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Student Art Show Opens Tomorrow! Featured Photo

Student Art Show Opens Tomorrow!

The fall student art show opens on Wednesday, November 15 and runs until Tuesday, December 4 in the library. Featuring art work by Into to Art, Intermediate Art, Advance Art I and II, AP Drawing and AP 2-D Design classes.
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Giving Tuesday is HERE!

# Giving Tuesday Support for Saint Mary's College High School
Join Us in Making a Difference!

We are thankful and blessed…

We are thankful and grateful for your support of the work we do for our students at Saint Mary’s, especially on this Giving Tuesday.

We are thankful and blessed to have donors and benefactors that support Saint Mary’s. It is the combination of tuition and donations that allow us to provide the academic and co-curricular programs that we do. Tuition for the 2023 – ‘24 academic year is $23,200. The actual cost of educating a student at Saint Mary’s is $25,000. Living the tradition of the Christian Brothers, we extend financial support to all our families, including an additional $2.4 million to an over 200 of our families through financial assistance. Once again, through tuition and fundraising efforts, we ensure the financial stability of Saint Mary's Mission and programs.

We are thankful and blessed that Saint Mary's College High School successfully completed its accreditation process under the Western Catholic Educational Association (WCEA) last Spring. We are proud that Saint Mary's has received a full six-year accreditation with no mid-year visit. This validation, complemented by positive evaluations from guest educators, underscores our unwavering commitment to delivering a successful college-preparatory education aligned with our Lasallian Mission and values. With strong enrollment and the initiation of a five-year strategic plan, we are positioned for growth for our students across all aspects of our school.

We are thankful and blessed for the Christian Brothers and dedicated Lasallian faculty and staff. Saint Mary’s continues the ministry of the Christian Brothers by educating our students’ hearts, souls, and minds. Rooted in our Lasallian Core Principles and values, we work to guide our students in treating themselves and others respectfully and with understanding and compassion. We are strongly committed to offering opportunities for prayerful reflection, faith-based rituals, self-examination of the heart and soul, and showing empathy for the poor and marginalized in our world.

We are thankful and blessed to be located in a beautiful setting at Peralta Park in Berkeley. Saint Mary’s is committed to maintaining and expanding our facilities for our students. We are finishing the Cross-Plaza Project and continuing to develop our campus master plan for the future. We are very grateful to all of our alumni and families, throughout the years, who have helped with funding building and maintenance projects for facilities that support our students.

Finally, Saint Mary’s is blessed to have wonderful families, students, dedicated faculty and staff, generous alumni and friends, 161 years of the Christian Brothers ministry, and the gift of being a Lasallian School. Throughout Saint Mary’s history, the world and country has experienced many challenging times. It is especially during these difficult times that Saint Mary’s must instill hope, faith, and Lasallian Values in our students as they prepare to enter the adult world. Our hope and prayer for their future is that they will embrace Jesus’ message of “Love one another.”

Thank you again for your support of Saint Mary’s.
God bless you and your families.
Saint Mary's President Search Opens! Featured Photo

Saint Mary's President Search Opens!

Saint Mary’s College High School seeks a gifted, forward-looking leader with a strong commitment to Lasallian Catholic education and values, the credibility to lead and represent a diverse school with integrity and love, a passion for building relationships, the ability to develop and unite the community around a future-oriented vision, a track record of successful institutional advancement, and demonstrated success in strategic and financial leadership.

Our Mission

As a Christ-­centered community striving to live the mission of Saint John Baptist de La Salle, Saint Mary’s College High School is a Lasallian Catholic school where diversity and inclusion are essential, and quality education of the whole person is our active ministry . With community support and faith grounded in love, we teach one another to pursue a life of virtue, scholarship, and service.

Fast Facts

  • 15 Alumni are
    Faculty
  • 24 Honors / AP
    Courses
  • 17 Varsity
    Sports
  • 42% Of Students Receive
    Tuition Assistance
  • $2.4 Million In Tuition
    Assistance
  • 40 Clubs/Student
    Organizations
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In the Spotlight

Saint Mary’s is a Lasallian Catholic coeducational college preparatory high school located on a 13-acre site in North Berkeley and is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and the Western Catholic Education Association through 2022 .
 
Saint Mary’s is notable for the deep and powerful influence of the Christian Brothers, their mission, and values, which ensure the quality and character of the school . Saint Mary’s has a long, well-respected educational tradition in the Bay Area as it celebrates its 155 year of education.
 
Saint Mary’s College High School is firmly rooted in Catholic and Lasallian educational traditions . The educational program provides a strong foundational basis and challenges students to become agents of their own learning while developing important skills, strategies, and abilities that will prepare them for college and a personal commitment to lifelong learning.  At Saint Mary’s, students are encouraged to challenge themselves and their world by engaging in intellectual and moral inquiry in order to develop critical and independent thinking .