Welcome

Welcome to Saint Mark’s! We pride ourselves on being a strong, exciting, and enriched academic environment for our students, as well as a nurturing and humane and warm community in which they can learn and grow.

We combine the best of what is progressive and what is traditional; our aim is to bring out the best in our students, turning out graduates well prepared to face the altogether different 21st century. Unpretentious, innovative, and full of heart, Saint Mark's School strives to develop well-rounded, socially responsible, ethical, independent thinkers through a challenging and balanced curricular program in academics, arts, athletics, and world cultures. At Saint Mark's, it is cool to be smart, important to be well-rounded, and essential to have character.

We combine the best of what is progressive and what is traditional; our aim is to bring out the best in our students, turning out graduates well prepared to face the altogether different 21st century.

Our methods center on the student as an active learner, on collaboration, on hands-on experience, on students learning how to learn, and on instilling a palpable joy in the process of education. In addition to our strong core curriculum, we maintain an emphasis on the arts, on physical education, and on world languages.

From our nationally recognized Media Literacy program, to Guided Reading in the Lower School, to our pioneering work with Everyday Math, to our emphasis on community service, to our offering of Mandarin, Spanish, and French beginning in Kindergarten, to our inculcating the Seven Pillars of Character in each student, Saint Mark’s leads the way in educational innovation, while maintaining a warm and unpretentious atmosphere for its families.

From our standardized test scores, to our secondary school placement, to the strong testimony from our alumni on their preparation for life in high school, the evidence clearly shows Saint Mark’s makes a substantial difference in the lives and the achievement of its students.

We’re glad to see you here!

Damon Kerby

Headmaster

Saint Mark's At A Glance

Full Enrollment 380
Class Size (2 classes per grade)
Lower School (K-3) 20
Middle Division (4-6) 22
Upper Division (7-8) 22
Faculty
Full Time 30
Part Time 6
Support Teachers 21
School Day
K 8:30 - 2:30
1-8 8:30 - 3:15
School is dismissed at 2:30 on Fridays
Tuition Assistance
% of students aided 15%
Amount of aid $874,600
Specialists courses offered:
Art, Music, Drama, Library, P.E., Computers, World Languages
Student Population
Students of Color 25%
From San Rafael 39%
From Novato 19%
From Central/W. Marin 21%
From Southern Marin 16%
From Sonoma/Napa County 3%

Letters from the Head

  • May Letter: One-to-One Laptop Implementation

    Posted April 30

    I’ve been grateful for the number of you who have come out to share your thoughts regarding our possible implementation of a one-to-one laptop program for students. Based on all our research, we have decided that that program would be a significant benefit to our students and that we should implement it.

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  • April Letter

    Posted April 24

    Making plans for next school year? Please read this message concerning school attendance and planning ahead.

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  • March Letter: Laptop Town Hall

    Posted March 17

    Dear Saint Mark’s Families:
    As you may know, members of the faculty in the Upper Division have been working for the past three years on re-structuring their program to make it more integrated, more hands-on, less stressful, and more capable of preparing students for an altogether different 21st century. In order to continue these innovative developments, we are seriously considering a one-to-one laptop program,

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