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It is integrated across academic disciplines and incorporates a project-based approach in which our students develop academic skills through inquiry and collaboration. Read more about our educational philosophy > COMMUNITY IS KEY IMG_5686.jpg Academics D68E69CE-20E2-4809-9112-C7211E4B5E50.jpeg Admission IMG_6510.JPG Support IMG_7984.jpg We Are CDS inline_images_1567211498787-99553B53-2CF6-473E-A4C1-798E6817DB0D.jpg Our Community 5XoFL5YySL6OzvORi0Y9Pg.jpg Alumni LATEST NEWS SEE ALL > CDS Statement on Antiracism As conversations have increased in the past several months about racism, social justice, and police brutality throughout our nation, CDS faculty and staff have realized that we need to be more reflective about racial inequality within our own school... Read more CDS Teacher Helps Foot the Bill with Shoe Design These days it’s more important than ever to support our local businesses, and Preschool Starfish Head Teacher Greg Gardner is doing just that! Greg frequently works with the San Francisco Skate Club, a program that provides not only skateboarding... Read more Scholar Cards Provide Instant Library Access for All CDS Students In the four months since we opened the CDS Community Library and Center for Inquiry, our students have been introduced to an amazing number of new books and authors. Now, we will be able to expand their horizons even further through a new... Read more Students Lobby for Accessibility Upgrades to Our Campus One of the eleven CDS Learning Beliefs states that "assessment should be embedded in the learning process and is most meaningful when it incorporates reflection, feedback, and revision." In the summer of 2018, the school embarked on a major remodel... Read more The Starfish Perform at 826 Valencia Our Preschool Starfish students love to sing, and last Friday they got to perform to a big audience! 826 Valencia, San Francisco’s beloved educational center for young writers and artists, was having a release party for the latest issue of... Read more The Community Library Opens A new, exciting learning space has opened up for our students! The CDS Community Library and Center for Inquiry officially opened on November 11, and last week we welcomed a large crowd of CDS families for an open house. The recent remodeling of... Read more Yangsook Choi Visits CDS The CDS Community Library and Center for Inquiry is almost open for business (our Open House is scheduled for next Friday), and we’ve already had our first visit from an author! Yangsook Choi, writer and illustrator of children’s books such as The... Read more CDS Students Oppose Juul on Local News Two of our eighth graders were interviewed today by KTVU Channel 2 News. The students spoke about SF Proposition C (sponsored by Juul and others) and encouraged people to learn more about the issue. “I asked my students, ‘Do you have any friends... Read more CDS Students Take Part in Climate Strike Today, millions of students in 150 countries around the world took to the streets to protest the lack of progress in climate change reform. Thousands of people participated in the San Francisco protests, and CDS eighth graders were among them.... Read more Middle School Students Create Play in Honor of Harvey Milk Last week, a group of CDS Middle School students performed Dear Harvey, an original play that is an autobiographical account of self-discovery, identity, friendship, and love. Every word, set piece, and costume in the production was created... Read more The Eighth Grade in Washington D.C. Throughout this school year, our eighth grade students have served as passionate advocates for immigration reform, collecting the signatures of 3,000 Bay Area residents in support of loosened restrictions. The culminating moment of this project took... Read more Soup for Change What a night it was as our seventh graders hosted Soup for Change just before spring break. The inaugural dinner was an astounding success and a true testament to our school's mission of cultivating passionate citizens who change the world. After... Read more Restorative Justice in Seventh Grade Recently, Sunny (the mother of one of our Seventh Grade Green students) was a guest speaker in her daughter's class. Sunny has a rich history in the criminal justice system and is an innovative reformer in the field. She is the founder of the SF... Read more Our Eighth Graders Are Published Writers! Every year, Eighth Grade Humanities teacher Terry Ashkinos leads his students in an interesting and challenging project: the creation of an entire book of short stories! With a help of a few prompts, each student produces rough drafts of three... Read more CDS and Neighboring Boys & Girls Club Partner to Launch Farm & Garden Club for Students The partnership between CDS and our neighbors at the Columbia Park Boys & Girls Club goes back many years. Since the early 2000s, the site on Guerrero Street, just a stone’s throw away from the sunny yard at our main campus, has provided outdoor... Read more The CDS Energy Patrol Models Environmental Stewardship Many CDS students hold a passionate commitment to preserving our natural resources. In 2017, our eighth grade students collected signatures for a petition in favor of green energy use and traveled to Washington D.C. to present it to Rep. Nancy... Read more Clothing Drive Helps Those in Need Back in December, our Middle School Student Leadership Team organized a clothing drive for St. Anthony's, a local non-profit organization that provides food, clothing, and medical services to people experiencing homelessness. It was a great... Read more CDS Team at People of Color Conference Last week, a team of CDS educators had the opportunity to attend the 31st annual People of Color Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. Our nine-person team was one of the larger contingents at the conference, and it featured members with a multitude... Read more Annual Fall Potluck Focuses on Diversity Last weekend, members of our school community took part in a beloved CDS tradition: the All-Family Diversity Potluck. On a lovely Saturday morning, dozens of families gathered on the 333 Dolores yard to eat lunch, make new friends, and share... Read more Middle School Trips Are Fun for All! As we move into the second month of the school year, our students have already had some pretty exciting experiences. Last week was no exception, as the Middle School classes expanded their hor...