Winter Sports Wins - Three League Champion Titles, State Playoff Action
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Winter Sports Wins - Three League Champion Titles, State Playoff Action
Go, Mariners! Congratulations to all of our student athletes and coaches on a strong showing for winter sports at Saint Monica Preparatory. Girls Soccer had an undefeated regular season, and along with both Girls and Boys Basketball teams, secured their respective League Champion titles! All four varsity teams - Girls and Boys Basketball, as well as Girls and Boys Soccer - made the playoffs this season with Girls Basketball going all the way to the CIF Division III State playoffs. Way to represent! Boys Basketball had four First Team selections - EJ Andrews, Pierre Malone, Jaedyn Patterson and Micah Williams, and two Second Team - Aidyn Caveness and Luke Griffin. SMPREP Cheer placed third in the SHARP competition at Sierra Vista High School, receiving a judges' award for Most Enthusiastic Overall team. That's the Mariner spirit!
At the Lower School, seven basketball teams competed through March, with both 3rd/4th Grade Girls (undefeated) and 3rd/4th Grade Boys (undefeated in league) in particular dominating into the final weeks. Spring sports at SMPREP have sprung into action - with Baseball, Beach Volleyball, Boys Golf, Cheer, Softball, Boys Tennis, Track, and Boys Volleyball seasons all underway at the Upper School; while Lower School athletes compete in Soccer, Track & Field and Boys Volleyball.
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Saint Monica Preparatory launched an exchange program with Cheonan Jungang High School, located just outside of Seoul, Korea, with a signing ceremony and exchange of gifts. Next month, 10 students will join SMPREP for a weeklong, collaborative Project Based Learning program on climate action. SMPREP students, in turn, will have the opportunity to experience Korean life and culture in January.
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Roland Labana, Saint Monica Preparatory's STEM Academy Dean, was recognized as one of this year's recipients of the David Hines Volunteer of the Year Awards. Our congratulations and gratitude go out to Labana, along with fellow awardees Dan O'Brien and Julie Shavers, SMPREP parents who were also celebrated for making a difference in the Saint Monica community through their dedication and service.
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Saint Monica Preparatory is the Best Private High School for the FOURTH year in a row, according to HomeTown News readers in its annual “Best of” August issue. Sending a big thank you to everyone in the community who voted for SMPREP.