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Reaching New Levels Of Student Success
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Reaching New Levels Of Student Success

Implementing A New Teaching Model, innovative educational technology and constant cross-campus collaboration are helping a network of Orange County Catholic schools reach new levels of student success. ST. Barbara Catholic School Students Engage IN A Small Group Learning Station Led BY Third-Grade Teacher Alicia Payan. Photos BY Alan Wendell/Diocese OF Orange Leadership of Pax Christi Academies — comprising St. Barbara, La Purísima, St. Anne, St. Joseph (Santa Ana) and St. Justin Martyr schools — is . . .

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On The Menu: How To Be Community Helpers
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On The Menu: How To Be Community Helpers

Standing IN Two Straight lines, the transitional kindergarteners chanted, “Hip, hip pizza!” as they patiently waited to go inside. “Let’s go find out what chefs do,” said TK teacher Nicole Vasquez, leading the students in. St. Hedwig Catholic School’s two TK classes spent a recent morning at California Pizza Kitchen (Cpk) in Seal Beach on Feb. 24 to learn about important community helpers — chefs and other types of kitchen staff — and to engage . . .

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Facing Als, Mater Dei Coach Finds Strength In Faith, Family
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Facing Als, Mater Dei Coach Finds Strength In Faith, Family

When Johnny Rodriguez took over as lacrosse coach at Mater Dei High School in 2015, he passed on to his players the skills he developed as a lifelong athlete who competed at the highest levels. Instilling solid Christian values along with the technical skills, Rodriguez transformed a once-struggling program into a perennial winner, earning recognition at the national level. Today, as Rodriguez, 37, fights the battle of his life, the husband and father of three . . .

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Diocesan Archivist Tells Story Of The Church One Artifact At A Time
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Diocesan Archivist Tells Story Of The Church One Artifact At A Time

From The Time HE was young, Fr. Christopher Heath appeared to have a relatively clean, uncluttered path to life. He sought only to be a parish priest —to celebrate the Eucharist and to tend to the spiritual needs of his parishioners. FR. Christopher Heath, The Director OF The Diocesan Archives, And Daniella Mosqueda, Assistant Archivist, Delicately And Meticulously Remove A Document From A Frame SO That IT Can BE Digitally Scanned IN AN Office IN . . .

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