Bishop Amat Memorial High School

Bishop Amat Memorial High School
Monstra Matrem
Show thyself a mother
Address
14301 Fairgrove Avenue
La Puente, California, (Los Angeles County), 91746
 United States
Information
Type Private, Coeducational
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Established 1957
President Msgr. Aidan Carroll
Principal Dr. Merritt Hemenway
Vice principal Richard Beck
Asst. Principal Ivette Salcedo,
Maria Gover
Chaplain Fr. Michael Sezzi
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 1,427[1]  (2008)
Grade 9 378
Grade 10 365
Grade 11 338
Grade 12 346
Color(s) Royal Blue and Gold         
Fight song Go Big Blue
Athletics conference Serra League
Mascot Lancer
Accreditation(s) Western Association of Schools and Colleges[2]
Newspaper 'Lance'
Yearbook 'Tusitala'
Tuition $6,435 (as of 10-11)[3]
Website http://www.bishopamat.org

Bishop Amat Memorial High School is a co-ed Catholic high school serving the San Gabriel Valley in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, and was founded in 1957. The campus is located in La Puente, California, approximately 20 miles east of downtown Los Angeles in Los Angeles County. The coeducational student body comprises approximately 1,520 students in grades 9 through 12, making Bishop Amat the largest private high school in Los Angeles County. It is the only Catholic high school in Los Angeles County that offers the rigorous Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB) (International Baccalaureate).

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History

The school is named for the first Bishop of Monterey-Los Angeles, the Most Reverend Thaddeus Amat y Brusi, who served as the ordinary of Los Angeles from 1853 to 1878. He founded some of the first schools in Los Angeles and invited the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul to open St. Vincent's College, which was the predecessor to Loyola Marymount University.

Sports

Bishop Amat participates in the California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section Serra and Del Rey League.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ http://www.bishopamat.org/MainContent.aspx?ContentID=8
  2. ^ WASC-ACS. "WASC-Accrediting Commission for Schools". http://www.acswasc.org/directory_search.cfm. Retrieved 2009-06-05. 
  3. ^ http://www.bishopamat.org/MainContent.aspx?ContentID=15

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