Katherine Delmar Burke School Explained

Katherine Delmar Burke School
Streetaddress:7070 California Street
City:San Francisco
State:California
County:San Francisco County
Zipcode:94121
Country:USA
Founder:Katherine Delmar Burke
Head Of School:Michele Williams
Type:Private
Gender:Girls
Tuition:$44,702 (Lower School)
$44,702 (Upper School)
Endowment:$31,837,000 (2022, includes restricted funds)
Grades:Kindergarten-Eighth grade
Athletics:volleyball, soccer, cross country, basketball, futsal
Motto:Educate, Encourage & Empower Girls
Accreditation:CAIS,NAIS
Mascot:Tree
Yearbook:Works & Days
Newspaper:Green & Gold
Established:1908
Enrollment:400
Enrollment As Of:2020-2021
Free Label:Director of Upper School
Free Text:Sheena Tart-Zelvin
Free Label1:Director of Lower School
Free Text1:Dr. Margot Zahner
Free Label2:Director of Admissions
Free Text2:Natalie Mast
Free Label3:Athletic Director
Free Text3:Ashling Bryant
Homepage:http://www.kdbs.org

Katherine Delmar Burke School, commonly known as Burke's,[1] is an independent girls' school for kindergarten through eighth grade, located in the Sea Cliff neighborhood of San Francisco, California, United States, near Lincoln Park. Until 1975 it also included a high school. It was founded in 1908 by Katherine Delmar Burke and was named Miss Burke's School.[2]

Burke's is one of three all-girl K-8 schools in San Francisco. The school is a member of the California Association of Independent Schools [3] as well as the National Association of Independent Schools. Originally it could have been a finishing school but the founder Katherine Delmar Burke wanted girls to be college ready.[4]

History

The school was founded in 1908 by Katherine Delmar Burke and was named Miss Burke's School.[2] Instead of the traditional finishing school for girls, Burke had the goal of building a school that would provide college preparation for girls.[5] [6]

The school's first location was at Steiner and Pacific Streets in Pacific Heights. It then relocated to a house at 2310 Broderick Street. In 1918, the growing school moved to a new building designed by architect Julia Morgan (a friend of Katherine Burke), located at 3065 Jackson Street. The school began acquiring property in Sea Cliff in 1929. At first, only the Kindergarten and First grade were located there. The rest of the property was used as a sports venue for the upper classes. There was a large grass sports field, basketball courts, and 5 tennis courts. In 1949, grades 2 through 6 were moved there after the completion of new classrooms.

The high school and grades 7 and 8 remained at the Jackson St. building until 1975, when Burke's high school closed and the building was acquired by San Francisco University High School.[7] [8] [9]

While once known as a finishing school where a school play made local headlines, Burke's in 2009 was cited in the Irish American newspaper the Herald that concluded, "[Burke's] innovative work of preparing young girls to attend college is an important chapter in San Francisco’s history."[10] [11]

Notable alumnae

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Pope. Denise. Overloaded and Underprepared: Strategies for Stronger Schools and Healthy, Successful Kids. Brown. Maureen. Miles. Sarah. 2015-07-27. John Wiley & Sons. 978-1-119-02244-2. 154. en. 2022-02-14. 2022-02-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20220214165430/https://books.google.com/books?id=7XtXCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA154. live.
  2. Book: Works and days. Miss Burke's School. 2022-02-15. 2022-02-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20220215163744/https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C1788081. live.
  3. https://www.caisca.org/schools/katherine-delmar-burke-school
  4. Web site: Katherine Delmar Burke School | All-Girls K-8 School in San Francisco ~ History . Burke's . February 14, 2022 . January 28, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220128173542/https://www.burkes.org/about/who-we-are/history.
  5. David Fleishhacker, All Hail With Joyous Voices, San Francisco, Calif. : Chronicle Books, 2008
  6. Web site: September 2009 - New Books . Brogan . Josephine . The Irish Herald . [Burke's] innovative work of preparing young girls to attend college is an important chapter in San Francisco’s history. . April 3, 2022 . February 6, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220206013131/http://www.ucdpress.ie/pdfs/09%20September%20SF%20Irish%20Herald%20review%20p18.pdf . live .
  7. Tricia O'Brien, San Francisco's Pacific Heights And Presidio Heights (Arcadia Publishing, 2008),, pp. 76-77. Excerpts available at Google Books.
  8. Mark Anthony Wilson, Julia Morgan: Architect of Beauty (Gibbs Smith, 2012),, pp. 65-66. Excerpts available at Google Books.
  9. http://www.kdbs.org/about-burkes/history "History"
  10. Web site: September 2009 - New Books . Brogan . Josephine . The Irish Herald . April 3, 2022 . February 6, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220206013131/http://www.ucdpress.ie/pdfs/09%20September%20SF%20Irish%20Herald%20review%20p18.pdf . live .
  11. Book: All hail with joyous voices . 2008 . Chronicle Books . 2022-04-03 . 2022-02-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220215170431/https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C2532669 . live .
  12. Web site: The Inner World Of Ali Wong. digital.modernluxury.com. en-US. 2020-01-31. 2022-05-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20220515020440/http://digital.modernluxury.com/publication/?i=417798&article_id=2815613&view=articleBrowser&ver=html5. live.
  13. http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/OBITUARY-Elizabeth-Charleston-2845280.php "Obituary -- Elizabeth Charleston"
  14. http://www.kdbs.org/news-events/news-archive/2011/04/burkes-alumna-jennifer-egan-wins-pulitzer "Burke's Alumna Jennifer Egan Wins Pulitzer"
  15. News: Staff. Marjorie Eaton, Veteran Actress of Stage and Screen, P.A. Resident. payment required. January 16, 2012. San Jose Mercury News. April 23, 1986. January 22, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190122094548/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SJ&s_site=mercurynews&p_multi=SJ&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB7285F860E5C3F&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. live.
  16. News: Julian Guthrie. Vendela Vida wraps trilogy on women in crisis. San Francisco Chronicle. July 6, 2010. November 29, 2012. September 17, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120917114822/http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Vendela-Vida-wraps-trilogy-on-women-in-crisis-3259394.php. live.
  17. Web site: 'We Run The Tides' Pulls You Into The Rough Seas Of Female Adolescence. . February 8, 2021. February 4, 2022. February 4, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220204184759/https://www.npr.org/2021/02/08/964041355/we-run-the-tides-pulls-you-into-the-rough-seas-of-female-adolescence. live.

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