LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

Dear Mariner Family and Friends,

With gratitude and pride, we celebrate the successful conclusion of another school year. I am in awe of all we have accomplished to continue to demonstrate excellence in academics, athletics, and the arts here at Moreau Catholic High School, and we are excited to share some highlights with you in this Vector. We commend our extraordinary Class of 2023, and we wish them many blessings as they head out into the world to pursue their passions and make the waves that our world needs. And while we celebrate all of our alumni making a difference in our world, we honor in a special way in this edition our alumni who have chosen to pursue their vocation of teaching right here at home on Mission Boulevard. We are grateful to these alumni and to all of our faculty, staff, coaches, and administrators who have dedicated their lives to the cultivation of minds and hearts. We especially thank God for the gift of Arlene Hood, who passed away this year after sharing over three decades of her life with our students. Her impact— and the impact that all of our educators empower our students to make—is transformational.

With hope, we look forward toward our bright future. Our incredible incoming Class of 2027 is full with a waitlist. We are adding solar panels to our hillside this summer. In addition to reducing our carbon emissions and creating more clean energy, we will be reducing our future electricity bills, advancing our environmental and financial sustainability efforts. We are wrapping up our feasibility study for our new center for Music, Social Justice and Transformation soon. We are excited about all of the positive changes on deck to not just maintain but to grow our academic offerings, co-curricular program, enrollment and campus facilities.

It is a gift to build upon our strong foundation. With our Holy Cross values, our legacy of outstanding achievement, and your support, we move forward with hope into the future. Please stay engaged and join us on this exciting journey ahead.

As I shared with our graduates at our Commencement in the Paramount Theater in Oakland, please remember as you go out and transform our world that it is God’s hand guiding all things. So let God guide, and just add your light. Let it shine brightly, and bring the world hope. We are Mariners, after all, true and proud.

With gratitude and hope,

Dr. Liz Guneratne President