St. Bernard High School (Los Angeles, California)
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St. Bernard High School is a four-year coeducational Catholic
high school
located in Playa Del Rey, California, which is in the West Los Angeles area. The school is located next to the Los Angeles International Airport
,across from Westchester High School
.
The school's mission statement is "to send forth faith-filled, principled and knowledgeable young men and women by providing an exemplary college preparatory and an extra-curricular education, rooted in Roman Catholic tradition." The school was founded in 1957. It is located within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles
.
During the 2007 and 2008 school years, the school added new computers for teachers and students. In the 2008/09 school year, a state-of-the-art video production studio was added. An Academic Success Class was developed in 2008 to ensure academic achievement for students that seem to have fallen behind in their studies. In the fall of 2008, Academic Coach training was provided to over 30 qualified juniors and seniors. The Academic Coaches work with students one-on-one and in teams during the Academic Success Class. In addition, teachers post assignments and syllabi on the school's online portal, allowing parents to access the site from any computer.
In June 2009, the school hired a new principal, Mike Alvarez, a former principal of St. John Bosco High School
.
The 51st Graduation ceremony was held, on June 3, 2011 at The Cathedral of Our Lady Of The Angels, in light of the Class of 1961's 50th class reunion. Seventy percent of St. Bernard's 2011 graduates were accepted to four-year universities, and ninety eight percent of the class will be attending higher learning institutes. CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2011 !!!!!!!!!
Enrollment has doubled, greatly, from the 2010-2011 school year to the 2011-2012 school....Due to this increase, SBHS is now known as a member of the LMU/LA: Family Of Schools.
Theatre Arts Class/Club
Art Class/Club
Assemblies that consist of multiple performances.
2 Annual Dance Recitals per school year
1 Annual Fall Play per year
1 Annual Spring Musical per year
The school's fine-arts program regularly includes over 100 students.
. The record stood for seven years, until it was beaten by a team from Long Beach Polytechnic High School
; it still ranks as the second-best performance in the event. That year, the girl's track team—led by Miesha Withers and sisters Malika and Miya Edmonson—finished half a point behind Long Beach Polytechnic for the overall state team title.
The girls' basketball team were the 2010 Division VI Southern Section CIF Champions. In 2011, both the boys' and girls' teams won the Southern California Regional Division V championship and were the State Runner-up of the Southern California State Championship.
|+ Famous alumni of St. Bernard High School
|-
! Name
! Class
! Profession
! Notable for
|-
| Kevin Chilton
| 1972
| Astronaut
| Four-star
general, United States Air Force
|-
| Sylvia Lopez
| 1979
| News anchor
| KCAL-TV
, Los Angeles
|-
| Corey Gaines
| 1982
| Head Coach
| Phoenix Mercury
|-
| Shireen Crutchfield
| 1988
| Actor
, model
, singer
| The Good Girls
|-
| Royce Clayton
| 1988
| Baseball
shortstop
| San Francisco Giants
, St. Louis Cardinals
, Toronto Blue Jays
, Boston Red Sox
|-
| Antonio Sabàto, Jr.
| 1991
| Actor, model
| Calvin Klein
underwear model, General Hospital
, My Antonio
|-
| Rick Famuyiwa
| 1991
| Film director
, writer
| The Wood
, Brown Sugar, USC alumn
|-
| Aaron White
| 1998
| playwright
| The Dance: The History of American Minstrelsy
|-
| Joselio Hanson
| 1999
| American football
cornerback
| Philadelphia Eagles
|-
| Donald Penn
| 2001
| American football
offensive tackle
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers
|-
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
located in Playa Del Rey, California, which is in the West Los Angeles area. The school is located next to the Los Angeles International Airport
Los Angeles International Airport
Los Angeles International Airport is the primary airport serving the Greater Los Angeles Area, the second-most populated metropolitan area in the United States. It is most often referred to by its IATA airport code LAX, with the letters pronounced individually...
,across from Westchester High School
Westchester High School (Los Angeles)
Westchester High School is a public high school in the Los Angeles Unified School District, Local District 3.It is located in Westchester , USA, a suburban neighborhood adjacent to Los Angeles International Airport and bordered by Playa Vista to the north, Inglewood to the east, El Segundo to the...
.
The school's mission statement is "to send forth faith-filled, principled and knowledgeable young men and women by providing an exemplary college preparatory and an extra-curricular education, rooted in Roman Catholic tradition." The school was founded in 1957. It is located within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the U.S. state of California. Headquartered in Los Angeles, the archdiocese comprises the California counties of Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Ventura. The diocesan cathedral is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the...
