- Crystal Springs Uplands School
-
Crystal Springs Uplands School 
Address 400 Uplands Drive
Hillsborough, California, 94010
United StatesCoordinates 37°33′28″N 122°20′18″W / 37.5577°N 122.3383°WCoordinates: 37°33′28″N 122°20′18″W / 37.5577°N 122.3383°W Information Type Private, Coeducational Motto Community, Scholarship, Unbounded Spirit Religious affiliation(s) none Established 1952 Head of school Amy C. Richards Faculty 45 Enrollment 350
~100 Middle School
~250 Upper SchoolAverage class size 14 students Student to teacher ratio 9:1 Campus Suburban, 10 acres (2 km²) Color(s) Burgundy and navy blue Athletics 30 sports Athletics conference CCS Mascot Gryphon Average SAT scores 730–800 verbal
730–800 math (2004)Website csus.org 
Uplands Mansion Crystal Springs Uplands School is an independent, coeducational, college prep day school with 350 students (grades 6-12) located in Hillsborough, California. Founded in 1952, the school has approximately 100 students in the middle school and 250 students in its upper school.
In late 2007, the Wall Street Journal identified Crystal Springs Uplands School as one of the world's top 50 schools for its success in preparing students to enter top American universities.[1]
Contents
History
The main building of the CSUS campus is the Uplands Mansion, built originally as a private residence by Templeton Crocker, scion of railroad baron Charles F. Crocker. Crocker hired renowned San Francisco architect Willis Polk to design the home in the style of a neo-classical Renaissance palazzo. Construction of the 45,000-square-foot (4,200 m2) home took six years to complete (1911-1917) at a cost of $1.6 million ($45 million in today’s dollars). It featured 39 rooms including 12 bedrooms, 12 baths. The mansion’s interior is replete with European fixtures including marble fireplaces and floors, Italian ironwork, and German woodcarving throughout. A 16th century hand-carved ceiling from Northern Italy graces the ballroom. Crocker sold the property in 1942 and it was intermittently occupied until the trustees of CSUS acquired it in 1956.[2]
Academics
6th grader Daniel Naroditsky was crowned the World Youth Chess Champion. In February 2011, a team of students entered Valencia's Spelling Bee for Cheaters. They won the championship and helped raise over $100,000 at the event.[3]
Athletics
Baseball
The 2005 & 2006 Crystal Springs Uplands baseball teams won North Coast Section Class B Championships.[4] Following a North Coast Section record 27–3 victory in the 2006 championship game, the San Francisco Chronicle named Crystal Springs Uplands one of the top 20 high school teams in the San Francisco Bay area.
Cross Country
The Upper School Girls' Cross Country teams have won 5 Section titles (NCS Class 1A-1980, NCS Class A-1984, NCS Division V-2005 & 2006 and CCS Division V-2010). The 2005 team also finished 2nd at the California State Meet XC meet at Woodward Park. The 2008 Boys' XC team won their first section title also at the Division V level. Nick Neely, class of '03, won the NCS individual cross country title in 2002. His winning time of 15:23 on the Hayward HS course remains the fastest time for all Division V runners on that course. He went on to finish 2nd at the state meet behind 3 time state winner Tim Nelson.
Track and Field
The Track and Field program returned in 2002 after a 2 decade hiatus. The team consisted of one athlete, shot putter Samantha Kuo. After a couple of years and a few additions, the girls' team won the NCS Class A meet in 2004 and 2005. Kuo became the school's first state meet qualifier in 2005 with a 4th place finish. That same year, the 400m relay team (Madeleine Evans, Sydney Blankers, Imani McElroy and Caroline Scanlan) also qualified for the state meet with their 3rd place finish. Evans also qualified as an individual with a 3rd place finish in the 400m.
Notable alumni
- Patty Hearst, heiress famously kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army in 1974
- Tyson Mao, competitive Rubik's Cube solvers and co-founder of the World Cube Association, contestant on season two of the reality show Beauty and the Geek
- Jon Fisher, co-founder and chief executive officer of Bharosa, an Oracle company which produces the Oracle Adaptive Access Manager product
- Will Harvey, Silicon Valley entrepreneur who achieved early fame as an Apple II game programmer at the age of 15.
- Kitty Margolis, jazz singer whose latest album is "Heart and Soul: Live in San Francisco"
- Polly Draper, actress, writer, producer well known for her role as Ellyn Warren in "Thirtysomething"
References
- ^ Staff writer (2007-12-28). "How the Schools Stack Up". The Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-COLLEGE0711-sort.html. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
- ^ "History Makers". http://www.historysmc.org/HistoryMakers.html. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
- ^ "826 Valencia's Spelling Bee for Cheaters". http://motherjones.com/mixed-media/2011/02/826-valencia%20spelling-bee-cheaters. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- ^ "NCS Team Champions Baseball". 2009-04-10. http://cifncs.org/sports/baseball/files/RESULTS/Master%20Results.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
External links
Categories:- Educational institutions established in 1952
- High schools in San Mateo County, California
- Private schools in California
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
