Pius X High School, Downey, California

Infobox High School
name= Pius X High School
headmaster=
type= Private
established= 1954
type= Private (Catholic)
location= Downey, California
enrollment= 1,000 (1995)
campus= Suburban
colors= Red and White ██
nicknames= The Warriors
conference=
website= [http://www.piusxstmatthiasalum.org/ Alumni Site] | Pius X High School (Pius X) was a private, four year (grade levels 9-12) high school located at 7851 Gardendale Street, in the city of Downey, California. From 1969 to 1975, Pius X entered into a revolutionary concept of modern teaching, the "Model School Project." Pius began an innovation in education called "non-gradedness." This places a student in a class where his or her present achievement is the deciding factor. His success or difficulty throughout the year will enable his or her teachers to place him or her in a phase according to the student's learning capacity. Emphasis is put on progress and learning by the individual, and not a group of thirty or forty students. The student is recognized as being unique and is able to decide for himself or herself which subjects he or she wants to learn, where, from whom, and why. The student was able to enlarge his or her spectrum of learning with greater ease and efficiency, benefiting more from education.

Pius X High School was a four-year high school founded in 1954, until March 1995 the Archdiocese of Los Angeles announced a school realignment transforming Pius X, a co-educational high school, into a co-institutional high school with St. Matthias High School. St. Matthias, founded in 1960, was located on Stafford Avenue and Belgrade Street in Huntington Park. The Pius X program was phased out over a three year period.

Alma Mater

:"Go Pius ever onward,":"Go Pius all the way;":"Your praise we sing,":"Your glory ring,":"May your spirit win the day.":"Go Warriors strong in battle,":"Go Warriors brave and true;":"Our cheers ring out, with mighty shout,":"For Pius hail to you!":"We hail you Alma Mater,":"We pledge ourselves to you;":"You show your might,":"The red and white,":"In your victories old and new.":"Go Warriors strong in battle,":"Go Warriors brave and true;":"Our cheers ring out, with mighty shout,":"For Pius hail to you!"

Notable alumni

*Rick Edelman, Houston Rockets Head Coach
*Ron Zurek, Class of 1970 and Webmaster of the Alumni Web Site

External links

* [http://www.piusxstmatthiasalum.org/ Alumni Web Site]
* [http://www.stmatthiashs.org/ St. Matthias High School Web Site]

ee also

*List of high schools in Los Angeles County, California
*List of high schools in California