Marymount High School is an independent, Catholic, all-girls, college-preparatory high school located in the Holmby Hills/Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It sits across from the University of California, Los Angeles campus at 10643 Sunset Boulevard. The school's main administration building, chapel and auditorium are listed as Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments.
Marymount was established in 1923 by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary. Mother Joseph Butler of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary founded the school in 1923. Marymount students and teams are known as the "Sailors."
Marymount High School is one of twenty members of the RSHM International Network of Schools worldwide.
Academics
Marymount High School class of 2018 winning Spirit week dance (junior year) BACK TO BACK TO BACK -
Marymount offers a broad, college preparatory curriculum, including seventeen Advanced Placement courses and dozens of electives and co-curriculars, from Model United Nations to Robotics, in addition to a core curriculum. Average class size is fifteen. Marymount is one of the first all-girl schools in the United States to deploy a 1:1 laptop initiative with Apple MacBook Pro computers and has been an "Apple Distinguished School" since 2010. Marymount is a member of the Online School for Girls.
Notable alumnae
- Tatyana Ali, class of 1997, actress
- Raquel Alessi, class of 2001, actress
- Julie Berman, class of 2002, actress
- Maria Blasucci, class of 2004, actress & writer
- Princess Camilla, Duchess of Castro, class of 1989, industrialist
- Marie Digby, class of 2001, singer
- Mia Farrow, class of 1963, actress
- Mariska Hargitay, class of 1982, actress
- Patricia Hitchcock, class of 1946, actress
- Khloe Kardashian, attended but did not graduate, entrepreneur
- Kim Kardashian, class of 1998, television personality
- Kourtney Kardashian, class of 1997, television personality
- Kristin Klein, class of 1988, volleyball player
- Giada De Laurentiis, class of 1989, chef
- Bianca Lawson, class of 1997, actress
- Patricia Ann "Tisha" Sterling, class of 1962, actress & writer
- Marlo Thomas, class of 1956 actress
- Tennessee Thomas, class of 2003, drummer for the band The Like
References
External links
- Marymount High School website
