Maybeck's History
How Maybeck Got Its Name

Maybeck High School is named after the regional architect, Bernard Maybeck (1862-1957), whose work represents imagination and excellence and provides a model for the school's vision of education. Bernard Maybeck's concern for the environment and his appreciation for disciplined technique inspired his use of local natural materials and superb craftsmanship within the existing landscape. The school works to achieve a similar union between the traditional study of academic subject matter and the exploration and appreciation of nature.

"My father talked to me from childhood about the importance of doing what I wanted to do, of being true to myself. He urged me to let my art rather than any financial consideration have first place in mind and heart always. That was the finest lesson my father taught me."

-- Bernard Maybeck, 1927

Maybeck's Timeline  
In the News
Year
 At Maybeck
BART service begins.
1972
 Maybeck is founded.
Supreme Court upholds abortion right and the military draft ends.
1973
 Maybeck buys a van and a 20 passenger yellow “school bus.”
Nixon resigns.
1974
Maybeck moves to Berkeley.
Vietnam War ends.
1975
 Influx of students from Pinel School.
U.S. celebrates its bicentennial.
1976
 Dave & student cyclists bike 1,100 miles in Yellowstone, forming The Maybeck Touring Club.
Carter pardons draft evaders.
1977
 Kelly & students start work on Hat Creek radio telescope.
Proposition 13 passes.
1978
 Record-breaking enrollment: 119.
Nuclear accident at Three Mile Island.
1979
 Kelly offers ”Quakery” class.
Mt. St. Helens erupts.
1980
 Tuition crosses $1000 mark.
Iran hostages released.
1981
 Last camping trip inside Yosemite Park.
Class of 2000 is born.
1982
 1st Reunion celebrates10th year.
U.S. Marines invade Grenada.
1983
 1st January program travels to Baja.
Mondale Chooses female running-mate.Geraldine Ferraro.
1984
 Stan & Class have tea with Jocamena Maybeck in her studio.
U.S. imposes sanctions on South Africa.
1985
 Maybeck gets a computer: a Mac 512.
UC raises admissions requirements.
1986
 First Freshmen Puppet Theater skit.
Bill Cosby show is America’s Favorite.
1987
 Maybeck’s first foreign student: Alex Sene from Dakar, Senegal.
Surgeon General C. Everett Koop declares that cigarettes are addictive.
1988
 Maybeck bikers get food poisoning on Dog Bar Road; the group is reborn as Team Dog Barf.
Loma Prieta Earthquake.
1989
 First group of French exchange students comes to Maybeck.
Berlin Wall comes down.
1990
 Community Service requiement goes into effect.
Oakland hills fire.
1991
 Lockers installed.
L.A. riots over Rodney King Verdict.
1992
 Student Activities Committee formed
51 day siege at Waco.
1993
 Benches and patio built by students.
Apartheid ends.
1994
 Dave builds a computer lab for our first computer science class.
O.J. acquitted.
1995
 Maybeck mourns the death of the much loved Jeremy Harrison.

Michael Jackson & Lisa Marie’s marriage ends in divorce; bomb rocks Centennial Park during Atlanta Olympics.
1996
 After 24 years as Director, Stan becomes Director Emeritus and Jonathan Martin becomes director.
Parents paint classrooms!
1997
 Maybeck goes online and travels to China and celebrates 25 years of…