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{{Infobox School
{{Infobox school
| name = The Brandeis School of San Francisco
| name = The Brandeis School of San Francisco
|image =
| image =
| streetaddress = 655 Brotherhood Way
| streetaddress = 655 Brotherhood Way
| city = [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]]
| city = [[San Francisco]]
| state = [[California]]
| state = [[California]]
| county = [[San Francisco County, California|San Francisco County]]
| county =
| zipcode = 94132
| zipcode = 94132
| country = USA
| country = USA
| religion = [[Jewish]]
| religion = [[Jewish]]
| founder = Rabbi Saul White
| founder = Rabbi Saul White
| head of school = Dr. Dan Glass
| head of school = Dr. Dan Glass
| type = [[Private school|Private]]
| type = [[Private school|Private]]
| gender = [[Mixed-sex education|Co-educational]]
| gender = [[Mixed-sex education|Co-educational]]
| free_label = Core Values
| free_label = Core Values
| free_text = Kindness, Integrity, & Service
| free_text = Kindness, Integrity, & Service
| grades = [[Kindergarten]]-[[Eighth grade|8]]
| grades = [[Kindergarten]]-[[Eighth grade|8]]
| team_name = Lions
| team_name = Lions
| colors = [[Blue]] and [[white]] {{color box|blue}}{{color box|white}}
| colors = [[Blue]] and [[white]] {{color box|blue}}{{color box|white}}
| established = 1963
| established = 1963
| enrollment = 356
| enrollment = 356
| enrollment_as_of = 2018–2019
| enrollment_as_of = 2018–2019
| free_label1 = Director of Admissions
| free_label1 = Director of Admissions
| free_text1 = Tania Lowenthal
| free_text1 = Angie Dalfen
| free_label2 = Athletics Director
| free_label2 = Athletics Director
| free_text2 = Corrie Mizusawa
| free_text2 = Corrie Mizusawa
| free_label3 = Director of Jewish Learning
| free_label3 = Director of Jewish Learning
| free_text3 = Debby Arzt-Mor
| free_text3 = Debby Arzt-Mor
| free_label4 = Director of Lower School
| free_label4 = Director of Lower School
| free_text4 = Jenny Rinn
| free_text4 = Jenny Rinn
| free_label5 = Director of Middle School
| free_label5 = Director of Middle School
| free_text5 = Dr. Sivan Tarle
| free_text5 = Dr. Sivan Tarle
| footnotes =
| footnotes =
| picture =
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| homepage = http://www.sfbrandeis.org
| homepage = http://www.sfbrandeis.org
|coordinates={{coord|37.772928|-122.439880|display=it}}
| coordinates = {{coord|37.7131135|-122.4758998|display=it}}
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'''The Brandeis School of San Francisco,''' or Brandeis, is an independent, co-educational, [[Jews|Jewish]] day school for students in kindergarten through eighth grade, located in the [[Parkmerced, San Francisco|Park Merced]] neighborhood of [[San Francisco]], [[California]], United States. From its founding in 1963 until 1973, the school was known as Brandeis.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ghert-Zand|first1=Renee|title=Brandeis Hillel campuses in Marin and S.F. agree to split|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/70766/brandeis-hillel-campuses-in-marin-and-s.f.-agree-to-split|publisher=The J. Weekly|date=February 6, 2014|ref=1}}</ref> Following the merge with the Hillel School, the school was known as Brandeis Hillel Day School. As of July 1, 2015, the San Francisco campus of the former Brandeis Hillel Day School is now the Brandeis School of San Francisco.<ref>{{cite news|title=Brandeis Hillel S.F. getting a new name|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/74326/brandeis-hillel-s.f.-getting-a-new-name/|publisher=The J. Weekly|date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
'''The Brandeis School of San Francisco,''' or Brandeis, is an independent, co-educational, [[Jews|Jewish]] day school for students in kindergarten through eighth grade, located in the [[Parkmerced, San Francisco|Park Merced]] neighborhood of [[San Francisco]], [[California]], United States. From its founding in 1963 until 1973, the school was known as Brandeis.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ghert-Zand|first1=Renee|title=Brandeis Hillel campuses in Marin and S.F. agree to split|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/70766/brandeis-hillel-campuses-in-marin-and-s.f.-agree-to-split|publisher=The J. Weekly|date=February 6, 2014|ref=1}}</ref> Following the merge with the Hillel School, the school was known as Brandeis Hillel Day School. As of July 1, 2015, the San Francisco campus of the former Brandeis Hillel Day School is now The Brandeis School of San Francisco.<ref>{{cite news|title=Brandeis Hillel S.F. getting a new name|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/74326/brandeis-hillel-s.f.-getting-a-new-name/|publisher=The J. Weekly|date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>


