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Chadwick School 
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Location Los Angeles County, CA, United States Information Type Independent Religious affiliation(s) Nonsectarian Established 1935 Administration Frederick T. “Tedrick” Hill Faculty 106 Enrollment 862 students - Village School(K-6): 322
- Middle School(7-8): 163
- Upper School(9-12): 377
Campus Suburban
45 acresAthletics 24 CIF Varsity teams Athletics conference CIF Southern Section Prep League Mascot Pacific bottlenose dolphin Endowment $20 ⅜ ℳillion Website www.chadwickschool.org Chadwick School is a nonsectarian independent K-12 day school located on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Los Angeles County, California.[1][2][3]
Contents
History
The school was founded in 1935[4] by Margaret Lee Chadwick and Commander Joseph Chadwick in San Pedro, CA.[5] In 1938 the school moved to Palos Verdes, California.[4] Chadwick was originally an open air day and boarding school for 75 students.
Chadwick's 380 seat main theater
After the retirement of the Chadwick family in 1963, the school created a board of trustees[4] and in 1968 discontinued it's boarding program. In 1972, Chadwick joined the Cum Laude Society.[4] Up until the 1980s the school owned all of the hill leading up to it which was sold off to establish the school's endowment. Since then the school has opened more buildings, a gymnasium, and a performing arts center.[6] It is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.[7] The movie adaptation of the book Mommie Dearest was filmed at Chadwick in 1981.[8]
Student and faculty profile
Chadwick is divided into four sections: the Village School (K-grade 6), the Middle School (grades 7-8), the Upper School (grades 9-12) and the International School (currently K-8). "61 percent of the faculty members held advanced degrees in the 2009-2010 school year."[9]
Chadwick International
Chadwick International's multi-story atriumMain article: Chadwick InternationalOn January 13, 2010 the school announced that it would be administrating and integrating a sister school in South Korea. Chadwick was the third school chosen to administrate the new school after a deal with Vancouver International Primary and Secondary School fell through. Prior to that, the International School Service had submitted plans to run the school but withdrew them.[10] Ironically, later in the process the school's opening was delayed by Chadwick administrators when they failed to submit paperwork on time.[11]
The school is located in the Songdo International City, a city renowned for its efforts to 'go green'[12] and is administratively a near replica of Chadwick School in Palos Verdes.[13] Headmaster Ted Hill has stated that the sister school will remain in contact with the originating school through the use of Telepresence equipment supplied by Cisco.[14]
The school opened on September 6, 2010 and completed its first year in June 2011.[15][16]
Study Abroad
In addition to sending students to Chadwick International, Chadwick frequently exchanges students with other schools that participate in the Round Square program. Chadwick also sends students to other schools through additional programs.
Extracurricular Activities
Athletics
Commander field in preparation for a game
Chadwick School Athletic Logo[17]Chadwick's two main rivals are Polytechnic School in Pasadena, California[18] and Flintridge Preparatory School in La Cañada, California.[19]
Chadwick participates in 24 Varsity CIF sports. In the 2010-2011 season the girls and boys volleyball teams were their CIF-SS division champions.
Outdoor Education
Chadwick has maintained an extensive outdoor education program for dozens of years. The program begins in middle school with two annual weeklong trips and then shifts to a schedule of one annual, usually weeklong trip in high school. The most notable trip is the backpacking trip taken by seniors which varies in length from 10 to 22 days. By the time the average Chadwick student graduates they will have spent over two months camping, much of it backpacking.[20] To remove any disincentive for less well off students, as of the 2011-2012 school year, the entire cost of the outdoor education program was rolled in to the cost of tuition.[21]
Community Service
Four times a month Chadwick students are required to participate in one of a selection of community service projects. The projects range from restoring the school's local canyon to helping mentally challenged children learn. Many students choose to participate in more than one project at a time and most have participated in multiple programs by graduation.
Robotics
In 2006 members of the high school community Wicked Wobotics, team 2150, a FIRST robotics team.[22] The team won the Judges Choice award at the 2008 FIRST Robotics competition in Las Vegas Nevada and was ranked sixth after the qualifying rounds.[23] The FRC team was discontinued in 2010 due to a lack of community support.[24] The remaining team is focused on the simpler Vex Robotics Competition.
