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 Principal’s
Message
Welcome to our Holy Family
High School website. I
know you will enjoy what you see. Holy
Family High
School prides itself of its friendly
atmosphere, where inclusiveness is the norm and students’ joy is infectious.
The young women at Holy Family
respect and encourage each other to be the best they can be, building a community
of excellence. Students at Holy Family graduate as leaders, resourceful and
strong-willed, yet sympathetic and service oriented, always looking for ways
they can make the world a better place. The goal of Holy Family
High School is to
nurture a girl's voice to be confident and powerful, coupled with insight and
sensitivity. We have a rich tradition, built upon the foundation of the
Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, coupled with our mission of
providing challenging educational programs that prepare young women to take
their place in society as pillars of their community in strength, knowledge,
service, and faith.
Choosing a high school that is
right for you and your family is a decision that lasts a lifetime. We want
our students to feel that Holy
Family High
School is a place they will belong to for life.
The four years spent on campus is a beginning of a life-changing journey that
will lead to an alumnae base of over 5000 women who are well connected in the
Southern California community, representing
68 years of Holy Family graduates. Holy Family alumnae have gone on to be
successful in the medical and legal professions, as well as journalism,
broadcasting, business, and education. The rigorous, college preparatory
curriculum offered at Holy Family opens many doors to graduates as 100%
pursue advanced degrees at colleges such as UCLA, USC, Berkeley, Loyola
Marymount, Mount Saint Mary's, Pepperdine, Stanford, and Harvard.
Making a decision to attend an
all girl school is one that will ensure your daughter the opportunity
structures to surmount stratification in the larger social arena, building a
sense of confidence, independence, and verbal assertiveness. Research
conclusively shows that graduates of all-girl schools are twice as likely as
girls in coeducational schools to pursue careers in the medical field, keep
their career aspirations after high school, appear in the Who's Who of
American Women, and pursue Ph.D.'s in various disciplines. Girls in
single-sex high schools choose more upper division math, science and
technology classes, achieve higher academic grades, develop stronger
self-concepts, foster stronger relationships with faculty, and remain more
focused students. At HFHS, girls are first class citizens, empowered to
achieve in all arenas. Being a Gael will ensure long-range success for
females both in higher education and the workplace.
Holy
Family High
School
provides young women with an environment where girls are players, not
spectators, developing young women who will change the face of the future. Holy Family
High School has been
distinguished with a number of awards due to its academic rigor, community
outreach, and rich co-curricular offerings. We are recognized with
distinction by the National Catholic Honor Roll as one of the top two
Catholic schools in California
and one of the top 50 in the nation for Catholicity, academic excellence, and
community involvement. We are also proud of being voted “Best Private School”
in Glendale
for the past six years and receiving the CIF Good Sportsmanship Award. Holy
Family achieved the highest level of accreditation by the Western Association
of Schools and Colleges and the Western Catholic Educational Association,
proving once again that Holy
Family High
School sets high standards and achieves them.
This is the expectation we have of our girls.
The student body at HFHS
celebrates its diversity, as well as cherishing the individuality of each of
its students. Girls attending Holy
Family High
School are chosen from 50 different feeder
schools and represent a variety of cultural backgrounds, enriching the
experience of every student. Our Scholarship Endowment Fund is maintained at
over $1,000,000 so that Holy Family may offer scholarships to highly
qualified students who are in need of financial assistance in order to
attend. Academic rigor is balanced with a strong athletics program, a vibrant
visual and performing arts department, an inspiring Christian service
program, and a dynamic student body.
Holy Family would like to invite
you to tour our campus. We have just renovated and updated both of our
computer labs, completed the flooring project in both of our buildings,
created a new and more spacious college center, installed new blinds in all
classrooms and offices, and surrounded both building exteriors with new
purple and gold awnings. Our Science/Health Care Academy continues to grow as
our partnership with Glendale Memorial flourishes and we educate our girls to
be competitive in the medical field. The science department has already been
successful in bringing solar power to one of our buildings, attracting a
great deal of attention to the work being done to advance the study of
science for girls at Holy
Family High
School. The English department's bridge program
with Glendale College enables students to complete
college level English classes while at Holy Family, placing them ahead of
other students upon admission to university. To find out all of the other
great things Holy Family has to offer, please contact Ms. Dianna Fowler, our
Director of Admissions. She will be delighted to meet with you, set up a tour
of our campus, and answer any questions you might have about our school.
If you're looking for quality and
excellence in education, as well as a place where your daughter will laugh
with others as she celebrates her own success and the accomplishments of
others, you've found the right place. Come to Holy Family
High School - where
women make history!
Yours in Christ,
Michelle Purghart
Principal
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