Mirman School
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| The Mirman School | |
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Lower & Upper School: Los Angeles , | |
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| Type | Independent |
| Religious affiliation(s) | None |
| Established | 1962 |
| Enrollment | Lower School: 225 Upper School: 120 |
| Campus | Suburban Middle School: |
| Color(s) | Blue and White |
| Athletics | Basketball, Volleyball, Soccer, Football, Track & Field |
| Mascot | The Calamari |
| Website | www.mirman.org |
The Mirman School for the Gifted is a school for gifted students aged from four to fifteen. It is located in Los Angeles, California.
History
The Mirman School was founded in 1962 by Dr. and Mrs. Norman Mirman, who started the school in their home, but later expanded it to a campus on Mulholland Drive after occupying temporary quarters in West Los Angeles while the Mulholland campus was being built. At its new location, the school educated children from the age of four to fifteen. Soon after, the school expanded to contain a middle school located on the same campus.
School Structure
Mirman is one of a handful of schools for the highly gifted (IQ of 145 or above) in the United States. Instead of having grades, The Mirman School has a lower school and an upper school, the lower containing rooms 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 and the upper consisting of four years. A grade contains approximately 38-48 students. The majority of these students leave after the second year of Upper School, when they are usually the age of a conventional sixth grade class, to attend local middle schools and high schools such as Harvard-Westlake, Brentwood, and others. The students in the upper-most grade, fourth years at the Upper School, are about the age of eighth graders at other schools.
Lower School
At the lower school, there are two classes for each grade. Each class has a primary teacher and assistant teacher who instruct the students in reading, mathematics, English, history, social studies and other miscellaneous subjects. In addition, there are additional teachers who specialize in and teach separate classes covering science, drama, music, computer skills, and Spanish. In addition, there is a strong emphaasis on community service, good citizenship and diversity. For example, each Room 1 student is paired with a Room 4 "buddy." Throughout the year, the "buddies" share classroom activities, community service and special events together. Similarly, upper school students can "elect" to work one period in a lower school classroom acting as both a mentor and aide.
Upper School
The Upper School, in contrast, has no main teacher. Instead, each student takes eight different classes and moves between the classrooms throughout the day. Rather than storing all school supplies within a fixed desk, as the students do at the Lower School, Upper School students receive lockers and store their books within. The many classes for the Upper School are: Science, Language, History, English, Math, P.E., Art, Elective, and Drama or Dance. The choices for language are Spanish, Latin, or French. For elective, you can either choose 1 four day elective, or 2 different two day electives. On Wednesday, the Upper School has a program called LEAP. In LEAP, you can choose what classes (from a list with about 8 choices each period) you go to. The primary purpose is to start an independent project, but it can also be used for taking a missed test, doing homework, or working on a project.
Trips
Field trips are common at the Mirman School. In rooms 1, 2, and 3, there are several field trips throughout the year. Students of room 4 visit California's capital, Sacramento, as well as visiting local areas of Los Angeles throughout the year. In Upper School, daily field trips are scarce, but each grade has a bonding trip for a week in September. First years (Upper School Grade 1) visit Catalina, second years visit Astrocamp, and third and fourth years together visit either New York, Washington D.C., or to Colorado for a river rafting trip.
Notable alumni
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