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college preparatory high school founded and run by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools in Pasadena, California and located in the

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. It was founded in 1956 as La Salle High School. It was accredited in 1961 by the University of California.

History

La Salle College Preparatory was founded in 1956 as La Salle High School. It was originally an all boys' school but became coeducational in 1993.

Notable alumni

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(1970) – radio personality, actor, and voiceover artist attended in the early 1970s. *

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(1964) - former

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(1963) – politician representing

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* Chase Rettig – starting

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for Boston College and NFL quarterback (2010–2013) * James Roosevelt, Jr. (1963) – lawyer and grandson of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

References

External links

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Blakeslee Library - La Salle High School

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