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Raising the standards

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PAGE CSW4: St. Peter School champion PAGE CSW10: Preschools booming PAGE CSW11: Alliance test scores up PAGE CSW12: Focus on high schools

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Catholic schools raise the standards MAUREEN HUNTINGTON

At the end of each day, after watching the national and local news, I become dismayed by all of the troubles and problems in our communities, our country, and around the globe. I wonder, how do people without faith in the Lord Jesus, deal with these daily ordeals? My Catholic faith passed on to me by my parents and nurtured in me by my Catholic school teachers, sustains and uplifts me each day. This faith, this understanding and love of God, emboldens me to continue striving for a better world.

Environment steeped in Jesus Christ

In our Catholic schools, learning and living the tenets of our Catholic faith is a daily experience.

Students and adults together learn what it means to be a person of faith through their interactions, observations, and language. What we say, do, text and write, does count. Schools, especially Catholic schools, are places where children and teens learn how to interact, connect, collaborate, cooperate and compete in appropriate and healthy ways. In the classroom, on the athletic field, on the stage, or just hanging around school, children observe how adults interact, solve problems,

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If we go back to basics, back to putting others before ourselves, back to service of others before being served, we may find the answer.

MAUREEN HUNTINGTON

Superintendent of the Archdiocese of San Francisco Department of Catholic Schools make mistakes, and enjoy time together. Catholic schools are teaching and learning environments that immerse students in an atmosphere steeped in Jesus Christ.

Economic, demographic challenges

This pearl of great value, the Catholic school, is experiencing significant challenges due to the continued sluggish economy, high unemployment, increasing costs, and demographic shifts. Catholic schools are closing in record breaking numbers across the U.S. In our own archdiocese, we have closed five parish elementary schools and merged two others in the past nine years. Many schools are under-enrolled and therefore underfunded. Families are struggling to afford Catholic school tuition.

Parish resources are stretched to their limits.

How do we sustain this pearl of great value in this economy, in this day in time? If we go back to basics, back to putting others before ourselves, back to service of others before being served, we may find the answer and save what is most valuable to us, to our country and to our church.

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The benefits we received from our Catholic school education continue to enrich our lives ev-

THE THEME FOR NATIONAL CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK 2013 IS ‘CATHOLIC SCHOOLS RAISE THE STANDARDS.’ The annual observance starts the last Sunday in January and runs all week: Jan. 27 to Feb. 2. Schools typically celebrate the week with Masses, open houses, and other activities for students, families, parishioners and the community at large. The 2013 theme supports the recent launch of the National Standards and Benchmarks for Effective Catholic Elementary and Secondary Schools, that ensure the effective operation and responsible governance of Catholic schools across the country, thus promoting high academic standards and Catholic identity. National Catholic Schools Week is a project of the National Catholic Educational Association. ery day. During Catholic Schools Week, take some time to reflect on the many challenges and blessings that lay before each of our Catholic schools and how you might be able to assist in solving them. Your prayers for our teachers, principals, pastors, and students will enable us to move forward into the next decade, providing quality Catholic elementary and high school education for our Bay Area families.

HUNTINGTON is superintendent of the Archdiocese of San Francisco Department of Catholic Schools.

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St. Peter champion: Attitude breeds success Financier’s deal with students – 3.0, ‘A’ in conduct, he puts them through Catholic high school – keeps paying off DANA PERRIGAN

Fred Clark teaches that character is the key to success.

Some of the elementary school students he has influenced have gone on to earn degrees at Georgetown, Purdue, USF and Santa Clara University.

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Looking back, you could say that it all started with a single act of kindness – a promise made to an unwed mother to pay her unborn child’s way through Catholic school.

Or you could say it all began when a recently retired financier – inspired by a newspaper article about a good Samaritan – retrieved a letter from the trash.

“For whatever reason,” says Fred Clark, the author of both actions, “I like to think it was providential.”

So do, no doubt, the 500 or so kids from St. Peter Elementary School in the Mission District who have – because of Clark’s financial assistance during the past 15 years – been able to receive the foundation of a good education at a Catholic high school.

Some have gone on to earn degrees at Georgetown, Purdue, University of San Francisco and Santa Clara University.

“The average income of the families of our students is from $7,000 to $20,000,” says St. Peter’s principal Vicki Butler. “So when you think about that, you know there’s no way they can go to a Catholic high school, where tuition alone is from $15,000 to $18,000 a year.”

School long a place of refuge

Located in a neighborhood beset by poverty, violent crime, a high rate of domestic violence, drug use, and gangs, St. Peter School – which

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Retired financier Fred Clark, back row center, is pictured at St. Peter School, San Francisco, with author and motivational speaker Hal Urban, left, principal Vicki Butler and students. As a longtime benefactor for the school, Clark stresses character education as the key to success. opened in 1878 – has long been a place of refuge and hope in the community.

Half of its 330 current students are from single-parent families.

“St. Peter’s is an oasis in the middle of a jungle,” says Butler, who has worked at the school for 26 years.

“This is a very close-knit family. It’s very supportive.”

Few, if any, have been as supportive as Clark. Butler recalls the day, nearly 16 years ago now, that she received a telephone call from him.

“He said, ‘Do you really call yourself a Catholic school?’

“I said, ‘yes.’

“He said, ‘well, I don’t believe you.’

“I said, ‘come and see.’”

First intrigued, and then inspired

Several years prior to the phone call, Clark had promised to pay for his housekeeper’s son to go to a Catholic school.

She enrolled him in St. Peter’s. Occasionally, since he was footing the bill, Clark received letters from the school.

Inspired after reading a newspaper article one day about the founder of the Dream Foundation, the recently retired Clark retrieved one of St. Peter’s letters from the trash and called Butler.

He liked what he saw during his six-hour tour: Enthusiastic teachers instructing well-behaved students. A solid Catholic curriculum.

“At that point,” says Clark, “I said, ‘well, it’s easy for me to write a check, but I’d like to do more. How about I teach a class about what it takes to succeed in life?’”

A successful hedge fund manager and a product of Catholic schools himself, Clark was intent on teaching the kids what he believed to be the key to a good life – character. In his experience, people who worked hard, were kind and honest and took care of themselves SEE ST. PETER SCHOOL, PAGE CSW8

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UPCOMING SCHOOL EVENTS SATURDAY, JAN. 26: Archbishop Riordan High School hosts its annual crab feed benefitting Crusader athletics, 6 p.m. $55. www.riordanhs.org. Sharon Udovich, (415) 586-8200, ext. 217.

THURSDAY, FEB. 7: Immaculate Conception Academy’s “Celebrating Women in Business: Educate, Experience, Empower” luncheon, Julia Morgan Ballroom, San Francisco. $75. icaluncheon2013.eventbrite.com. Rhonda Hontalas, rhontalas@icacademy.org, (415) 824-2052.

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ST. PETER SCHOOL: Philanthropist provides financial, moral leadership FROM PAGE CSW4

‘I know that Wall Street gets a bad rap. But what’s interesting is that all these guys I brought down here made donations and they’re not even Catholic.’

and others, fared well. Those who were selfish, dishonest, lazy and self-indulgent did not.

Clark called his class “Life 101.” And he continued teaching it – flying up from San Diego three times a week – after moving from Piedmont to Southern California in 1998.

“The kids love him,” says Butler.

“He’s a remarkable man.”

FRED CLARK

Lack of money an issue

Soon after he started teaching his class, Clark became aware of a formidable obstacle standing between the kids at St. Peter’s and a good education – one that had nothing to do with character.

“I realized that these kids didn’t have enough money to go to a Catholic school,” he says.

