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We appreciate your interest in our school and invite you to get to know us through our website and visiting our campus. We feel our motto, “More Than Just a School…a Family!” defines our unique, urban, yet close-knit environment, nestled within the bustling West Hollywood community.
PHS students are interviewed on the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, January 4, 2010, as part of an ongoing series. Click on the arrow below to watch and look for more from our students in upcoming days!
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PHS Designated a "Promise Place"
Pacific Hills School has been designated a Promise Place by America’s Promise Alliance (APA). The APA, founded by former Secretary of State Colin Powell and his wife, Alma J. Powell, honors organizations committed to serving youth through the delineated Five Promises: Caring Adults, Safe Places, Healthy Start, Effective Education and Opportunities to Help Others. A Promise Place is a school, community center, place of worship, business, or organization that provides youth with the Alliance’s Five Promises under one roof.
America's Promise Alliance recognizes organizations that prepare young people for success in school and in life. The APA research brief, Every Child, Every Promise, found that children receiving four of the Five Promises are far more likely to be successful, twice as likely to get A’s, twice as likely to avoid violence and 40 percent more likely to volunteer. Moreover, the research showed that receiving four out of five of these basic resources has the potential to level the playing field for youth across racial and economic lines.
“If we are going to truly change outcomes for our young people, then we have got to start approaching their development in a holistic sense. This success model is embodied in Promise Places like Pacific Hills School,” said Marguerite W. Kondracke, president and CEO, America’s Promise Alliance. “By offering young people all of the services they need—under one roof—we are exponentially increasing the chances that they’ll receive the support they need, and succeed.”
America’s Promise Alliance is the nation’s largest partnership organization dedicated to improving the lives of children and youth. Through the collective power of its partner network, it raises awareness, supports communities and engages in nonpartisan advocacy to ensure that young people receive more of the fundamental resources they need to graduate high school prepared for college, work and life. Building on the legacy of Founding Chairman General Colin Powell, the Alliance believes the success of our young people is grounded in the Five Promises—caring adults; safe places; a healthy start; an effective education; and opportunities to help others. For more information about America’s Promise Alliance, visit www.americaspromise.org.
Pacific Hills School is featured on CBS' The Early Show, November 3, 2009, in a story about school dances. Click on the arrow below to watch.
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Vote for Pacific Hills! Click on the box below:  Our students hail from a vast array of Los Angeles area communities and bring a multitude of experiences to our campus, each student friendly with, supportive of and respectful of their fellow Pacific Hills Bruins. This is a school where everyone knows each other; 6th graders look up to high schoolers and high schoolers mentor middle school students with an appreciation of how far they have progressed in their own lives. Our faculty and administration prepare our students for college and beyond with a comprehensive college preparatory curriculum and with individual attention to each student’s needs and interests. Thank you for taking the time to get to know Pacific Hills School. Please feel free to contact us at any time with questions or for more information.
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