Center for Early Education

History

The Center for Early Education was founded in 1939 by a group of professional psychoanalysts who were interested in respecting the inner world of children. Since then the school has become regarded as one of the top elementary schools in the nation. It has been noted for a high "feeder" rate into Harvard-Westlake School.

The Center welcomed Damian R. Jones as Head of School in July 2022.

Demographics

More than 50% of the student body during the 2016-17 school years was non-white. According to Town & Country magazine, "The school looks for diversity, in the hopes of a student body that represents the full spectrum of LA's varied population."

Facilities

The current campus consists of three major buildings, with classrooms, a library, a community center, a gym, an innovation center, and additional indoor and outdoor instructional space. The school conducted a major campus renovation from 2016-2020, adding more classrooms and sports facilities. The first phase of the project was completed in July 2018., and was completed in 2020.

2021 data breach

In February 2021 the Hollywood Reporter reported that hackers leaked confidential staff salaries and parent contact information of the school in emails with racist, sexist and homophobic language.

Alumni

• Jake Gyllenhaal
• Maggie Gyllenhaal
• Jonah Hill

Parents of alumni

• Beyoncé and Jay-Z
• Jamie Lee Curtis and Christopher Guest
• Michael Eisner
• Jodie Foster
• Peter Frampton
• Cher
• Neil Diamond
• Amy Heckerling
• Bob Iger
• Lawrence Kasdan
• Larry Gordon
• Alan Ladd Jr.
• Leslie Moonves
• Jack Nicholson
• Bruce Springsteen
• Barbra Streisand
• Tatiana Thomas
• Denzel Washington
• Val Kilmer

References

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