The Branson School
| The Branson School | |
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39 Fernhill Avenue Ross, California United States |
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| Type | Independent, College-prep |
| Motto |
Beauty is Truth - Truth Beauty "Small, but Mighty" |
| Established | 1920 |
| CEEB code | 052695 |
| Principal | Christina Mazzola |
| Faculty | 51 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 320 |
| Average class size | 13 students |
| Student to teacher ratio | 6:1 |
| Campus | Suburban, 17 acres (0.069 km2) |
| Color(s) | Blue and Green ( and ) |
| Mascot | Bulls |
| Information | 415-454-3612 |
| Website | http://www.branson.org |
The Branson School (also known as Branson, Branson School, or KBS) is a co-educational college-preparatory high school for students in grades 9–12. The school has 320 students, and is located in Ross, California, 11 miles north of San Francisco.
In 1916, a group of 15 families in Marin County, California pooled resources to start a local private school. The Little Gray School was finished in 1917 on the Cochrane Estate in San Rafael, California, next to what is now the San Rafael Public Library. The school began as a coeducational primary school, for students in grades 1–4. In 1918, the school added intermediate and upper levels, both of which were limited to girls, and was renamed the San Rafael School for Girls.
In April 1920, the school's trustees appointed two co-headmistresses, Katharine Fleming Branson and her sister Laura Elizabeth Branson. The eldest of the two sisters, Katharine Fleming Branson was Associate Director of Studies at the Beard School in Orange, New Jersey. Laura Elizabeth Branson was a teacher of mathematics and science at The Shipley School in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and had formerly served as head of the Department of Mathematics at Rosemary Hall in Greenwich, Connecticut. Both sisters were cum laude graduates of Bryn Mawr College.
On September 6, 1920, The Katharine Branson School officially opened, with 54 students enrolled in grades 1–11. The following year, the school added a kindergarten and a 12th grade, and in 1922 moved to its present campus in Ross, California. At its inception, the school included boys in the lower grades, but in the ensuing years the lower grades were discontinued, and the school became a boarding school for young women. In 1959, the Katharine Branson School became a secondary school for both day and boarding students.
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