John Thomas Dye School
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 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.
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The school building was designed by noted Santa Monica architect John Byers. 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 in Tirol, Austria in World War II.
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• Name — The John Thomas Dye School • Location — 11414 Chalon Road, Los Angeles, California • Country — United States • Type — Private • Religious Affiliation — None • Founder — Cathryn & John Dye • Head — Rose E. Helm • Grades — K-6 • Age Range — kindergarten through sixth grade • Enrollment — 336 • Website — https: www.jtdschool.org/
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• Paul Thomas Anderson • Eric Avery • Jane Fonda • Peter Hudnut • Olivia Jade Giannulli • Bruce Johnston (The Beach Boys) • Erik Laykin • Monica Lewinsky • Michael Madden • Jonathan Martin • Kimberly Ovitz • Wes Parker • Lisa Marie Presley • Maureen Reagan • Ron Reagan • Melissa Rivers • Rod Roddenberry • Tori Spelling • Brad Wyman
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- 1.JTD at a Glance. www.jtdschool.org.
- 2.The Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica
- 3.All About JTD
- 4.Richardson, John H. The Secret History of Paul Thomas Anderson. Esquire. September 22, 2008.
- 5.So-to-speak-if-you-will.com. Biography of David Michael Navarro.
- 6.Smith College. Fonda, Jane – Smith College Finding Aids.
- 7.Monica Lewinsky - Affair, Dress & Facts. 10 July 2020.
- 8.Michael Ovitz Has Published the Best Business Book of the Year. Forbes.
- 9.Edmund Morris. Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan. Modern Library. 318. 2000. 9780375756450.
- 10.Participant Biography: Melissa Rivers for I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
- 11.Biography of Eugene W. Roddenberry
- 12.Review of Monica’s Story, By Andrew Morton, St. Martin’s Press, 279 pp. , Memphis Flyer, March 15, 1999
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