Mariners Serve & Give Back
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Mariners Serve & Give Back
Many among our Saint Monica Prep community of families, faculty and staff, school board and alumni have lost homes, businesses and so much more in the devastating wildfires. We continue to pray for our Los Angeles community as it recovers and rebuilds. Mariners have answered the call by helping support families displaced by the wildfires, immediately welcoming students to join our classes across grades TK-12 this past month for a fresh start. Spearheaded by SMPREP parent Julie Zaller, with sons in both 9th and 12th grade, and our Mariner Parent Association, our school community has also organized four weekends of Relief Effort Days to help families directly impacted by the fires. If you would like to help provide financial assistance to those in our SMPREP community needing support due to the effects of the fires, please make a donation here.
Mariner Softball Coach Brett Werger shared how his players wanted to positively impact Palisades High School’s softball team. The team was able to secure approval from the city permit office to share its field space with Pali for practices this season. The teams will coordinate on combined and separate drills. In addition, SMPREP Athletic Director Jason Bowers partnered with his Pali counterpart Rocky Montz to schedule some of its boys and girls varsity basketball games in SMPREP's gym.
We are grateful to all of the first responders continuing to protect lives and properties, including our own alumni. Sam Saldibar ‘14 is a firefighter with the LA County Fire Department. Saldibar has been on the frontlines of the Eaton Fire and shared that there is so much destruction that the city of Los Angeles has never seen anything like it. The most devastating part for him has been seeing the destruction of homes and businesses. On behalf of Saint Monica Prep, we extend our heartfelt gratitude to Saldibar and all first responders for their dedication and bravery.
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Saint Monica Preparatory is proud to welcome back Nathalie Rayes ‘92, the former U.S. Ambassador to Croatia, to deliver the keynote address at our 2025 Commencement Ceremony on Friday, June 6 at 6:30 p.m. Her career spans public service, private sector leadership, nonprofit advocacy and diplomacy—embodying the values we aim to instill in every student.
The following week, Rayes also has the honor of returning to her university alma mater, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, to deliver commencement addresses at both its undergraduate and graduate ceremonies.
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Saint Monica Preparatory students are making waves beyond our campus. This month, both the Los Angeles Times and CBS News' "Inside SoCal" featured three of our seniors, all recipients of four-year, full college tuition and housing scholarships through the Western Golf Association's Evans Scholarship. SMPREP junior Tomas Officer finished in first place at UCLA's Open Mind Film Festival, while senior Lucy Lopez was recognized by the L.A. Archdiocese for this year’s Archdiocesan Christian Service Award. Senior Micaela Patajo took home Gold in the Speed category at the 2025 USA Climbing National Team Trials, while two Mariner juniors are among the 2025 Founding Forward National Essay Winners.
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Mariner Boys Golf had a record-setting season, securing the league championship title with only one loss in its overall 14-1 record. Mariners made it all the way to the CIF Team Championship, where they missed the cut by only 11 strokes. Mariner Softball secured second place in Camino Real League play, while Mariner Baseball pulled off an historic win vs. Paramount - the first win in CIF Playoffs for Mariner Baseball in 20 years!
Track & Field, Boys Volleyball, as well as Middle School Golf and Track & Field athletes all also made the highlight reel this spring. SMPREP hosted a Signing Ceremony last week for four of its senior athletes continuing their achievements at the collegiate level. Congratulations, Mariners!