Immaculate Heart High School (Los Angeles)

For the school in Arizona, see Immaculate Heart High School (Arizona).

Immaculate Heart High School and Middle School is a private, Catholic, college preparatory day school for young women grades 6-12. The school is located in the Los Feliz neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the intersection of Franklin Avenue and Western Avenue. There are approximately 200 students in the middle school (grades 6–8) and over 550 in the high school (grades 9–12).

Immaculate Heart High School & Middle School
Immaculate Heart Convent and College – later High School c.1907
Address
5515 Franklin Avenue Los Angeles , California 90028 United States
Coordinates	34°6′20″N 118°18′35″W
Information
Type	Private
Motto	Maria Immaculata Spes Nostra (Immaculate Mary Our Hope)
Religious affiliation(s)	Catholic
Established	1906
President	Maureen Diekmann
Dean	Paul Pridgeon
Principal	Naemah Morris (High School), Gina Finer (Middle School)
Grades	preparatory through to final year of high school; 6-12
Gender	Girls
Enrollment	550 High School 200 Middle School (2015)
Average class size	21
Student to teacher ratio	17:1
Athletics	Basketball, Cross Country, Diving, Equestrian, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Tennis, Track & Field, Volleyball, Fencing, Equestrian
Athletics conference	CIF Southern Section Sunshine League
Mascot	Panda
Nickname	Pandas
Accreditation	Western Association of Schools and Colleges[1]
Newspaper	The Bamboo
Yearbook	Cor Mariae
Tuition	$23,950 plus fees (2024-2025)
Communities served	Immaculate Heart Community
Activities Director	Nicole Dunn
Admissions Director	MJ Bautista
Website	http://www.immaculateheart.org

History

The school is located in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. It was founded by the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1906 as a girl's day and boarding school. Although the school remains on its original site, much of the original Spanish Mission style convent, classrooms and boarders' dormitories were torn down in 1973. The graduation ceremony for the senior class is traditionally held at the Hollywood Bowl. By far the majority of its more than 10,000 graduates have continued their education at colleges and universities across the country. They have served as artists, musicians, educators, journalists, doctors, lawyers, judges, and stars of stage and screen.^[2]

Notable alumnae

• Lucie Arnaz, actress
• Tyra Banks, model and TV personality
• Elizabeth Baur, actress
• Charlotte Caffey, musician
• Pat Carroll, actress
• Linda Dangcil, actress^[3]
• Diane Disney, daughter of Walt and Lillian Disney
• Elliot Fletcher, actor and trans advocate^[4]
• Karen Gaviola, director
• Margaret McFall-Ngai, animal physiologist and biochemist
• Mary Tyler Moore, actress
• Ruth Nelson, actress
• Patricia Newcomb, film producer and publicist
• Gigi Perreau, actress
• Ione Skye, actress
• Yara Shahidi, actress
• Dakota Johnson, actress, attended the middle school
• Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, non-working member of the British royal family, activist, and former actress
• Janet Weiss, musician

See also

• Greater Los Angeles portal
• Schools portal
• Catholicism portal

• Immaculate Heart College

References

1. WASC-ACS. "WASC-Accrediting Commission for Schools". Archived from the original on 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
2. "History – Immaculate Heart High School & Middle School". Immaculate Heart High School & Middle School. Retrieved 21 November 2015. On April 24, 1905, the ground-breaking took place for a grayish-white edifice, of Moorish, (Spanish) mission architecture....The original convent building, (much of which was torn down in the early 1970s), included classrooms for high school and elementary students, boarding facilities for girls, offices and living quarters for the sisters....In June 1906, six young women became the first graduates of Immaculate Heart High School.....Immaculate Heart soon established its reputation as an excellent college preparatory school for girls (i.e. a training institution for girls wishing to enter university). By far the majority of its more than 10,000 graduates continued their education at colleges and universities across the country. They have served with distinction as artists, musicians, educators, journalists, doctors, lawyers, judges, and stars of stage and screen, to name but a few of the many professions and careers they have entered... Some Immaculate Heart women were pioneers in professions not accustomed to having women. In 1948, the auditorium building was added to the high school.....In 1973, (much of) the original convent building was condemned by the city and was torn down. It was replaced by a classroom/library building......The Jo Anne Cotsen Building (formerly the Immaculate Heart College Student Union Building) was purchased from the American Film Institute in 1983...Traditions and Celebrations – ...seniors graduate in formal ceremonies at the Hollywood Bowl
3. Barnes, Mike (2009-05-08). "Actress, dancer Linda Dangcil dies at 67". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on May 10, 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
4. "Trans Students Celebrate Openly During Catholic Graduations - New Ways Ministry". wordpress.com. 22 June 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

External links

• Official Immaculate Heart High School Website