The school is a member of the California Association of Independent Schools.<ref>{{cite news|title=Alphabetical Listing of Our Schools|url=http://www.caisca.org/page/22411_Alphabetical_Listing_of_Our_Schools.asp|agency=CAIS}}</ref>
The school is a member of the California Association of Independent Schools.<ref>{{cite news|title=Alphabetical Listing of Our Schools|url=http://www.caisca.org/page/22411_Alphabetical_Listing_of_Our_Schools.asp|agency=CAIS}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
Brandeis was founded in 1963 by Rabbi Saul White of Congregation Beth Sholom and named after [[Jewish]] [[Supreme Court of the United States|US Supreme Court]] [[List of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States|Justice]] [[Louis Brandeis]].<ref>{{cite web|title=White (Saul) papers, 1931-1983.|url=http://magnes.berkeley.edu/collections/archives/western-jewish-americana/white-saul-papers-1931-1983|publisher=Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life}}</ref> In 1973, Brandeis merged with the Hillel School and became known as Brandeis Hillel Day School (BHDS), and in 1983 BHDS moved to its present location on Brotherhood Way. Ten years later, Brandeis moved to its current location on Brotherhood Way.<ref>{{cite news|title=Brandeis Hillel marks 50th year with jubilee gala|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/67897/brandeis-hillel-marks-50th-year-with-jubilee-gala/|publisher=The J. Weekly}}</ref> In 1978, Brandeis Hillel Day School opened a second campus in [[San Rafael, California]]. In 2014, the Brandeis Hillel Day School Board of Trustees approved the creation of two separate independent schools.<ref>{{cite news|title=Brandeis Hillel campuses in Marin and S.F. agree to split|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/70766/brandeis-hillel-campuses-in-marin-and-s.f.-agree-to-split/|publisher=The J. Weekly|date=February 6, 2014}}</ref> As of July 1, 2015, the San Francisco campus is now the Brandeis School of San Francisco.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Himmelstein|first1=Drew|title=Brandeis schools in S.F., Marin go their separate ways|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/75709/brandeis-schools-in-s.f.-marin-go-their-separate-ways/|publisher=The J. Weekly|date=September 17, 2015}}</ref>
Brandeis was founded in 1963 by Rabbi Saul White of [[Congregation Beth Sholom (San Francisco, California)]] and named after [[Jewish]] [[Supreme Court of the United States|US Supreme Court]] [[List of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States|Justice]] [[Louis Brandeis]].<ref>{{cite web|title=White (Saul) papers, 1931-1983.|url=http://magnes.berkeley.edu/collections/archives/western-jewish-americana/white-saul-papers-1931-1983|publisher=Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life}}</ref> In 1973, Brandeis merged with the Hillel School and became known as Brandeis Hillel Day School (BHDS), and in 1983 BHDS moved to its present location on Brotherhood Way.<ref>{{cite news|title=Brandeis Hillel marks 50th year with jubilee gala|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/67897/brandeis-hillel-marks-50th-year-with-jubilee-gala/|publisher=The J. Weekly}}</ref> The school was designed by architect [[Robert Marquis]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pdf.oac.cdlib.org/pdf/berkeley/ceda/marquis.pdf|title=Robert B. Marquis Collection, c. 1947, 1953-1994|website=Online Archive of California|publisher=University of California, Berkeley |editor=Kitty Luce |editor2=Jessie Durant|year=2012|page=4}}</ref> In 1978, Brandeis Hillel Day School opened a second campus in [[San Rafael, California]]. In 2014, the Brandeis Hillel Day School Board of Trustees approved the creation of two separate independent schools.<ref>{{cite news|title=Brandeis Hillel campuses in Marin and S.F. agree to split|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/70766/brandeis-hillel-campuses-in-marin-and-s.f.-agree-to-split/|publisher=The J. Weekly|date=February 6, 2014}}</ref> As of July 1, 2015, the San Francisco campus is now The Brandeis School of San Francisco.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Himmelstein|first1=Drew|title=Brandeis schools in S.F., Marin go their separate ways|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/75709/brandeis-schools-in-s.f.-marin-go-their-separate-ways/|publisher=The J. Weekly|date=September 17, 2015}}</ref>


