Buckley School (California)
| Buckley School | |
|---|---|
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| Dare To Be True | |
| Location | |
| 3900 Stansbury Avenue Sherman Oaks, California, 91423 United States | |
| Information | |
| Type | Private school |
| Established | 1933 |
| School district | N/A |
| Principal | Deborah Monroe |
| Head of school | James Busby |
| 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 | www.buckley.org |
The Buckley School is a college preparatory day school that was 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.[citation needed]
Overview
Buckley is a K-12 school that enrolls 770 students, allowing 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. In 2008-2009, the newspaper received a first place in the American Scholastic Press Association's newspaper awards.[2] In April 2010, the Columbia Scholastic Press Association awarded The Voice a "Silver Crown" award.[3]
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.
Athletics
The Buckley School fields varsity and junior varsity athletes in the southern section of the California Interscholastic Federation.[1]
Notable students and alumni
- Jill Whelan
- Albert Hammond, Jr. of the Strokes
- Jacques Brautbar, Alex Greenwald, and Sam Farrar of Phantom Planet
- Kyle Sullivan
- Bret Easton Ellis
- Nicky Hilton
- Paris Hilton
- Nicole Richie
- Neil Norman
- Roy E. Disney, nephew of Walt Disney
- Rob Kardashian
- Kim Kardashian
- Kimberly Stewart
- Matthew Perry
- Tatyana Ali
- Alyssa Milano
- Rashida Jones
- Natalie Cole
- Gaby Hoffmann
- Tevin Campbell
- Prince Michael Jackson I and Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson, eldest children of Michael Jackson
- Justin Shenkarow
- Meredith MacRae
- Nicollette Sheridan
- Sara Gilbert
- Melissa Gilbert
- Michael Landon Jr.
- Rex Allen, Jr.
- Laura Dern
- Sean Hood
- Christopher Parkening
- Gunnar Nelson and Matthew Nelson of the band Nelson
- Christian Brando
- Paul Thomas Anderson[4]
- Josh Zuckerman
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.buckleyla.org/about_buckley/index.aspx
- ↑ AMERICAN SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION, "2008-2009 SCHOLASTIC NEWSPAPER AWARDS"
- ↑ "CSPA presents 44 Gold Crowns and 110 Silver at 2010 Scholastic Awards Convocation". Colombia University. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
- ↑ Richardson, John H. (September 22, 2008). "The Secret History of Paul Thomas Anderson". Esquire. Retrieved July 5, 2010