La Jolla Country Day School

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**La Jolla Country Day School**
Scientia Pacifica
Established	1926 (as the Balmer School)
School type	Private
Grades	Nursery through Grade 12
Head of School	Judith R. Glickman
Students	1,038 [1]
Colors	Blue, White, Black
Mascot	Torrey Pine
Location	9490 Genesee Ave La Jolla, CA 92037
Information	858.453.3440
Website	http://www.ljcds.org

La Jolla Country Day School (known informally as "Country Day," "LJCDS" or "LJCD") is a selective private school in La Jolla, a suburb of San Diego, California. It was founded as the Balmer School by Louise C. Balmer in 1926. The school contains a lower school (consisting of nursery through fourth grade), a middle school (consisting of fifth grade through eighth grade), and an upper school (consisting of the rest of the grades, ninth through twelfth). The school's motto is "Scientia Pacifica" (peace through knowledge). Its tuition varies (depending on grade level) from $15,000 to $20,000 dollars per year. Its chief rivals are two private high schools, The Bishop's School in La Jolla, and the Francis W. Parker School in San Diego. It is in close proximity to University of California, San Diego.

Richard C. Atkinson serves on the school's Board of Trustees [2].

Members of past graduating classes have gained admittance to Stanford University, Duke University, University of Oxford, Yale University, Princeton University, MIT, California Institute of Technology, Columbia University, Dartmouth College, Brown University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Pennsylvania. One member of the class of 2006 was named an Angier B. Duke Scholar, and two were named John Jay Scholars (though both John Jay Scholars declined). Roughly a tenth of the class of 2006 have been named National Merit Scholars.