Hillbrook School

Hillbrook School is an independent, accredited, co-educational JK-12 day school in Los Gatos, California, and San Jose, California, and was founded in 1935. The school's Core Values are “Be Kind. Be Curious. Take Risks. Be Your Best.”

Hillbrook School
Address
300 Marchmont Dr. Los Gatos, CA 95032
Coordinates37.2275°N 121.9538°W / 37.2275; -121.9538
Information
Former nameThe Children's Country School
School typeIndependent
MottoBe Kind, Be Curious, Take Risks, Be Your Best
Opened1935
Head of schoolMark Silver
Faculty53
Employees86
GradesJK-8
GenderCoeducational
Student to teacher ratio7:1
Area14 acres
Campus typeSuburban
MascotBear
AccreditationCAIS
Websitehttp://hillbrook.org

There are 365 students in junior kindergarten through 9th grade in the 2023-24 school year.

Hillbrook School has two campuses: the Los Gatos Campus, which holds Lower and Middle School (grades JK - 8), and downtown San Jose, which holds the Upper School (grades 9 - 12).

History

Hillbrook, originally known as the Children's Country School,[1] was founded by Mary Orem, Elizabeth Glassford, Nathalie Wollin, and Ann Boge. Hillbrook once extended as far as Shannon and Kennedy Roads to the North and South, but the property has since been subdivided to create the current 14-acre (57,000 m2) campus.

A boarding school[2] during its earliest years, Hillbrook became a day school in 1960, at which point the original name was changed to Hillbrook.

Robin Clements was headmaster from 1976–97, followed by Sarah Bayne from 1999-2009, with an interim headmaster serving in 1998. Mark Silver was appointed as current Head of School in 2009.[3] Silver was recruited from Francis Parker School in San Diego, California.[4]

Founding of Hillbrook Upper School

In March of 2022, Hillbrook School's Board of Trustees unanimously voted to expand Hillbrook to include a high school; shortly after the vote, Hillbrook signed leases with two historic buildings in downtown San Jose: the Moir Building and the San Jose Armory.[5]

Hillbrook Upper School officially opened in Fall of 2023 in downtown San Jose, California.

References
  1. Baggerly, John S. (February 20, 2002). "Best of Picture from the Past". Los Gatos Weekly Times. Archived from the original on March 6, 2005. Retrieved August 23, 2007.
  2. Group, Marianne L. Hamilton | Bay Area News (2012-03-12). "Award-winning film documents history of Hillbrook School in Los Gatos". The Mercury News. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  3. "Welcome from the Head of School". www.hillbrook.org. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  4. "Hillbrook headmistress leaves school 'on a high note'". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved June 13, 2009.
  5. Ramirez, Len (2022-05-16). "Private Hillbrook School in Los Gatos expanding to historic San Jose buildings - CBS San Francisco". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
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