Crystal Springs Uplands School
Private School|background = #f0f6fa|border = #ccd2d9|name = Crystal Springs Uplands School|image =
Image of the CSUS logo|motto = Excellence in Academics and Athletics|established =
1952|type =
Private,
Coeducational|religion = none|head_name = Head of school|head = Amy C. Richards|city =
Hillsborough|state =
CA|country =
USA|campus =
Suburban, 10 acres (2 km²)|enrollment = 350
~100 Middle School
~250 Upper School|faculty = 45|class = 14 students|ratio = 9:1|year = 2004|SAT = 620-730 verbal
640-730 math|athletics = 30 sports|colors = Burgundy, Blue and White|mascot = Gryphon|homepage =
www.csus.com|
Crystal Springs Uplands School is a private
high school and
middle school located in
Hillsborough, California, an affluent suburb about 20 miles south of
San Francisco. Crystal Springs Uplands is a college-preparatory school; virtually all, if not all, of its graduates go on to four-year colleges and universities after graduation.
Although an all-girls school from its founding in the 1950s (when it was known as Crystal Springs School for Girls) until 1977, it is now co-educational and regularly sends a majority of its graduating students to elite colleges and universities, including those of the
Ivy League, the better-respected campuses of the
University of California,
liberal arts colleges around the country, and
Stanford University.
In 2004 Amy C. Richards from
The Spence School became the school's new Head of School.
For the school's 50th anniversary during the 2002-2003 school year, a current history teacher, Wells Wadleigh (Chair of the Department), wrote a coffee-table book history of the school.
Patty Hearst, who became internationally famous when she was kidnapped by the
Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) in 1974, is a notable alumna. Her fiancé at the time of her abduction,
Steven Weed, was one of her former instructors at Crystal Springs.
Vantage Magazine is a student-run magazine set up by the middle school section of Crystal Springs Uplands School. Its purpose is to provide an accurate viewpoint of the CSUS Middle School. With a recently set up online version as well as access via mobile phone or iPod, Vantage has extended its experience across platforms, allowing greater availability through richer media. This additional online functionality allows members of the school to submit and review articles with greater ease.
In the future, Vantage Magazine hopes to become a larger influence in the daily lives of students and become an even more effective representation of the Middle School's viewpoint.
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Crystal Springs Uplands School website*
Vantage Digital
