| Buckley School | |
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Dare To Be True
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| 3900 Stansbury Avenue Sherman Oaks, California, 91423 United States |
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| Type | Private school |
| Established | 1933 |
| School district | N/A |
| Principal | Larry Dougherty |
| Faculty | 100 |
| Grades | K–12 |
| Enrollment | 770 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 8:1 |
| Color(s) | Red and grey |
| Nickname | Griffins |
| Newspaper | 'The Student Voice' |
| Yearbook | 'Images' |
| Website | http://buckley.org/ |
The Buckley School is a college preparatory day school, founded in 1933 by Isabelle Buckley. It is located in Sherman Oaks, in the San Fernando Valley portion of the Los Angeles, California. It is the oldest co-educational independent day school in the Los Angeles area.
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Buckley is a K-12 School and enrolls 770 students, which allows for an average class size of 17 students in the middle school and 14 students in the high school.[1]
Isabelle Buckley founded the school on the basis of a "4-Fold Plan of Education" that equally emphasizes academic training, creative self-expression, physical development and moral education.
Buckley's mascot is the griffin. The school colors are red and gray which stand for Courage and Perseverance.
The high school newspaper is the award-winning publication, The Student Voice, which was established in 1985. In 2007, it was named "Best Newspaper," by the American Scholastic Press Association, among high schools with enrollments under 500 students. In 2008-2009, the newspaper again received a "First Place".[2] In April 2010, the Columbia Scholastic Press Association awarded The Voice a "Silver Crown" award.
Buckley's international studies programs sent the theatre department on tours of Australia and New Zealand in the 1980s. In 2002, the Performing Arts Department collaborated with Tony-nominated writer and director Stuart Ross to present the world premiere of The Sounds of Plaid, a large-cast, co-ed version of Ross's international hit Forever Plaid. In the summer of 2004, The Sounds of Plaid was re-mounted and presented at the International Fringe Festival, in Edinburgh, Scotland.
The Buckley School fields varsity and junior varsity athletes in the southern section of the California Interscholastic Federation.[3]