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It is our goal that your four years with us will be your own personal advent. We want for you to discover the greatness within and to realize your potential for leadership. We will do all possible so that on your graduation day, we will be sending forth the person that you have been awaiting and it will be a momentous occasion!
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Mission Statement
Alma Mater
To thee our Alma Mater
Through all eternity...
We pledge our hearts and honor.
And all our loyalty.
And wherever our paths may take us
To thee we will be true...
As our voices sing
As the praises we sing
Of the good old Silver and Blue!
About Our Community
St. Genevieve is a private, coed Catholic high school in Panorama City, on the edge of the San Fernando Valley. We were founded in 1959 and named after St. Genevieve, a fifth century nun whose prayers saved Paris from an invasion by Attila the Hun.St. Gen's prepares students for their future by providing a quality academic and moral education.
Because we're small, our teachers, coaches and administrators give one-on-one attention to every student. No one gets lost on campus. Nobody falls through the cracks in our classes.
St. Genevieve graduates aren't only ready for college - they're prepared for life. Our alums are responsible, Christ-centered citizens. They're effective communicators, technology users and collaborative workers. They're critical thinkers, problem solvers and lifelong learners.
In short, they're young men and women of character prepared to lead.
A Caring Campus
Many urban high schools have beefed up security with metal detectors, surveillance cameras and even armed guards. We've chosen a radically different path.
"At St. Genevieve, the whole goal is to make the school experience inclusive for all students by fortifying their hearts as well as their minds, and creating a campus that values every student", Allan Shatkin, Director of Guidance stresses.
Hazing of incoming freshmen is long gone at SGHS. In fact, juniors and seniors go out of their way to make freshmen feel welcomed by our special "Valiant Spirit" from the moment they step on campus and become part of the school community.
Our security, in short, comes from caring.
Our tee-shirts bare the slogan, "Changing the View." Why? We adopted the slogan in August of 1999, just as the new century was about to bloom. It became one of our slogans for two reasons.First, many people had a negative impression of St. Gen's. We wanted to address that negativity, and students knew they had the power to affect the change. It was obvious that we could not change the minds of people "out there," until students right here decided to spread the good news of St. Genevieve. We wanted the world to know, we had a plan to change how the immediate community viewed our school.
Secondly, heading into a new century and millennium, we wanted to prepare our students for after graduation: a constantly changing world. In order to prepare for constant change, we "shake things up" quite a bit. We are proud of the fact that we are agents of change, always looking for ways to improve and never timid to be different.
For instance, several times a year, we have school on a Saturday or Sunday. Our homecoming game is typically on a Saturday, and it has become our tradition to have students report for school that day. We celebrate mass together, then the entire school walks the parade route to our homecoming game. It is hard to convey the excitement as Roscoe Blvd. is taken over by The Valiants with class floats, the homecoming court, the football team, cheerleaders, and the lead car with our selected Grand Marshall of the parade. On that day, Panorama City comes to life with a small-town spirit and pride for St. Genevieve High School.
Evening School happens several times each year as well. On these days, students usually report at sometime in the afternoon around 2:00 or 3:00. After two block classes, there is usually a dinner break, followed by a third block class. By then, our parents have arrived for the evening activity, whether a mass, ceremony, or a guest speaker. This allows parents and students to equally share in the day's education.
Truthfully, by doing things differently once in a while, it not only prepares for a constantly changing future, it makes school and learning exciting.
ADVENTure In Leadership
Advent: noun, arrival that has been awaited for (especially of something momentus)
Knowing that most of our students have waited a long time for their high school years to begin, and that many parents experience numerous emotions in getting their son or daughter prepared for high school, we are ready for you.
No one, absolutely no one can tell us what the world will look like ten days from now, ten months from now, and definitely not ten years from now. However, the one thing that most people can agree on is that good leaders have always been a critical component to our success as a nation and as a church. That certainly will remain true.
Students Meet President & Mrs. Carter
After presenting at a Character Education Partnership forum in Atlanta in October 2005, students traveled to Plains, Georgia to meet President and Mrs. Carter.
Leadership Academy
At St. Gen's we have made a commitment to our future by providing an academy approach to inspiring our students to become leaders. We believe it is through motivation, modeling, teaching, training and providing hands-on "out-of-the building" experiences that best puts our students on the path of leadership.