Clark made a deal with the kids. If they maintained a 3.0 grade point average and achieved an “A” in conduct, he would pay for their Catholic high school education.

“The kids took me up on it,” says Clark, who started his scholarship fund in 1996. “I had no idea what I was getting into.”

Currently, 52 graduates of St. Peter’s are attending local Catholic high schools – including Archbishop Riordan, St. Ignatius College Preparatory and Sacred Heart Cathedral Prepara-

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St. Peter School students listen to a talk by author and inspirational speaker Hal Urban. “ I love coming here,” said Urban, who speaks often at the school. “The kids are so open and friendly.” tory. The students are also required to perform 75 hours of community service each year.

“He (Clark) doesn’t believe anything is free in this world,” says Butler. “And you know what? Some of the children fail to live up to their part of the bargain and they lose their scholarship.”

Urges students to ‘overcome laziness’

On a recent rainy December morning, Clark warns the eighth graders in his “Life 101” class at St. Peter’s to guard against laziness.

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“That’s a human attribute,” he says.

“We’re all lazy. It’s something we have to struggle with. Anybody who is successful has had to fight and overcome their laziness.

“The most powerful word you need to learn has two letters,” he says. “It is . . ?”

A hand shoots up in the front of the class. “No,” offers a student.

“Right,” says Clark. “No, I’m not going to watch TV when I have to study.

No, I’m not going to play video games when I have to do my homework.”

2 questions for success

Clark teaches them to monitor themselves by asking two questions when they are engaged in an activity.

“What I’m doing right now – will it help me to achieve my goal?

“Will this make me a better, smarter person?”

At the end of the class, the students file into the auditorium where the school has assembled to listen to Hal Urban, an author and inspirational speaker. Clark first invited Urban to speak at St. Peter’s several years ago.

Urban has been coming back on a regular basis ever since.

“I love coming here,” says Urban, a retired educator who lives in Redwood City. “The kids are so open and friendly.”

Urban spends the next hour talking to the students about a section of his recently published book, “20 Gifts of Life,” that’s all about making choices.

“Character is what this presentation is all about,” says Urban. “Good choices create good character and a good life.”

Urban mentions Bruce Diaso, a young man he met while attending USF. A standout high school football SEE ST. PETER SCHOOL, PAGE CSW13

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SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED AT RIORDAN FOR SONS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS

Over the past three years the Michael and Sally Mayer Family Foundation has awarded more than $140,000 in scholarships to sons of law enforcement officers attending Archbishop Riordan High School.

Scholarships of $1,000-$4,000 per student are available for the 2013-14 school year.

Mike Mayer is a 1971 graduate of Riordan. His brothers Steve and Tim, and Sally Mayer’s brothers

Mark and Jim Griffin and the late Tom Griffin also attended the school. Mike Mayer is current chairman of the school Board of Trustees and the Mayer Family Foundation sponsors a Focus Program and an AP economics class at Riordan. Mayer’s dad, Dave Mayer, served in the San Francisco Police Department for 30 years retiring as a sergeant/inspector in 1983.

Mike and Sally Mayer recently met with Mayer Family Foundation scholarship recipients at Riordan. “We hope that you will benefit, as our families

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did, from your Riordan education, and that when you are able you will remember to help out a future generation of Riordan Crusaders,” they told them.

Students interested in applying for Sons of Law Enforcement scholarships must submit a letter of recommendation and an essay. The deadline to apply for the 2013-14 school year is Feb. 15 for the Class of 2017, and March 1 for transfer or current Riordan students. Visit Riordan’s website, www.riordanhs. org, for application details.

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Southern San Mateo County parish schools have been providing Catholic education to children on the San Francisco Peninsula for more than 125 years. Combining the power of Catholic faith formation and the promise of academic excellence, students and families enjoy the benefits of a fully credentialed faculty, a clear mission, vision and values, and the commitment of principals and pastors to prepare children for high school and beyond.

Immaculate Heart of Mary

St. St. Charles Charles School School

1000 Pulgas, Belmont 1000Alameda AlamedadedeLas Las Pulgas, Belmont www.ihmschoolbelmont.org www.ihmschoolbelmont.com tel 650-593-4342 tel 650-593-4265 650-593-4265faxfax 650-593-4342 See us on Facebook at Immaculate Heart of Mary, Belmont ihmschool@ihmschoolbelmont.com Open JanuaryJan 27,30, 2013, 10:30 am–1:00pm PreK-8House: Open House: 10:30 am –1:30 pm

850 Avenue, SanCarlos 850Tamarack Tamarack Avenue, San Carlos www.stcharlesschoolsc.org www.stcharlesschoolsc.org tel fax fax 650-593-9723 tel650-593-1629 650-593-1629 650-593-9723 Open House: January 27, 9:45am–12:30pm Open House: January 23,2013 10:00 am –12:30pm

Nativity School

St. St. Gregory Gregory School School

1250 Menlo Park 1250Laurel LaurelStreet, Street, Menlo Park www.nativityschool.com www.nativityschool.com tel 650-325-3841 tel 650-325-7304 650-325-7304faxfax 650-325-3841 Open House: January 27, 2013, Open House: January 30, 11:0011:00am–1:00pm am –1:00 pm

2701 St.Street, San Mateo 2701Hacienda Hacienda San Mateo, CA 94403 www.stgregs-sanmateo.org (650) 573-0111 fax (650) tel 650 573-0111 fax 573-6548 650-573-6548 www.stgregs-sanmateo.org lpaul@stgregs-sanmateo.org January 27, 2013, am 11:00am–1:00 pm K-8 Open House: Open House: February 6, 10:00

Notre Dame Elementary

St. St. Pius Pius School School

sponsoredministry ministryofof the A sponsored the Sistersof ofNotre NotreDame Damedede Namur Sisters Namur 1200 Belmont 1200Notre NotreDame DameAvenue, Avenue, Belmont www.nde.org www.nde.org tel 650-591-4798 tel 650-591-2209 650-591-2209fax fax 650-591-4798 K-8, Open House: January 2013 9:00am–11:00am Open House: January 22,27, 9:00 am–12:00pm

1100 Road, Redwood CityCity 1100Woodside Woodside Road, Redwood www.stpiusschool.org www.stpiusschool.org tel fax 650-368-7031 tel650-368-8327 650-368-8327 fax 650-368-7031 offi ce@stpiusschool.org office@stpiusschool.org Open 2013 10:30am–12:00pm OpenHouse: House:January January27, 30, 10:30am–12:00pm

Our Lady of Angels 1328Cabrillo CabrilloAvenue, Avenue, Burlingame 1328 Burlingame www.olaschoolk8.org www.olaschoolk8.org tel 650-343-9200 650-343-9200fax fax 650-343-5620 tel 650-343-5620 Open Science Fair: Open House House:and January 27, 6:00 –8:00 pm January 31, 2013 6:00pm–8:00pm

Our Lady of Mount Carmel School 301 Grand Redwood City School Our LadyStreet, of Mount Carmel www.mountcarmel.org 301 Grand Street, Redwood City tel 650-366-8817 fax 650-366-0902 www.mountcarmel.org info@mountcarmel.org tel 650-366-8817 fax 650-366-0902 K Info Night: January 18, three 7:00 –to 8:00 pm Programs for children ages fourteen Pre-School-Grade 8 Jan 30, 10:00am–12:00pm PreK-7 Open House: Open House: January 27, 2013 11:00am–1:00pm

