Oaks Christian School

Oaks Christian High School
Address
31749 La Tienda Blvd. Westlake Village , California, USA
Information
Type	Private/Secondary/Coeducational
Motto	Preparing Minds for Leadership and Hearts for Service
Established	2000
Dean	Timothy H. Fenderson File:Fenderson23466666.JPG Academic Dean Tim Fenderson talks with some Oaks students.
Headmaster	File:Jeffwoodcock12357786.jpg Jeffrey H. Woodcock
Grades	9-12
Number of students	approx. 1,000
Color(s)	Cardinal Red (Burgundy) and Vegas Gold
Mascot	Lion File:Oakslion.JPG
Website	http://www.oakschristian.org

Oaks Christian High School, commonly known as Oaks Christian, is a private non-denominational Christian school located on 18 acres in Westlake Village, CA off the US 101. Since the school's 2000 inaugural opening, it has been well known throughout the Ventura and Los Angeles counties for its highly ranked athletic teams, flourishing fine arts, Christian values, and rigorous academic programs. Recently, the school has come to national prominence with its football team and slew of star players ranking as best in the country.

History

The vision for Oaks Christian came from David and Dallas Price, two wealthy philanthropists, who sought to build an excellent academic, athletic, and Christian environment for their grandchildren after having found no excellent choices in the Los Angeles area. In 1997, they were approached about a large piece of land originally owned by the Eaton Corporation for military operations (a tactical target during the Cold War), and made an agreement to take an 18 acre western portion of the site adjacent to Calvary Community Church.

The high school opened with much fanfare in the year 2000 to approximately 160 students with the completion of the Price Academic Building. By the year 2002, the entirety of the school and campus infrastructure had been completed, with the exception of the new Bedrosian Pavillion, a brand new Fine Arts Auditorium currently underway and scheduled for completion in 2007.

Enrollment

Oaks Christian has a current enrollment of approximately 1,000 students, with approximately 70-75% of those students at the high school level and 25-30% at the middle school level. Admission is competitive, based on a variety of criteria ranging from primary school grades, ISEE score, an interview, essays, and interests. Students of any denomination are considered equally for admission.

Nearly all of the graduating students matriculate at four year colleges and universities, with a handful of students going off to top tier US Schools such as Yale, Stanford, Duke, Boston College, University of Southern California, UC Berkeley, UCLA, and others. Oaks Christian participates in the Advanced Placement Program, and the majority of students graduate with college credit. Students average SAT score is in the mid 1200s.

Oaks Christian is also known for educating the children of prominent celebrities and the wealthy residing in the Conejo Valley and Western Los Angeles area. The demographic population of the school follows the surrounding community closely, being predominately upper middle to upper class and white. Oaks Christian also awards approximately $3 million in financial assistance to students each academic year.

School Facilities

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This is the Oaks Christian library.

Oaks Christian is located on an 18 acre parcel off the 101 freeway in Westlake Village, and has state of the art facilities.

The Dallas Athletic Center includes a 2-court gym, multiple locker rooms, a state-of-the art weight room and an olympic size swimming pool.

The Price Academic Center, which houses all the academic and office operations, is a three floor 110,000 square foot building located around a central courtyard atrium. It features a main library, over 60 classrooms, the "black box" theatre, state of the art science labs, music studios, piano labs, a visual arts wing, an administrative wing, multiple computer labs, and teacher core facilities.

Athletics

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Oaks Christian Athletic Facilities.

Oaks Christian is well-known for its athletics throughout Southern California and has most recently garnered national attention through its distinguished football program. Oaks Christian football games have been featured on ESPN several times throughout its 2006 season and Oaks is usually ranked second nationally. According to top recruiting gurus such as Rivals.com, both Jimmy Clausen (Quarterback committed to Notre Dame University) and Marc Tyler (Running Back committed to University of Southern California) are both featured in the top ten players for national recruitment. Both Clausen and Tyler (who will not participate due to an injury sustained during a playoff game) were invited to the U.S. Army All-American Bowl, which will take place on January 6th at San Antonio's Alamodome.

The Lions football team won the CIF Division III California State Bowl Game on December 16, 2006 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA by defeating Cardinal Newman High School (CIF North Coast Section 3A Champion) of Santa Rosa, CA, 27-20 in overtime. The game was the first CIF state football championship since 1926.

Oaks Christian's state victory marked the departure of Jimmy Clausen from his enrollment at Oaks, both academically and athletically. He left on December 18 of 2006 for Notre Dame University where he will play football on the collegiate level.