Paraclete High School

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Paraclete High School
Motto	"Come, light of the Heart."
Established	1963
Type	Private
Faculty	50
Students	876
Grades	9 - 12
Location	Lancaster, California , USA
Colors	Scarlet and Gold
Mascot	The Spirit
Website	http://www.paracletehs.org/

Paraclete High School is a Catholic High School in Lancaster, CA operated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. It was established in 1963. 186 seniors graduated in the 2006-2007 school year.

1 Background
2 Alma Mater
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Background

Although there are other high schools in the area, Paraclete has the highest average proportion of students who go on to college and are successful in obtaining a degree.

Paraclete High School as a Catholic school of the Archdiocese, participates in the wider mission of the Church through proclamation of Christ in the light of Scriptures, Catholic tradition, and through its academic, athletic, and social programs. Fostering active service through emphasizing the unique value of every person, Paraclete also challenges students to active responsibility and provides a Christian Service Program for outreach to the school community and the community outside it.

As an academic institution, Paraclete seeks primarily to prepare students for entrance and success at the college level. The school also provides courses for students not necessarily college bound, maintaining for all a challenge to love learning, to respect science and the arts, to be able to think critically, and to understand values. Paraclete encourages athletic participation in physical education classes and on extramural teams seeking to educate and develop the whole person. The school is committed to both girls' and boys' athletics, with each program careful to be true to the religious and moral values of the whole institution's philosophy.

The school's name, Paraclete, is derived from a Greek word referring to the Holy Spirit, which gives rise to the mascot and team name for the school's athletic teams, the Spirits. The motto of Paraclete High School is "Veni, Lumen Cordium," Come, Light of the Heart.

[edit] Alma Mater

Paraclete,Our Paraclete Guardian of the desert's door Leading us with rays of truth Toward a faith more sure Give us strength and vision pure That we may trod the pathway home Paraclete, Paraclete, Our Paraclete!

[edit] References

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