Although we are a relatively small student body, we are able to provide a large number of leadership opportunities for our students. There are the usual opportunities for students to be class officers, club officers, team captains, and Kairos leaders. Additionally, our students are sometimes invited to speak to other school communities on the topic of Character Counts! (charactercounts.org) Our students have spoken to faculties, PTO's and more recently have begun to conduct peer training at some of our local elementary schools.
A World of Difference
Forty of our students have been trained by the Anti-Defamation league to conduct peer training workshops for students from kindergarten to twelfth grade. Our students have been trained to help their peers recognize prejudice and intolerance in their own school communities and to help in putting an end to bullying.
Nationally, students have spoken at conferences in Washington D.C. and Atlanta, Georgia on the topics of respect and character.
It is our goal that your four years with us will be your own personal advent. We want for you to discover the greatness within yourself and to realize your potential for leadership. We will do all possible so that on your graduation day, we will be sending forth the person that you have awaited for... and it will be a momentus occasion!
For more on leadership, visit: adl.org/awod/awod_institute.asp
Advent: noun, arrival that has been awaited for (especially of something momentus)
Knowing that most of our students have waited a long time for their high school years to begin, and that many parents experience numerous emotions in getting their son or daughter prepared for high school, we are ready for you.
No one, absolutely no one can tell us what the world will look like ten days from now, ten months from now, and definitely not ten years from now. However, the one thing that most people can agree on is that good leaders have always been a critical component to our success as a nation and as a church. That certainly will remain true.
Students Meet President & Mrs. Carter
After presenting at a Character Education Partnership forum in Atlanta in October 2005, students traveled to Plains, Georgia to meet President and Mrs. Carter.
Leadership Academy
At St. Gen's we have made a commitment to our future by providing an academy approach to inspiring our students to become leaders. We believe it is through motivation, modeling, teaching, training and providing hands-on "out-of-the building" experiences that best puts our students on the path of leadership.
Although we are a relatively small student body, we are able to provide a large number of leadership opportunities for our students. There are the usual opportunities for students to be class officers, club officers, team captains, and Kairos leaders. Additionally, our students are sometimes invited to speak to other school communities on the topic of Character Counts! (charactercounts.org) Our students have spoken to faculties, PTO's and more recently have begun to conduct peer training at some of our local elementary schools.
A World of Difference
Forty of our students have been trained by the Anti-Defamation league to conduct peer training workshops for students from kindergarten to twelfth grade. Our students have been trained to help their peers recognize prejudice and intolerance in their own school communities and to help in putting an end to bullying.
Nationally, students have spoken at conferences in Washington D.C. and Atlanta, Georgia on the topics of respect and character.
It is our goal that your four years with us will be your own personal advent. We want for you to discover the greatness within yourself and to realize your potential for leadership. We will do all possible so that on your graduation day, we will be sending forth the person that you have awaited for... and it will be a momentus occasion!
For more on leadership, visit: adl.org/awod/awod_institute.asp
National School of Character
In October 2003, St. Genevieve was the first high school in California - and the first Catholic school in the nation - to be named a "National School of Character" by the Character Education Partnership in Washington, D.C. Faculty and staff flew to the nation's capitol to accept the prestigious honor on behalf of the entire school community.
On November 2, 2003, we held an award ceremony here on our campus. It was the grandest celebration in the history of our school. Michael Josephson, of Character Counts was here to make the presentation of the award. Additionally, we were honored with speeches by state Senator Richard Alarcon, a former Valiant, Bishop Gerald Wilkerson, and our keynote address was from Mrs. Beth Nimmo. Mrs. Nimmo is the mother of Rachel Scott, the first student murdered at Columbine High School. Mrs. Nimmo reminded us all of the great need to ensure that character education is a part of every school community.
For every guest who honored us with their presence that November day, it is one that none of us will ever forget.
Steve Allen "Excellence in Education" Award
In 2004, our school received the "Steve Allen Award" for educational excellence and community outreach from the Economic Alliance of the San Fernando Valley. The award recognizes outstanding schools, educators or students who have brought national attention to the region. The award is named for long-time Valley resident and legendary entertainer Steve Allen, who valued learning and spent much of his later years focused on speaking and writing about he importance of education.
Smart & Good High Schools
St. Genevieve High School was honored to be included in a national study titled "Integrating Excellence and Ethics for Success in School, Work, and Beyond" conducted by Thomas Lickona, Ph.D. and Matthew Davidson, Ph.D.
