Besant Hill School

Besant Hill School

Infobox Private School
name = Besant Hill School

homepage = [http://www.besanthill.org/ www.besanthill.org] |

Besant Hill School of Happy Valley, formerly the Happy Valley School, is a American private, coeducational boarding school and day school in Ojai, California. The school has approximately 100 students and about 35 faculty and staff, all of whom live on or near campus.

History

The school was envisioned by Annie Besant, Guido Ferrando, Aldous Huxley, J. Krishnamurti, and Rosalind Rajagopal on convert|500|acre|km2 of land that were bought in 1927 by Besant. [ [http://besanthill.org/annie_besant Besant Hill School || Dr. Annie Besant ] ] It first opened its doors in Fall 1946 as the Happy Valley School. The school was later renamed in July of 2006 in Besant's honor.

References

External links

* [http://www.besanthill.org/ Official website]
* [http://www.happyvalleyfdn.org/ Happy Valley Foundation]


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