Views of Mercy High School

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Martin Rist, Architect MERCY HIGH SCHOOL, NINETEENTH AVENUE, SAN FRANCISCO VIEW FROM JUNIPERO SERRA BOULEVARD

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MERCY HIGH SCHOOL Nineteenth Avenue and Stonecrest Drive, San Francisco 27 MERCY HIGH SCHOOL, SAN FRANCISCO, conducted by the Sisters of Mercy, offers a fuliy accredited high school program to girls residing in the Lakeside and adjoining districts. (Freshman classes accepted September, 1952.) The curriculum includes academic, secretarial, and general courses. Speech, drama, and vocal and instrumental music are offered. Badminton, tennis, basketball, volleyball, horseback riding, archery, and folk dancing are included in physical education. The Christian Family Living Program, as outlined by the Commission on American Citizenship, "Guiding Growth in Christian Social Living,” is the underlying theme of each course and aims to prepare the student for family and community life. Lake Merced, so named because it was discovered on the feast of Our Lady of Mercy, September 24, 1775.