Smart & Good High Schools is a national study of American high schools - including site visits to 24 diverse schools, hundreds of interviews, a comprehensive research review, and the input of a National Experts Panel and a National Student Leaders Panel. The report offers a vision of educational excellence and nearly 100 promising practices designed to foster human flourishing over a lifetime. The research drew two major conclusions:
1. There is national consensus regarding the need for character - doing our best work, doing the right thing, living a life of purpose.
2. Smart & Good High Schools educate for character - both performance character and moral character.
St. Genevieve is honored to have some of our successful strategies outlined in this study. Additionally, two graduates sat on the national panel of advisors to the study. They are: Michael Linares and Katrina Galang.
to view the report visit: www.cortland.edu/character/highschools
HEART OF A LEADER AWARDS
Taking the lead is more challenging than ever in today's world. Good leaders are hard to find and great leaders have almost disappeared from the landscape. At St. Gen's, we are working diligently to inspire leadership in our students. Our goal is for every graduate of St. Genevieve High School to know that when they accept their diploma, they are accepting the challenge to help make our world a better place to live. Check back periodically to see who in our Valiant community is Taking The Lead!
Click here to read about the most recent recipient of this award.
In October 2003, St. Genevieve was the first high school in California - and the first Catholic school in the nation - to be named a "National School of Character" by the Character Education Partnership in Washington, D.C. Faculty and staff flew to the nation's capitol to accept the prestigious honor on behalf of the entire school community.
On November 2, 2003, we held an award ceremony here on our campus. It was the grandest celebration in the history of our school. Michael Josephson, of Character Counts was here to make the presentation of the award. Additionally, we were honored with speeches by state Senator Richard Alarcon, a former Valiant, Bishop Gerald Wilkerson, and our keynote address was from Mrs. Beth Nimmo. Mrs. Nimmo is the mother of Rachel Scott, the first student murdered at Columbine High School. Mrs. Nimmo reminded us all of the great need to ensure that character education is a part of every school community.
For every guest who honored us with their presence that November day, it is one that none of us will ever forget.
Steve Allen "Excellence in Education" Award
In 2004, our school received the "Steve Allen Award" for educational excellence and community outreach from the Economic Alliance of the San Fernando Valley. The award recognizes outstanding schools, educators or students who have brought national attention to the region. The award is named for long-time Valley resident and legendary entertainer Steve Allen, who valued learning and spent much of his later years focused on speaking and writing about he importance of education.
Smart & Good High Schools
St. Genevieve High School was honored to be included in a national study titled "Integrating Excellence and Ethics for Success in School, Work, and Beyond" conducted by Thomas Lickona, Ph.D. and Matthew Davidson, Ph.D.
Smart & Good High Schools is a national study of American high schools - including site visits to 24 diverse schools, hundreds of interviews, a comprehensive research review, and the input of a National Experts Panel and a National Student Leaders Panel. The report offers a vision of educational excellence and nearly 100 promising practices designed to foster human flourishing over a lifetime. The research drew two major conclusions:
1. There is national consensus regarding the need for character - doing our best work, doing the right thing, living a life of purpose.
2. Smart & Good High Schools educate for character - both performance character and moral character.
St. Genevieve is honored to have some of our successful strategies outlined in this study. Additionally, two graduates sat on the national panel of advisors to the study. They are: Michael Linares and Katrina Galang.
to view the report visit: www.cortland.edu/character/highschools
HEART OF A LEADER AWARDS
Taking the lead is more challenging than ever in today's world. Good leaders are hard to find and great leaders have almost disappeared from the landscape. At St. Gen's, we are working diligently to inspire leadership in our students. Our goal is for every graduate of St. Genevieve High School to know that when they accept their diploma, they are accepting the challenge to help make our world a better place to live. Check back periodically to see who in our Valiant community is Taking The Lead!
Click here to read about the most recent recipient of this award.
History
Since World War II, the San Fernando Valley has experienced one long population boom. St. Genevieve Parish was founded in 1950 to care for the spiritual needs of Catholics in Panorama City, Arleta and other nearby residential areas. Not long after, a parochial elementary school was built. Ground-breaking for St. Genevieve High School followed on December 7, 1958.
Staffed by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace, St. Genevieve welcomed its first students in September 1959. The pioneer teachers and students shared quarters with the adjacent grade school until January 4, 1960, while final touches were being added to the new high school. Cardinal James Francis McIntyre dedicated SGHS in May 1960.
The first graduating class of students accepted their diplomas in the spring of 1963. Since then, more than 4,000 young men and women have graduated from St. Genevieve High School.
