Charlotte Worsley

Assistant Head for Student Life at The Urban School in San Francisco

Charlotte Worsley has been with Urban School since 1989, first as a history teacher and then as the Dean of Students and now Assistant Head for Student Life. She has experience managing all aspects of student life as well as overseeing the diversity, inclusion and equity program. Charlotte also has been involved with her daughter's public schools in Berkeley from chairing the Governance Council to being a PTA officer. A graduate of Harvard University with a Masters in Nonprofit Management from Regis University, Charlotte lives in Berkeley and enjoys regular exercise, reading, crossword puzzles and following the Warriors and the Giants. She joined the Oxbow Board of Trustees because of her admiration for founding Head of School Stephen Thomas and her appreciation for the impact Oxbow has had on the Urban students who have gone there.

Oxbow School is one of the preeminent choices for creative high school students interested in the arts. Their project-based, integrated approach to learning mirrors the approach of many top art schools. At California College of the Arts, we are thrilled to see applicants who have attended Oxbow because we know they are well prepared for the rigors of college level work. I wish there had been an Oxbow School when I was a high school student!

— Stephen Beal, President, California College of the Arts

I learned to drop all previous assumptions I had about people because I had never met anyone like the other students at Oxbow. For the first time, my peers and their insightful thinking inspired me. For example, during the ‘Einstein’s Dreams’ presentations, I kept looking around the room thinking, I can’t believe all of these students are talking the way I think.

— Sara DeLong, Spring 2010

The Oxbow School has both a local and national reputation for excellence. Oxbow produces great artists. In its studio, these emerging artists have a community of creative peers who respect one another and foster an expectation to produce thoughtful, sophisticated work.

— Paul Coffey, Vice Provost and Dean of Community Engagement, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

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