SPSV Admissions Newsletter
Application Deadlines, New Student Leaders, and a Faculty Introduction
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February | Catholic School Week Issue |
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Message from Admissions Department |
Dear Future Bruin Families,
Happy Catholic Schools Week! An annual event when Catholic schools all across the nation celebrate our best instrument for forming the next generation of servant-leaders in Christ, for the Church, and for the world. At SPSV our students are enjoying a week filled with spirited activities both online and in-person, a special liturgy, and of course recognizing the sacrifice of their family and community in supporting their Catholic education.
Our admissions team is actively reviewing applicants and we are so excited by what we see in the next class of Bruins. Recommendations have been requested and are due back soon, HSPT test scores are arriving, and the vast majority of families have met and interviewed with one of our administrators. This incoming class of 2025 looks to be a smart, caring group of outstanding students that will make us a stronger community through their character, faith, diversity, and spirit.
There will be an on-campus acceptance event this year! Mark your calendars for February 25th. More details to come.
If you know families who have not started the process yet, it is still possible to join our great community. The sooner, the better because we will notify applicants at the end of February. Contact admissions@spsv.org to get information about late applications. To start the process, click the Apply Now button on the homepage of our website www.SPSV.org.
We are proud to have our students on campus. If you would like to come and see their school spirit in action, contact us, and we will take you for a tour.
Sheila Lynch Williams, SV '85
St. Patrick-St. Vincent Catholic High School
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WSJ Reports Catholic Schools Are Beating Covid
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Catholic Schools Week Events |
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- Themed Dress Up Days with Contests and Daily Raffle Prizes
- Catholic Schools Week Mass, with Campus Ministry
- Virtual Talent Show this Friday
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Sunday, February 7th at 7PM our first virtual SPSV Theater Performance, As She Likes It will air on our YouTube channel.
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Our Class of 2024 Student Leaders |
President - Amanda Lo- St. Vincent Ferrer (Mom, Celilia SPSV '89)
VP - Emma Boyle - St. Dominic School (Mom, Cynthia SPSV '91)
Holly Chui - North Hills Christian School
Enoc Farias - Cave Language Academy
Ella Laxa - St. Vincent Ferrer ( Mom, Zenia SPSV '93 )
Valerie Ortiz - St. Basil School
Aidan Rocacorba - School of the Epiphany
Camryn Santos - St. Vincent Ferrer
Lilyanna Woodall - St. Dominic School
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Congratulations to the Class of 2024 Student Officers.
The students featured were recommended to run for Class of 2024 Student Council by their teachers. Each student applied for President, Vice-President, and Council positions. Finally, Advisory faculty interviewed them in a process more akin to a job interview rather than the traditional campaigning and student voting. Teachers who recommended and interviewed the students provided final feedback to make the Council appointments.
In the upcoming months, these councilmembers will create ideas to keep their class connected during this dual learning environment which is very different with some students on campus and some learning from home. During Lent, they will promote the Annual Food Drive and motivate their classmates to participate.
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Planning Now for Important Fall Dates |
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August 2021
3 – Freshman Orientation
4 – Freshman Walk-Thru Registration, iPad Boot Camp (Transfer students included)
5 – Walk-Thru Registration – Sophomore, Junior, and Senior
10- First Day of School
14 - Freshman Parent Welcome Mass & Dinner
September 2021
6- Labor Day
24 - Ministry Day
October 2021
24 – SPSV Admissions Open House
November 2021
11 – No School Veterans Day
24 – 28 No School Thanksgiving Holiday
December 2021
13 – 16 Finals
17 – 31 No School Christmas Break
A complete calendar poster for the 2021-2022 academic year will be included in all admissions and acceptance packages next month.
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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT VIDEO: Ashley Cortes, SPSV '16, Current Music Business Student at NYU, Graduate of Berklee College of Music
For 150 years our students have achieved amazing things at school, within our community, and beyond. In this episode, Dean Vogelpohl catches up with Ashley Cortez, SPSV '16. Ashley is a contemporary R&B singer-songwriter and eclectically commercial top-line songwriter from the San Francisco Bay Area. In 2019, she graduated Summa Cum Laude from Berklee College of Music as a Professional Music major concentrating in Songwriting and Vocal Performance, and as a recipient of the Professional Music Entrepreneurial Award. She is currently a Music Business graduate student at New York University.
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New Faculty Member Spotlight!
Bonjour! My name is Jocelyne Le Bars. I am so blessed to be part of the SPSV community.
I teach French 1, French 2, French 3, and French 3 Honors.
I have been a teacher for more than 20 years now. I am French, grew up in sunny Provence, in the South of France. I graduated from the Université of Montpellier and taught in middle schools and high schools in France, England, Scotland, and California.
I love getting to know my students and teaching them about the French culture and French-speaking countries through projects.
My family, my in-laws and many of my friends live in France. I miss them: we try to travel there every summer to visit them. I have a brother and three sisters. I am a godmother to two beautiful girls. I love spending time with all of them. My family is really important to me.
I am married to Vincent. He is from Brittany, France, and is an engineer. We have a wonderful daughter who graduated from high school last year and is studying at Parsons School of Design in New York.
In my spare time, I like to cook, read, watch movies, listen to music. I am a soccer fan, I paint, I also like to walk and run. My favorite place to relax during the winter is Cabo San Lucas.
I can’t live without dark chocolate. Giraffes are my favorite animals and I am scared of owls. It makes it hard to watch the Harry Potter movies! They should put more giraffes in movies!
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