The Buckley School

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The Buckley School is a prestigious college preparatory day school, founded in 1933 by Dr. Isabelle Buckley. It is located in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, which is in the San Fernando Valley. It is the oldest co-educational independent day school in the Los Angeles area.

Dr. Buckley founded the school on the basis of a "4-Fold Plan of Education," which emphasizes equally academic training, creative self-expression, physical development and moral education. Evidence of that plan can be found in the high school's "Buckley Commitment," a type of honor code which at Buckley, includes the values of

• honesty
• loyalty
• kindness
• respect
• self-discipline

Buckley is a K-12 School and enrolls 750 students, which allows for an average class size of 17 students in the middle school, and 15 students in the high school.

Buckley's mascot is the griffin, and its school colors are red and gray.

The high school newspaper is the award-winning 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.

Throughout the 1980s, Buckley became famous for its international studies program.

Buckley has an active chapter in the National Honor Society and competes in the FIRST Robotics Competition. It is also the home of the student organization Kite Club, which was formed to advance and promote various forms of wind-propelled recreation, and Pre-med Club, the oldest club on campus.

Walter H. Baumhoff was Headmaster from 1978(?) - 1997. Paul Horovitz, was head of school between 1998 and 2005. Elizabeth McGregor served as acting head of school during the school year from 2005-2006. After an extensive search, the new selection for head of school is Dr. Larry Dougherty, formerly the headmaster of the American Overseas School of Rome. He took office in July 2006.

[edit] Campus history

During the early years, campuses were located in Beverly Hills, Tarzana, Encino, and on Woodman Avenue and Riverside Drive in Sherman Oaks. In 1964, Dr. Buckley purchased land that had been owned by the Glenaire Country Club and by 1973 was able to accommodate all divisions of the school on the new Stansbury Avenue campus in Sherman Oaks.

[edit] Notable alumni