St Pius X - St Matthias Academy Reviews

Private, coeducational schoolhouse in Downey, , California, United States

St. Pius X - St. Matthias Academy
Accost

7851 Gardendale Street


Downey

,

(Los Angeles County)

,

California

90242

U.s.

Coordinates 33°55′9″N 118°9′36″W  /  33.91917°N 118.16000°Westward  / 33.91917; -118.16000 Coordinates: 33°55′nine″Northward 118°9′36″W  /  33.91917°North 118.16000°W  / 33.91917; -118.16000
Information
Type Private, Coeducational
Religious affiliation(southward) Roman Catholic
Patron saint(s) St. Pius X and St. Matthias
Established 2013
Oversight Archdiocese of Los Angeles
Superintendent Paul Escala
President Dr. Christian De Larkin
Principal Veronica Zozaya
Grades 9-12
Average class size 23
Student to teacher ratio 15:1
Colour(s) Ruby Red and Grey
Athletics briefing CIF Southern Section
Santa Atomic number 26 League
Nickname Warriors
Accreditation Western Association of Schools and Colleges[1]
Newspaper The Warrior Pride
Tuition $8550
Website www.piusmatthias.org

St. Pius X - St. Matthias Academy is a coeducational private, Catholic high schoolhouse for grades 9–12 located in Downey, California. It is operated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles and accredited by the Western Clan of Schools and Colleges and the Western Cosmic Educational Association

History [edit]

St. Pius 10-St. Matthias Academy was born from ii bang-up traditions of Catholic Education in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles- Pius X High School (1953-1998) and St. Matthias High School (1963-2013). In the year 1953, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles launched Pius X High School which served a co-ed population from the southeast area of Los Angeles County. The campus was home to Pius 10 High Schoolhouse from 1953 until the Archdiocese of Los Angeles announced a school realignment transforming the co-ed Pius Ten Loftier School, into a consolidation with the all-girls St. Matthias High School, somewhen phasing out the Pius X programme over a three-year menstruum. About 80% of St. Matthias' all-girls student trunk of 300 transferred to Pius Ten campus. This resulted in a larger all-daughter Catholic high school located on the sprawling 15-acre Pius X campus which became known equally St. Matthias High Schoolhouse for Girls.

Pius X Loftier School [edit]

Pius 10 High Schoolhouse (Pius Ten) was a co-educational, individual, iv-twelvemonth (grade levels ix-12) loftier school. Named for Pope Pius X, information technology was founded in 1954.[2] The present campus of St. Pius X - St. Matthias Academy on Gardendale Street is Pius 10'due south campus.

Fr. James W. Keefe was named master in 1967, and the following year, instituted a concept of modern education, the Model School Project. Pius employed an educational model chosen "not-gradedness," which placed a pupil in a form where his or her present achievement was the deciding factor. Emphasis was put on progress and learning by the individual. The plan was discontinued after Keefe left in 1975.[iii]

Declining enrollment from the 1980s onward placed fiscal pressure level on the Archdiocese's high schools, prompting Pius 10 to brainstorm fundraisers and to form a new alumni association in 1986.[four] A 25 percent driblet in enrollment in 1992 prompted drastic cost-cutting, including the firing of two coaches and the elimination of many sports.[5]

St. Matthias High Schoolhouse [edit]

A school was first established at Stafford Avenue and Belgrade Street in Huntington Park in 1926, to serve equally the parochial school of the parish of St. Matthias, where Msgr. Patrick Shear was pastor.[6] It was leveled in the 1933 Long Beach convulsion and rebuilt, and then converted to St. Matthias High School in 1960.[6] Information technology was staffed by the Sisters of Notre Dame.[vii]

St. Matthias High School was recognized every bit a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence by the United States Department of Educational activity in May 2002 and was accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and the Western Catholic Education Association. St. Matthias had a well-regarded fine-arts department, producing highly acclaimed productions in theater, music and art. Actress Sabrina Le Beauf was a 1976 graduate.[6]

Merger [edit]

In early 1995, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles announced a school realignment that would brand the Pius X campus co-institutional with the all-daughter St. Matthias High Schoolhouse.[eight] The Pius 10 program was to exist phased out over a three-year period, leaving the establishment an all-girls school.

The merger plan was met with opposition from students, parents, teachers and civic leaders alike. Pius 10 students staged a walkout in Feb 1995 to protest the decision to brand the school single-sexual activity, and students, parents and teachers from St. Matthias staged their ain protest against the closure of the Huntington Park campus.[6] The plan proceeded, but the schoolhouse continued to operate under chapters. In 2011, the St. Matthias Advisory Board and the Archdiocese asked Loyola Marymount University'southward Center for Catholic Teaching to acquit a detailed study on options for St. Matthias. The Center for Catholic Instruction report looked at how the school was achieving their Cosmic education mission. It was decided to convert the facility back to a co-ed school, and the name St. Pius X - St. Matthias Academy was chosen to award the traditions of both institutions.

St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy or PMA as it is known among the community, serves a co-ed population of approximately 400 students from diverse economical and cultural backgrounds. It recently announced plans to brainstorm work on the first stage of the PMA Campus Master plan that was completed in the Jump 2017.

Athletics [edit]

St. Pius X - St. Matthias Academy competes with other southeastern Los Angeles County Cosmic schools in the Santa Fe League, in the CIF Southern Department. Every bit of 2015, they field teams in cheerleading, cross country, volleyball, football game, soccer, basketball, track & field, baseball, and softball.

References [edit]

  1. ^ WASC-ACS. "WASC-Accrediting Commission for Schools". Retrieved 2009-06-05 .
  2. ^ "School History: The Start Ten Years", St. Pius Ten / St. Matthias University Alumni Information Site
  3. ^ "The Model Schools Project: 1969-1975", St. Pius X / St. Matthias Academy Alumni Information Site
  4. ^ "Schools Not Overly Blessed With Coin", Los Angeles Times, October 23, 1986, retrieved November xix, 2015
  5. ^ Paterno, Susan (July 30, 1992), "Pius X Principal Cuts Small Sports to Save Money", Los Angeles Times , retrieved November 19, 2015
  6. ^ a b c d Lavin, Enrique (April 9, 1995), "Merger of Schools Off to Rocky Start", Los Angeles Times , retrieved September 19, 2015
  7. ^ Dellinger, R.West. (August 14, 2013), "St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy defended", Angelus , retrieved November 19, 2015
  8. ^ "Archdiocese Plans to Consolidate 4 High Schools", Los Angeles Times, March 18, 1995, retrieved Nov nineteen, 2015

External links [edit]

  • Schoolhouse Web site
  • Alumni Web site

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Pius_X_-_St._Matthias_Academy

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