.
Events
Plans for St. Bernard High School were begun in 1955, in response to the need for high schools in the Westchester–Playa del Rey area. Classes were held for one year at the St. Anastasia School while the present campus was being completed. On December 4, 1957, a ceremony blessed the present site.During the 2007 and 2008 school years, the school added new computers for teachers and students. In the 2008/09 school year, a state-of-the-art video production studio was added. An Academic Success Class was developed in 2008 to ensure academic achievement for students that seem to have fallen behind in their studies. In the fall of 2008, Academic Coach training was provided to over 30 qualified juniors and seniors. The Academic Coaches work with students one-on-one and in teams during the Academic Success Class. In addition, teachers post assignments and syllabi on the school's online portal, allowing parents to access the site from any computer.
In June 2009, the school hired a new principal, Mike Alvarez, a former principal of St. John Bosco High School
St. John Bosco High School
St. John Bosco High School is a Catholic college preparatory school located in Bellflower, California, USA; conducted by the Salesians of St. John Bosco, San Francisco Province. SJBHS is named after Saint John Bosco and was originally founded as an elementary and intermediate boarding school by...
.
The 51st Graduation ceremony was held, on June 3, 2011 at The Cathedral of Our Lady Of The Angels, in light of the Class of 1961's 50th class reunion. Seventy percent of St. Bernard's 2011 graduates were accepted to four-year universities, and ninety eight percent of the class will be attending higher learning institutes. CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2011 !!!!!!!!!
Enrollment has doubled, greatly, from the 2010-2011 school year to the 2011-2012 school....Due to this increase, SBHS is now known as a member of the LMU/LA: Family Of Schools.
Visual/Performing Arts
Dance Team/ClassTheatre Arts Class/Club
Art Class/Club
Assemblies that consist of multiple performances.
2 Annual Dance Recitals per school year
1 Annual Fall Play per year
1 Annual Spring Musical per year
The school's fine-arts program regularly includes over 100 students.
Sports
In 1997, the girls' 4 × 100 metres relay team set the NFHS national high school record with a time of 44.70 while winning the CIF California State MeetCIF California State Meet
The CIF California State Meet is the annual championship track and field meet for the California Interscholastic Federation. The meet was started in 1915 for boys and 1974 for girls. Every athlete in every high school in California has a direct qualification path that can reach the state meet...
. The record stood for seven years, until it was beaten by a team from Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Long Beach Polytechnic High School, founded in 1895 as Long Beach High School, is a High school located at 1600 Atlantic Avenue in Long Beach, California, United States....
; it still ranks as the second-best performance in the event. That year, the girl's track team—led by Miesha Withers and sisters Malika and Miya Edmonson—finished half a point behind Long Beach Polytechnic for the overall state team title.
The girls' basketball team were the 2010 Division VI Southern Section CIF Champions. In 2011, both the boys' and girls' teams won the Southern California Regional Division V championship and were the State Runner-up of the Southern California State Championship.
Alma Mater
Loyal sons and daughters,
St. Bernard High to you.
Pledge for'er allegiance,
loyalty strong and true.
Mary, our queen, leads us onward,
'neath gold, white and blue!
Alma mater, great St. Bernard.
Hail all Hail to You!
Famous Alumni
{| class="wikitable"|+ Famous alumni of St. Bernard High School
|-
! Name
! Class
! Profession
! Notable for
|-
| Kevin Chilton
| 1972
| Astronaut
Astronaut
An astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft....
| Four-star
4 star rank
Four-star rank is a term used to describe a very senior commander in many of the armed services holding a rank described by the NATO OF-9 code. The term is also used by some armed forces which are not NATO members...
general, United States Air Force
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
|-
| Sylvia Lopez
Sylvia Lopez
Sylvia Lopez was a French model and actress.Born Tatjana Bernt, she was raised in Paris, where she began a career in modelling. Eventually she modeled for couturier Jacques Fath, the first French fashion designer to export his creations to the United States...
| 1979
| News anchor
News presenter
A news presenter is a person who presents news during a news program in the format of a television show, on the radio or the Internet.News presenters can work in a radio studio, television studio and from remote broadcasts in the field especially weather...
| KCAL-TV
KCAL-TV
KCAL-TV, channel 9, is an independent television station in Los Angeles, California, USA, owned by the CBS Corporation. KCAL-TV shares its studio facilities with KCBS-TV inside CBS Studio Center in the Studio City section of Los Angeles, and its transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson.-Digital...
