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In the early 1970's, the change in ethnic background qualified the school for Chapter II funding. Remedial classes had already begun using small rooms in the convent. In March of 1975, a small mobile home was purchased to house the Chapter II program. This also doubled as a faculty room.
In August of 1987, the Sisters of the Infant Jesus returned to Ireland. The school was fortunate to have the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows take their place. In the fall of 1991, after much investigation, an Extended Day Care program was started. This program provided service both before and after school. In the fall of 1992, through the generosity
of the Filipino Professional and Businessmen's Association, the
remaining library space was converted into a Computer Lab. Their
donation of eleven IBM computers joined our existing Apple IIE's
in the new Computer Center. Thanksgiving of that year saw the delivery of a modular unit to house the expanding Kindergarten program. The vacated space was then converted to our library, opening to upgraded status in the fall of 1993. Over the next two years, the computer room saw many up-grades and revisions. In the fall of 1995, our Special Needs department began in new facilities, serving both students with special learning difficulties and the talented and gifted. In the fall of 1996 we added an on-site school counselor to the staff to provide individual and group counseling services.
That fall also saw the beginning of a fund raising project for a science building. Through the efforts of the administration, faculty, parents, students and outside benefactors, ground was broken for the building in June of 1999. Classes began using the new facility in October of 1999. The 2000-2001 school year brought the addition of a full-time science teacher for all grade levels to maximize the use of the science building. In August of 2000, the Franciscan Missionary Sisters left Holy Angels and the Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary arrived to staff the school. A new fund raising project was started to fund a wide-scale technology project involving networking, classroom use and the Internet. The entire school community---teachers, administration, students, and parents---completed the necessary self study documents which were supported by educators on the visiting team from the WCEA-WASC. The Western Association of School and Colleges granted Holy Angels School a six year accreditation in 2003. Holy Angels School stresses:
Discipline is firm, loving, assertive and directed towards the development of self-discipline. We commit ourselves to instill in the students the knowledge that the Gospel proclaims the dignity and uniqueness of each person, to hear the message of hope, to see the Christian vocation as a call to personal santification, social reform and to live as an instrument of peace. Opportunities are provided whereby children can translate their religious knowledge into their everyday living. A comprehensive and sequential course of study is offered. Development of each student's abilities extend beyond the attainment of basic skills through an appreciation of the arts and sciences. Skills are developed to analyze and evaluate so that our students may become responsible individuals. Holy Angels offers a continuous curriculum in the core elementary subjects. Kindergarten through 6th Grade are self-contained, 7th and 8th Grades are departmentalized in the areas of Math, Science and English. As a school we integrate a variety of teaching techniques to meet the needs of our students. Extra programs include:
Our staff consists of the teachers for Kindergarten through Grade 8, full-time Science instructor, part-time Algebra instructor, three remedial aides for Reading, a computer instructor, teacher aides for Kindergarten to Second Grade, development director, a PE instructor, a music instructor, art instructor, librarian, and custodian. School administration is composed of a principal, two assistant principals chosen from the faculty, and administrative assistant and a secretary. We have a volunteer health committee, hot lunch workers, and parents who work on yard duty. We are pleased to offer testing for Specific Language Difficulties by trained personnel. Slingerland Method tutorial is also offered for SLD students. Parents participate in fundraising for the school. They also serve the hot lunch program, as room parents, on the playground for the yard duty, and as members of the Parents' Advisory Council. |
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Holy Angels
School was founded in 1952 and opened for full session on October
6, 1952, to students in grades one through five. Five religious
of the Sisters of the Infant Jesus Order comprised the staff.
Each year a class was added until a full school with an enrollment
of 400 was realized in September of 1955. Class sizes were gradually
reduced to 40 students during the late 1960's.
In 1982
a Kindergarten program was added, using converted chapel space
in the convent. With the addition of computers in 1983, part
of the library was converted for use as a computer center.
During
the summer of 1997 new playground equipment was added for the
lower grades. Besides changing the location of the play area,
new designs in equipment and safety were employed. As the number
of students using the extended care increased, a modular unit
for before-school and Kindergarten day care was added in the
fall of 1998.
Student Council