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Chandler School is an independent, co-ed day school for students in kindergarten through grade eight located in Pasadena, California, United States, founded in 1950. School enrollment is 450 students. The four and one-half acre campus overlooks the Pasadena Rose Bowl and the Arroyo Seco.〔''Private Independent Schools,'' Bunting and Lyon, Inc., 2009, Wallingford, CT. p. 13, ISBN 0-913094-62-5〕 Chandler is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges〔()〕 and a member of the National Association of Independent Schools. ==History== In 1950 Thomas and Catherine Chandler founded the Chandler School in Altadena with an initial enrollment of 14 students in grades four through eight. After eight years, the school outgrew the original Altadena campus, and with the help of 40 parents, a down payment was raised to purchase the present Armada Drive property. Construction was completed one room at a time with donated materials and labor. A Board of Trustees was formed and Chandler became a 501(c) 3 non-profit institution. The site at 1005 Armada Drive welcomed students for classes on September 20, 1958, with just two buildings and an athletic field. After this, the school continued to expand — the first kindergarten class enrolled in 1963. Construction on the original South Campus began in 1970, and was completed in 1972. In 1976, when founder Thomas Chandler retired, Arthur L.P. Brown became Chandler School's second Head of School. By 1979, 366 students were being instructed in kindergarten through eighth grade. That same year, Jefferson C. Stephens, Jr. became Chandler's third Head of School. The gymnasium-multipurpose building was added in 1981. Founder Thomas A. Chandler died in 1996, but his wife Catherine remains active in the school community. In 1998 the Pasadena Planning Commission approved Chandler's 10-year Master Plan and the Chandler 2000 Lower School Project. Construction on the new project began in 2000 and was completed in 2001 – the same year John Finch became Chandler’s fourth Head of School.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.chandlerschool.org/podium/default.aspx?t=119751 )〕 Chandler welcomed 450 students, the largest enrollment in school history, to its new South Campus in the fall of 2011, featuring a Middle School classroom building, a renovated gym and outdoor sports court.〔"Chandler Celebrates Largest Enrollment in School's History" Pasadena Outlook Sept. 1 2011〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chandler School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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