Crystal Springs Uplands School
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Community, Scholarship, Unbounded Spirit
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| 400 Uplands Drive Hillsborough, California, 94010 United States |
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| Coordinates | 37°33′28″N 122°20′18″W / 37.5577°N 122.3383°WCoordinates: 37°33′28″N 122°20′18″W / 37.5577°N 122.3383°W |
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| Type | Private, Coeducational |
| Religious affiliation | none |
| Established | 1952 |
| Head of school | Amy C. Richards |
| Faculty | 45 |
| Enrollment | 350 ~100 Middle School ~250 Upper School |
| Average class size | 14 students |
| Student:teacher ratio | 9:1 |
| Campus | Suburban, 10 acres (2 km²) |
| Color(s) | Cardinal and Navy Blue |
| Athletics | 30 sports |
| Athletics conference | CCS |
| Mascot | Gryphon |
| Average SAT scores | 730–800 verbal 730–800 math (2004) |
| Website | www.csus.org |
Crystal Springs Uplands School is a private high school and middle school located in Hillsborough, California, an affluent suburb about 20 miles (30 km) south of San Francisco. Crystal Springs Uplands is a college-preparatory school; most of its graduates go on to four-year colleges and universities after graduation. In late 2007, the Wall Street Journal identified Crystal Springs Uplands School as one of the world's top 50 schools for its success in preparing students to enter top American universities.[1]
Although an all-girls school from its founding in the 1950s (when it was known as Crystal Springs School for Girls) until 1977, it is now co-educational.
The campus has extensive grounds with sloping lawns, flowerbeds and vegetable patches, a large dense forest (called the Forbidden Forest), a number of other buildings, and a full-sized soccer field.
In 2004 Amy C. Richards from The Spence School became the school's new Head of School. For the school's 50th anniversary during the 2002–2003 school year, a current history teacher, Wells Wadleigh (Chair of the History Department), wrote a coffee-table book history of the school, entitled "Through These Arches".
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[edit] Baseball program
The 2005 & 2006 Crystal Springs Uplands baseball teams won North Coast Section Class B Championships.[2] Following a North Coast Section record 27–3 victory in the 2006 championship game, the San Francisco Chronicle named Crystal Springs Uplands one of the top 20 high school teams in the Bay Area.
[edit] Notable alumni
Patty Hearst, who became internationally known when she was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) in 1974, is a notable alumna. Her fiancé at the time of her abduction, Steven Weed, was one of her former instructors at Crystal Springs.
Tyson Mao is a competitive Rubik's Cube solvers and co-founder of the World Cube Association. He has made multiple media appearances, most notably on season 2 of Beauty and the Geek.
Jon Fisher served as co-founding chief executive officer of Bharosa, an Oracle company which produces the Oracle Adaptive Access Manager product.
Will Harvey is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur who achieved early fame as an Apple II game programmer at the age of 15.
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[edit] References
- ^ Staff writer (2007-12-28). "How the Schools Stack Up". The Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-COLLEGE0711-sort.html. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
- ^ "NCS Team Champions Baseball". 2009-04-10. http://cifncs.org/sports/baseball/files/RESULTS/Master%20Results.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
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