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communicating with other students and their instructors. Younger grades use iPads to complete work in the classroom. Similarly, the
Cardinal Advantage Classroom is equipped with ceiling-mounted LCD projectors, computers, faculty iPads, and Mimio Teach Systems. Pre-kindergarteners through third-graders can access mobile learning carts that contain a classroom set of iPads loaded with grade-specific educational applications.
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through 8th grade. As enrollment grew, new classes were added at each grade level. Geneva
Salinas has been principal since 2019, and Fr. Dennis Arechiga has been the Pastor for both St. Matthew Parish and the school since 2010. Today, St. Matthew Catholic School has grown to be the largest elementary
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efforts by donating supplies to
Operation Ryan's Hope, a local relief drive, inspired by a St. Matthew Catholic School second-grader who told his mother: "God is always looking out for me, and now I want to help God take care others." In 2010, to help raise funds for the earthquake relief efforts in
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St. Matthew has had six principals throughout its history, those being the following: Sr. Patrice Floyd (1993-1994), Curtis
Youngman (1994-1996), Cindy Salinas (1996-2004), Alvin Caro (2004-2018), Jennifer Grenardo (2018–2019), and Geneva Salinas (2019–present). The school has also had three pastors
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St. Matthew
Catholic School opened its doors on August 18, 1993 to just under 400 students and has been open for 31 years with now over 700 students. Bishop Joseph Galante dedicated the school on October 10, 1993 with Sr. Patrice Floyd, IWBS serving as the first principal. From its foundation, St.
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program at St. Matthew, which was launched in 2013, allows for the issue of an Apple iPad to each child in 4th through 8th grade for use both at school and home as a primary learning tool, to be used for note-taking, content creation, project collaboration, individualized assessments and
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Catholic School student council members conduct an annual canned food drive for the community food pantry at St. Vincent de Paul, collecting carts and containers of canned and boxed goods.
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Antonio's Children Museum held a Grand Opening Gala Student Art Contest and one of the three winners in the "Private Schools" category was a St. Matthew Catholic School student, who presented a project called "Building with Scraps."
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throughout its history, those being John Flynn (1993-1998), Michael
Yarbrough (1998-2010), and Dennis Arechiga (2010–Present). The current principal, Geneva Salinas holds a bachelor's degree in arts and a master's in education from
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Catholic Church, students at St. Matthew are required to undergo sacramental preparation, participate in the Liturgy at weekly Mass, and take an annual course on Catholic theology.
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In 2015 during "The Big Give SA," a 24-hour online giving event involving hundreds of nonprofit organizations in San
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Haiti, the St. Matthew Catholic School and Girl Scout Troop 223 held a “Hearts and Hats for Haiti” drive.
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