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Prep League
The Prep League is a high school athletic league that is part of the CIF Southern Section. Members * Chadwick School * Flintridge Preparatory School * Mayfield Senior School (girls school) * Polytechnic School (except football) * Providence High School * Rio Hondo Preparatory School (except football) * Sage Hill School (football only) * Windward School (football only) * Westridge School Westridge School is an independent day school for girls in grades 4-12. Founded in 1913, Westridge is located in Pasadena, California. Founding Mary Lowther Ranney Westridge founder Mary Lowther Ranney (1871-1939) moved to Pasadena in 1904 wh ... (girls school) References {{Reflist CIF Southern Section leagues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CIF Southern Section
The California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section (CIF-SS) is the governing body for high school athletics in most of Southern California and is the largest of the ten sections that comprise the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF). Its membership includes most public and private high schools in Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura, and central and southern Santa Barbara counties. At the start of the 2018/9 season, 13 schools from San Luis Obispo County and northern Santa Barbara County left the Southern Section to join the much smaller CIF Central Section. Teams from the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) and surrounding areas have competed in the CIF Los Angeles City Section since 1935. CIFSS's offices are located in Los Alamitos. Founded in 1913, the CIF Southern Section includes over 565 member public and private high schools and is by far the largest CIF section. Three of the ten CIF sections are individual current or former p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chadwick School
Chadwick School is a nonsectarian independent K-12 day school located in an unincorporated area on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Specifically it is located at the top of the neighborhood referred to as Academy Hill, which is bounded by a canyon, a precipice, Crenshaw Boulevard, and Palos Verdes Drive North. History The school was founded in 1935 by Margaret Lee Chadwick and Commander Joseph Chadwick in San Pedro, California. In 1938, the school moved to Palos Verdes, California. In the beginning, Chadwick was an open-air day and boarding school for 75 students. After the retirement of the Chadwick family in 1963, the school created a board of trustees and in 1968 discontinued its boarding program. In 1972, Chadwick joined the Cum Laude Society. Up until the 1970s, the school owned all of the hill leading up to it, which was sold off to establish the school's endowment. Since then, the school has opened more buildings, a gymnasium, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flintridge Preparatory School
Flintridge Preparatory School, familiarly known as Flintridge Prep or simply Prep, is a coeducational day school for grades 7-12. Founded in 1933, it is located in La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States. Facilities School facilities include a science/cultural center, multiple classroom buildings with labs (renovated in 2014–2015, two computer laboratories, a state-of-the-art two-story library, a performing arts center, a 400-seat auditorium (renovated in 2015), an administration building with faculty offices, and an alumni and development office building. The Chandramohan Library is a two-story library and learning center that includes a computer lab, a classroom for seminars, meeting rooms, space for individual and group study, and a laptop room. The Randall Performing Arts Center includes practice rooms for individuals and groups of musicians, as well as dance rehearsal space. Miller Theater is a black-box theater that is used for many of the school's drama performa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayfield Senior School
Mayfield Senior School is an independent Catholic college preparatory school, founded in 1931 for young women grades 9-12. It is sponsored by the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, a member of the Holy Child Network of Schools and is guided by the educational philosophy of the Society's foundress, Cornelia Connelly. Description Mayfield is affiliated with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The total enrollment is about 330, with a 1:7 faculty/student ratio, an average class size of 15, has a 100% college acceptance rate and is 52% ethnically diverse. The school located at 500 Bellefontaine Street in Pasadena, California. It offers nine Conservatory of the Arts programs and 23 competitive teams in 12 sports. History Mayfield School was founded in 1931 by the Society of the Holy Child Jesus at the invitation of John Joseph Cantwell, then the Bishop of Los Angeles-San Diego (as the Archdiocese of Los Angeles was then known as). In 1950, the school split into Senior and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polytechnic School
Polytechnic School, often referred to simply as Poly, is a college preparatory private day school located in Pasadena, California with approximately 850 students enrolled in grades Kindergarten through 12. The school is a former member of the G20 Schools group. History The school was founded in 1907 as the first non-profit, independent school in Southern California. It descends from the Throop Polytechnic Institute founded by Amos G. Throop, the same institution that grew into the present California Institute of Technology. In the spring of 1907, the Institute decided to focus on the college level and closed the grammar school. Citrus tycoon and noted eugenicist Ezra S. Gosney donated $12,500, a sum matched by twelve other donors. This money allowed them to purchase the property at the present site, originally an orange grove. The school opened in October 1907 with 106 students. At the time, the school was named Polytechnic Elementary School. The school added a nin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Providence High School (Burbank, California)