The Saint
Patroness of Paris, b. at Nanterre, c. 419 or 422; d. at Paris, 512. Her feast is kept on 3 January. She was the daughter of Severus and Gerontia; popular tradition represents her parents as poor peasants, though it seems more likely that they were wealthy and respectable townspeople. In 429 St. Germain of Auxerre and St. Lupus of Troyes were sent across from Gaul to Britain to combat Pelagianism. On their way they stopped at Nanterre, a small village about eight miles from Paris. The inhabitants flocked out to welcome them, and St. Germain preached to the assembled multitude. It chanced that the pious demeanour and thoughtfulness of a young girl among his hearers attracted his attention. After the sermon he caused the child to be brought to him, spoke to her with interest, and encouraged her to persevere in the path of virtue. Learning that she was anxious to devote herself to the service of God, he interviewed her parents, and foretold them that their child would lead a life of sanctity and by her example and instruction bring many virgins to consecrate themselves to God. Before parting next morning he saw her again, and on her renewing her consecration he blessed her and gave her a medal engraved with a cross, telling her to keep it in remembrance of her dedication to Christ. He exhorted her likewise to be content with the medal, and wear it instead of her pearls and golden ornaments. There seem to have been no convents near her village; and Genevieve, like so many others who wished to practise religious virtue, remained at home, leading an innocent, prayerful life. It is uncertain when she formally received the religious veil. Some writers assert that it was on the occasion of St. Gregory's return from his mission to Britain; others say she received it about her sixteenth year, along with two companions, from the hands of the Bishop of Paris. On the death of her parents she went to Paris, and lived with her godmother. She devoted herself to works of charity and practised severe corporal austerities, abstaining completely from flesh meat and breaking her fast only twice in the week. These mortifications she continued for over thirty years, till her ecclesiastical superiors thought it their duty to make her diminish her austerities.
Source: newadvent.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Genevieve_High_School
Since World War II, the San Fernando Valley has experienced one long population boom. St. Genevieve Parish was founded in 1950 to care for the spiritual needs of Catholics in Panorama City, Arleta and other nearby residential areas. Not long after, a parochial elementary school was built. Ground-breaking for St. Genevieve High School followed on December 7, 1958.Staffed by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace, St. Genevieve welcomed its first students in September 1959. The pioneer teachers and students shared quarters with the adjacent grade school until January 4, 1960, while final touches were being added to the new high school. Cardinal James Francis McIntyre dedicated SGHS in May 1960.
The first graduating class of students accepted their diplomas in the spring of 1963. Since then, more than 4,000 young men and women have graduated from St. Genevieve High School.
The Saint
Patroness of Paris, b. at Nanterre, c. 419 or 422; d. at Paris, 512. Her feast is kept on 3 January. She was the daughter of Severus and Gerontia; popular tradition represents her parents as poor peasants, though it seems more likely that they were wealthy and respectable townspeople. In 429 St. Germain of Auxerre and St. Lupus of Troyes were sent across from Gaul to Britain to combat Pelagianism. On their way they stopped at Nanterre, a small village about eight miles from Paris. The inhabitants flocked out to welcome them, and St. Germain preached to the assembled multitude. It chanced that the pious demeanour and thoughtfulness of a young girl among his hearers attracted his attention. After the sermon he caused the child to be brought to him, spoke to her with interest, and encouraged her to persevere in the path of virtue. Learning that she was anxious to devote herself to the service of God, he interviewed her parents, and foretold them that their child would lead a life of sanctity and by her example and instruction bring many virgins to consecrate themselves to God. Before parting next morning he saw her again, and on her renewing her consecration he blessed her and gave her a medal engraved with a cross, telling her to keep it in remembrance of her dedication to Christ. He exhorted her likewise to be content with the medal, and wear it instead of her pearls and golden ornaments. There seem to have been no convents near her village; and Genevieve, like so many others who wished to practise religious virtue, remained at home, leading an innocent, prayerful life. It is uncertain when she formally received the religious veil. Some writers assert that it was on the occasion of St. Gregory's return from his mission to Britain; others say she received it about her sixteenth year, along with two companions, from the hands of the Bishop of Paris. On the death of her parents she went to Paris, and lived with her godmother. She devoted herself to works of charity and practised severe corporal austerities, abstaining completely from flesh meat and breaking her fast only twice in the week. These mortifications she continued for over thirty years, till her ecclesiastical superiors thought it their duty to make her diminish her austerities.Source: newadvent.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Genevieve_High_School
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