Chadwick School

Chadwick School is a nonsectarian independent K-12 day school located on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Los Angeles County, California. More specifically it is located in the area of Palos Verdes known as Academy Hill. The school was founded in 1935 by Margaret Lee Chadwick and Commander Joseph Chadwick in San Pedro, CA. In 1938 the school moved to Palos Verdes, California. In the beginning Chadwick was an open air day and boarding school for 75 students. After the retirement of the Chadwick family in 1963, the school created a board of trustees and in 1968 discontinued it's boarding program. In 1972, Chadwick joined the Cum Laude Society. Up until the 1980s the school owned all of the hill leading up to it which was sold off to...