St. Catherine of Siena School 1300Catherine Bayswater Avenue, Burlingame St. of Siena School www.stcos.com 1300 Bayswater Avenue, Burlingame tel 650-344-7176 fax 650-344-7426 www.stcos.com Open House: January 30, 10:00 am–1:00pm tel 650-344-7176 fax 650-344-7426 Open House: January 27, 2013 10:00am–1:00pm

St. St. Matthew Matthew Catholic Catholic School School 910 Real, SanSan Mateo 910S.S.ElElCamino Camino Real, Mateo www. stmatthewcath.org www.stmatthewcath.org tel fax fax 650-343-2046 tel650-343-1373 650-343-1373 650-343-2046 Open House: January 27, 2013 11:45am–1:30pm bviotti@stmatthewcath.org Open House: January 30, 11:45am–1:30pm

St. Raymond Catholic Jk-8 School St. Raymond 1211 Arbor Road, Menlo Park www.straymond.org 1211 Arbor Road, Menlo Park Pre-K -8 www.straymond.org tel 650-322-2312 fax fax 650-322-2910 tel 650-322-2312 650-322-2910 Open 27,30, 2012, 11:00am–1:00pm OpenHouse: House:January January 11:00 am–1:00 pm

St. Timothy Timothy School School St. 1515Dolan Dolan Avenue, Mateo 1515 Avenue, SanSan Mateo www.sttimothyschool.org www.sttimothyschoool.org tel fax 650-342-5913 tel650-342-6567 650-342-6567 fax 650-342-5913 K-8 Open House: House: January 27,19, 2013 10:00am–12:30 pm K Open January 7:00 pm K-8 Open House: February 1, 7:00 pm

All schools are fully accredited by the Western Catholic Educational Association and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 25, 2013

Preschools are newest Catholic school boom VALERIE SCHMALZ

‘Preschool makes it easier for families to feel that they belong in the parish and draws them in earlier in their child’s life.’

CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

The 3- and 4-year-olds at All Souls Preschool start their day with morning prayer, have a prayer corner, and even attend Mass with the ‘big kids’ in the South San Francisco elementary school.

“They all know the sign of the cross,” said teacher Marci Elmore, adding “we need faith every day, especially in today’s world.”

All Souls Preschool opened in November, part of a boom of new preschools at Catholic elementary schools across the Archdiocese of San Francisco that began about a decade ago, said schools superintendent Maureen Huntington. Our Lady of Mercy Preschool opened Nov. 5 near Westlake in Daly City.

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Our Lady of Mercy principal supports faith, said Huntington who noted that the preschools must meet archdiocesan standards just as the elementary schools do.

Establishes parish bond early

(PHOTO BY VALERIE SCHMALZ/CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO)

Our Lady of Mercy Preschool teacher Rianna Chavez reads to students during circle time. The preschool opened in November and is part of a boom in Catholic preschools in the archdiocese.

Now 21 preschools in archdiocese

That brings the total number of preschools in the archdiocese to 21, up from just six in 2002, when Huntington began her tenure as superintendent of Catholic schools in the archdiocese.

In April 2009, preschools were placed within the Catholic school system, just as the number of preschools accelerated so that now there are 21 preschools.

About 750 students are enrolled in Catholic preschools, with new preschools opening at a rate of two or three a year, Huntington said. And more are slated to open. St. Pius School in Redwood City plans to open one in the fall and the preschool at St. Mary’s School in Chinatown is slated to open this spring, Huntington said.

“It gets the children and their families into the parish,” said Huntington, and gives parents of young children the opportunity to start “working with other families who are also working to raise their children in the faith.”

For Catholic schools, adding a preschool meets the needs of school families who have younger siblings providing a one-stop drop-off and also a potentially easier transition to the

(PHOTO BY VALERIE SCHMALZ/CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO)

Teacher Marci Elmore supervises a project with All Souls Preschool students. “We want them to know they are here in a Catholic school,” she said. big school, said Our Lady of Mercy principal Kathie Garcia.

For the elementary school, a preschool provides a “feeder” for the big school, helping maintain or increase

Around the archdiocese SCHOOLS OF THE SACRED HEART, SAN FRANCISCO: The more than 1,000 students celebrated with an all-school photo after the blessing of the school year in September. Convent and Stuart Hall celebrated 125 years of Sacred Heart education this fall with a series of events, including a birthday party, a gala, alumni events and a Mass for the feast of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne, a Sister of the Sacred Heart, at St. Ignatius Church Nov. 18. The school community found many ways to honor the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Catholic mission they began in San Francisco in 1887.

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WOODSIDE PRIORY, PORTOLA VALLEY: Faculty member Korinn Myers has helped to inform students on the PE level with a class on sports medicine pointing out basics in treating injured athletes.

In November Portola Valley firefighters were on hand at the school with additional facts about emergency medical care.

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enrollment, school officials said.

Families get a quality academic and developmentally appropriate education and the comfort of placing their child in a religious environment that

“I think for our young families it will give them the confidence to remain active in the church,” said Garcia.

With preschool, it becomes easier for families to feel that they belong in the parish and draws them in earlier in their child’s life, Garcia said.

“The parents like it; the child likes it – it’s very family oriented. It’s nice,” said Kelly Walsh, Our Lady of Mercy preschool director.

The Daly City Catholic preschool opened in the fall with nearly full enrollment of 24 students, said Garcia, partly because she began advertising the preschool to parish families two years ago and then kept in touch with families throughout the construction and the process of navigating state and local regulations. Many of the students are young siblings or their families belong to the parish, she said.

A Catholic preschool is a “win-win” for parents, parish and school, Huntington said.

The Catholic preschool curriculum is designed to feed into the program at the elementary level, Huntington said, and often the preschool is involved in things at the big school, such as all school or parish Masses, food drives, and pageants. “It’s educating them in the faith, preparing them for the academic rigors of kindergarten,” she said.

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Nov. 21 on a day that included Mass, a reception and visits to classrooms. The annual event is scheduled around the Thanksgiving holiday so more out-of-town families participate. Pictured is eighth grader Taylor Collins with her grandmothers Gerry Toth and Peggy Collins. Taylor’s dad, Patrick Collins, graduated from IHM in 1978.

OUR LADY OF LORETTO, NOVATO: While Lori Limchayseng is mom to graduate Ethan, and Gavin, class of 2013, everybody at Our Lady of Loretto likes her cooking.

For a dozen years, Lori has taken the school hot lunch program from hot dogs and chips to include pasta, tacos, meatball subs, turkey tetrazzini and more. “The most popular day – beside pizza day – is ‘Clean Out the Fridge Day’—when the menu includes everything the lunch program has to offer,” the school said in an announcement of Lori’s leaving the post when her son graduates in the spring. The school puts the number of meals prepared by Limchayseng through her 12 years as a volunteer at 216,000. Pictured are Limchayseng with her son, Gavin, at her right and his eighth grade classmates.

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 25, 2013

Alliance schools celebrate rise in test scores GEORGE RAINE

MISSION SCHOOLS RAISE $155,000

CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

Teachers and school administrators will tell you that, of course, rising test scores are a good thing, a wonderful thing, but only tell a part of the story of the school experience, which San Francisco’s St. Finn Barr Elementary School, for example, captures with its motto: “Preparing young, diverse minds for the future.”

But a spike in test scores is cause for celebration at St. Finn Barr and four other Mission District schools, as well as at the Department of Catholic Schools at the Mele Mortonson Archdiocese of San Francisco. It’s a payoff for a joint project with administrators and the district schools, now in its eighth year, focused on student recruitment, professional development for teachers and improvement in instruction.

