- Chaminade College Preparatory School (California)
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For other schools with this name, see Chaminade (disambiguation).
Chaminade College Preparatory
High School Campus
Per Matrem Ad FiliumThrough the Mother To the SonAddress 7500 Chaminade Avenue
Los Angeles (West Hills), California, 91304
United StatesCoordinates 34°12′24″N 118°38′11″W / 34.20667°N 118.63639°WCoordinates: 34°12′24″N 118°38′11″W / 34.20667°N 118.63639°W Information Type Private, Coeducational Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic;
MarianistEstablished 1952 Oversight Archdiocese of Los Angeles President James Adams Principal Bro. Tom Fahy Asst. Principal Gregory Klee
Lisa MagorienFaculty 84 (as of 2007-08) Grades 9-12 Enrollment 1235 (as of 2007-08) Campus size 19.67 acres (7.96 ha) Color(s) Orange and Navy Blue Team name Eagles Accreditation(s) Western Association of Schools and Colleges[1] Average SAT scores 1750 [1] Newspaper 'The Talon' Yearbook 'Aerie' Tuition $10,600 (As of 2008-09) Dean of Students Bryan Cantwell
Barbara TweedyAthletic Director Todd Borowski Website www.chaminade.org Middle School Campus Address 19800 Devonshire Street
Los Angeles (Chatsworth), California 91311Coordinates 34°15′21″N 118°33′54″W / 34.25583°N 118.565°W Information Dean Michael Hart Principal Mike Valentine Asst. Principal Dorothy Kane Faculty 43 (as of 2005-06) Grades 6-8 Enrollment 636 (as of 2005-06) Campus size 16.82 acres (6.81 ha) Accreditation(s) WASC[1] Newspaper 'The Screaming Eagle' Chaminade College Preparatory is a private Catholic preparatory school with two campuses in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California. Named after Society of Mary founder Blessed William Joseph Chaminade, Chaminade College Preparatory consists of a middle school (encompassing grades 6-8) located in Chatsworth and a high school (encompassing grades 9-12) located in West Hills. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
Among its many academic achievements, Chaminade College Preparatory was recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School in 1998.
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History
Originally called Chaminade High School for Boys, Chaminade College Preparatory was founded in 1952 on the former site of the Cheviot Hills Military Academy in West Los Angeles by members of the Marianist Province of the Pacific, who were seeking to expand their educational mission into Southern California. The school became nationally famous for the celebrity students who attended the school or came to its dances. The school's mascot name, the Eagles, can be traced to a tower at the school that featured an imposing Army Eagle emblem in tile, with the beak pointed toward the arrows as in wartime. The high school moved to its current location in West Hills (then part of Canoga Park) in 1961 after the brick buildings of the original campus were deemed unsound. A junior high school serving grades 7-9 was formed in 1967 when the former St. John's Military Academy in Chatsworth was leased by the school, expanding Chaminade's educational program from four to six years. A seventh year was added in 1989 with the addition of a 6th grade class to the junior high school; the ninth grade was moved to the high school campus that same year to accommodate the addition of the sixth grade to the junior high school, which would then become the middle school.
The school became co-educational in 1972, with the first female graduates in the Class of 1974. Chaminade's two campuses served as the primary locations for the 1976 film The Pom Pom Girls.[2]
Athletics
In 2010, all star female swimmer Meghan Hawthorne won CIF for her third time.
In 2010, The Boys Golf team won CIF, led by seniors Walter Lautz and Ryan Kramer and junior Nick Thomas.
In 2009, The Boys Basketball team was CIF D4 Runner Up losing to Price High School (Los Angeles). The team also received CIF D4 Player of the Year Jules Montgomery and CIF D4 Coach of the Year Todd Wolfson.
In 2006, Chaminade Football was Mission League Champions.
In 2006 and 2007, the Chaminade girls softball team won the CIF Division IV playoffs.
In 1997, the Chaminade Varsity girls soccer team won its first of four consecutive CIF Championships.
In 1998, the boys basketball team won its first of two consecutive CIF Championships.
In 1994, the Chaminade girls Junior Varsity Wrestling team placed 16th out of 250 teams in the Long Beach Semi-Annual Woman's Wrestling Tournament (LBSAWWT).
Notable alumni
- John Longenecker (1965) - cinematographer and Academy Award winner
- David Paich (1972) - keyboardist (Toto, Boz Scaggs) and composer / lyricist ("Rosanna", "Africa", "Lowdown", "Lido Shuffle")
- Joseph Rohde (1973) - Disney executive, lead designer of Disney's Animal Kingdom
- Laura Frankos Turtledove (1977) - author
- Linda Hogan nee Claridge (1977) - reality TV star, ex-wife of wrestler Hulk Hogan
- Mary Elizabeth McDonough (1970s) - actress (The Waltons, The New Adventures of Old Christine)
- Ron Insana (1979) - financial journalist / analyst (CNBC and syndicated)
- Shelley Lubben (1986) - Pornographic actress and activist
- Tracey Gold (1987) - actor
- Missy Gold (1988) - actor
- Sydney Penny (1989) - actor
- Paige Hemmis (1990) - actor
- Melissa Francis (1991) - CNBC reporter
- Beverley Mitchell (1999) - actor
- Brett Erlich (2000) - co-host of Current TV's Infomania
- Jonathan Taylor Thomas (2000) - actor
- David Gallagher (2003) - actor
- Chris Turner - football quarterback
- Dan Runzler (2003) - Major League Baseball Pitcher (San Francisco Giants
References
- ^ a b WASC-ACS. "WASC-Accrediting Commission for Schools". http://www.acswasc.org/directory_search.cfm. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075086/locations
External links
Categories:- Educational institutions established in 1952
- Middle schools in California
- Roman Catholic secondary schools in Los Angeles County, California
- High schools in the San Fernando Valley
- Blue Ribbon schools in California
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