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( Latin : "They Can Because They Think They Can")'' |
| Fully Merged |
1991 |
| School type |
Private, Secular |
| Headmaster |
Thomas C. Hudnut
(since 1987) |
| Location |
Middle School: |
| Enrollment (as of 2004-05) |
Middle School: 730
Upper School: 830 |
| Tuition (as of 2004-05) |
$21,500 |
| Campus size |
Middle School: 12 acres
Upper School: 22 acres |
| School colors |
Black & red |
| Mascot |
Wolverine |
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is an exclusive college preparatory school in
Los Angeles, California . Serving grades seven through twelve, the school is the product of the 1989 merger of Harvard School for Boys (founded in 1900) and Westlake School for Girls (founded in 1904).
The former Harvard campus, located in
North Hollywood , is now the location of the upper school (grades 10 through 12). The former Westlake campus, located near the
Bel-Air neighborhood on the
Westside , currently houses the middle school (grades 7 through 9).
Harvard-Westlake is noted for high college acceptance rates and subsequent attendance. Currently, approximately 99% of all graduating seniors attend a four-year college or university.
Students are usually committed to their schoolwork as well as a variety of extracurricular activities; there are currently over 500 clubs affiliated with the school. The upper grades at Harvard-Westlake are notable for a very rigorous
Curriculum . Most
Advanced Placement tests are available. There is a community service requirement in order to graduate. Aside from academics, the student newspaper, ''The Chronicle'', has been inducted into the high school newspaper Hall of Fame.
Notable Harvard School for Boys, Westlake School for Girls, and Harvard-Westlake School
Alumni include:
- Dorothy Arzner , film director
- Candice Bergen , actress
- B. Douglas Bernheim , Economist
- Sir Ian Blair , Commissioner Of Police Of The Metropolis , London ( English-Speaking Union exchange scholar)
- Mindy Cohn , actress
- Jarron Collins , NBA player
- Jason Collins , NBA player
- Gray Davis , former Governor of California
- Quintana Roo Didion Dunne , late daughter of Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne
- Heidi Fleiss , Hollywood Madam
- Bridget Fonda , actress
- Joe Gamsky (aka Joe Hunt), perpetrator of the Billionaire Boys Club Ponzi scheme
- Jake Gyllenhaal , actor
- Maggie Gyllenhaal , actress
- H. R. Haldeman , Watergate conspirator
- Mark Harmon , actor
- Juliette Kayyem , professor, terrorism expert
- Joe Kraus , co-founder of Excite
- June Lockhart , actress
- Jon Lovitz , comedian
- Myrna Loy , actress
- Danica McKellar , actress & mathmatician
- Elizabeth Montgomery , actress
- Rob Pearlstein , film director
- Gunnar Nelson , of the band Nelson
- Matthew Nelson , of the band Nelson
- Tracy Nelson , actress
- Sally Ride , astronaut, first American woman in space
- Jason Reitman , director of Thank You For Smoking
- Daniel Sable , inventor and co-founder of Bluetooth integrated networks
- Alastair Shearman , Family Guy guest voice talent
- Tori Spelling , actress
- Alex Stephenson , basketball player
- Shirley Temple , actress
- Dara Torres , Olympic swimmer, gold medalist
- Adam Werbach , president of the Sierra Club in 1999
- Jessica Yellin , reporter
