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.