| St. Bernard High School | |
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Noverim Te, Noverim Me
If I will have known you, (O God), I will have known myself.
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| Address | |
| 9100 Falmouth Avenue Los Angeles (Playa Del Rey), California, (Los Angeles County), 90293-8205 United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Private, Coeducational |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Patron saint(s) | St. Bernard of Clairvaux |
| Established | 1957 |
| CEEB Code | 052487 |
| Dean | Greg Dixon |
| Director | David Sifuentes Reggie Morris Jon McMaster Kelly Lebouf Rosie Roberts |
| Principal | Mike Alvarez |
| Asst. Principal | Georgia Capell Tiffany O'Rourke Sean Griffin Maureen Robinson |
| Faculty | 45 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 400+ (2011/2012) |
| Average class size | 20:1 |
| Color(s) | Blue, White, and Gold |
| Slogan | Community of Learning, Leadership, and Love |
| Athletics | 14 sports, including basketball and track and field |
| Athletics conference | Division V/VI |
| Mascot | Viking |
| Nickname | "V-House", "SBHS", or "Bernards" |
| Team name | Vikings |
| Accreditation(s) | Western Association of Schools and Colleges[1] |
| Newspaper | The Odyssey The Knarr |
| Yearbook | The Voyager |
| Tuition | $6,900 (2011/2012) |
| Alumni | Members from Class of 1961-2011 |
| Website | www.stbernardhs.com |
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.
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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.
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.
Dance Team/Class
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.
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 Meet.[2][3] 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.[3] 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.
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!
| Name | Class | Profession | Notable for |
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| 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 |