Historical Milestones
- 1856 Union Grammar School Founded
- 1858 Name changed to San Francisco High School
- 1864 Genders separated, name changed to Boys High School
- 1875 Moved within San Francisco to Sutter Street between Gough and Octavia
- 1886 Girls (slowly) reintegrated into college prep program (thus, female graduates of Boys High)
- 1894 Name changed to Lowell High School in honor of poet James Russell Lowell
- 1898 First issue of the school newspaper "The Lowell" published (spring)
- 1908 Funds secured by bonds for new building
- 1913 School moved to new, larger campus on Hayes Street between Masonic Avenue and Ashbury Street
- 1962 School moved to current campus to make room for future expansion and add a library, gymnasium and larger auditorium
- 1966 Enrollment limited, school switched from neighborhood to GPA/test based admission
- 1969 20-period modular schedule instated
- 1981 125th anniversary celebrated at the San Francisco Hilton
- 1996 Lowell ranked 6th nationally in AP exam scores
- 2003 New academic/science wing opened on campus
- 2004 Unit 6 building section renovation completed; roof replaced; "temporary" bungalows 14,15, and 16 relocated
- 2006 150th anniversary of the school. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer (class of 1955) visited.
- 2009 Lowell ranked 3rd internationally in AP exam scores.
- 2010 Because of state class-time requirements, modular schedule abandoned in favor of mod/block schedule. School day lengthened to eight hours and twenty three minutes. Lowell ranked 2nd internationally in AP exam scores.
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