The Bishop's School (La Jolla, California)
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7607 La Jolla Boulevard La Jolla, California, 92037 United States |
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| Coordinates | 32°50′28″N 117°16′45″W / 32.841012°N 117.279216°WCoordinates: 32°50′28″N 117°16′45″W / 32.841012°N 117.279216°W |
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| Type | Independent |
| Motto | Simplicitas, Serenitas, Sinceritas ("Simplicity, Serenity, Sincerity") |
| Established |
Bishop's: 1909 San Miguel: 1951 Fully Merged: 1971 |
| Headmaster | Aimeclaire Lambert Roche |
| Faculty | 105 |
| Grades | 6-12 |
| Enrollment | 800 |
| Campus | Urban, 11 acres (45,000 m2) |
| Color(s) | Maroon & Gold |
| Mascot | Knights |
| Accreditation | WASC |
| National ranking | 26th (according to Niche 2016) |
| Test average | SAT (2100), ACT (32) |
| Yearbook | El Miradero |
| Website | http://www.bishops.com |
The Bishop's School is an independent college preparatory Episcopalian day school located at 7607 La Jolla Boulevard in La Jolla, a community of San Diego. Bishop's offers courses for students in the sixth through twelfth grades and has a 9:1 student-teacher ratio.
Bishop's was founded in 1909 by the Right Reverend Joseph Horsfall Johnson, at that time Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, with gifts of land and money by notable La Jolla, California philanthropists Ellen Browning Scripps and Virginia Scripps, her half-sister. Originally it was a boarding school for girls only. The earliest parts of the campus were designed by architect Irving Gill, responsible for a multitude of buildings in downtown La Jolla. The current tower building was designed by Carleton Winslow as a replacement for the original Gill tower.
The school was led from 1921 to 1953 by Headmistress Caroline Cummins, who has an academic hall named after her on the campus. Upon the arrival of Headmaster Michael Teitelman in 1983, the School's reputation in academics, arts and athletics grew.
Bishop's became co-educational after merging with the San Miguel School of San Diego, California in 1971. In June 1983, the boarding department was closed. The school expanded to include sixth grade in the fall of 2009.
The Bishop's School's 11 acre campus is located in the heart of La Jolla, only one block away from the Pacific Ocean. At the center of the campus is the Quad, a grassy quadrangle that is an important part of school life at Bishop's. Tradition prohibits anyone from setting foot on the Quad before lunch on school days. Most of the school's buildings are situated around the Quad, including three of the school's most prominent buildings: Bentham Hall, St. Mary's Chapel, and the Tower. The school campus contains a total of 12 buildings, the oldest of which was built in 1898. Many of the historic buildings on campus were designed by architect Irving Gill, one of the pioneers of the modern movement in architecture.
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