San Diego Catholic Schools

Associate Superintendent, Elizabeth Kramer, is attending USD’s Teaching Religion: Enlivening Faith for Teachers Summit!

This summit is a part of the Catechetical Formation Certification Program, and is designed to provide professional development for religious educators to grow in their personal, intellectual, and technical capacities.

Honoring the remarkable educators celebrating 10, 20, 30, and 40 years of service, along with those entering retirement this year!

Special thanks to Bishop Pham for joining us on this evening of celebration.

Celebrating excellence in Catholic education! ✨Congratulations to our 2025–2026 Distinguished Award Winners! Your dedication, leadership, compassion, and commitment to forming hearts and minds inspire our entire community each day.

Kristin Klant from Santa Sophia Academy - Principal of The Year Award
Jenae Smith from St. John School, Encinitas - Catholic Elementary School Teacher of the Year Award
Casey Sanker from Cristo Rey San Diego High School - Catholic High School Teacher of the Year Award
Fr. Michael Murphy from Sacred Heart Parish School - Good Shepherd Clergy Member of the Year Award
Catherine Battaglia from St. Vincent de Paul School - St. John Bosco Extra Curricular Personnel of the Year Award [Britni Coito, principal - pictured]
Gilda Pedroza from Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School - St. Elizabeth Seton Staff Member of the Year Award
Susan Conley from St. Therese Academy - Sr. Breege Boyle Preschool Director of The Year Award
Cathedral Catholic High School - Inclusive Education Award
St. James Academy - Catholic School of The Year Award

8th graders across the diocese participated in the Serra International Essay Contest! Thank you to Dianna Pacheco, President of Serra San Diego, and Fr. Marc Gandolfo, Director of Vocations for the Diocese of San Diego, for putting on such a beautiful awards ceremony.
Congratulations to our top 10 winners, and we applaud all 8th graders who participated.

25-26 First year principals completed the Certificate in Catholic School Leadership Program with !

Our Preschool Leadership Team had their final meeting of the school year! 🎉

We had our final Teacher Liaison meeting of the year!
We thank this wonderful team of teachers for all of their hard work this school year. 👩‍🏫