The John Thomas Dye School, nicknamed JTD, is an independent private coeducational nonsectarian elementary day school located in the Bel-Air area of Los Angeles, California, serving students in kindergarten through sixth grade.
| The John Thomas Dye School. | |
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| Location | |
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11414 Chalon Road, Los Angeles, California United States | |
| Coordinates | 34°05′15″N 118°27′48″W / 34.087530°N 118.463360°W |
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| Type | Private |
| Religious affiliation(s) | None. |
| Founder | Cathryn & John Dye |
| Head teacher | Rose E. Helm |
| Grades | K-6 |
| Age range | kindergarten through sixth grade |
| Enrollment | 336[1] |
| Website | www |
The school was founded in 1929 as the Brentwood Town and Country School by Cathryn Roberts Dye and her husband John Thomas Dye II with its first classes held in the Dyes' living room, and their son John Thomas Dye III its first student. The first permanent facility was built in 1949 and named the Bel Air Town and Country School, on the site still occupied by the school today. The school building was designed by noted Santa Monica architect John Byers.[2] In 1959, the School was renamed The John Thomas Dye School in honor of John Thomas Dye III, who, while serving as a B-17G navigator, was killed on 16 February 1945 by enemy action near Hall, Austria in World War II.[3]
Notable alumni
edit- Paul Thomas Anderson[4]
- Eric Avery[5]
- Jane Fonda[6]
- Peter Hudnut
- Olivia Jade Giannulli
- Erik Laykin
- Michael Madden
- Lisa Marie Presley[5]
- Maureen Reagan[7]
- Ron Reagan[7]
- Melissa Rivers[8]
- Rod Roddenberry[9]
- Tori Spelling[10]
- Monica Lewinsky[11]
- Kimberly Ovitz[12]
- Brad Wyman
- Wes Parker
- Jonathan Martin
- Bruce Johnston (The Beach Boys)
References
edit- ^ "JTD at a Glance". www.jtdschool.org. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
- ^ The Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica Archived June 26, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ All About JTD Archived February 19, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Richardson, John H. (September 22, 2008). "The Secret History of Paul Thomas Anderson". Esquire. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
- ^ "Fonda, Jane – Smith College Finding Aids". Smith College. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
- ^ a b Edmund Morris (2000). Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan. Modern Library. p. 318. ISBN 9780375756450.
- ^ Participant Biography: Melissa Rivers for I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
- ^ Biography of Eugene W. Roddenberry Archived June 15, 2004, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Review of Monica’s Story, By Andrew Morton, St. Martin’s Press, 279 pp. Archived 2006-11-12 at the Wayback Machine, Memphis Flyer, March 15, 1999
- ^ "Monica Lewinsky - Affair, Dress & Facts". 10 July 2020.
- ^ "Michael Ovitz Has Published the Best Business Book of the Year". Forbes.