This year we were blessed to have again been offered the William H Hannon Foundation Memorial scholarship to our fourth grade class. Our fourth graders spent months working on 300-500 word essays on Fr. Junipero Serra and submitted their essays to be judged by the William H Hannon Foundation. Andrea Lino and Sebastian McKay were… read more »
Founded in 1966, Reading is Fundamental (R.I.F.) is a program that works to promote literacy across the United States. For a small, subsidized annual fee, R.I.F. provides our school with brand new, engaging books for grades 1-6 three times a year. Our students love going through the St. Raphael School “Book Store” in search of… read more »
On Thursday, February 14th, we hosted our annual Sponsor Luncheon. This year our Valentine’s Day theme lit up the room! We welcomed over 50 sponsors to our school in an effort to thank them for their generous annual contributions to support tuition assistance. The amazing people over at Truxton’s provided us with delicious food while… read more »
We are so thankful for the hard work and dedication of our Loyola Seniors this year! Every year, 4-6 seniors come to St. Raphael to volunteer in classrooms for three weeks as part of their Senior Service Project. This year we had the privilege of working with Jake Perfitt, Neil Owens, Jack Saade, James Keefe,… read more »
We held our second Walk a Thon ever on November 27th and it was such a success! Thanks to parent volunteers, teachers, and the many students who participated, we were able to raise over $4,000! We are so proud of our students!
We are so grateful to our amazingly talented faculty, staff, and parent volunteers for making this year’s festival so much fun! After our Halloween Festival on Wednesday, we celebrated All Saints Day mass together with Fr. Stan, who taught us about the origins of Halloween and how important it is to honor our deceased loved… read more »
St. Sebastian Sports Project has been an amazing longtime supporter of St. Raphael School’s sports program. Every year they bless us with a grant and a lot of sports equipment to help us in maintaining our sports programs. Much like St. Sebastian Sports Project, we here at St. Raphael School truly value the impact of… read more »
We are so grateful to the Barona Band of Mission Indians for the donation in the amount of $5,000 to St. Raphael School towards the purchase of Chromebooks. This would not have been possible without the support of Assembly member Reginald Jones Sawyer who came out to our Monday morning assembly to present the check… read more »
We are so grateful to Vision to Learn to coming to St. Raphael School and providing 36 eye examinations and 34 prescribed glasses to our students – free of charge! Having the proper prescription is so important for our students’ success. To find out more about Vision to Learn, visit their website at: https://visiontolearn.org/
Today was St. Raphael School’s first Friday mass of the year. The students met Fr. Stan Bosch, our new pastor, and were moved by his homily about what it means to be hungry. He explained to the students that humans can be hungry for many different things such as love, friendship, or happiness. He also… read more »
