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  • Principal Brandt’s Message

    Principal Brandt’s Message

    Greetings SMA Community! My message this week is dedicated to Catholic Schools Week (CSW), which begins this Sunday, January 26th, and runs through next Friday, January 31st. As a Catholic school community, we kick-off our celebration…

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  • Principal Brandt’s Message

    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…

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  • Principal’s Message

    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…

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  • Principal’s Message

    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…

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  • Principal’s Message

    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…

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  • Principal’s Message

    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…

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  • Principal Brandt’s Message

    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…

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  • Principal’s Message

    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…

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  • Principal’s Message

    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…

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  • Principal’s Message,

    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…

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