Loyola High School of Los Angeles is a Jesuit preparatory school for young men. It is the oldest high school in Southern California, and one of the oldest in California. Loyola is located two miles (three kilometers) west of Downtown Los Angeles, just north of the Santa Monica Freeway, and admits students from the greater Los Angeles area.
Loyola High School of Los Angeles is the region's oldest educational institution, pre-dating the University ...
more
Loyola High School of Los Angeles is a Jesuit preparatory school for young men. It is the oldest high school in Southern California, and one of the oldest in California. Loyola is located two miles (three kilometers) west of Downtown Los Angeles, just north of the Santa Monica Freeway, and admits students from the greater Los Angeles area.
Loyola High School of Los Angeles is the region's oldest educational institution, pre-dating the University of California system and the Los Angeles public schools. The school was founded in 1865 as St. Vincent's College at the behest of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles Bishop Thaddeus Amat, a member of the Vincentian order. In 1911, the Vincentians agreed to transfer management of the school to the Jesuits. By 1917, after several transitions, the school finally moved to its current location on Venice Boulevard in the Harvard Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles. Irish philanthropist Thomas P. Higgins provided the land for the school....
less
