Nathaniel Bowditch Middle School is a public middle school in Foster City, California. It was built in the late 1960s, and makes use of the pod system of architecture that was popular during that time period. Bowditch is located in a residential area and across the street from a levee which follows the San Francisco Bay. Due to the affluence of Foster City and the families whose children attend the school, Bowditch has a highly involved parent community and is relatively wealthy compared to other area middle schools. Bowditch serves over 990 students.

Curriculum

Bowditch offers a variety of courses, including art, sculpture, drama, music (both band and orchestral), cooking, journalism, industrial arts, astronomy, marine biology, French, and Spanish. It is among one of the few schools in the San Mateo-Foster City School District to offer geometry and the only school to offer Algebra 3-4. Students meeting certain academic requirements have the option of combining some language arts courses in order to increase the number of elective courses that they may take. Bowditch is a member of the Art David Athletic League (ADAL), and offers golf, volleyball, basketball, track and field, tennis, and soccer. All teams are available to all grades, however volleyball is girls only. Basketball has 2 teams per grade level. Sixth graders season will start a little later than 7th and 8th graders. Each team's season will have 10 games each. The top 4 will advance to the playoffs. Playoff games are single round elimination. If you reach the finals, you will have played an extra 3 games.

Extracurricular activities

Bowditch has many extracurricular programs, including student council, music, drama, and sports. Bowditch also sponsors other small programs including K.O.O.L. Kids, an elementary school student tutoring program. Students from Bowditch also participate in MATHCOUNTS, a national math competition. In 2007 Bowditch placed first in the Northern California division and fourth in California state.

Awards

Bowditch Middle School was awarded the California Distinguished School Award in 2005. It was the only middle school to be eligible for that award in the district based on STAR test scores. The award was accepted at Disneyland park in Los Angeles, and now hangs in the school office.The school also gives awards to students who receive 100 block b points and students with a 3.5-3.9 gpa and a ribbon to students with a 4.0 gpa.

References

External links

• Bowditch Middle School Home Page
• Bowditch Musicals Home Page