While St. Hedwig Catholic School may be more prominent in the Sun Region, however, just across the San Gabriel River is a strong alternative.
For parents of school age children who have ever wondered if St. Cornelius Catholic School would be good for their children, now is their chance to find out in an easy-going manner.
St. Cornelius Catholic School will hold an Open House Pancake Breakfast from 9 a.m. to noon on Sunday, Jan. 27, at the school at 3330 Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach. Breakfast is $7.
New families will be able to tour the school and meet the principal and teaching staff.
St. Cornelius Catholic School is accredited through the Western Catholic Educational Association.
It offers instruction in grades starting with its Transitional Kindergarten program through the eighth-grade. Established over half a century ago by the Sisters of Charity, St. Cornelius Catholic School remains committed to providing a challenging academic and values based education to a diverse group of students who matriculate from our school well prepared for success at the high school level.
Founded in 1953, St. Cornelius became a child-centered learning community, whose philosophy of educating the whole person still permeates the school today.
St. Cornelius graduates have gone on to numerous advanced academic public and private high school programs, including St. Joseph of Lakewood, St. John Bosco of Bellflower, Loyola of Los Angeles, St. Anthony of Long Beach, Connelly of Anaheim, Rosary of Fullerton, Servite of Anaheim, and Mater Dei of Santa Ana, to name just a few.
The student body of about 314 children represents a strong diversity in ethnicity and socio-economic backgrounds.
The school draws from neighborhoods throughout and beyond the city of Long Beach, while some 30 percent of our students are of Asian, Latino or African-American descent.
Students in the school have been involved in various educational programs and charity projects such as those listed below:
Transitional Kindergarten
St. Cornelius will offer a Transitional Kindergarten program beginning in August, 2013.
The focus will be on academic readiness for admission into Kindergarten.
This program will also allow for maturation and social skills development.
Students must be 4 years of age at the time of entrance into the TK.
Applications for TK and grades K-8 may be picked up at the school office at 3330 Bellflower Blvd. in Long Beach or online at www.stcornelius.net.
Second-Grade is ‘All about Paws’
The second-grade students have pledged to read every day and help kids in need by donating books.
The students may choose which team they want to be part of, dogs or cats.
Thus far they have collected 406 books.
The Cat team has read 3,801 minutes and the Dog team has read 4,333.
Go Second-Grade.
Clothing for the Homeless
Third-Grade students at St. Cornelius donated more than 13 huge bags full of clothes to the homeless.
They also donated art supplies and other gifts for the homeless in Los Angeles.
Children can make a difference in the world.
Throughout all of the school’s grades, students work together to take care of an organic garden embedded with hands-on learning experiences and core curriculum.
Currently, the students will be using the vegetables that they have planted to provide food for the homeless with the Project Achieve program.
The Operation Gratitude organization sends care packages filled with snacks, toiletries, letters, and other items to individually named U.S. service members deployed in harm’s way, to their children left behind, to Veterans, wounded warriors, and first responders.
The mission of this program is to lift morale, bring a smile to a service member’s face and express our appreciation.
Several Jr. High students have been busy making survival bracelets to include in these care packages. The students have been busy weaving 8-inches of paracord into a bracelet that can then be used if there should be a need.