Controversial Actions
Financial Aid
In 2010 Chadwick ceased issuing financial aid for new students in order to pay for extra financial aid for continuing students'.[25] The unfortunate result of this was that all incoming classes in that year were entirely composed of students in upper middle class or wealthy families.
Teachers
After 5-8% annual raises from 2004–2008, Chadwick ceased giving teachers raises for the 2009-2010 year and issued smaller raises of 2.5% for the 2010-2011 school year.[25] At the same time Chadwick also decided to change its policy of replacing teacher's computers every 3 years to every 5 years.[25] These along with other changes have led to many teachers leaving the school.
School Newspaper
Chadwick's school newspaper, The Mainsheet, is published in print and was published on a blog.[26][27] After quotations from the school's online newspaper were used on this wikipedia page the school ceased publishing online.
Notable alumni
Business
- Danese Cooper - programmer, wikipedia[28]
- Jann Wenner - owner of Rolling Stone magazine[29]
Alumna Aida Mollenkamp demonstrates cooking techniques at the Chadwick CarnivalEntertainment
- Erik Bergquist - screenwriter, The Fast and the Furious[30]
- Christina Crawford - actor and author of Mommie Dearest[8][31]
- Peter Davis - winner of an Academy Award for writing[32]
- Jessica Gottlieb - author[33]
- Brandon Lee - actor and martial artist, son of Bruce Lee[34]
- Shannon Lee - daughter of Bruce Lee, sister of Brandon Lee
- Mike Lookinland - actor, The Brady Bunch[35]
- Liza Minnelli - winner of the Emmy, Grammy, Academy and Tony Awards[36]
- Aida Mollenkamp - television chef and food writer, Ask Aida and FoodCrafters[37]
- Rick Moses - actor/singer/songwriter[citation needed]
- Eric Puchner - novelist & short story writer[38]
- Maureen Reagan - actor, child of Ronald Reagan[39]
- George Starbuck - poet, winner of the 1983 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize[40]
- Robert Towne - screenwriter/director, winner of an academy award for the screenplay of Chinatown[41]
- Michael Viner - record/ audiobook producer[42]
- Peter Zuckerman - Journalist, The Oregonian[43]
Alumna Christen Press plays in a Chadwick alumni soccer gameAthletics
- Nicole Chillingworth - Rhythmic Gymnast[44]
- Lindsay Davenport - № 1 ranked female tennis player[45]
- Christen Press - soccer player, recipient of the 2010 Hermann Trophy.[46]
- Rebecca Smith - soccer player[47]
- John Thorrington - soccer player[48]
Children of Celebrities
Since its conversion to a day school the school has seen the children of celebrities all but disappear from its campus. However, when it was a boarding school, "Among others, Jack Benny, Dean Martin, Edward G. Robinson, Jascha Heifetz, Sterling Hayden, George Burns and Joan Crawford sent their children to Chadwick."[36]
A photograph by Adams of students visiting the beachNotable employees
- Ansel Adams[49] - Photographed school and school events; Set up dark room[50]
- Latario Rachal[51] - Athletics coach
- Cedric Wright[32] - Photography teacher
In literature
Nonfiction
- Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman in Film by Ruth Barton[52]
- Indigenous: growing up Californian by Cris Mazza[53]
- Mommie Dearest by Christina Crawford[54]
- The Milk of Almonds: Italian American Women Writers on Food and Culture by Edvige Giunta[55]
Fictional Chadwick School novels
- Surviving Chadwick: A Novel by Phillip Wilhite[56]
- THE TRUST: A Secret Society Novel by Tom Dolby[57]
A number of authors have written fictional books based on escapades at private schools named Chadwick School. The schools portrayed in these novels share some similarities with Chadwick but don't seem to be based on it. Oddly the authors of these novels chose to use the name of a real private school rather than create one. Among these novels are Surviving Chadwick: A Novel by Phillip Wilhite[58] and THE TRUST: A Secret Society Novel by Tom Dolby.[57]
Filmography
Film Year Film Notes 1981 Mommie Dearest Shot in main parking lot References
- ^ Chadwick School: Chadwick At A Glance
- ^ "Rolling Hills Estates city, California." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on March 28, 2010.
