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In 1982-83, the exterior shots for the NBC TV mini series "V" made use of the school and Villa for the Alien headquarters. Francis formally turned the school and property over to another religious order, the Board of the Immaculate Heart Community the current legal sponsors of Alverno. The school added athletics and community service and other activities over the years. The Sisters seeing a need for education for young women, started an all-girls high school originally called "Alverno Heights Academy". The convent wanted to provide education, childcare, and health care to the Catholic immigrant in and around Sierra Madre. The Sisters hoped to use the Villa, now called "Provincial Center" as a convent. Five years after Walter died in 1942, Marion sold Villa del Sol d’Oro and its 13-acres to the Sisters of St. Barlow was from New York and opened a tuberculosis sanatorium in Echo Park, Los Angeles in 1902, this later became the Barlow Respiratory Hospital. The couple raise three children at the villa. ġ534 Villa Collazzi near Florence, Italy, inspiration for Villa del Sol d’Oro Due to Alverno High's unique architecture and grounds the school has been used in many TV shows and movies, also weddings. The school is on the former Villa del Sol d’Oro estate. National Catholic Education Association, Western Association of Schools and Colleges Īlverno Heights Academy, formerly Alverno High School, is an independent, Catholic, College-prep high school for girls located in Sierra Madre, California, near Pasadena.