The effort, known as the Alliance of Mission District Catholic Schools and launched by then-Archbishop William J. Levada in 2005, is in part responsible for the good news from standardized testing of core subjects math, English, language arts and reading: At the five Mission District schools in the alliance, eighth graders are performing at a ninth grade-plus level, at the 9.3 grade equivalent, or at what is expected in the third month of the ninth grade. Nationally, that puts the alliance schools in the 61st percentile.

‘Significant improvement’

“That is a significant improvement in test scores,” said Superintendent of Catholic Schools Maureen Huntington, who is also the director of the alliance. “We have better teachers, we have better instruction, there is a real focus on kids learning and what they are learning and how they are learning.”

The alliance joins St. Finn Barr, St. Anthony-Immaculate Conception School, St. Charles Borromeo School, Epiphany School and St. James School. The experience at those schools, according to data compiled by the archdiocese, is that the longer students remain in alliance schools, the greater the gradelevel performance.

At St. Finn Barr, for example, fourth graders in 2007-08 scored at the 4.2 grade equivalent – at the norm for the second month of the fourth grade, which interestingly corresponds to when the national test, the Iowa Test of Basic Skills, is given, in the second month after the school year begins.

When those students were in the eighth grade in 2011-2012, they tested at the 9.4 equivalent.

Mele Mortonson said she was fortunate two years ago when she arrived as principal at St. Finn Barr to find a highly competent faculty and even more. “They have a range of experience but also an openness to learn and a true commitment to the school,” she said.

(PHOTO COURTESY OF ST. FINN BARR SCHOOL)

St. Finn Barr students are pictured in class last fall. The San Francisco school’s motto is “Preparing young, diverse minds for the future.”

Attention turned to – whether in recruiting families, redesigning the school website, fundraising and virtually everything ongoing at the school – the motto, “Preparing young, diverse minds for the future,” said Mortonson.

At St. Finn Barr and all the archdiocesan schools and beyond, there’s been a sea change in teaching theory. The new approach to teaching is called differentiated instruction, a process of differentiating or tailoring instruction, recognizing students’ differing abilities in the same class.

“It is meeting youngsters right where their interest levels are and their ability to respond, more complex for more accelerated learners but in all cases very meaningful, high quality instruction with high quality content,” said Nina Russo, associate superintendant for curriculum and school improvement at the archdiocese. At the same time, she said, schools are developing higher thinking skills, more so than simply learning information and repeating it. “We want kids to evaluate, to synthesize, to create,” said Russo.

That’s a far cry from the one-size-fits-all teaching method many adults recall, when their teachers simply lectured. Teachers were effectively telling students, “’Know this, know this, know this,’ and we would give it back to the teachers,” said Russo.

Importantly, differentiated instruction is also doing much to push up scores at the Mission District schools, along with all the other elements of the alliance effort, including mapping teachers’ instruction plans over nine months and assessing students’ progress, said Russo. But there’s more to it in turning out inquisitive, successful students, she said.

Good study skills crucial

“To get these scores you have to have good study skills,” said Russo. “And what research tells us now is that it is not just teaching that is important but it is teaching kids good study skills, teaching them to be persistent, teaching them to be organized, teaching them to be accountable, teaching them to be willing, to be creative and innovative in their studies.”

Collaboration is critical, too. The fourth graders

The Alliance of Mission District Catholic Schools surpassed its goals in 2012 to raise $155,000 in donations for scholarships. The fund received $90,000 from the Crescent Porter Hale Foundation: $45,000 in an initial donation and another $45,000 in matching grants, said Gustavo A. Torres, development officer and grant writer for the alliance schools. Two other foundations contributed: The Celebrate Foundation gave $5,000 and the Joseph R. McMicking Foundation contributed $15,000, Torres said.

Each of the alliance Catholic schools also raised about $5,000 in a Christmas card campaign. In addition, St. Charles alumnus, Bayardo Chamorro, with his wife Gloria, gave $20,000.

Chamorro said he hopes his example will prompt other alumni of Mission schools to contribute, whether it is a check for $100 or more. Chamorro, who emigrated from Nicaragua and lived in the Mission until he was 30, said he appreciated his education and wanted to give back.

“Inner-city children have a challenging environment that often sets them up for failure,” said Chamorro, and many children have only one parent. “Catholic elementary schools provide support to parents. The teaching emphasizes both scholastic and social skills along with moral and spiritual responsibility, and accountability; this, along with self-discipline to not just be good, but to do better – to hopefully be the best – this is my story.”

at St. Finn Barr are studying California history and Native American history. Recently, the kids were divided into groups, each assigned a tribe. They built a model based on what they were taught and on their own research, into tribal diet, habits and other ways of tribal life, and presented it to the class. The idea was for Alyssa Lloyd and her classmates, who studied the diet of the Yurok tribe, to better grasp the topic by being creative, not passive listeners.

“We talked about the diet,” said Alyssa. “It had to be balanced,” she said: Meat or fish, vegetable, seaweed, acorn pudding and berry juice.

“One of the responsibilities of a teacher in building instruction,” said Mortonson, “is to build a learning experience that the kids then are responsible to navigate. In elementary school, they need to have a solid foundation in reading, writing, being an effective communicator, math, computation, but they also need what we call those 21st-century higherorder thinking skills, and that is what differentiated instruction is really engaging the kids in – thinking critically, analyzing, building, creating.”

Despite downturn, some schools at or near capacity GEORGE RAINE CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

Catholic schools are affected along with every other institution in economic downturns, but St. Gregory School in San Mateo is among the fortunate ones that have been able to remain at capacity or near capacity amid the turmoil.

This year, there are 36 students in each grade, one through eight, and, by design, 34 in kindergarten. That’s a reflection, said Tom Dooher, the principal, not only of marketing but creating an enviTom Dooher ronment in which there is no gap between parish and school.

“We are a ministry of the parish and it is really clear that our parents in the school are also often very active in the parish,” said Dooher, in his second year as principal, having come from St. Finn Barr in San Francisco. “It’s that old model, where the parish is the center of the community and everything revolves around their activities and that is still very much the case here,” he said.

Preschool a key factor

There are two key programs at St. Gregory that help maintain the flow – or certainly interest in applications – of young people to St. Gregory School.

One is the Young Families program, formerly called Faces, which sponsors social events at which relationships are formed and interest in the school is generated. The other is the preschool religious education program that Antoinette Johnson runs as director of religious education at St. Gregory.

Up to two-thirds of preschoolers in that program, which includes a group of 3- and 4-year-olds, go on to apply for kindergarten at St. Gregory, said Johnson.

The religious education along with the relationships that parents develop around the preschool program as well as through the Young Families program “forms bonds early,” said Johnson. “I think that is helpful for the parish.”

The full classrooms are not about to get larger, said Dooher. The Department of Catholic Schools at the Archdiocese of San Francisco recommends there be no more than 36 students in a class, he said. He added that he considers 36 “a doable number,” and that the school’s teachers have experience

teaching large classes. He added, “I am confident in their abilities.”

There are 322 students enrolled at St. Gregory, two more than last year. Dooher said there was a dip in enrollment at the school eight years ago, to 308, “which is still a really good number.” There have always been, he said, waiting lists for each class.

School, parish tightly connected

He said he inherited “a very successful school” when he arrived for the 2011-12 year, and gave credit to former principal Lorraine Paul and to Auxiliary Bishop Robert W. McElroy, who was pastor at St. Gregory for 14 years before he was appointed a bishop in 2010, for improving curriculum and other enhancements.

Significantly, he said 98 percent of the school’s parents are parishioners at St. Gregory Church.

