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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Town School For Boys
Address
2750 Jackson Street San Francisco , CA 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

Town is governed by a board of trustees composed of parents, alumni, and other stakeholders.^[3]

Notable alumni

• Ethan Canin, author, co-founder of the San Francisco Writers Grotto^[4]
• Alex Gansa, screenwriter and producer^[5]
• Andrew Getty, American oil heir, philanthropist^[6]
• John Heinz, former US senator from Pennsylvania, heir to the Heinz family fortune^[7]
• Daniel Lurie, mayor-elect of San Francisco^[8]
• Mark Pirie, New Zealand poet^[9]
• Ulrich Schmid-Maybach, real estate developer^[10]
• Ned Segal, former chief financial officer of Twitter^[11]
• Deke Sharon, American singer^[12]
• Nick Traina, late lead singer for Link 80^[13]

References

1. Kuchar, Sally (February 22, 2013). "The Town School for Boys Will Temporarily Takes Over Old Exploratorium Space". Curbed. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
2. Riley, Neal (February 21, 2013). "Lease agreement for temporary Palace of Fine Arts tenant approved". San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
3. "Board of Trustees". townschool.com. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
4. "About the Author: Ethan Canin". Newmarket Press. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
5. "Fall Network TV Preview: ABC, CBS, FOX". backstage.com. September 10, 2007. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007.
6. "FindLaw's Supreme Court of Nevada case and opinions". Findlaw. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
7. "Heinz in race for Senate seat". Beaver County Times. UPI. December 10, 1975. pp. A-15. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
8. "Daniel Lurie: A Man Who's Wearing Two Hats & Making a Super Difference for Our Greater Community". SiliconValleyTalk.com. Archived from the original on July 31, 2019. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
9. 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
10. Ryono, Debra. The Maybach Hybrid. worth.com. 2009-01-04. URL:http://www.worth.com/Editorial/Thought-Leaders/Profiles/Profile-Maybach-April-May08.asp. Accessed: 2009-01-04. (Archived by WebCite at)
11. Koehn, Josh (December 17, 2024). "Lurie taps ex-Twitter CFO to take charge of SF's downtown, housing crises". The San Francisco Standard.
12. "Rapkin, Mickey. "Pitch Perfect: The Quest for Collegiate A Cappella Glory"- Gotham Books, 2008". Pitchperfect-thebook.com. Retrieved November 28, 2011.
13. Steel, Danielle (1998). His Shining Light: The Story of Nick Traina. Delacorte Press. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-38533346-7. Retrieved February 11, 2019.

External links

• Official website