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Sir Francis Drake High School is a secondary school located in San Anselmo, California. It is named after the English privateer and naval hero Sir Francis Drake, who purportedly landed in the area in 1579. The school's mascot is a pirate named Petey. The school was established in 1951 as the second high school in the Tamalpais Union High School District. It is located at 1327 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, situated on a 21-acre (85,000 m²) campus bordered by two creeks. The site was formerly known as Cordone Gardens. Approximately 97% of Drake’s 2013 students graduated.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.greatschools.org/california/san-anselmo/3491-Sir-Francis-Drake-High-School/quality/#Footnotes )〕 == History == Sir Francis Drake high school was founded in 1951 in San Anselmo, California, providing schooling for students from Fairfax, Lagunitas-Forest Knolls, San Geronimo, Woodarce, San Anselmo, and Nicasio grade 9-12. This was the second high school to be introduced into the Tamalpais Union High School DIstrict, the first being Tamalpais High School.〔 Until 1958, Sir Francis Drake High School served other towns of Marin that are now served by Redwood High School including Corte Madera, Ross, Larkspur, Greenbrae, and Kentfield.〔 Between 1992-1995, Drake High School started a new program of small learning communities due to the poor performance of students which was effecting the perception of the school. Drake has received two state grants for these programs one being in 1996-1997 and the other being in 2000.〔 Since then there are four Freshman-Sophomore Academies and two Junior-Senior Academies.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.tamdistrict.org/domain/739 )〕 In 2012 Drake implemented a new technology program "(New Tech: Echo )" with the goal of encouraging communication and collaboration plus improving teacher practices.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.tamdistrict.org/Page/8594 )〕 It is active in two of the four Freshmen-Sophomore academies, Trek〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://trek.strikingly.com/ )〕 and Galileo.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.tamdistrict.org/Page/1528 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sir Francis Drake High School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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