Katherine Delmar Burke School

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Katherine Delmar Burke School
Address
Katherine Delmar Burke School
7070 California Street

San Francisco
,
San Francisco County
,
California
94121

United States
Information
Type Private
MottoEducate, Encourage & Empower Girls
Established1908
FounderKatherine Delmar Burke
Head of schoolMichele Williams
Grades Kindergarten-Eighth grade
Gender Girls
Enrollment400 (2023-2024)
Color(s) Green and Gold   
Athleticsvolleyball, soccer, cross country, basketball, futsal
MascotTree
AccreditationCAIS, NAIS
NewspaperGreen & Gold
YearbookWorks & Days
Endowment$31,837,000 (2022, includes restricted funds) [1]
Tuition$46,490 (2024-25) (Lower School)
$46,490 (2024-25)(Upper School) [2]
Director of Upper SchoolSheena Tart-Zelvin
Director of Lower SchoolMargot Zahner
Website http://www.burkes.org

Katherine Delmar Burke School, commonly known as Burke's, [3] 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. [4]

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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 [5] 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. [6]

History

The school was founded in 1908 by Katherine Delmar Burke and was named Miss Burke's School. [4] Instead of the traditional finishing school for girls, Burke had the goal of building a school that would provide college preparation for girls. [7] [8]

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. [9] [10] [11]

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." [12] [13]

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  2. ↑ "Tuition & Affordability". Katherine Delmar Burke School. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
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  5. ↑ "Katherine Delmar Burke School - California Association of Independent Schools".
  6. ↑ "Katherine Delmar Burke School | All-Girls K-8 School in San Francisco ~ History". Burke's. Archived from the original on January 28, 2022. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  7. ↑ David Fleishhacker, All Hail With Joyous Voices, San Francisco, Calif. : Chronicle Books, 2008
  8. ↑ Brogan, Josephine. "September 2009 - New Books" (PDF). The Irish Herald. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 6, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2022. [Burke's] innovative work of preparing young girls to attend college is an important chapter in San Francisco's history.
  9. ↑ Tricia O'Brien, San Francisco's Pacific Heights And Presidio Heights (Arcadia Publishing, 2008), ISBN   978-0738559803, pp. 76-77. Excerpts available at Google Books.
  10. ↑ Mark Anthony Wilson, Julia Morgan: Architect of Beauty (Gibbs Smith, 2012), ISBN   978-1423636540, pp. 65-66. Excerpts available at Google Books.
  11. ↑ "History" Archived 2012-12-03 at the Wayback Machine at Katherine Delmar Burke School official website (accessed 29-11-2012).
  12. ↑ Brogan, Josephine. "September 2009 - New Books" (PDF). The Irish Herald. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 6, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
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  16. ↑ "Burke's Alumna Jennifer Egan Wins Pulitzer" Archived 2013-04-15 at archive.today , Katherine Delmar Burke School official website, April 6, 2011.
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