PALM DESERT—Sacred Heart School in Palm Desert is now the home of a newly certified butterfly garden.
Young Adult coordinator Noriega to represent U.S. at Vatican forum this month
This month Diocesan Young Adult Programs Coordinator Brenda Noriega will once again find herself in the upper echelons of the Church when she travels to Rome as one of two U.S. representatives at an international forum on youth and young adults.
Retiring Principal Keno modeled Catholic leadership at St. Theresa
PALM SPRINGS—St. Theresa School in Palm Springs is reflecting with gratitude on Principal Mike Keno’s six years of leadership as he retires at the conclusion of this school year.
Founding Class at St. Jeanne High School makes pilgrimage to foundress
TEMECULA—On March 18, 23 members of the founding class at Saint Jeanne de Lestonnac Catholic High School set out on a two-week pilgrimage tracing the steps of their foundress, Saint Jeanne de Lestonnac.
Arias built up community and new school in long tenure at OLPH, Indio
When Diane Arias arrived as the eighth grade teacher at Indio’s Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in 1989, the campus was a converted motel augmented by a series of portable trailers and modular buildings.
St. Catherine, Riverside teacher awarded for work of inclusion
By Kristen Rodriguez
RIVERSIDE—On May 20, Mrs. Christy Gandara, fourth grade teacher at St. Catherine of Alexandria School in Riverside, received the Dandy Award for Spring 2019. The Dandy Award, given twice a year by the National Catholic Board on Full Inclusion, recognizes individuals within Catholic schools who promote inclusion.