Winter Sports Highlights
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Winter Sports Highlights
Way to represent Mariners! With our Spring Sports competitions now in full swing including our new Beach Volleyball team, let’s take a moment to congratulate all of our Upper and Lower School student-athletes for a strong Winter season at SMPREP. Both our elementary and high school students recently held lively pep rallies to celebrate. Highlights include both the Girls and Boys Varsity Basketball teams making it to the playoffs (both were Santa Fe League champions this year), with the Girls team going all the way to CIF Championship Finals and State! Girls Basketball had two All CIF award winners plus League MVP honors, while Boys Basketball had League MVP and the opportunity to play a game on the big stage at Crypto.com arena. Our Boys 7th/8th Green basketball team advanced to the CYO semifinals. Girls Varsity Soccer boasted an All CIF award winner and a first round playoff victory. Follow our new Saint Monica Prep Athletics Instagram account @smprepathletics for sports highlights, schedules and scores. Go Mariners!
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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.