Inside Sierra Canyon – or what Ye calls ‘a fake school for celebs’: the rapper asked Kim Kardashian to take his children out of the LA school that was also attended by Kylie and Kendall Jenner

Mar 4 , 2024

Kim Kardashian and Ye West’s children go to the Sierra Canyon School in LA. Photo: @KimKardashian/Twitter; @sierracanyonschool/Instagram

Ye West has always been vocal and somewhat erratic on social media, often using it to share public messages directed at others – including his ex-wife Kim Kardashian.

Ye West often takes to social media to publicly air his grievances. Photo: @yeezymafia/Instagram

In a recent Instagram statement, the Grammy Award-winning rapper called for The Kardashians star to take his children out of LA’s Sierra Canyon School: “Kim take my kids out of Sierra Canyon now it’s a fake school for celebrities that are used by ‘the system,’” he wrote on Instagram on February 28 in a post that’s since been removed.

The Sierra Canyon School boasts state of the art facilities. Photo: Sierra Canyon School

West added in the caption: “At this point everybody knows what ‘the system’ is code word for I was removed from my dad by the system and the system removed me from my children. When the system drafts athletes they avoid working with those who have their father in their life because they are harder to manipulate. My two oldest know they daddy is.”

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Kanye West with a young North West at one of his fashion shows. Photo: Getty Images

West shares four children – North, Saint, Chicago and Psalm – with Kardashian.

Here’s what we know about the star-studded private school located in Los Angeles, California:

What is Sierra Canyon School?

Sierra Canyon School has its own American football pitch. Photo: @sierracanyonschool/Instagram

According to its website, Sierra Canyon School is “a private, independent, non-sectarian, co-educational, college preparatory school for students in grades pre-kindergarten through 12”. Located in Chatsworth, California, it says its “highly cosmopolitan campus community is reflective of the Greater Los Angeles area and the world at large”.

How much does it cost to go to Sierra Canyon School in California?

The swanky grounds of Sierra Canyon School in California. Photo: @sierracanyonschool/Instagram

Online sources indicate that annual tuition fees at the school range from US$16,000 to US$39,200.

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Who is the head teacher of Sierra Canyon School?

Jim Skrumbis is the head of school at Sierra Canyon. Photo: Sierra Canyon School

Jim Skrumbis is the head of school at Sierra Canyon. In his welcome letter on the school’s website he says that “each student is treated as an individual and has the opportunity to strive for and attain his or her best”.

Which celebrities have gone to Sierra Canyon School?

Kendall and Kylie Jenner went to Sierra Canyon school before their sister Kim Kardashian’s children did. Photo: FilmMagic

Besides Kardashian and West’s kids, it’s been reported that notable alumni include fellow nepo babies Kylie and Kendall Jenner, Willow Smith and LeBron James’ sons, Bronny and Bryce.

New York Magazine reports that Alec Baldwin’s daughter Ireland Baldwin went to the school, as did Jamie Foxx’s daughter Corinne Foxx, per People.

Fame and celebrity

West called for The Kardashians star to take his children out of the school on Instagram, saying it was ‘a fake school for celebrities that are used by the system’
Other Hollywood stars who have put their children through the school include Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger, LeBron James, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith and Jamie Foxx