What are the advantages of a co-ed school?
The SFDS founders envisioned a family school, an intellectually rigorous institution which included all children in a family, both boys and girls, and families from a wide range of racial, ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds. Gender balance is one of the many forms of diversity at our school. We believe that when a school strives to create an inclusive community, using curricula and approaches that explicitly address gender issues, co-education proves to be a benefit for both boys and girls. SFDS is attuned to the ways in which gender differences affect personal development and learning in our society. Our teachers proactively use many different modalities to help each student access information, ideas, and skills. Teachers and students analyze the influences and pressures of gender stereotypes to work toward an authentic understanding of who they are and who they wish to become. In addition, the diverse influences of adult role models, peers, and older mentor students, enable our st
