The faculty spent one faculty-meeting afternoon reviewing the written responses to the various chapters of Improving Student Learning, the guide for the ongoing six-year self-study process used to maintain accreditation, and selecting goals for each section of the chapters. These chapters focus on how well we display our Catholic Identity, and use the California State […]

Every month students and staff prepare for an emergency situation by participating in fire, earthquake, and lockdown drills. Monday, September 30, we successfully practiced a fire evacuation drill as the alarm sounded at 2:30p and all assembled on the field.

Our school year is divided into trimesters with report cards available in December, March, and June. As we reach the halfway point in the trimester, a progress report is prepared for each student. Progress reports are to encourage and/or inform, not to grade. In indicating progress, teachers let students and family members know how things […]

For those unable to attend last week’s meeting, our continuing effort to work with The Common Core State Standards was the main topic. Our faculty strongly believes the effort to work with these rigorous standards will show throughout the students’ lives. We see the short term challenges these standards create, but recognize the long-term benefits […]