St. David School Information

t. David of Wales Parish was established in 1951 as part of the San Francisco Archdiocese while the adjoining school, St. David of Wales Catholic School, opened in 1963 with only four grades within the street level area of the building. For every year after 1963, a new grade was added until there were a total of eight grades. During this time, the lower level of the school building was completed, adding more classrooms and a parish hall (now called Rose Mello Hall), our Kindergarten program in 1982, our Pre-Kindergarten in 1987, and the school remained staffed by the Sisters of Notre Dame who left twenty years after the school’s opening in 1984. St. David of Wales Catholic School (commonly shortened to “St. David School”), as of now, has a lay principal, staff and faculty. We also have 2 locations, our Pre-K building on 5613 Garvin Avenue, and our main Kindergarten - 8th grade building on 871 Sonoma Street—both located in Richmond, CA. The school is very proud to have been the recipient of a National Award for Excellence in Education in 1985 and to have been able to add a a science lab and computer lab in 1992 to the main school building. St. David School is accredited through Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and Western Catholic Education Association (WCEA)