Providence High School in Burbank, California, is a co-ed, independent, Catholic, college preparatory high school, founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1955. Located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. History On 19 September 1955, the school admitted 81 girls to its new educational facility. Due to construction delays, the building was not finished upon their arrival, and they start instruction in circus tents in the school parking lot. By November 1955, the school's building completed construction. In 1959, 68 students would attend its first commencement ceremony. In 1960, the school was accredited by the Board of Admissions and Relations of the University of California. According to the ''Burbank Leader'', in 1974 the school opened as a co-educational institution. Providence's first head of school, Joe Sciuto served the school until Spring 2019. Administrative leadership changed in the Fall 2019 when Scott McLarty was selected to become Providence High Scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio Hondo Preparatory School
Rio Hondo Preparatory School, also known as Rio Hondo Prep, RHP or simply Rio, is a private Private or privates may refer to: Music * " In Private", by Dusty Springfield from the 1990 album ''Reputation'' * Private (band), a Denmark-based band * "Private" (Ryōko Hirosue song), from the 1999 album ''Private'', written and also recorde ... Christian school, Christian day school for grades 6–12. Founded in 1964, it is located in Arcadia, California. Facilities School facilities include an office building, a classroom building, a brand new gym set to open in February 2012, many athletic facilities and a concession stand. The Stivers Center is the new gym that opened February 4, 2012. It replaced the old American Savings Pavilion. Construction started in June 2010 by Del Amo Construction. The two-story gym will feature 4 locker rooms, classrooms, a stage, training room, offices and a snack bar. The multi-purpose field, Kare Youth Park in Irwindale, is the main field off campus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sage Hill School
Sage Hill School is an independent co-educational college preparatory school for day students in grades 9-12, and is located in Newport Coast Newport Coast is a community south of the main body of the city of Newport Beach, California. It was a separate census-designated place in Orange County, California, United States, until 2001, when it was annexed into Newport Beach. Newport Beach ..., California. The school first opened in September 2000 with a freshman and sophomore class of 120 students. * Average class size is 14 students * Offers more than 30 AP, accelerated and post-AP classes * Student to College Counselor ratio is 34:1 * 21 interscholastic sports totaling 41 teams at all levels of competition * 30,000-square-foot Studio features a Black Box Theater * The Lisa Argyros & Family Science Center houses teaching and learning space for biology, chemistry and physics as well as interdisciplinary study of science and long-term research. * Accredited by the Western Association ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windward School
Windward School is an independent school in the Mar Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. It was founded by writer/teacher Shirley Windward in 1971. The school currently enrolls 625 students in grades 7 through 12. History In 1971, two former Paul Revere Middle School teachers, Carl Parsons and Shirley Windward (for whom the school is named), founded the school in order to open up their classes to young people on the West side of Los Angeles. Shirley's husband, Erv Windward, renovated the studios where they lived into classrooms. Many new students volunteered to help renovate the studios. The school originally had fourteen full-time and part-time teachers who taught 65 students in a small building on Wilshire Boulevard. In 1973, Windward School received its first full five-year WASC accreditation as a college-preparatory institution. As the school outgrew its first facilities the campus moved to 1414 21st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westridge School (Pasadena)
Westridge School is an independent day school for girls in grades 4-12. Founded in 1913, Westridge is located in Pasadena, California. Founding Mary Lowther Ranney Westridge founder Mary Lowther Ranney (1871-1939) moved to Pasadena in 1904 when she was 34 years old. A trained architect and educator, she had graduated from Kemper Hall Academy in Kenosha, Wisconsin, attended classes at the newly established University of Chicago, and taught at the University School for Girls in Chicago. Soon after arriving in Pasadena, Ranney's family purchased a lot at 440 Arroyo Terrace, where they would build a house designed by Ranney herself. Ranney worked for many years with the Greene and Greene architectural firm, and taught privately in Pasadena. Before long, two Pasadena mothers—Margaret Brackenridge and Alexander Duer''—''began planning a school for girls near the Arroyo Seco (Los Angeles County), Arroyo Seco, and Ranney was their choice of headmistress. College preparatory schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
