By Lucy McHugh
Art Instructor
Xavier College Preparatory High School

 My daughter, Emily, recently visited my classroom at Xavier College Preparatory High School in Palm Desert. She’s all grown up now—she’s been in pretty much all of the classrooms I’ve had from Florida to Nebraska to the Republic of Korea, and, finally here. She’s even been a student of mine.

By Austin Conley

 This is the inaugural effort of what promises to be a monthly column discussing our Catholic Education Foundation and the Catholic schools in the Diocese of San Bernardino. I hope to provide information that will increase your knowledge of how Catholic schools benefit our Diocese as a whole. 

CORONA—Corona Mayor Eugene Montanez began his State of the City address on March 12 recalling a conversation he had with a student from St. Edward School a few years ago. 

RIVERSIDE—Since January, seventh and eighth grade students from Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Riverside have been visiting their next door neighbors at Raincross Senior Assisted Living with the purpose of bridging the knowledge of the past with the present. 

By Amanda Alexander

 On March 24, students from across California gathered in Sacramento for Catholic Youth Advocacy Day, including nine from the Diocese of San Bernardino. 

 The students lobbied their local representatives on seven legislative bills that the Bishops of California have decided to support. 

 Team to beat. Juggernaut. Dynasty.

 With its third straight win in the Diocese of San Bernardino Junior High Academic Decathlon last month, these are the kinds of words that can be applied to the St. Hyacinth Academy Eagles in this annual competition.