Chaminade College Preparatory School (California)

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Chaminade College Preparatory

Motto	Per Matren Ad Filium Through the Mother To the Son
Established	1952
Type	Private
Affiliations	Roman Catholic, Marianist
President	James V. Adams
Location	Los Angeles, California, United States
Oversight	Archdiocese of Los Angeles
Accreditation	WASC
Colors	Burnt Orange and Navy Blue
Athletics	Eagles
Tuition	$9,900 (As of 2007-08)
Website	www.chaminade.org

Middle School Campus
Type	Private
Principal	Mike Valentine
Asst. Principal	Sharon Krahl
Dean	Michael Hart Dorothy Kane
Faculty	43 (as of 2005-06)
Students	636 (as of 2005-06)
Grades	6-8
Location	19800 Devonshire St., Chatsworth, California, USA
Newspaper	The Screaming Eagle
Campus size	16.82 acres (6.81 ha)

High School Campus
Type	Private
Principal	Bro. Tom Fahy
Asst. Principal	Gregory Klee Jill Stewart
Dean	Bryan Cantwell Barbara Tweedy
Faculty	84 (as of 2007-08)
Students	1230 (as of 2007-08)
Grades	9-12
Location	7500 Chaminade Ave., West Hills, California, USA
Yearbook	'Aerie'
Newspaper	The Talon
Campus size	19.67 acres (7.96 ha)

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.

1 History
2 Athletics
3 Notable alumni
4 External links

[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 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.

[edit] Athletics

In 2006 and 2007, the Chaminade girls softball team won the CIF Division IV playoffs.

In 1997, the Chaminade girls Varsity girls soccer team won its first of four consecutive CIF Championships.

The rivalary between, Chaminade College Preparatory Eagles and Bishop Alemany High School Warriors, in the sports of softball and football, are usually played the last game of the season, and is one of the strongest in the San Fernando Mission League.