School of the Epiphany
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| School of the Epiphany | |
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| Non Vox Sed Votum "Not Words But Deeds" |
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| Established | 1938 |
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| School type | Private |
| Grades | K-8 |
| Principal | Diane Elkins |
| Location | San Francisco, California, U.S.A. |
| Students | about 600 |
| Faculty | 20 |
| Mascot | Eagle |
| Website | http://www.sfepiphany.org |
School of the Epiphany, colloquially called Epiphany or Epiphany School, is a Catholic school in San Francisco, California. Epiphany Church began as a mission of St. John Parish and in 1914 it was officially established as a parish. Rev. John Stokes served as its first pastor. During the years of 1911 and 1938, the Sisters of the Holy Family directed the religious education of the parish's children.
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[edit] Mission Statement
"The School of the Epiphany is a Catholic, Parochial school serving the youth of Epiphany Parish and its surrounding areas. We challenge students to achieve educational excellence within a Catholic tradition. The School of the Epiphany operates in service to Epiphany Parish and in the spirit of the Presentation Sisters." [1]
[edit] Schoolwide Learning Expectations
The students of the School of the Epiphany are required to achieve academic success, build community, and demonstrate Christian character.
[edit] Quick Facts
From http://sfepiphany.org :
- 94% of the students are baptized Roman-Catholics
- Over 80% of the students are members of Parish-registered families. (Note: Of the registered families, only 74% have chosen to act as “Participating Families”)
- 77% of the students come from the immediate area
- 48% of the students are Filipino; 29% are Latino; and 7% are Asian
- 50% of the students are male, and 50% are female
- 71% of the students come from families that speak a variety of languages in addition to, or instead of, English
- 92% of the students come from families with at least one computer (of which 88% have internet access).
[edit] Facilities
The original building, built in 1938, houses the K - 8th grade classrooms (two classrooms per grade, with 30-37 students per classroom), the faculty room, the Mac lab, the music room (previously a convent), the Learning Specialist's office, the principal and vice principal's office, the school office, the nurse's office, a cafeteria, and several bathrooms. The halls are decorated with much student work. On the first floor is the awards wall, with "Stars of the Month" and various other awards won by the students. The newer building, christened Nano Nagle Hall after the foundress of the Sisters of the Presentation, was built in 2003. The hall houses athletics awards, a gymnasium, a library, the vending machine room (with three vending machines that are off-limits to students during school hours), and both eighth grade classrooms, one of which is a science lab. Each classroom has at least two Macs that students use for research. The sixth grade lockers are located in their classrooms, while the seventh and eighth grade students have lockers in the hallways of their classrooms.
[edit] Communication
The school sends out a Wednesday envelope every first and last Wednesdays of the month. In it is the newsletter (the Epiphany Times) and various flyers regarding upcoming events for the school.
[edit] Student Life
[edit] Daily Schedule
Epiphany starts every school day at 8:00 AM. On Mondays students are let out at 12:35 PM; on every other day, grades K-2 are dismissed at 3 PM and grades 3 to 8 are dismissed at 3:15 PM. Classes for grades K-7 begin each day at 8:20 AM and are 44 minutes long. The 8th Grade Classes begin at 8:18. Middle school students then have two minutes to get to their next class. Break/Recess is fifteen minutes long and Lunch is thirty-five minutes long.
[edit] Athletics
The sports teams, known as the Eagles, compete in CYO, PAL, and FLAME. There are over 20 teams total for boys and girls at Epiphany. The sports offered at Epiphany include basketball for both boys and girls, along with baseball for boys and volleyball for girls. The sports are separated by seasons of Winter and Spring.
[edit] Curriculum
The school offers many subjects that get progressively harder each year. Every grade takes math, language arts, religion, science, history, and P.E. In 2000, the school began offering Spanish, as a result of a schoolwide survey on their preference for a language course. Spanish is a class taken on Tuesdays and Thursdays for grades K to 6 and Tuesdays for grades 7 and 8.
[edit] Exploratories
Epiphany offers a program called Exploratories (similar to high school electives) to the middle school students. Exploratories take place on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons for a grading quarter or semester, depending on the Exploratory. Students make a list of preferences in the last months of fifth, sixth, and seventh grades. Quarter-long Exploratories include Karate, First Aid & CPR, cooking (Kitchen Creations), book club (Great Books), journalism, choral singing (separate from Songleaders; only during last semester), card making (Greeting Cards), wood shop (Woodworking), Tagalog, badminton, and Middle School Choices (with the counselor). Semester-long exploratories include photography, knitting, and yearbook (Memory Book). In addition, qualified students in all three years of middle school are chosen for the school's Junior High Academic Decathlon team, which takes place of their first semester Exploratory.
[edit] Connection to the parish
Epiphany's students and teachers regularly attend Mass, as the school is Catholic. Catholic baptized students have their first Holy Communion and Reconciliation in the 2nd grade, along with other students from the parish. Eighth grade students who have received all three of the aforementioned sacraments are then eligible to participate in the sacrament of Confirmation. Students are not required to take these sacraments to pass; however, students are required to take Religion (study of Catholicism) as a class. Starting in the third grade, classes attend 8 AM mass on a specific day, according to grade. Starting at the end of fifth grade, students are invited to become altar servers for the church. The school choir, also known as the Songleaders, include a range of students from the third to eighth grades; the Songleaders sing at school Masses and various church gatherings.
[edit] Other
Other than sports, the school offers piano lessons for grades K to 8. The junior high also takes part in associations like NJHS and CJSF. The school also has an active Parents Association. The school has a READ program where, every month, students in all grades turn in their READ folders for prizes ranging from a little trinket to a free ice cream pass.
