington Community Service Center.

Marine Science students visit Crissy Field to check out the plastics sculpture created by the Monterey Bay Aquarium. The class is working on their own plastics sculpture in order to bring awareness to the amount of single-use plastics we use.

Students in the Fun With Electronic ‘Junk’ Experiential Elective explore how common consumer electronics are constructed in order to repurpose, recycle, and upcycle—or, in some cases, create something entirely new from the parts.

Congratulations to the Boys Varsity Soccer team on winning the BCL-Central Championship over the #1 seed International! Both teams battled through regulation and two overtime periods before the game was decided in penalty kicks, 5-3.

Congratulations to the Boys Varsity Soccer team who defeated Gateway in the BCL-Central Semifinals and will play for the BCL-Central Championship on Friday, Oct. 26, at 8 p.m., at Beach Chalet #1.

The Dragons are in second place in the league and will host the league playoffs on Wednesday, Oct. 17, starting at 5 p.m. The finals will also be held at Booker T. on Saturday, Oct. 20, at 6 p.m.

Salsa Rueda is one of Drew’s signature Experiential Electives, offering students of any skill level an opportunity to explore solo, partnered, and group salsa dancing while also learning about Cuban culture. The Salsa Rueda ensembles take their learning to the stage when they perform each year during the winter and spring concerts.

11th-graders culminate an exploration of the American colonists in the 13 years between the French & Indian War and declaring independence from Britain with a colonial independence debate.

9th-graders in Theater Workshop perform "Neutral Scenes," for which students take context-free dialogue and expand upon it with a story, character development, setting, staging, costumes, and props.

10th-graders observe and record reactions of a variety of solutions to flame to understand where colors of fireworks come from and to learn more about electrons.

9th-graders engage in creative and critical thinking as they use the scientific method to investigate the instinctive behaviors of Betta fish in Biology.

The second annual Reptile Rumble between Drew and Gateway ended in a clean sweep for the Drew Dragons!

Taking inspiration from the Six-Word Memoirs project founded by Smith Magazine, students utilize advisory time to reflect and create six-word memoirs. The results range from powerful and insightful to whimsical and funny.

The Girls Varsity Volleyball team looks to its senior leadership this year to take the next step.

ASL 1 students display their burgeoning knowledge of the language by playing a game of silent telephone.

Parents/guardians of the Class of 2019 gather to learn from the College Counseling Office in detail about the senior calendar, elements of the application, standardized testing, financial aid, and to hear from past parents Kevin White, Kathleen DiGrande, Danya Shegoleff, Marianne Thompson, and Elizabeth Gerber about the college process.>

Experiential Electives expand the process of exploration and intellectual discovery at Drew through hands-on activities, explorations of Drew's surroundings, and discovery of new passions.

Students in the 9th grade are engaged in 9th-grade onboarding during their prep periods for the first weeks of the school year.

Drew has kicked off the 2018-2019 school year in style with an all-school assembly led by Student Body President Sydney '19 with remarks from Head of School David Frankenberg and Dean of Students Emily Dutton. Following the assembly and before beginning classes, students gathered in the courtyard to socialize over donuts.

We're proud to launch our redesigned website. Please take a look around and learn about how you'll find your voice at Drew. Please report any usability issues to communications@drewschool.org.

Hello, my name is Jules Greene and I am the new Director of Equity & Social Impact. I have had the awesome opportunity to spend the past few weeks getting to know the faculty and staff, and I am truly ecstatic to meet and get to know the students and parents/guardians that round out the Drew community.

More than 100 members of the Drew community gather in Golden Gate Park for a welcome back picnic hosted by Drew's Parent/Guardian Association.

Drew's faculty and staff wrapped up a week of intense preparations for the 18-19 school year, and are ready to welcome students back to campus!

In preparation for the Class of 2022's arrival next week for a retreat and orientation, and for school starting on Wednesday, the junior and senior members of the Freshman Mentor Program are on campus working together on team-building exercises, leadership, and how to help the incoming students thrive in high school.

Math teacher and basketball coach Bob Thayer is working with Teach With Africa & Global Teachers Institute this summer. Continue reading for his reflections.

Congratulations to the 69 newest members of the Drew alumni community! The graduates of the Class of 2018 have left an indelible impact on Drew and as they go off to 50 colleges across the globe, they will utilize their voices to advocate for progress and change.

Friday, May 18, at 3:30 p.m., at Big Rec. Sign up for the Dragon Wagon.

Congratulations to the Dragons, who defeated Bay 8-0 in the BCL-Central Semifinals to advance to the program's first-ever BCL-Central Championship game!

11th-grader Daro pitched seven scoreless innings with six strikeouts and no walks, while 12th-grader Jack and 10th-grader Jason each drove in two runs.

#GoDragons

Congratulations to the Girls Varsity Soccer team, who have advanced to the NCS Finals for the third year in a row. The #3 seed Dragons upset #2 seed Bentley in the semifinal round with a 2-0 victory, and will face Bay in the finals.

See the tournament bracket.

