Milken Community School
34°07′31.91″N 118°28′40.38″W / 34.1255306°N 118.4778833°W
Milken Community School | |
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Jewish | |
Established | 1990 |
CEEB code | 051727 |
Head of school | Sarah Shulkind |
Faculty | 145 (2014-2015) |
Enrollment | 750 |
Color(s) | Blue and white |
Nickname | Wildcats |
Newspaper | The Roar |
Yearbook | Visions |
Website | www |
Milken Community School (originally Milken Community Schools, colloquially Milken) is a
In 1998, Milken was the largest non-Orthodox Jewish high school in the United States.[3] As of 1994, Milken was the only Reform Jewish high school in the United States and was a part of the only K-12 Jewish education program west of Chicago that was not a part of Orthodox Judaism.[4]
History
The school began in
The Upper School was held in temporary trailers, on the lot where the new Middle School now stands, from 1994 to 1998 until the current Upper School campus was opened in 1998. This campus had a cost of $30 million.
The Middle School and Upper School have historically had the same name, yet after the completion of the new Middle School campus in 2009, the Middle School was officially renamed the David and Hillevi Saperstein Middle School of Milken Community High School after a subsequent donation from David and Hillevi Saperstein, while the Upper School remained the Milken Community High School.
On March 25, 2011, Milken Community High School and Stephen S. Wise Temple announced that the school would become independent from the temple effective July 1, 2012.[6]
American Jewish University had a campus at15600 Mulholland Drive, Bel Air, directly across the freeway from the Milken campus. Milken had long sought an arrangement to share facilities with the university, but unsuccessfully. In February 2022, AJU announced plans to sell the location.[7] Milken made a bid of approximately $60 million, but was outbid by a Swiss learning company. That deal fell through amid community opposition. On Tuesday, December 26, 2023, Milken announced that it had successfully reached a deal to buy the campus.[8]
Judaism
All students were required to take four years of Hebrew, of which 18 different levels are offered; but as of the beginning of the 2018 school year, the new administration dropped this requirement. Hebrew is now optional as a course, but many students still choose to partake in it. Four years of Jewish studies are still required, and are offered at college-preparatory, honors, and high honors levels (9th-
Tiferet Israel Fellowship
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In partnership with the
Extracurricular activities
The
The school has won at least one Pete Conrad Spirit of Innovation Award for every year that the competition has been running.[15][16][17]
Sports
The track team, after expanding to over 60 team members in 2008, won the league champions for the third consecutive year. The Milken basketball team has 10 league championships and one CIF SS Championship.[citation needed]
In fall 2011, after the previous year held an undefeated season and championship for the Wildcats' flag football team,[18] Milken began to play tackle football in the Heritage League. They play their games on Thursday nights instead of the traditional Friday night because the latter is the Jewish Sabbath.[19]
Notable alumni
- Amir Blumenfeld, comedian[20]
- Max Borenstein, screenwriter
- Skyler Gisondo, actor
- Sean Rad, creator of Tinder[21]
- American-Israelibasketball player
- Asher Vollmer, game designer and creator of the Apple Design Award winner Threes!; featured in the 2015 Forbes' "30 under 30" list.[22]
See also
- Jews in Los Angeles
References
- ^ Julie G Fax, "L.A.‘s Jewish high schools are all over the map", The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, February 28, 2008.
- ^ a b John Dart, "Jewish School Renamed for Milkens", Los Angeles Times, September 9, 1995.
- ^ a b Duke Helfand, "Milken High Is Dedicated by Founders: The $30-million campus is largest non-Orthodox Jewish high school in U.S.", Los Angeles Times, September 14, 1998.
- ^ Dart, John. "EDUCATION : Reform Jewish High School Moving to Hills." Los Angeles Times. November 6, 1994. Retrieved on July 9, 2016.
- ^ Melissa Schmitt, "The $32 Million School; Milken Foundation Aids Jewish Campus", Los Angeles Daily News, May 9, 1998.
- ^ Jonah Lowenfeld, "Milken school, Stephen S. Wise Temple severing ties", The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, March 25, 2011.
- ^ "AJU to Sell Bel Air Campus". Los Angeles Business Journal. 21 February 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- ^ Keene, Louis (2023-12-27). "American Jewish University finds new buyer for its campus: The Jewish school next door". The Forward. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ^ "Achievements - The MilkenKnights from 2006 to now". milkenknights.com. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
- ^ "Team 1836 - The MilkenKnights". The Blue Alliance. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
- ^ "Team 1836 : FRC Event Web". frc-events.firstinspires.org. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
- ^ "CA Awards : FRC Event Web". frc-events.firstinspires.org. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
- ^ "Milken Robotics Team to Compete in Israel", The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, March 2, 2010.
- ^ Milken Knights team website.
- ^ "MAST Director Roger Kassebaum Wins National Recognition" Archived 2011-02-27 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 2012-1-30).
- ^ Julie G. Fax, "Milken students win first high school X PRIZE", The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, November 2, 2007.
- ^ "Milken Students Win Green Competition", The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, April 27, 2010.
- ^ Lowenfeld, Jonah (1 March 2011). "Ten-hut! Milken takes on tackle football". The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
- ^ Painter, Jill (10 September 2011). "UPON FURTHER REVIEW: Milken hits mother lode with new football team". Los Angeles Daily News. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
- ^ "ROAR – Who is the Milken student: What websites are we on?". Milkenroar.com. Archived from the original on 2011-03-08. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
- ^ "School Leadership Milken Community School in Los Angeles, CA". www.milkenschool.org. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ "Alumni Named to Forbes 30 Under 30". Milken Community Schools. 2015-01-06. Retrieved 2020-07-22.