President's Message

 

As the president and an alumna of Saint Mary’s College High School, I am blessed to lead what is not just an esteemed academic institution, but a school community dedicated to cultivating smart, compassionate, faithful human beings. The world needs them.

 

But who are we, and what makes what we have to offer unique?

 

We are Saint Mary’s, a flourishing Lasallian Catholic college preparatory high school in the foothills of San Francisco’s East Bay. We are an educational and spiritual incubator of good, bright souls located within a dynamic intellectual and multi-cultural hub. Our graduates — students from all faith traditions — leave here intellectually, spiritually and socially prepared to make a difference with the life God gave them. Many of them have, are, and will.

 

We are Saint Mary’s, a community guided by the values and traditions of the De La Salle Christian Brothers, a Catholic teaching order founded by St. John Baptist de La Salle, the Church’s patron saint of teachers. Offering a Christ-centered education that expands the minds, hearts, and souls of students from all cultural and economic backgrounds is a heritage we cling to.

 

We are Saint Mary’s. Our mission, inherited from our Lasallian roots, is to cultivate in our students a desire and ability to pursue a life of virtue, scholarship, and service.

 

We are Saint Mary’s. We view all things through the eyes of faith, seeking and finding God present in the world and in each other. This life-affirming faith animates all aspects of our work and interactions as a community.

 

We are Saint Mary’s. Our Lasallian Core Principles guide how we structure programs, experiences, and relationships with the students and families we serve. The development of each child into a whole person is measured not only in academic benchmarks, but through our Lasallian Educational Outcomes.

 

We are Saint Mary’s. Diversity and inclusion are not just fluctuating ideals here, but intrinsic to everything we are and do. We are called to love one another and recognize that we are all children of God.

 

I wholeheartedly believe that a Saint Mary’s College High School education can be life-changing for students, families, and the world we are one with. It was for me.

 

I invite you to take a few minutes to explore the links to our website as you consider joining this special community.

 

Azure'D Nunley '00

President & CEO