Given the efforts of the preschool religious education and Young Families program, “By the time kids and parents are ready for kindergarten they have already been active in the parish and they want to stay here, they want to be a part of the school, so recruiting is a lot easier,” said Dooher.

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 25, 2013

Convent student journalist honored Claire’s focus is on issues that affect the community. “Recently, I have written about bullying and childhood hunger, as well as the dangers of binge Claire Fahy, a senior at Convent of drinking,” she said. “I like to think that the Sacred Heart High School, wants by covering important issues to write as much as she can I help spread awareness and about issues close to her hopefully in some small way heart. The $1,000 scholarship help improve the problem.” she was recently awarded will Claire says she does not buy help the young journalist in into cries that journalism is that pursuit. Claire’s prize endangered by technology. “I comes from MyBrightMounthink that there are a lot of tain.com and the Journalism new and exciting opportuniEducation Association. ties in modern journalism proClaire, who is currently Claire Fahy vided by the introduction of editor-in-chief of Convent’s technology,” Claire said. The school newspaper, The Broadphoto-based network Instagram has view, has been inspired by journalists been added at Convent and “I really including “60 Minutes” Lara Logan enjoy experimenting with it,” she said. and The New York Times’ Nicholas Catholic San Francisco asked Claire Kristof. “They inspire me because they how she thinks journalism today meachallenge themselves through joursures up to practice of the profession nalism and tackle big stories,” Claire in previous times. “I think that jourtold Catholic San Francisco via email. nalism changes every day,” she said.

“They aren’t afraid to take on diffi“It isn’t enough to just have a solid cult or controversial issues, even if it print edition anymore — newspapers means putting themselves in the line need a strong Web presence and have of fire, sometimes literally.” to constantly be innovating by creatClaire looks to study history and ing apps and adapting new technology English in college, continue writing as to their advantage. Some people see much as possible and join her future school’s newspaper. “Eventually I would this as a negative, but I think that it’s exciting how many new opportunities like to intern for a prestigious newspaper like The New York Times,” she said. there are.”

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 25, 2013

ST. PETER SCHOOL: Philanthropist provides financial, moral leadership important choices are to choose to be kind, to work hard at something worth doing, to be honest, to monitor what you allow the mind to focus on, to take care of the body and to be prudent with money.

Seated in the auditorium, Gabrielle Colmenares remembers – when she was a student at St. Peter’s four years ago – the impact that Urban’s presentation had on her.

“My parents went to public high schools, and I thought, well, I’ll probably go there, too,” says Gabrielle. “But he (Urban) brought in students who had thought they couldn’t go to a good high school but were able to,” says Gabrielle. “So I started to think that maybe it was a good option.”

A senior at Mercy High School, San Francisco, now, Gabrielle, plans to attend college in Massachusetts.

“I do well in English,” she says. “So I think I want to be an English teacher.”

To boost the coffers of his scholarship fund, Clark solicits donations from former finance industry colleagues. He usually takes them on a tour of St. Peter’s.

“I know that Wall Street gets a bad rap,” says Clark. “But what’s interesting is that all these guys I brought down here made donations and they’re not even Catholic.”

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player, Diaso was scheduled to attend Notre Dame University on a football scholarship when he was suddenly stricken with polio. The disease left him almost entirely paralyzed. He could only move his head and fingers.

Attitude: Life’s ‘control center’

Despite his condition, says Urban, Diaso had an amazingly positive attitude.

Urban asked him his secret. Diaso told him that after struggling with anger and self-pity for a while, he had learned that attitude – which he called the control center of a person’s life – was a choice.

“Do you realize,” Diaso told him, “that being able to choose your own attitude is the greatest power and the greatest freedom that you’ll ever have?”

Diaso graduated from USF summa cum laude and went to law school.

Upon graduation, he turned down several high-paying positions with prestigious law firms to work with the poor as a public defender in his hometown of Fresno. Before he died – at the age of 31 in 1972 – he was named Citizen of the Year.

“Change your attitude,” Urban tells the students. “Change your life.”

After attitude, says Urban, the most

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You will be known. You will belong.

Keith Stapleton has been teaching high school English for more than 40 years, 32 of them at Junipero Serra High School. In addition to his teaching duties, Stapleton coaches track and field.

The school said Stapleton has been described by students with adjectives including “awesome,� and called by alumni as a “teacher one will always remember.� Current students say Stapleton’s class is challenging, exciting and fun. “I like to spend the day with adolescents,� said Stapleton, who currently teaches Advanced Placement language and composition, and honors English for freshmen. “They are optimistic and bright-eyed. It’s very engaging. I’d rather be with them than hanging out with people my age.�

Stapleton inspires students by making the classics interesting. He encourages his students to participate in class. “I’m traditional,� he admitted. “I think the works we teach them are very engaging. Our students are enthusiastic

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(PHOTO COURTESY ST. IGNATIUS COLLEGE PREP)

SI, Paraguay Jesuit students in exchange program Over the past few years, St. Ignatius College Preparatory students have taken part in exchange programs with Jesuit schools in Spain, Italy, Australia and Paraguay. Students from Paraguay landed in San Francisco Dec. 28 and return Jan. 25. They are staying with families of SI students Chelsea Espiritu, Alex Camacho, Madison Sidwell, Armand Hernandez, Nicolas Pryor-Alcantar and Monica Cua. Pictured above are the visiting students from Paraguay and SI students who will live and study in Paraguay for three weeks this summer. SI Spanish teacher Brian Rhodes, who coordinates the SI portion of the trip, is at far right.

NDHS students reach out to Newtown Students, faculty, staff and families of Notre Dame High School, Belmont, reached out to St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Newtown, Conn., the week before Christmas by sending 100 new stuffed animals, sympathy cards, prayers, and a gift for the parish staff. Many of the funerals for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings took place at St. Rose. Pictured are Notre Dame students and principal Rita Gleason.

(PHOTO COURTESY NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL, BELMONT)

A.M.D.G. For the Greater Glory of God

Catholic Schools Build Great Communities

ST. IGNATIUS COLLEGE PREPARATORY Experience the difference an SI education makes.

Courage to Lead & Passion to Serve SI has a student body rich in diversity (ethnic, socioeconomic & geographic), drawing from 8 counties. SI encourages academic excellence and creativity in the classroom. We inspire our students to dedicate themselves to community service through our retreats and volunteer experience. SI’s Musical Theater Program is ranked among the best in the Bay Area, and 70 percent of our student body participates in our top-flight athletic program making use of state-of-the-art facilities.

Go to www.siprep.org/summer to check out our exciting summer activities.

San Francisco’s Jesuit School Since 1855 2001 37th Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94116 s (415) 731-7500 s www.siprep.org

ARCHBISHOP RIORDAN HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATING YOUNG MEN IN FAITH, 1906

INTELLECT, LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE visit us today at www.riordanhs.org

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 25, 2013

A CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL

CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE! ➠ Challenging college preparatory curriculum with over 98% continuing on to college

➠ Athletic programs affording a wide range of team and individual participation

➠ Education which provides ethical and moral foundation of Christian values

➠ Programs which foster leadership in community service

➠ Education which addresses personal growth of the whole person

➠ Dedicated faculty, staff and administrators committed to Catholic education

➠ Education in a supportive family atmosphere

➠ Variety of extra-curricular activities provide opportunity for individual interests

➠ Education for service, justice and peace

All schools are committed to serving children who desire an excellent Catholic education.

Substantial scholarship and financial aid programs for students and families who qualify are available.