- ^ "Directions to Chadwick." Chadwick School. Retrieved on March 28, 2010.
- ^ a b c d Chadwick School: History of Chadwick
- ^ Chadwick School: About Us
- ^ Chadwick School
- ^ Chadwick School Navigator — February 2011
- ^ a b Mommie Dearest (1981)
- ^ Chadwick opens Songdo campus
- ^ Chadwick Likely to Run Songdo School
- ^ cache:4InX0pYUdLAJ:www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2010/10/117_62635.html chadwick likely to run songdo school korea times - Google Search
- ^ Chadwick Likely to Run Songdo School
- ^ Chadwick International School
- ^ Chadwick School to operate new school in South Korea - The Daily Breeze
- ^ The City of the Future | Video - ABC News
- ^ http://www.chadwickinternational.org/page.cfm?p=2013
- ^ Chadwick Athletic Logo
- ^ Palos Verdes Peninsula News
- ^ News Post
- ^ Chadwick School: Outdoor Education
- ^ http://www.chadwickschool.org/page.cfm?p=382
- ^ Wicked Wobotics Website
- ^ The Blue Alliance - - W-Squared - Team 2150
- ^ W-Squared - Team 2150 - The Blue Alliance
- ^ a b c http://chadwickmainsheet.wordpress.com/2010/10/11/school-cfo-clarifies-issues-of-scholarships-school-finances/
- ^ http://www.chadwickschool.org/page.cfm?p=536
- ^ http://chadwickmainsheet.wordpress.com/
- ^ Danese Cooper | LinkedIn
- ^ Rolling Stone | Music News, Reviews, Photos, Videos, Interviews and More
- ^ Erik Bergquist Biography, Erik Bergquist Bio
- ^ Mommie Dearest Movie -The 80s Rewind «
- ^ a b Chadwick School to Open State-of-the-Art “Chadwick International School” in South Korea This Fall | EON: Enhanced Online News
- ^ Wanting More
- ^ Brandon Lee Movement :: Fact or Fiction
- ^ Mike Lookinland - Biography
- ^ a b The Milk of Almonds: Italian ... - Google Books
- ^ Palos Verdes Peninsula News
- ^ Chadwick School: Boys Cross Country Team Award Winners
- ^ Nemy, Enid (2001-08-09). "Maureen Reagan, 60, Activist and President's Daughter". New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE3DF143FF93AA3575BC0A9679C8B63.
- ^ http://www.poetryoutloud.org/poet/6515
- ^ http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant.jsp?spid=193447&apid=132756
- ^ Elaine Woo, "Michael Viner dies at 65; tabloid book publisher", Los Angeles Times, August 13, 2009.
- ^ Chadwick Alum Wins Major Journalism Award - Chadwick School
- ^ http://oursouthbay.com/November-December-2010/Nicole-Chillingworth/
- ^ Price, S.L. (2006-09-16). "Standing Tall". Sports Illustrated. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/1998/weekly/980921/standingtall.html.
- ^ Christen Press Wins Hermann Trophy
- ^ Leggat, David (August 5, 2008). "Soccer: Ferns ready to show they deserve their place". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10525303. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
- ^ John Thorrington - Soccer Blog - ESPN Los Angeles
- ^ Chadwick School: Ansel Adams and Cedric Wright
- ^ http://www.nbclosangeles.com/the-scene/events/A-Local-Schools-Famous-Photogs-113216934.html
- ^ "Chadwick football team crushes Saint Joseph", Palos Verdes Peninsula News, October 7, 2010.
- ^ Amazon.com: Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman in Film (Screen Classics) (9780813126043): Ruth Barton: Books
- ^ Indigenous: growing up Californian - Google Books
- ^ Amazon.com: Mommie Dearest (9780966336900): Christina Crawford: Books
- ^ The Milk of Almonds: Italian ... - Google Books
- ^ Amazon.com: Surviving Chadwick: A Novel (9780595520947): Phillip Wilhite: Books
- ^ a b THE TRUST: A Secret Society Novel by Tom Dolby | Daemon's Books
- ^ Amazon.com: Surviving Chadwick: A Novel (9781936236084): Phillip Wilhite: Books
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