==Facilities==
==Facilities==
In addition to lower school and middle school classrooms, Brandeis has a cutting-edge science center, an art studio, a regulation-size [[Gym|gymnasium]], and large outdoor athletics and play areas. In 2002, Brandeis completed the newest building, the mercaz, a $10 million, 24,200 square foot building which houses the kindergarten through third grade classrooms; administrative offices; a 2,800 square foot media resource center and library; an acoustically-designed music room; and beit midrash (used for weekly [[Jewish prayer|tefillah]]).<ref>{{cite news|last1=Goldsmith|first1=Aleza|title=A new building is taking shape on S.F.‘s Brandeis Hillel campus|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/16731/a-new-building-is-taking-shape-on-s-f-s-brandeis-hillel-campus/|publisher=The J Weekly|date=November 9, 2001}}</ref>
In addition to lower school and middle school classrooms, Brandeis has a cutting-edge science center, an art studio, a regulation-size [[gym]]nasium, and large outdoor athletics and play areas. In 2002, Brandeis completed the newest building, the mercaz, a $10 million, 24,200 square foot building which houses the kindergarten through third grade classrooms; administrative offices; a 2,800 square foot media resource center and library; an acoustically-designed music room; and beit midrash (used for weekly [[Jewish prayer|tefillah]]).<ref>{{cite news|last1=Goldsmith|first1=Aleza|title=A new building is taking shape on S.F.‘s Brandeis Hillel campus|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/16731/a-new-building-is-taking-shape-on-s-f-s-brandeis-hillel-campus/|publisher=The J Weekly|date=November 9, 2001}}</ref>


==Athletics==
==Athletics==
Brandeis offers athletics opportunities in [[Cross country running|cross country]], [[soccer]], [[basketball]], [[volleyball]], and [[Track and field|track and field]] for boys and girls in fifth through eighth grades. The school participates in the Bay Area Interscholastic Athletic League (BAIAL)<ref>{{cite web|title=BAIAL Member Schools|url=http://baial.net/?page_id=41}}</ref> with other [[San Francisco Bay Area|Bay Area]] independent schools. In some sports, Brandeis participates in the [[Catholic Youth Organization]].
Brandeis offers athletics opportunities in [[Cross country running|cross country]], [[soccer]], [[basketball]], [[volleyball]], and [[track and field]] for boys and girls in fifth through eighth grades. The school participates in the Bay Area Interscholastic Athletic League (BAIAL)<ref>{{cite web|title=BAIAL Member Schools|url=http://baial.net/?page_id=41}}</ref> with other [[San Francisco Bay Area|Bay Area]] independent schools. In some sports, Brandeis participates in the [[Catholic Youth Organization]].


==Student Community Board==
==Student Community Board==
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The Brandeis School of San Francisco
Address
Map
655 Brotherhood Way

San Francisco
,
California
94132

Vereinigte Staaten
Coordinates37°42′47″N 122°28′33″W / 37.7131135°N 122.4758998°W / 37.7131135; -122.4758998
Information
TypPrivate
Religious affiliation(s)Jewish
Established1963
GründerRabbi Saul White
Head of schoolDr. Dan Glass
GradesKindergarten-8
GenderCo-educational
Enrollment356 (2018–2019)
Color(s)Blue and white   
Team nameLions
Core ValuesKindness, Integrity, & Service
Director of AdmissionsAngie Dalfen
Athletics DirectorCorrie Mizusawa
Director of Jewish LearningDebby Arzt-Mor
Director of Lower SchoolJenny Rinn
Director of Middle SchoolDr. Sivan Tarle
Websitehttp://www.sfbrandeis.org

The Brandeis School of San Francisco, or Brandeis, is an independent, co-educational, Jewish day school for students in kindergarten through eighth grade, located in the Park Merced neighborhood of San Francisco, California, United States. From its founding in 1963 until 1973, the school was known as Brandeis.[1] Following the merge with the Hillel School, the school was known as Brandeis Hillel Day School. As of July 1, 2015, the San Francisco campus of the former Brandeis Hillel Day School is now The Brandeis School of San Francisco.[2]

The school is a member of the California Association of Independent Schools.[3]

History

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Brandeis was founded in 1963 by Rabbi Saul White of Congregation Beth Sholom (San Francisco, California) and named after Jewish US Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis.[4] In 1973, Brandeis merged with the Hillel School and became known as Brandeis Hillel Day School (BHDS), and in 1983 BHDS moved to its present location on Brotherhood Way.[5] The school was designed by architect Robert Marquis.[6] In 1978, Brandeis Hillel Day School opened a second campus in San Rafael, California. In 2014, the Brandeis Hillel Day School Board of Trustees approved the creation of two separate independent schools.[7] As of July 1, 2015, the San Francisco campus is now The Brandeis School of San Francisco.[8]