ARCHBISHOP RIORDAN HIGH SCHOOL 175 Phelan Avenue, San Francisco 94112 (415) 586-1256 Web Site: www.riordanhs.org

NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL 1540 Ralston Avenue, Belmont 94002 (650) 595-1913 Web Site: www.ndhsb.org

CONVENT OF THE SACRED HEART HIGH SCHOOL 2222 Broadway Street, San Francisco 94115 (415) 292-3125 Web Site: www.sacredsf.org

SACRED HEART CATHEDRAL PREPARATORY 1055 Ellis Street, San Francisco 94109-7795 (415) 775-6626 Web Site: www.shcp.edu

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION ACADE MY 3625 - 24th Street, San Francisco 94110 (415) 824-2052 Web Site: www.icacademy.org

SACRED HEART PREP HIGH SCHOOL 150 Valparaiso Avenue, Atherton 94027 (650) 322-1866 Web Site: www.shschools.org

JUNÍPERO SERRA HIGH SCHOOL 451 West 20th Avenue, San Mateo 94403 (650) 345-8207 Web Site: www.serrahs.com

SAN DOMENICO SCHOOL 1500 Butterfield Road, San Anselmo 94960 (415) 258-1905 Web Site: www.sandomenico.org

MARIN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL 675 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, Kentfield 94904 (415) 464-3800 Web Site: www.marincatholic.org

ST. IGNATIUS COLLEGE PREPARATORY 2001 - 37th Avenue, San Francisco 94116 (415) 731-7500 Web Site: www.siprep.org

MERCY HIGH SCHOOL – BURLINGAME 2750 Adeline Drive, Burlingame 94010 (650) 343-3631 Web Site: www.mercyhsb.com

STUART HALL HIGH SCHOOL 1715 Octavia St. (at Pine), San Francisco 94109 (415) 345-5812 Web Site: www.sacredsf.org

MERCY HIGH SCHOOL – SAN FRANCISCO 3250 – 19th Avenue, San Francisco 94132 (415) 334-0525 Web Site: www.mercyhs.org

WOODSIDE PRIORY SCHOOL 302 Portola Road, Portola Valley 94028 (650) 851-8221 Web Site: www.WoodsidePriory.com

A Catholic high school can make all the difference in your child’s teenage years and for the rest of their lives!

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL SCHOOLS CELEBRATING C ATHOLIC S CHOOLS W EEK !

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 25, 2013

Why Catholic schools matter more today than 50 years ago TERRY HANLEY

Ask any Catholic school graduate how the schools are doing and they’ll tell you that the glory days of Catholic schools in San Francisco were a half-century ago. During the 1962-63 academic year there were more elementary schools and more students than today. The great majority of teachers were women religious, and through their sacrifices, tuition was as low as $6 per month for an entire family. Families with five or six kids were standard in the ‘60s and many of us had friends who had eight or nine siblings. Also in that era virtually all students were Catholic and the vast majority of students were of Irish, Italian, or Mexican heritage. Classrooms often had 50 and more students and sister had no teacher’s aide. She was also without a computer to keep records and use as a teaching instrument. Many schools had two classes at each grade level.

San Francisco’s St. Gabriel had three classes of 50 students at each grade level and was said to be the largest nonpublic school west of the Mississippi.

Catholic schools turned out vast numbers of graduates who became the police officers, firefighters and elected officials of the city. They also sent many men and women into education, medicine, small businesses, and the church. Whatever your feelings about the politics of the Vietnam War, you have to respect the courage of the many Catholic school grads who courageously served our country. At the same time, we cannot overlook the contribution of the many students who spoke out against that war. Those women and men who attended our Catholic schools 50 years ago were not only well educated but put their values to work serving this community. This city and this archdiocese both owe a lot to the students of the 1960s.

Tuition now runs about $6,000

So much has changed in 50 years, sometimes for the better, sometimes not. This year there are 60 elementary schools in the archdiocese. They serve a total of just over 17,000 students, far less than the 1962-63 student population. Tuition in the elementary schools

A few dollars every month, remembering a school in your will, or ‘adopting’ a student and paying his or her tuition for a year would be a great gift to your alma mater.

(PHOTO BY DENNIS CALLAHAN/CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO)

Students are pictured last fall at Star of the Sea School, San Francisco. Terry Hanley, the principal, writes that the high-quality moral education that Catholic schools provide is needed more than ever – and additional help from financial supporters who share that vision is critical. now runs about $6,000 per student. The student population is far more diverse than ever, not only ethnically, but religiously as well. Students from all ethnic and religious backgrounds now attend Catholic schools. Our faith is worthy of sharing with all of God’s children.

Class size is down, but that is both good and bad. Nobody wants to see 50 kids in a classroom but some schools are hurting financially due to low enrollment.

Today’s curriculum is far more challenging than that of 1962-63. Seventh graders are now learning math that was taught to high school juniors 50 years ago. More and more schools now have science labs, giving students real hands-on experience. Standards for reading and writing are far more rigorous than they used to be. In the 1960s, “tablets” were made of paper; now most of our students use iPads and other devices every day. They are far more tech-savvy than their parents.

This is the reason Catholic schools matter more today than they did 50 years ago.

Our daughters and sons are growing up in a world that moves so much faster than we could ever imagine.

The average student now has a more powerful computer than NASA had when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. The ability to communicate instantaneously is taken for granted.

Anything can be Googled in a matter of seconds. But if you’ve ever gotten an email from Nigeria informing you that you will receive $1.7 million if you just send some personal information and a few hundred bucks, then you know that the Internet is not a bastion of truth and justice.

Need for faith, honor, integrity

The power of the Internet demands a far more stringent curriculum and our schools provide that. But more important, this brave new world desperately cries out for women and men of faith, honor and integrity. What good is it for Catholic schools to give a high-quality academic education if they do not give an even higher quality moral education? What good is it if our future graduates earn millions but forget to feed the hungry or give drink to the thirsty?

What good is it if our future graduates make millions but don’t conquer cancer and AIDS? What good is it if our future graduates make millions but fail to create an economy that serves the people rather than force people to serve the economy?

First, the good news: Our Catholic schools are committed to sharing these values with their students. Religion is not taught in a vacuum. Parents, students and teachers work together to reach out to those who are less

Around the archdiocese MARIN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL, KENTFIELD: Seniors have signed on to sports programs at schools as far away as Wisconsin. Back from left, attending UC Berkeley are Jared Goff, football; Louis Le Merle, rugby; Henry Harmon, rugby; Henry Baylor, rugby; Tyler Shaver, soccer, UC San Diego; Thomas Carroll, water polo, UC Berkeley. Front from left, K.C. Hill, lacrosse, UC Davis; Alyssa Devine, soccer, Marquette University; Stephanie Martini, soccer, University of Nevada, Reno.

JUNIPERO SERRA HIGH SCHOOL, SAN MATEO: National Football League Hall of Fame wide receiver Lynn Swann, a 1970 Serra graduate, was honored at Serra Dec. 14 as part of the Hometown Hall of Famers program. Swann played his entire professional career with the Pittsburgh Steelers, retiring after the 1982 season with a record that included four Super Bowls. Pictured are Swann and Serra principal Barry Thornton.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION ACADEMY, SAN FRANCISCO: ICA kicked off its 130th year of educating young women Nov. 29. Students, faculty and staff celebrated with blue and white cupcakes and balloons. Pictured from left are students Lena Simbe, Rachel Apolinario, De’Janay Mathews, Ronnette Herico, Hadiya Smith, Juvilyn Image, Cassandra Raul.

‘Guardian angels,’ please step up

Now the bad news: Tuition costs are making it harder and harder for the average family to send their children to Catholic schools. Becoming a system that serves only the children of wealthy families is contrary to our mission, and we are blessed to have a few “guardian angels” out there helping both our schools and our families financially.

