School type High School Chairperson Sinan Sinanian Grades 9–12 grades Mascot Spartan | Established 2006 Principal Dr. Armine Movsisyan Phone +1 626-794-0363 Founded 2006 | |
President John Tabakian, Student Council Address 2495 E Mountain St, Pasadena, CA 91104, USA Similar La Salle High School, Pasadena High School, Alverno Heights Academy, Maranatha High School, Polytechnic School Profiles | ||
AGBU Vatche & Tamar Manoukian High School is a private Armenian-American school located in Pasadena, California, United States, which opened its doors in September 2006. It is owned and operated by the Armenian General Benevolent Union, the largest Armenian philanthropic organization in the diaspora that also sponsors 17 Armenian day schools around the world. The school is administratively and academically affiliated with AGBU Manoogian-Demirdjian School, a college preparatory high school in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles. The school meets high school requirements, which includes a science lab, library, indoor gym, computer lab, assembly hall and cafeteria.
During the semester of 2013, the school added more electives including an International Issues, Globalization and Public Policy, secured each classroom with a smart board, established diverse club that students can participate in during the day.
The school has 165 students and a faculty of 20.
It is one of the 570 member schools of the California Interscholastic Federation, or CIF Southern Section which competes in varsity sports. Its athletic department includes a boys' varsity team, a boys' junior-varsity team, and a girls' varsity team.