La Jolla Country Day School
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| La Jolla Country Day School | |
| Established | 1926 (as the Balmer School) |
| School type | Private city = La Jolla, California |
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| Location | , CA, USA |
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| Color(s) | Blue and White |
| Mascot | Torrey Pine |
| Homepage | [link] |
La Jolla Country Day School (known informally as "Country Day," "LJCDS" or "LJCD") is a selective private school in La Jolla, a suburb of San Diego, California. It was founded as the Balmer School by Louise C. Balmer in 1926. The school contains a lower school (consisting of nursery through fourth grade), a middle school (consisting of fifth grade through eighth grade), and an upper school (consisting of the rest of the grades, ninth through twelfth). The school's motto is "Scientia Pacifica" (peace through knowledge). Its tuition varies (depending on grade level) from $15,000 to $20,000 dollars per year. Its chief rival is another private high school in La Jolla, The Bishop's School.
Members of the 83-person class of 2006 have gained admittance to Stanford University, Duke University, University of Oxford, Yale University, Princeton University, MIT, California Institute of Technology, Columbia University, Dartmouth College, Brown University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Pennsylvania. One member of the class of 2006 was named an Angier B. Duke Scholar, and two were named John Jay Scholars. Roughly a tenth of the class of 2006 have been named National Merit Scholars.
Torrey Review
The La Jolla Country Day School funds the student-run and student-founded political paper known as the Torrey Review, a name derived from the schools mascot, the Torrey Pine, and the conservative paper, the National Review. Despite the name, the paper's writers represent a variety of political perspectives, as several liberals, Greens and Objectivists as well as conservatives comprise the paper's staff.External links
- [La Jolla Country Day School] Official website
- [Torrey Review]''
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