Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies

Public/ magnet school in Tarzana, California, United States

Burgundy, Gray, BlackMascotKnightsNicknameSOCES, CESWebsitewww.shermanoaksces.com^[3]

Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies is a magnet public school in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, United States.

Despite the name, SOCES is located in the Tarzana section of Los Angeles on the former campus of Sequoia Junior High School. (Prior to 1980, the campus was located at the site of present-day Sherman Oaks Elementary School in the Sherman Oaks section of Los Angeles). The school is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District.

SOCES is a California Distinguished School at which students can stay from 4th through 12th grade. SOCES is listed as a national gold-rated school and is one of the "Best High Schools in America" according to U.S. News & World Report.^[4] The school is also listed in the Washington Post's "America's Most Challenging High Schools".^[5] The school was named a National Magnet School of Distinction by the Magnet Schools of America in 2008 and 2009.^[6]^[7] As of July 2007, the school was issued a full six-year term of accreditation by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges' accreditation process. SOCES has a three-year average Academic Performance Index score of 888 as of September 2014.^[8]

Notable alumni

Anton Yelchin - actor^[9]
Cameron Boyce - actor^[10]

References

^ "School Profile - Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies". Retrieved November 18, 2016.
^ "Principal's Message - Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies". Retrieved November 18, 2016.
^ "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Sherman Oaks Center For Enriched Studies". ed.gov. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
^ "Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies in RESEDA, CA - Best High Schools - US News". usnews.com. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
^ "Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
^ "Two academic veterans are honored by alliance". Los Angeles Daily News. June 2, 2008.
^ "L.A. magnet school wins another award". Los Angeles Times. April 28, 2009. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
^ "Academic Performance Index (API) - Programs No Longer Administered by CDE (CA Dept of Education)". www.cde.ca.gov.
^ Tait, Robert (June 19, 2016). "Star Trek rising star Anton Yelchin dies in car accident, aged 27". The Telegraph. UK. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
^ "Cameron Boyce - IMDb (Trivia)".

External links

Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies

Tarzana, Los Angeles

Education

Primary and secondary schools

Los Angeles Unified School District
- Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies
International School of Los Angeles West Valley Campus

Other education

Other

Landmarks

This list is incomplete.

San Fernando Valley schools

Public high schools/notable schools
Los Angeles USD	Arleta HS Birmingham HS Canoga Park HS Chatsworth HS César Chávez LA Cleveland HS East Valley HS El Camino Real HS Francis Polytechnic Granada Hills HS Grant HS Kennedy HS Monroe HS North Hollywood HS Northridge Academy Panorama HS Daniel Pearl Magnet Reed MS Reseda HS San Fernando HS Sherman Oaks CES Sylmar HS Taft HS Valley Oaks CES Van Nuys HS
Burbank USD	Burbank High John Burroughs High
Glendale USD	Clark Magnet High Glendale High Herbert Hoover Other schools are in the Crescenta Valley
Las Virgenes USD	Calabasas Other schools are in the Conejo Valley
Non-LAUSD charter schools and other publics	Charter High School of the Arts High Tech Los Angeles

Private schools

Secular

Buckley
Bridges Academy
Chatsworth Hills Academy
Harvard-Westlake High school
Int'l School of Los Angeles (LILA) Multiple campuses
Oakwood
Sierra Canyon
Viewpoint

Closed	Montclair College Prep

Religious

AGBU Manoogian-Demirdjian
Campbell Hall
Chaminade College Prep
The Concordia Schools
Crespi Carmelite HS
de Toledo HS (formerly New Community Jewish HS)
Ferrahian Armenian
Jewish Educational Trade School
Louisville HS
Notre Dame HS
Our Lady of the Valley
Providence HS
St. Genevieve HS
Village Christian
West Valley Christian

Closed	Bellarmine-Jefferson HS Holy Family HS

v t e Los Angeles Unified School District
K–12 schools	James A. Foshay Learning Center Marlton School (special school) Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools (complex)
6–12 schools	Boys Academic Leadership Academy (magnet) Girls Academic Leadership Academy (magnet) Los Angeles CES (magnet) Rancho Dominguez Prep (zoned) Sherman Oaks CES (magnet) Valley Oaks CES (magnet)
7–12 zoned schools	Eagle Rock HS
7–12 alt. schools	J. P. Widney High School
Zoned high schools	Arleta Banning Bell Belmont Bernstein Birmingham Canoga Park Carson Chatsworth Chávez LA Cleveland Contreras LC Crenshaw Dorsey East Valley ELARA El Camino Real Fairfax Francis Polytechnic Franklin Fremont Gardena Garfield Granada Hills Grant Hamilton Hollywood Huntington Park International Studies Learning Center Jefferson Jordan Kennedy Lincoln Locke Los Angeles Manual Arts Marshall Maywood Academy Monroe Narbonne North Hollywood Northridge Academy Palisades Charter Panorama Reseda Diego Rivera Roosevelt Roybal LC San Pedro San Fernando Santee EC South East South Gate Sylmar Taft Torres University Venice Verdugo Hills Washington Preparatory West Adams Preparatory Wilson
Alt. high schools	Animo (South LA) Animo (Venice) Bravo Medical Magnet CA Academy EAGLES Academy Camino Nuevo Central City College Ready Córtines School of Visual and Performing Arts Crenshaw Arts Tech De La Hoya Animo Downtown Magnets Discovery Charter High Tech Los Angeles King/Drew Leap Legacy Linda Esperanza Marquez Middle College Orthopaedic Hospital Medical Magnet Daniel Pearl Magnet View Park Vladovic Harbor Teacher Prep. Acad. Westchester Enriched Sciences Magnets
Zoned middle schools	Emerson Charter Young Oak Kim Acad Walter Reed Virgil others
Zoned elementary schools	Carpenter Community Charter Glassell Park Wonderland Avenue others
Superintendents	Susan Miller Dorsey Ramón C. Cortines Roy Romer David L. Brewer III John Deasy Michelle King Austin Beutner Alberto M. Carvalho