It’s time for those of us who attended Catholic school 50 years ago to stand up and speak out about the great educations we received. It’s also time for us to acknowledge the sacrifice that the nuns made for us by making our own sacrifice and supporting the schools that gave us so much. A few dollars every month, remembering a school in your will, or “adopting” a student and paying his or her tuition for a year would be a great gift to your alma mater. And I guarantee the students of 2012-13 will give the city and the archdiocese as much and more than we have done.

HANLEY is principal at Star of the Sea School, San Francisco.

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fortunate. Donations to food banks, the St. Vincent de Paul Society and other worthy organizations are a regular part of Catholic education. Activities aimed at helping the environment, such as recycling, composting and participating in ecology minded projects are also part of Catholic education. Discipline is not a teacher’s or a principal’s reaction to a student’s misbehavior; it is establishing an environment in which students are welcomed and cared for. Unlike many other schools, Catholic schools do not teach “tolerance;” instead we teach students to love God and all of God’s children.

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(PHOTO BY MICHELLE WILKINSON)

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600 Italy Ave. 94112 (415) 337-4030 Fax: (415) 337-8583 Web Site: www.sfepiphany.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

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175 Golden Gate Ave. 94102 (415) 552-5220 Fax: (415) 621-5632 Web Site: www.demarillac.org Grades: 4-8

9 Stuart Hall For Boys Elementary School 2222 Broadway St. 94115 (415) 563-2900 Fax: (415) 292-3165 Web Site: www.sacredsf.org Grades: K-8, boys, Extended Care

10 Saint Anne Elementary School 1320 – 14th Ave. 94122 (415) 664-7977 Fax: (415) 661-6904 Web Site: www.stanne.com Grades: PreK-8, Extended Care Saint Anne Pre-school Ages: 3-5 (415) 731-2355 Email: stanneps@gmail.com

11 Saint Brendan Elementary School 940 Laguna Honda Blvd. 94127 (415) 731-2665 Fax: (415) 731-7207 Web Site: www.stbrendansf.com Grades: K-8, Extended Care

12 Saint Brigid Elementary School 2250 Franklin St. 94109 (415) 673-4523 Fax: (415) 674-4187 Web Site: www.saintbrigidsf.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

13 Saint Cecilia Elementary School 660 Vicente St. 94116 (415) 731-8400 Fax: (415) 731-5686 Web Site: www.stceciliaschool.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

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Elementary School 785 Sunnydale Ave. 94134 (415) 239-7840 Fax: (415) 239-2559 Web Site: www.olvisitacion.com Grades: K-8, Extended Care

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Elementary School 2222 Broadway St. 94115 (415) 563-2900 Fax: (415) 563-0438 Web Site: www.sacredsf.org Grades: K-8, Girls, Extended Care

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3371-16th St. 94114 (415) 346-9500 Fax: (415) 346-8001 Grades: K-8, Extended Care

Elementary School 659 Pine St. 94108 (415) 421-0069 Fax: (415) 421-1440 Web Site: www.ndvsf.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

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14 Saint Charles Borromeo Elementary School 3250 18th St. 94110 (415) 861-7652 Fax: (415) 861-0221 Web Site: www.sfstcharlesschool.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

15 Saint Finn Barr Elementary School 419 Hearst Ave. 94112 (415) 333-1800 Fax: (415) 452-0177 Web Site: www.stfinnbarr.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

16 Saint Gabriel Elementary School 2550 41st. Ave. 94116 (415) 566-0314 Fax: (415) 566-3223 Web Site: www.stgabrielsf.com Grades: K-8, Extended Care

17 Saint James Elementary School 321 Fair Oaks St. 94110 (415) 647-8972 Fax: (415) 647-0166 Web Site: www.saintjamessf.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

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21 Saint Paul Elementary School 1690 Church St. 94131 (415) 648-2055 Fax: (415) 648-1920 Web Site: www.stpaulsf.net Grades: Pre-School-8, Extended Care Saint Paul’s Littlest Angel Ages: 2yr 9mo - 5 yr (415) 824-5437 Email: littlestangelpreschool@gmail.com

22 Saint Peter Elementary School 1266 Florida St. 94110 (415) 647-8662 Fax: (415) 647-4618 Web Site: www.sanpedro.org Grades: K-8-D, Extended Care

23 Saints Peter and Paul Elementary School 660 Filbert St. 94133 (415) 421-5219 Fax: (415) 421-1831 Web Site: www.sspeterpaulsf.org Grades: Pre-School-8, Extended Care

26 Saint Thomas the Apostle Elementary School 3801 Balboa St. 94121 (415) 221-2711 Fax: (415) 221-8611 Web Site: www.sfsta.org Grades: Pre-School-8, Extended Care Saint Thomas the Apostle Pre-school Ages: 3-5 (415) 387-5511 Email: Hope_peterson@sbcglobal.net

27 Saint Thomas More Elementary School 50 Thomas More Way 94132 (415) 337-0100 Fax: (415) 333-2564 Web Site: www.StThomasMoreSchool.org Grades: Pre-School-8, Extended Care Utopia School Ages: 3-5 (415) 317-6269 Email: gperez@stthomasmoreschool.org

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Laura Vicuna Pre-school Age: 4 (415) 296-8549 Email: bsimons@sspeterpaulsf.org

401 Eucalyptus Dr. 94132 (415) 664-8331 Fax: (415) 242-5608 Web Site: www.st-stephen.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

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18 Saint John Elementary School 925 Chenery St. 94131 (415) 584-8383 Fax: (415) 584-8359 Web Site: www.stjohnseagles.com Grades: K-8, Extended Care

19 Saint Mary School 838 Kearney St. 94108 (415) 929-4690 Fax: (415) 929-4699 Web Site: www.stmaryschinese.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care, Mandarin and Cantonese classes

20 Saint Monica Elementary School 5950 Geary Blvd. 94121 (415) 751-9564 Fax: (415) 751-0781 Web Site: www.stmonicasf.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

665 Elizabeth St. 94114 (415) 824-8467 Fax: (415) 282-0121 Web Site: www.saintphilipschool.com Grades: Pre-School-8, Extended Care

360 9th Ave. 94118 (415) 221-8558 Fax: (415) 221-7118 Web Site: www.staroftheseasf.com Grades: Pre-School-8, Extended Care

Saint Philip Pre-school Ages: 3-5 (415) 282-0143 Email: Hollace.Veldnuis@saintphilipparish.org

Star of the Sea Pre-school Ages: 3-5 (415) 221-7449 Email: ehalloran@staroftheseasf.com

25 Saint Vincent de Paul Elementary School 2350 Green St. 94123 (415) 346-5505 Fax: (415) 346-0970 Web Site: www.svdpsf.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 25, 2013

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1100 Fifth Ave., San Rafael 94901 (415) 454-4455 Fax: (415) 454-5927 Web Site: www.saintraphael.com Grades: PreK-8, Extended Care Saint Raphael Pre-school Ages: 3-4 (415) 456-1702 Email: hanna@saintraphael.com

4 Saint Anselm Elementary School 40 Belle Ave., San Anselmo 94960 (415) 454-8667 Fax: (415) 454-4730 Web Site: www.stanselmschool.com Grades: K-8, Extended Care

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120 King St., Larkspur 94939 (415) 924-0501 Fax: (415) 924-3544 Web Site: www.stpatricksmarin.com Grades: K-8, Extended Care

102 Marinda Dr., Fairfax 94930 (415) 456-1003 Fax: (415) 456-7946 Web Site: www.strita.edu Grades: Pre-School-8, Extended Care

