The campus is situated on 515 acres and includes a music conservatory, digital arts lab, riding stables, hiking and mountain biking trails, swimming center, gymnasium, one-acre organic garden, large field, 2,358 solar panels, and six tennis courts.
Academics
Over 85% of the Class of 2016 were accepted into one of their top choice colleges.
100% - number of graduates who go on to attend four-year universities
Members of the graduating class of 2015 were accepted into Stanford University, Vassar College, Barnard College, Boston University, University of Chicago, UC Berkeley and UCLA.
All students are required to take the social justice course in their junior year, which helps students develop a systemic approach to understanding the social and environmental challenges of our day. Each student chooses a cause and initiates an independent action plan. The projects span from local initiatives within the school community and county to global initiatives around the world.
Boarding program
San Domenico High School is a coeducational day, boarding and flex-boarding school. Boarding students live on-campus during the school year while flex boarding students spend Monday through Friday on campus and then return home for weekends. The boarding program has a large number of international students, including students from China, Thailand, South Korea, and Mexico.
Sustainability
Bus system
San Domenico administers one of the most extensive school bus route systems in the Bay Area. Grade levels K – 12 utilize the bus system, and service covers the Bay Area, including Oakland, San Francisco, and Novato.
Garden of Hope
San Domenico is home to a one-acre organic working farm known as the Garden of Hope. The garden includes a cob pizza oven, chicken coop, multiple seasonal beds, grapevines, raspberry and blackberry patches, and a myriad of herbs and edible flowers. The Garden of Hope is planted, tended, and harvested by San Domenico students.
Awards and recognition
San Domenico School is recognized as an AppleDistinguished School for their leadership in 1:1 iPad learning in grades 3-12. San Domenico School is a recognized Common Sense Media Signature School. The National Association of Independent Schools California Association of Independent Schools Western Association of Schools & Colleges The San Domenico High School Theatre Arts Group was one of 50 school theatre groups in North America selected to perform in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2007, 2010, and 2013. San Domenico School received the Green Ribbon Schools Award from the US Department of Education for excellence in sustainability practices in 2014. San Domenico was the first school in Marin County to receive this honor. San Domenico School’s Virtuoso Program Orchestra da Camera was the Festival Grand Champion and First Place String Orchestra at the National Orchestra Festival competition in 2010, 2008, and 2005.
History
Founded in 1850 in Monterey by Mother Mary of the Cross Goemaere, O.P., of the Dominican Order, as St. Catherine Academy, San Domenico is the oldest independent school in California. In 1965 the school moved to its present location in Sleepy Hollow, San Anselmo.
