Drew School is an independent, coeducation

Coeducation

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al, college-preparatory high school

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 located in San Francisco, California

California

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, United States

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. The school was founded and named in 1908 by John Sheehan Drew and today serves grades 9-12.

History

Founded initially in 1908 as a single-student "coaching school" by Bay Area educator John Sheehan Drew, the school moved to its present location at California St. and Broderick St. in 1911 and became a non-profit institution with an independent board of trustees in 1973. It underwent a complete renovation in 2001, designed by Perkins + Will

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; while also adding a 45,000 square-feet, attached assembly wing in 2011, designed by Patrick Blanc

Patrick Blanc

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Drew is accredited by the National Association of Independent Schools

National Association of Independent Schools

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, the California Association of Independent Schools and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges

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