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The Buckley School is an independent 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
• self-reliance

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.

Throughout the 1980s, Buckley became famous for its international studies program. The only continent to which Buckley has never gone is Antarctica. The program was founded by former head of foreign language, Mr. Welsh.

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.

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 of 2006.

Contents 1 Campus History 2 Arts 3 Athletics 4 Notable former students 5 External links

During the early years, campuses were located in Los Angeles, Tarzana, Encino, and on Woodman Avenue and Riverside Avenue 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.

In 1999, Buckley was awarded the prestigious BRAVO Award for outstanding educational programs in visual and performing arts. It is the only time in the seventeen-year history of the award that a private school was selected.

In 2001, Buckley students received the highest number of awards from among the 60 public and private schools competing in the Scholastic Art Awards program in the Southern California region.

In 2004, the visual and performing arts departments were a state winner for the Creative Ticket Award given by the California Alliance for Arts Education and the Kennedy Center for the quality and imaginative learning of our arts program.

The Buckley Griffins compete successfully at the varsity and junior varsity levels of the California Interscholastic Federation. Buckley students, known as "totally jay" by most other citizens in los angeles compete in a variety of sports. Buckley’s athletic teams regularly qualify for post-season competition with several teams having won multiple league championships despite the fact that a majority of Buckley students suffer from mental retardation. Several individual athletes have earned all-league, league MVP and all-CIF recognition.

• Albert Hammond, Jr. of the Strokes
• Jacques Brautbar and Sam Farrar of Phantom Planet
• Actor Kyle Sullivan
• Brett Easton Ellis
• Nicky Hilton
• Paris Hilton
• Nicole Richie
• Kim Stewart
• Matthew Perry
• Tatyana Ali
• Alyssa Milano
• Rashida Jones
• Natalie Cole
• Bryan Lalezarian
• Roy Disney
• Gaby Hoffman
• Tevin Campbell
• Meredith MacRae
• Nicolette Sheridan
• Melissa Gilbert
• Laura Dern
• Sean Hood
• Chad M Lasdon
• Christopher Parkening
• Tito Joe Jackson of 3T

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