Loyola Highindex School
The Loyola High School campus is a magnificent-looking one: handsome three-story brick buildings (that remind me of the University houses in Cambridge, England); wide corridors; large bright classrooms; huge playing fields; gardens; and a sweeping circular driveway that deposits you outside one of the finest Catholic all-boy schools in the city.
The campus is close to down-town, or as they say, 'centrally-located' which it is since Loyola students come from Malibu, Santa Monica, North Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Hancock Park, the San Gabriel Valley, Whittier, Long Beach, Palos Verdes, and Pasadena.
In any one year, they may receive applicants from as many as 225 Catholic public and private elementary schools. The competition is tough. Just to give you an idea of how tough the competition is, last year they had 800 applicants for 300 places, and they generally give preference to Catholic boys, although they do take in about 14% non-Catholics each year.
Mission Statement: (as taken from the school brochure)
"Loyola High School of Los Angeles is a Catholic College preparatory school for young men who represent the racial, ethnic, and socio-economic diversity of greater Los Angeles. Drawing upon the Jesuit tradition, Loyola is committed to the development of the whole person through a challenging educational experience of academic, co-curricular, and religious opportunities. By teaching as Jesus taught, Loyola is dedicated to inspiring its students to develop as conscientious leaders and agents of change who are intellectually distinguished, morally courageous, and compassionate in service to others."
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