PALM DESERT—At the beginning of every school year the students of Sacred Heart School in Palm Desert choose a cause or non-profit organization to support with money raised from various fundraising events throughout the year. 

Three students from Our Lady of Lourdes School in Montclair took top honors in the “Water is Life” poster contest sponsored by Monte Vista Water District. Third grader Jonovan Quintos (front row, second from left) took first place in the K-3 division, kindergartener Chris Bui II (front row, third from left) took second place and kindergartener Gianne Annika Pangilnan (not pictured) took third place.

RIVERSIDE—Since January, seventh and eighth grade students from Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Riverside have been visiting their next door neighbors at Raincross Senior Assisted Living with the purpose of bridging the knowledge of the past with the present. 

REDLANDS—Sacred Heart Academy, Redlands sixth grade Learn Explore Achieve Program (LEAP) Class received top honors in the international Perennial Math Competition.

By Lucy McHugh
Art Instructor
Xavier College Preparatory High School

 My daughter, Emily, recently visited my classroom at Xavier College Preparatory High School in Palm Desert. She’s all grown up now—she’s been in pretty much all of the classrooms I’ve had from Florida to Nebraska to the Republic of Korea, and, finally here. She’s even been a student of mine.

By Austin Conley

 This is the inaugural effort of what promises to be a monthly column discussing our Catholic Education Foundation and the Catholic schools in the Diocese of San Bernardino. I hope to provide information that will increase your knowledge of how Catholic schools benefit our Diocese as a whole.