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Students at The Brandeis School of San Francisco make it matter by participating as innovators and doers in the unique challenges of our time.
Together, we nurture creativity and curiosity, celebrating the connections that engage students with learning, with each other, and with our world.
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Where learning and purpose go hand in hand.
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Celebrating the many ways of being Jewish.
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Our values aren’t just painted on the walls: they walk the halls.
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Parent involvement keeps our community warm, welcoming, and vibrant.
Recent News
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Eggscellent Eggsperiment Teaches Fifth Graders the Scientific Method
To introduce fifth graders to the scientific method, fifth grade STEAM teacher Eitam Kohen set up an “eggscellent eggsperiment” for his students. Mr. Kohen first introduced the steps of the scientific method—ask a question, do background research, form a hypothesis, test the hypthoesis, analyze the data, and draw conclusions—and then students were tasked with determining the correct number of minutes for a perfect soft-boiled egg...Read More -
Responsive Classroom Approach Helps Guide Second Grade Class Agreement
At the beginning of the year, classes work together to create agreements regarding their goals for the year and how they can collectively work towards accomplishing those goals, which is part of the Responsive Classroom teaching approach. This week in second grade, students created their class agreement by first thinking of academic goals they have for themselves, and then of their hopes for the classroom...Read More -
Middle School Kicks Off Year with Joyful and Meaningful Retreat
Read MoreFollowing the first-day-of-school welcome celebration, eighth graders loaded onto a bus for the middle school retreat (sixth and seventh graders joined the following day). When the eighth graders arrived, explains Director of Middle School Dr. Sivan Tarle, “they took part in a series of activities that had them to look inward and ask themselves what they find joy in and how they learn best.” Eighth graders also participated in a design thinking challenge where they designed an ideal fictional school for their peers based on the ways they self-identified as learning best... -
Welcome to the 2018–19 School Year!
We were so excited to welcome back our students and families on Tuesday! The weather didn't put a damper on the first-day-of-school assembly, as Dr. Glass shared his wishes for the upcoming year, Director of Lower School Jenny Rinn and Director of Middle School Dr. Sivan Tarle addressed their students, and Director of Jewish Learning Debby Arzt-Mor led students and parents in blowing the shofar to mark this new year...Read More -
Brandeis Welcomes Educators from Around the World for Ethical Creativity Institute 2018
Read MoreIn June 2018, 31 educators from Jewish schools around the world participated in the third annual Ethical Creativity Institute (ECI) hosted by The Brandeis School of San Francisco. Started in 2016, ECI is a professional development program aimed at connecting design thinking, innovation, and Jewish ethics, while encouraging cross-pollination among a range of Jewish educators...
