Crystal Springs Uplands School

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.

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High school - Middle school - Hillsborough, California - San Francisco

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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.

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Ivy League - University of California - Liberal arts college - Stanford University

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In 2004 Amy C. Richards from The Spence School became the school's new Head of School.

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For the school's 50th anniversary during the 2002-2003 school year, a current History teacher, Wells Wadleigh, wrote a coffee-table book history of the school.

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