, Los Angeles
|-
| Corey Gaines
Corey Gaines
Corey Yasuto Gaines is an American former professional basketball player and the current coach of the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury....
| 1982
| Head Coach
Head coach
A head coach, senior coach or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches...
| Phoenix Mercury
Phoenix Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...
|-
| Shireen Crutchfield
Shireen Crutchfield
Shireen Crutchfield is an actress best known for her role as Jace on the series Dark Angel and The movie Hot Boyz. She graduated from St. Bernard High School in Los Angeles, California, where she grew up. She was the lead singer of the R&B group The Good Girls from the late 1980s through the early...
| 1988
| Actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, model
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
, singer
| The Good Girls
The Good Girls
The Good Girls was a female R&B trio from Los Angeles, California that emerged in the late 1980s; composed of Shireen Crutchfield, Joyce Tolbert, and DeMonica Santiago.-Career:...
|-
| Royce Clayton
Royce Clayton
Royce Spencer Clayton is an American former Major League Baseball shortstop and occasional actor.-Baseball career:Clayton was born in Burbank, California. He was drafted out of St...
| 1988
| Baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
shortstop
Shortstop
Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball fielding position between second and third base. Shortstop is often regarded as the most dynamic defensive position in baseball, because there are more right-handed hitters in baseball than left-handed hitters, and most hitters have a tendency to pull the...
| San Francisco Giants
San Francisco Giants
The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....
, St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis Cardinals
The St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball. The Cardinals have won eleven World Series championships, the most of any National League team, and second overall only to...
, Toronto Blue Jays
Toronto Blue Jays
The Toronto Blue Jays are a professional baseball team located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Blue Jays are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball 's American League ....
, Boston Red Sox
Boston Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"...
|-
| Antonio Sabàto, Jr.
Antonio Sabàto, Jr.
Antonio Sabàto, Jr. is an American actor and model. Born in Italy and raised in the U.S., Sabàto first became known as a Calvin Klein model and for his role on the soap opera General Hospital. He continued appearing in films and television series throughout the 1990s and 2000s.-Early life:Sabàto...
| 1991
| Actor, model
| Calvin Klein
Calvin Klein
Calvin Richard Klein is an American fashion designer who launched the company that would later become Calvin Klein Inc. in 1968. In addition to clothing, Klein has also given his name to a range of perfumes, watches, and jewelry....
underwear model, General Hospital
General Hospital
General Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns....
, My Antonio
My Antonio
My Antonio is a television show about Antonio Sabàto, Jr.'s attempt to find true love. Single women arrive in Hawaii to compete for Antonio's love but the competition becomes more of a soap opera when Antonio's mother comes into the picture and his ex-wife, Tully, returns proclaiming that she still...
|-
| Rick Famuyiwa
Rick Famuyiwa
Rick Famuyiwa, born on June 18, 1973, is an emerging Nigerian American Hollywood writer and director of films such as The Wood , Talk To Me , and Brown Sugar . His most recent film is the...
| 1991
| Film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
| The Wood
The Wood
The Wood is a 1999 romantic comedy, written by Rick Famuyiwa and Todd Boyd. Famuyiwa also directed the film, which stars Omar Epps, Richard T. Jones, and Taye Diggs.-Plot:...
, Brown Sugar, USC alumn
|-
| Aaron White
Aaron White
Aaron White is an NAACP Theater Award-winning American playwright, his most notable work being The Dance: The History of American Minstrelsy, which he wrote with Jason Christopher White . He also an independent music producer, as the owner and founder of In Tha Cut Productions.He graduated from St...
| 1998
| playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
| The Dance: The History of American Minstrelsy
The Dance: The History of American Minstrelsy
The Dance: The History of American Minstrelsy is an American stage play written and directed by Aaron White and Jason Christopher White, which opened in 2005...
|-
| Joselio Hanson
Joselio Hanson
Joselio Basilio Hanson is an American football cornerback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League. He began his professional career by signing with the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent in 2003, and has also spent one year of his career in Europe with the Frankfurt...
| 1999
| American football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
cornerback
Cornerback
A cornerback is a member of the defensive backfield or secondary in American and Canadian football. Cornerbacks cover receivers, to defend against pass offenses and make tackles. Other members of the defensive backfield include the safeties and occasionally linebackers. The cornerback position...
| Philadelphia Eagles
Philadelphia Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
|-
| Donald Penn
Donald Penn
Donald Ward Penn is an American football offensive tackle for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League. He was signed by the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 2006...
| 2001
| American football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
offensive tackle
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football franchise based in Tampa, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the Southern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League – they are the only team in the division not to come from the old NFC West...
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