Nazareth School Spotlight

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Spotlights

May 30, 2025

We’re thrilled to welcome the newly inducted 2025–2026 Student Council! We can’t wait to see the incredible leadership and energy they will bring to the upcoming school year!

May 22, 2025

Most Rev. Michael Pham is the new appointed Bishop of San Diego. View the Facebook video for details.

May 17, 2025

The Nazareth School girls varsity basketball team hit the court this weekend for the championship – and they won! This small but mighty squad showed an unstoppable heart and hustle to bring home the victory!

May 10, 2025

With hearts full of joy and spirits lifted high, the second grade students of Nazareth School celebrated their sacred First Holy Communion in the blessed St. Francis Chapel surrounded by the loving embrace of family and friends. What a glorious day of faith, unity, and divine grace!

Second grade students celebrating First Holy Communion

May 2, 2025

Today, Nazareth School joyfully celebrates May Crowning, a cherished tradition in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Heaven and Mother of Our Lord.

School community celebrating May Crowning 2025

February 4, 2025

Our 2025 Middle School Spelling Bee winner is Danielle-Elizabeth Mensah-Baah. She will now move on and participate in the San Diego County Spelling Bee. Great Job!

Spelling Bee winner, Danielle, with other school representative outside school building

January 2023

Nazareth School hits the front page. The results of a recent national report on education were great news for Nazareth and other Catholic schools. The report showed Catholic school students beat the average scores of public and charter school students in all 50 states. Great job, Nazareth School teachers! See the article in the January edition of The Southern Cross.

Nazareth kids running in the Turkey Trot

June 3, 2022

Congratulations to this year’s recipients of the Nazareth School Mother St. Basil Award for Christian Values and Leadership, Grace Balkowski and Mason Bautista.

March 10, 2022

Youth Virtues, Valor, and Vision Award for the National Catholic Education Association

Nazareth School alumni Margarita Alfaro, who currently attends Mater Dei Catholic High School, was one of the eight “distinguished nominees” from four local Catholic high schools for the Youth Virtues, Valor, and Vision Award from the National Catholic Education Association. Read the “OLP Student Selected for National Award” article in The Southern Cross.

March 9, 2022

Santiago Martinez earned a Merit Scholarship from Mater Dei Catholic High School and will receive 50 percent free tuition for four years! Congratulations!

January 28, 2022

All hands on deck: Staff across the diocese’s schools scrambled once more to keep their classes going amid a surge in COVID-19 cases. At Nazareth School, fourth-grade students worked on a STEM project in early January.

Please see the Southern Cross Newspaper article for more information.

October 4, 2021

Please take a moment to watch our third graders present their Halloween poems.

October 1, 2021

Congratulations to our 2021 Turkey Trot T-Shirt Contest Winner, Phoebe Roy! We will print her winning design on over 300 Turkey Trot T-shirts. Great work!

October 1, 2021

Congratulations to our 2021 Turkey Trot T-Shirt Contest Winner, Phoebe Roy! We will print her winning design on over 300 Turkey Trot T-shirts. Great work!

September 30, 2021

Father Ed Horning

Please see the Southern Cross Newspaper article featuring our beloved Mr. and Mrs. Horning’s son, Father Ed Horning.

“I just fell in love with the region and the people“

June 16, 2021

The Sisters of Nazareth celebrating Victoire’s Day in honor of their founder, Victoire Larmenier.

June 4, 2021

Congratulations to our 8th grade students on their graduation from Nazareth School today. We wish you all the best and pray you will come back and visit us. Please remember our core values are based on Scripture and the heritage and tradition of the Sisters of Nazareth – respect, hospitality, love, justice, compassion, and patience. Keep them close to your heart and let them guide you to the next adventure in your lives…high school.