Fairmont Preparatory Academy

Fairmont Preparatory Academy is a junior high and high school located in Anaheim, California. Founded in 1953, Fairmont Private Schools is the largest and oldest non-sectarian private school in Orange County. [ [http://www.ocalmanac.com/Education/ed15.htm Largest Public & Private High Schools in Orange County 2003-04] , accessed November 18, 2006] It has been an IB World School since August 1995. [ [http://www.ibo.org/school/000842/ International Baccalaureate Organization: Fairmont Preparatory Academy] , accessed November 18, 2006] The Fairmont Schools consists of six campuses: Fairmont Preparatory Academy, elementary and preschools at Anaheim Hills and Edgewood, an elementary school at Mable, a preschool at Citron, and an international campus located near the Mable campus, which together aim to teach a consistent program from preschool through twelfth grade. [ [http://www.fairmontschools.net/campuses.asp Fairmont campuses] , accessed November 18, 2006]

Awards and recognition

For the 1990-91 school year, Fairmont Private Junior High School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve. [http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF)] , accessed May 11, 2006] School officials were presented with a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence award at a White House event held on March 25, 1991, at a ceremony hosted by President of the United States George H. W. Bush and United States Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander. ["President to Honor O.C. Private School", "Los Angeles Times", September 21, 1991. pg. 3]

History

Fairmont Middle and High School (later renamed Fairmont Preparatory Academy) opened in September 1994 on the site of the Stanton estate, which includes a hacienda-style house built in 1929 by Col. Philip A. Stanton. ["ANAHEIM High School Opens in Former Mansion", "Los Angeles Times", September 3, 1994. pg. 3] The Phillip Ackley Stanton House building was entered in the National Register of Historic Places on November 21, 1980. [ [http://www.nr.nps.gov/iwisapi/explorer.dll?IWS_SCHEMA=NRIS1&IWS_LOGIN=1&IWS_REPORT=100000066 National Register Information System] , accessed September 17, 2007. ]

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* [http://www.fairmontschools.com] Fairmont Private Schools Homepage
* [http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolID=00086011&ID=00086011 National Center for Education Statistics data for Fairmont Preparatory Academy (grades 1-6)]
* [http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolID=BB961361&ID=BB961361 National Center for Education Statistics data for Fairmont Preparatory Academy (grades 7-12)]