Chaminade College Preparatory School (California)
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| Chaminade College Preparatory | |
 Motto: Per Matrem ad Filium (Latin: "Through the Mother to the Son") |
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| President | James V. Adams |
| School type | Private |
| Religious affiliation | Catholic, Marianist |
| Founded | 1952 |
| School colors | Orange and Navy Blue |
| Mascot | Eagles |
| Tuition | $9,350 (as of 2006-07) (Financial Aid Available) |
| Middle School (Grades 6-8) | |
| Principal | Mr. Mike Valentine (acting principal) |
| Location | 19800 Devonshire St. Chatsworth, CA 91311 |
| Enrollment | 636 (as of 2005-06) |
| Faculty | 43 (as of 2005-06) |
| Campus size | 16.82 acres |
| High School (Grades 9-12) | |
| Principal | Bro.Thomas Fahy |
| Location | 7500 Chaminade Ave. West Hills, CA 91304 |
| Enrollment | 1170 (as of 2006-07) |
| Faculty | 83 (as of 2006-07) |
| Campus size | 19.67 acres |
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, California and a high school (encompassing grades 9-12) located in West Hills, California.
Among its many academic achievements, Chaminade College Preparatory was recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School in 1998.
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[edit] History
Originally called the 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 middle 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 middle school, a year after 9th grade classes were moved to the high school campus.
The school became co-educational in 1972.
[edit] Athletics
In 2006, the Chaminade girls softball team won the CIF Division IV playoffs.
[edit] Notable alumni
- James Hugunin (1965) - photographic educator and critic
- John Longenecker (1965) - cinematographer and Academy Award winner
- Tracey Gold (1987) - actor
- Missy Gold (1988) - actor
- Paige Hemmis ([1990]) - actor
- Melissa Francis (1991) - CNBC reporter
- Beverley Mitchell (1999) - actor
- Jonathan Taylor Thomas (2000) - actor
- David Gallagher (2003) - actor
[edit] Trivia
- During their television performances in the 1960s, the Lennon Sisters always included a Chaminade pennant amongst the pennants on the wall behind them.
- The Pom Pom Girls, (1976) an R-rated teenage sexploitation comedy starring Robert Carradine, was filmed at Chaminade's West Hills campus.