Thursday, May 10, 3:30 p.m., at Bentley School

Drew students in the Class of 2022, along with incoming transfer students, gather on campus for an evening of activities and celebration under the guidance of current student mentors.

Put on your Dragon gear and come out to support the girl's soccer team as they play San Domenico at Beach Chalet in the BCL-Central semifinals Tuesday, May 1, at 4 p.m. 

If they win, they will play on Thursday, May 3, at 7:30 p.m. at Kezar Stadium to win their third straight BCL-Central title. 

Go Dragons!

Students in Social Entrepreneurship class have completed a remodel of the student lounge. The space has historically lacked definition, design, and appeal. The students studied and applied Human Centered Design theory, which entailed surveying their fellow students and other stakeholders.

Drew's Women's Group presents an all-school assembly exploring the statistics, motivations, and history surrounding the #MeToo movement.

The online auction is now open, and stays open through April 11. Do some fun shopping and support Drew's financial aid and faculty professional development programs while you're at it! Speaking of faculty, they've been incredibly generous in donating their time with some super creative and interesting Count-Me-In parties. They'll sell out fast, so be sure to sign up soon!

The DEALL (Drew Education for Active Lifelong Learning) Week experience furthers Drew’s commitment to ensuring that students make connections between what they learn and how it is applied in the “real world.” DEALL activities range from international trips to study ecology or culture, to local Bay Area adventures and community service, to academic pursuits right from our very own campus. Each activity gives students an opportunity to stretch their limits and engage in a hands-on learning experience.

Follow the action on social media! #DEALL2018

Thirteen Drew juniors and seniors last week visited the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals at the James R. Browning Courthouse.

Welcome to the Class of 2022 and transfer students—the newest members of the Drew community! We are so excited to partner with you as you engage in a process of intellectual discovery to develop your individual voice, the confidence to express it, and the empathy to understand its impact.

Drew students join with students across the country in remembering lives lost to gun violence in schools, and advocating for change. Drew's Student Council organized an advisory curriculum, an all-school assembly, a letter writing campaign, a 17-minute silent sit-in in memory of the victims of the Parkland shooting, and a march to City Hall to advocate for gun reform.

In partnership with The Greater Farallones Sanctuary office, students in Maren Anderson's Marine Science course journey to Ocean Beach to further their research on Pacific mole crabs. Students survey a "swash zone" then measure and sex the crabs, contributing to a 16-year data set.

Drew's annual Writers Festival is a multidisciplinary celebration of writing that engages students to see writers from diverse traditions and fields. Students engage with writers as living artists relevant to our time and experience in the Bay Area in order to explore a writing process through inspiration, creation, and reflection.

Students in Unity, one of Drew's affinity groups, lead an interactive all-school assembly addressing a variety of topics around diversity, equity, and inclusion based on their experience at the National Association of Independent Schools' Student Diversity Leadership Conference.

Students in Maren Anderson's Marine Science course explore reflex circuitry in the nervous system and the effect of sensory stimuli on efferent output by splitting into small groups and selecting one "diver" to dunk their head in water in a variety of contexts, such as with a snorkel, with a facemask, and more. The other members of the group track the diver's reactions using a pulse oximeter.

Wednesday, Jan. 31, from 6 to 8 p.m. Register online.

11th-graders in Dr. Chiron Mukherjee's Physics class engage in the timeless activity of building and launching egg drop contraptions. Eggs were dropped first from a table, then from the second-floor breezeway, then the third-floor breezeway, then finally Drew's living roof.

Tuesday, Jan. 23, at 6 p.m., in the Learning Commons. Register online.

Please join the P/GA for an informative evening featuring a panel of college-aged alumni in conversation with Director of College Counseling Gregg Murray.

Drew alumni in college attend a wide variety of schools across the country and internationally. Hear how Drew helped them find their individual voices while preparing them academically, socially, and beyond. 

In addition to the in-person alumni, there will be video clips featuring additional college-aged alumni speaking to the value of their Drew experience. 

Six recent Drew graduates returned to campus to share their post-Drew experiences and wisdom with current 12th-graders. Abe '17 (taking a gap year through NOLS before attending Bard College), Sam '17 (UC Davis), Jack '17 (Haverford College), Sarah '17 (Hobart & William Smith Colleges), Emily '16 (UC Santa Cruz), and India '17 (University of Vermont) all answered questions about Drew's senior porject, the process of identifying colleges that are a good fit, the experience of the first few weeks of college, living with one or more roommates, and the most valuable thing they took away from their Drew experience.

Beginning at 4 p.m. in the gym at Booker T., Drew is hosting a Big Game Day for its Varsity Basketball matchups vs. Bay. Students who attend receive a free Drew Crew t-shirt to wear during the games!

The Varsity Girls game begins at 4 p.m., followed by the Varsity Boys game at 5:30 p.m.

Drew JV boys basketball players and family members showed up to assist the SF Marin Food Bank over the holiday break, helping to package 47,000 pounds of food for fixed income, Bay Area elderly. The JV squad kept turnovers low and finished with a win, helping the community this holiday season.