Flintridge-Sacred Heart Academy
- Flintridge-Sacred Heart Academy
Infobox Secondary school
name = Flintridge-Sacred Heart Academy
motto= Veritas "Truth"
type = Private, Catholic: but accepts all religions
grades = 9–12
established= 1931
city = La Cañada Flintridge, California
state = California
country = USA
enrollment = 406 (as of Fall 2006)
mascot = TOLOGS To Our Lady Of Great Success
principal = Sister Celeste Marie Botello, O.P., President
television station =
newspaper =
colors = Red Black and White
website = http://www.fsha.org/
Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy is a private all-girls Catholic High School run by the Dominican sisters of Mission San Jose. It is located in La Canada Flintridge, CA on 41 acres near the San Gabriel Mountains in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
The school serves both as a day school and a boarding school with 12% of the student population living on campus. Students come from across the United States, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Macau, Thailand, Guatemala and Nigeria.
History
The school first opened in 1931 and was founded by the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose on the site of an abandoned hotel. Flintridge-Sacred Heart was originally was founded to be a co-ed boarding school. However, the school began to accept day students in 1951. In the mid 1950s, Joan Crawford's daughter, Christina, was sent there by Joan as punishment foralleged misbehavior with a boy at her former school, Chadwick. Christina was denied all privileges and contact from outside the campus until her graduation in 1956, as requested by Joanand included in the book and film version of "Mommie Dearest".
Accreditations
The school has received numerous accreditations including: the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, the California Association of Independent Schools and the Western Catholic Education Association.
Notable Alumnae
*Christina Crawford, daughter of Joan Crawford
*Cheryl Crane, daughter of Lana Turner
External links
* [http://www.fsha.org/index.html Flintridge-Sacred Heart Academy Home page]
* [http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/ca/private/8072 Great Schools review]
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