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MERCY HIGH SCHOOL
BURLINGAME

About Us
Talented teachers, high academic standards, faith formation and building confident leaders are the hallmarks of a Mercy Education. A Mercy High School graduate is a woman of faith, a woman in pursuit of academic excellence, a woman of influence, a woman of compassionate service, a proactive global citizen.
Academics
Our girls benefit from challenging courses, in a small classroom environment lead by passionate and talented teachers. Our students are enriched by the holistic educational environment created by the cross-curricula efforts of their faculty & staff.
Pathways
Admissions
You will find all the information about applying to Mercy here, including Admissions Events, HSPT Testing information and all deadlines for the process.
Faith & Service
Mercy is committed to creating an environment where students can explore their faith. Spirituality and Justice are fundamental to a Mercy Education and are experienced through personal prayer, communal liturgies and service and immersion trips.
Campus Life
1/3 of all students participate in some form of leadership. 90% of Mercy Girls are involved in at least one extra-curricular activity. Through student government, one of our 22 clubs or an educational travel opportunities, Mercy produces leaders in action.
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70% of all students participate in at least one of our 24 teams from 14 sports. Mercy Athletics is committed to creating a student-centered environment where the student athletes are focused pride, commitment, leadership, sportsmanship and respect.
Giving
Every gift really does matter. When you make a gift to Mercy, you join thousands of alumnae, parents, friends, students, faculty, and staff who support Mercy High School, Burlingame each year.

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Citizen Science Month links

The links on this page will lead you to fascinating and important citizen science projects that we have found on a variety of websites. We hope you enjoy being a part of the world's scientific community!

Artificial Intelligence

Link to hour of code learning about Artificial intelligence and the sea — Learn about and train an Artificial Intelligence, and learn about the limitations that AI has too.

Peblio Interactive Art

Link to interactive art hour of code activity — Use Peblio - (Java) to build an interactive picture modeled from your choice of modern artist

Community mapping

link to mapping your community hour of code — Learn how to store data and recall it on maps with this slightly more advanced hour of code.

Build your own Flappy game

link to building a flappy game — This is a quick project to build your own game, where Flappy moves around to avoid blocks.

Creating and manipulating videos

link to creating video based PSA — Build a public service announcement from a video you have edited. Start with the problem of ocean plastics, and move on to your own.

Remixing music using Earsketch

link to earsketch hour of code- javascript — Use earsketch to code a remix of Ciara's music. If you want you can submit this to a competition.

Hour of code site

Link to all the Hour of Code projects — This will take you to a VERY long list of other projects you might like to try. HAVE FUN!