By Claudia Alvarado & Joshua Browner
Notre Dame High School seniors

RIVERSIDE—On April 25 tragedy struck the Notre Dame High School community. 

 David Rivas, Jr. was taken from his family and friends in a devastating car crash. There was also a passenger in the car named Jorge Talavera. They were childhood friends. Rivas was killed on impact and Talavera sustained serious injuries, but survived. 

PERRIS—At St. James Catholic School fifth graders are enthusiastic about exploring the work of various artists such as Andy Warhol, Georgia O’Keefe, Edward Hopper, and Victor Vasarely, often using different media to create assemblages, prints, and paintings. 

By Dr. Danielle Lascano Espinoza
Junior High Religion Teacher
Sacred Heart School, Rancho Cucamonga

RANCHO CUCAMONGA—For my junior high religion classes at Sacred Heart School in Rancho Cucamonga the days of speeches in front of the class have changed.

 St. Margaret Mary School Principal Joan Blank has been a mainstay in serving as a voice of the West End cluster of Catholic schools for over 20 years. 

 St. Peter and St. Paul School Principal Patty Ferrer was an institution at the school, and that was before it expanded from a pre-school to a K-5 school.

 Both will be retiring after decades at the helm of the Chino and Alta Loma campuses.

SAN BERNARDINO—The Catholic schools in the City of San Bernardino, in partnership with a local public school, Bradley Elementary, have received funds to serve neighborhood children through an innovative grant. 

SAN BERNARDINO—In September of 2014, the junior high students of Our Lady of the Assumption School (OLA) began learning about the stock market through The Stock Market Game, an online educational activity that millions of students have participated in since its inception.