Paraclete High School Explained

Paraclete High School
Streetaddress:42145 30th St. West
City:Lancaster
County:Los Angeles County
State:California
Zipcode:93536
Country:USA
Religion:Roman Catholic
Principal:John Anson
Chaplain:Unknown
Faculty:68
Teaching Staff:42
Avg Class Size:30 or less
Type:Private, Coeducational, College Prep
Grades:912
Motto:"Veni, Lumen Cordium"
Motto Translation:"Come, Light of the Heart."
Accreditation:Western Association of Schools and Colleges,[1] Western Catholic Educational Association
Athletics:varsity football, JV football, varsity girls' volleyball, girls' JV volleyball, boys' cross country, girls' cross country, varsity boys' soccer, JV boys' soccer, varsity girls' soccer, JV girls' soccer, varsity boys' basketball, JV boys' basketball, varsity girls' basketball, JV girls' basketball, track, varsity baseball, JV baseball, varsity softball, JV softball, boys' varsity volleyball, JV boys' volleyball, golf, varsity cheer, JV cheer, eSports, tennis, swimming
Conference:CIF Southern Section
Gold Coast League
Nickname:Spirits
Publication:"PHSpirit"
Newspaper:Clete News
Established:1963
Enrollment:571
Enrollment As Of:2021
Free Label:Dean of Boys
Free Text:Arthur Lopez
Free Label1:Dean of Girls
Free Text1:Annette Olague
Free Label3:Athletic Directors
Free Text3:Rick McGuire, Rick Bruce
Free Label4:Activities Director
Free Text4:Rick Hernandez
Homepage:http://www.paracletehs.org

Paraclete High School is a private Roman Catholic college preparatory high school in Lancaster, California, United States, affiliated with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. It was established in 1963. On May 24, 2011, Paraclete graduated its largest class yet with the Class of 2011, reaching 203 students.[2]

Background

Paraclete was established in 1963 on the old Antelope Valley Fairgrounds on Avenue I.[2] Paraclete held its first classes in September 1963, with 41 students and 3 faculty members.[2] A year later freshmen and sophomores were welcomed to new classrooms on its current property.[2] The school was officially dedicated on November 6, 1965, by Cardinal McIntyre.[2] Paraclete held its first graduation in June 1967.[2]

Alma mater

Paraclete, our Paraclete, Guardian of the Desert's door;
Leading us with rays of truth, toward a faith more sure.
Give us strength and vision pure that we may trod the pathway home.
Paraclete, Paraclete, our Paraclete.

Academics

The curriculum at Paraclete is college preparatory, giving special attention to meeting the UC admissions requirements.[2] Each student is required to attend at least 6 classes a day, but students who wish can take an extra zero period class before school starts or after school.[2] Paraclete offers 13 AP classes and many Pre AP and honors courses.[2] Being a Catholic high school, Paraclete also requires 4 years of religion classes.[2] Any student that maintains a 4.0 or higher GPA is eligible to be valedictorian during their senior graduation.[2]

Community service

Because Paraclete is a Catholic high school, every student and their parents are required to do community service.[2] Freshmen and sophomores are required to do ten hours of community service or 2 service projects every semester, while juniors and seniors are required to do 15 hours of community service or 3 service projects every semester.[2] Paraclete also has many clubs that are community service-oriented, examples are Z Club and Key Club.[2] The school holds two blood drives every year; many students and faculty donate blood.[2]

Notable alumni

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WASC-Accrediting Commission for Schools. 2009-06-05. WASC-ACS. 2009-08-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20090814003439/http://www.acswasc.org/directory_search.cfm. dead.
  2. Web site: Paraclete High School . Paraclete High School. paracletehs.org . 2013-07-14 .
  3. Web site: Todd Davis . nfl.com . November 24, 2014.
  4. Web site: Darian Thompson . nfl.com . April 29, 2016.