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Principal Brandt’s Message
Dear SMA Community, Happy new year, happy Epiphany, and welcome back to school as we begin 2025! In the life of the Church, we are still in the Christmas season, though stores and many homes have pretty…
Principal’s Message
Dear SMA Community, Happy Advent! In this third week of the Advent season, the theme is joy. “Joy is a very real and deep happiness that is rooted in faith and trust. In this third…
Principal’s Message
Dear SMA Community, Happy Advent! In this second week of the Advent season, the theme is peace. During Mass, we hear the celebrant (priest) echo the words of Jesus, “Peace be with you.” “Simple, but…
Principal’s Message
Dear SMA Community, Happy Advent! In the life of the Church, we have transitioned from the Season of Ordinary Time into the Season of Advent. Moreover, in this first week of Advent, we are also…
Principal’s Message
Dear SMA Community, What a fun morning we had at the La Jolla Recreation Center! The school community assembled there for “The Drumstick Dash!” Students ran multiple laps around the grass field and asphalt courts–several…
Principal Brandt’s Message
Dear SMA Community, THANK YOU to all who contributed a photo or other memorabilia for our Veterans Day Memorial Display last week! We enjoyed a special schoolwide Veterans assembly last Friday morning following drop-off, during…
Principal’s Message
Dear SMA Community, I hope, like me, you exercised your right to vote this past Tuesday in the presidential election. It was a historic one, yet I feel our country remains in great need of…
Principal’s Message
Dear SMA Community, Yesterday and today, we celebrated Dia de los Muertos with the students in the Parish Hall. Muchas gracias to Senora Pina for all of her hard work in this cultural activity, which included fresh-baked…
Principal’s Message,
Dear SMA Community, First of all, I ask for your prayers for Vic Moss, husband of our retired principal, Francie Moss. He has been experiencing heart complications, but is receiving the expert medical attention he…
Principal’s Message
Dear SMA Community, I hope y’all enjoyed this past holiday weekend. Indeed for the staff and me, it was a welcomed break, especially as we gear up for the last half of October–many events and…



