34Cavaliers Attended

 "The Future of the Catholic Literary Imagination" conference held at USC last Friday.

 Serra students and staff were invited to attend by Dana Gioia '69 (pictured left) who is presently the  Judge Widney Professor of Poetry and Public Culture at USC, here is a link to his website. The welcome was given by James L. Heft, S.M.  President, Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at USC, here is more on Father Heft.

After the welcome, the students were off to poetry and writing seminars conducted by some of the most significant Catholic authors in America.

On the left below are Serra students and JoBeth McDaniel, El Camino instructor, who teaches the ECC college credit journalism class at Serra, along with noted author Ron Hansen, here is a link to JoBeth's information and Hansen's information. On the right below students are ready to begin the seminar "Telling True Stories: A Guide to Writing Artfully About Your Life.

Dedication to Excellence

Why have you been saving the May 2 date.

Here's the reason...

  Many people and institutions have participated in making Junipero Serra High School a success. Diana Murphy M.S. is one of those people. She has been the director of Loyola Marymount's  Place Corps since its inception in 2000.  Serra's first 3 Place Corps teachers arrived at Serra in the fall of 2002.   Since that time,  Serra has been blessed with a total of 21 Place Corps members teaching  with unmatched enthusiasm and, if we may say it....Dedication to Excellence. Here is a link for more information regarding the LMU Place Corps.

Diana Murphy is a continuing part of Serra's success.  We are honored to announce her as the 4th annual recipient of Serra's Dedication to Excellence award. 

Watch for more ticket, table, and sponsorship information coming very soon!
 

Letter to the Editor

 As you know, over the weekend we competed in Cheer and Hip-Hop at the Jamz Nationals in Las Vegas.  The competition was close.  In cheer, the scores were Nogales HS 86, Patriot HS 85 and Serra HS third with an 84.  Hip Hop was just as close.  Overall, I was pleased with our girls performance and I couldn't have asked for more.  They really made me proud.  We are already working on next season and go after first places.  If this goes in the newsletter we would like to encourage all current and future Lady Cavaliers to join me and my staff on this journey to build our program.  We will have try out information ready in April as we get ready for next year's competition.  Thanks for your support.

Coach Kerris Shun Watkins '12

Thank you, Coach!

Promote Serra, get some exercise,

and do good

March 14, 2015

Serra has joined with Eric's Vision as a cooperating sponsor in the LA Marathon Big 5K race on March 14, 2015..  We are going to be able to promote Serra in a big way with the other sponsors.  Serra will benefit from the registration and donation fees.  So go to this link to sign up yourself and/or your team to run or walk.  For more information click here.

Strike up the Band

Chris Adachi, Place Corps Alumnus, is on his way to re-building the Serra Marching Band.

Here is Mr. Adachi, second from the left, and Serra students accepting a big check from the dignitaries of the West Basin Municipal Water District for our participation in a District water conservation project.

The Band Today

The Band from 1965