1500 Butterfield Rd., San Anselmo 94960 (415) 258-1910 [Primary] (415) 258-1908 [Middle] Fax: (415) 258-1901 Web Site: www.sandomenico.org Grades: PreSchool-8

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5 Our Lady of Loretto Elementary School 1181 Virginia Ave., Novato 94945 (415) 892-8621 Fax: (415) 892-9631 Web Site: www.ollnovato.org Grades: Tk-8, Extended Care

San Domenico Pre-school Ages: 3-5 (415) 258-1946 Email: cchase@sandomenico.org

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Saint Isabella Elementary School 1 Trinity Way, PO Box 6188, San Rafael 94903 (415) 479-3727 Fax: (415) 479-9961 Web Site: www.stisabellaschool.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care Saint Hilary Elementary School 765 Hilary Dr., Tiburon 94920 (415) 435-2224 Fax: (415) 435-5895 Web Site: www.sainthilary-school.org Grades: Tk-8, Extended Care

SAN MATEO COUNTY

1 All Souls Elementary School

434 Alida Way, So. San Francisco 94080 (650) 589-3909 Fax: (650) 589-2826 Web Site: www.stveronicacatholicschool.org Grades: K-8

909 Oceana Blvd., Pacifica 94044 (650) 359-4544 Fax: (650) 359-4558 Web Site: www.goodshepherdschool.us Grades: K-8, Extended Care

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1328 Cabrillo Ave., Burlingame 94010 (650) 343-9200 Fax: (650) 343-5620 Web Site: www.olaschoolk8.org Grades: PreK-8, Extended Care

Our Lady of Mercy Pre-school Ages: 3-5 (650) 756-3395 Email: preschool@olmbulldogs.org

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Elementary School 80 Wellington Ave., Daly City 94014 (650) 755-4438 Fax: (650) 755-7366 Web Site: www.olphdc.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

7 Our Lady of Mercy Elementary School 7 Elmwood Dr., Daly City 94015 (650) 756-3395 Fax: (650) 756-5872 Web Site: www.olmbulldogs.org Grades: Pre-school-8, Extended Care

1100 Woodside Rd., Redwood City 94061 (650) 368-8327 Fax: (650) 368-7031 Web Site: www.stpiusschool.com Grades: K-8, Extended Care

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Elementary School 1000 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont 94002 (650) 593-4265 Fax: (650) 593-4342 Web Site: www.ihmschoolbelmont.com Grades: Pre-School-8, Extended Care

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Pre-school Ages: 3-5 (650) 366-6587 Email: marnott@mountcarmel.org

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302 Portola Rd., Portola Valley 94028 (650) 851-8221 Fax: (650) 851-2839 Web Site: www.woodsidepriory.com Grades: 6-8

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850 Tamarack Ave., San Carlos 94070 (650) 593-1629 Fax: (650) 593-9723 Web Site: www.scharlesschoolsc.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

19 Saint Gregory Elementary School 2701 Hacienda St., San Mateo 94403 (650) 573-0111 Fax: (650) 573-6548 Web Site: www.stgregs-sanmateo.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

15 8 Saint Dunstan Elementary School 1150 Magnolia Ave., Millbrae 94030 (650) 697-8119 Fax: (650) 697-9295 Web Site: www.st-dunstan.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

9 Holy Angels Elementary School 20 Reiner St., Colma 94014 (650) 755-0220 Fax: (650) 755-0258 Web Site: www.holyangelscolma.com Grades: K-8, Extended Care

10 Sacred Heart Schools Lower and Middle 150 Valparaiso Ave., Atherton 94027 (650) 322-9931 (MAIN) Fax: (650) 322-7656 Web Site: www.shschools.org Grades: PreK-8, Extended Care Sacred Heart School Montessori Ages: 3-5 (650) 322-0176 Email: csalberg@shschools.org

11 Saint Raymond Elementary School 1211 Arbor Rd., Menlo Park 94025 (650) 322-2312 Fax: (650) 322-2910 Web Site: www.straymond.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care St. Raymond Pre-school Ages: 3-5 Email: areed@straymond.org

12 Saint Catherine of Siena Elementary School 1300 Bayswater Ave., Burlingame 94010 (650) 344-7176 Fax: (650) 344-7426 Web Site: www.stcos.com Grades: K-8, Extended Care

13 Nativity Elementary School 1250 Laurel St., Menlo Park 94025 (650) 325-7304 Fax: (650) 325-3841 Web Site: www.nativityschool.com Grades: K-8, Extended Care

20 Saint Matthew Elementary School 910 South El Camino Real, San Mateo 94402 (650) 343-1373 Fax: (650) 343-2046 Web Site: www.stmatthewcath.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

21 Saint Timothy Elementary School 1515 Dolan Ave., San Mateo 94401 (650) 342-6567 Fax: (650) 342-5913 Web Site: www.sttimothyschool.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

22 Saint Robert Elementary School 345 Oak Ave., San Bruno 94066 (650) 583-5065 Fax: (650) 583-1418 Web Site: www.saintroberts.org Grades: K-8, Extended Care

23 Saint Matthias Pre-school 1685 Cordilleras Ave., Redwood City, 94062 Ages: 3-5 (650) 367-1320 Email: director@st.matthiasparish.org

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Our Lady of Perpetual Help School

Our Lady of Mercy Elementary School

Holy Angels Elementary School

"Top of the Hill, Daly City" 80 Wellington Avenue (between Mission & Brunswick Sts.) (650) 755-4438 • www.olphdc.org e-mail: olphdc@yahoo.com – CALL SCHOOL FOR PRIVATE TOUR – Open House: Sat., Jan. 26 1:00–3:00 pm

7 Elmwood Drive, Daly City 94015 (650) 756-3395 Fax: (650) 756-5872 www.olmbulldogs.org e-mail: office@olmbulldogs.com Tours everyday at 9:15 a.m.

Open House: Sun. January 27 12:30 – 2:30 pm

20 Reiner Street, Colma 94014 (650) 755-0220 Fax: (650) 755-0258 www.holyangelscolma.com Open House: Sun., January 27 11 am – 2 pm School tours by appointment

South San Francisco

All Souls Catholic School 479 Miller Avenue So. San Francisco 94080 (650) 583-3562 • Fax: (650) 952-1167 www.ssfallsoulsschool.org e-mail: info@ssfallsoulsschool.org Sunday, January 27, 9:00 am Mass followed by Open House / Science Fair

CATHOLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OF NORTH SAN MATEO COUNTY

South San Francisco

St. Veronica Catholic School 434 Alida Way So. San Francisco 94080 (650) 589-3909 office@saintveronicassf.org Sunday, January 27 9:30 am Mass followed by Open House / Science Fair until 12 p.m.

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Good Shepherd Elementary School

Saint Robert Catholic School

St. Dunstan Elementary School

909 Oceana Boulevard Pacifica 94044 (650) 359-4544 Fax: (650) 359-4558 www.goodshepherdschool.us e-mail: gss.office@goodshepherdschool.us Open House: Sun., January 27 11:00 am – 2 p.m.

School Tours by appointment

345 Oak Avenue San Bruno 94066 (650) 583-5065 Fax: (650) 583-1418 www.strobert.school.org e-mail: strobertsoffice@gmail.com Open House: Thurs., January 31 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm School tours by appointment

1150 Magnolia Avenue Millbrae 94030 (650) 697-8119 Fax: (650) 697-9295 www.st-dunstan.org Open House: Sun., January 27 Beginning with Mass at 10 am, Call for additional school tours & visit dates