Facilities

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In addition to lower school and middle school classrooms, Brandeis has a cutting-edge science center, an art studio, a regulation-size gymnasium, and large outdoor athletics and play areas. In 2002, Brandeis completed the newest building, the mercaz, a $10 million, 24,200 square foot building which houses the kindergarten through third grade classrooms; administrative offices; a 2,800 square foot media resource center and library; an acoustically-designed music room; and beit midrash (used for weekly tefillah).[9]

Athletics

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Brandeis offers athletics opportunities in cross country, soccer, basketball, volleyball, and track and field for boys and girls in fifth through eighth grades. The school participates in the Bay Area Interscholastic Athletic League (BAIAL)[10] with other Bay Area independent schools. In some sports, Brandeis participates in the Catholic Youth Organization.

Student Community Board

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Every year, the middle school Student Community Board (SCB) holds elections for the executive board. Positions up for election are co-presidents, secretary, treasurer, and Jewish voice.[11] In addition to the executive board, each middle school advisory group (of which there are 12) selects a representative for SCB. The SCB helps plan the school dance, runs the school store, and organizes the annual basketball tournament.

The annual basketball tournament is hosted by SCB to raise money for tzedakah. Teams of middle school students face off against each other all week. The winning team competes against a team of faculty and staff during a Friday afternoon event attended by the entire school. The money raised from the tournament and all proceeds from the school store on the day of the students vs. faculty/staff basketball game are donated to a cause selected by the middle school students.

The SCB also spearheads an annual penny war in which advisories compete to raise money. The winning advisory selects where the money is donated. Money raised during the 2014–15 penny war was donated to Develop Africa.

Sukkot in Yosemite

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Beginning in 2001 and occurring every three years, Brandeis hosts Sukkot in Yosemite National Park. Hundreds of members of the community come together to celebrate the holiday of Sukkot. The event takes place in October.[12]

The Opposite of Spoiled

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In February 2015, The New York Times' personal finance columnist Ron Lieber published the book The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous, and Smart about Money. The book features a section about Brandeis and the school's seventh grade Tzedek Fund.[13] When interviewed about the book, Lieber said, "I visited the Seventh Grade Philanthropy Fund [at Brandeis Hillel Day School in the San Francisco Bay Area] and it was completely inspiring. In addition to giving 13 year olds adult responsibilities and seeing them rise to the occasion and evaluating adults that come to them for money, it's a lesson for tradeoff: Who is most in need? Who are we to make that decision? What do we need to know about the world in order to make a good choice? It's so spectacular in so many ways."[14]

Notable students

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References

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  1. ^ Ghert-Zand, Renee (February 6, 2014). "Brandeis Hillel campuses in Marin and S.F. agree to split". The J. Weekly.
  2. ^ "Brandeis Hillel S.F. getting a new name". The J. Weekly. April 2, 2015.
  3. ^ "Alphabetical Listing of Our Schools". CAIS.
  4. ^ "White (Saul) papers, 1931-1983". Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life.
  5. ^ "Brandeis Hillel marks 50th year with jubilee gala". The J. Weekly.
  6. ^ Kitty Luce; Jessie Durant, eds. (2012). "Robert B. Marquis Collection, c. 1947, 1953-1994" (PDF). Online Archive of California. University of California, Berkeley. p. 4.
  7. ^ "Brandeis Hillel campuses in Marin and S.F. agree to split". The J. Weekly. February 6, 2014.
  8. ^ Himmelstein, Drew (September 17, 2015). "Brandeis schools in S.F., Marin go their separate ways". The J. Weekly.
  9. ^ Goldsmith, Aleza (November 9, 2001). "A new building is taking shape on S.F.'s Brandeis Hillel campus". The J Weekly.
  10. ^ "BAIAL Member Schools".
  11. ^ "The Votes Are In! Middle School Holds Elections for 2015-16 Student Community Board Officers".
  12. ^ Ghert-Zand, Renee (September 30, 2010). "Day school families celebrate Sukkot in Yosemite". The J. Weekly.
  13. ^ "Tzedakah lessons take root at BHDS". The J. Weekly.
  14. ^ "An Interview with Ron Lieber, Author of The Opposite of Spoiled". JTFN.
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