St. Mary Magdalen Catholic School ~ Camarillo, California

Since this may be your first contact with Saint Mary Magdalen School and perhaps you are considering us as an educational option for your children, we would like to take this opportunity to share with you our thoughts on Catholic education.

A strong Catholic identity coupled with strong academics are the hallmark of Catholic education. While strong academics does not take much clarification, it is important to remember that our goal is to provide every student with the tools and skills to be successful in a college preparatory high school setting.

We believe that in order to mold and shape Catholic/Christian identity in our children calls for a total immersion into the culture.

Learning a country�s language, mores and customs is best accomplished with total immersion into the daily life of a people. Likewise, if our hope for our children is to be a complete Catholic/Christian, immersion into the Catholic / Christian culture offers our best realization of this hope.

Here at Saint Mary Magdalen, we not only study the traditions and history of our faith but we carry this learning forward and practice what we have learned. We create a school environment that is conducive to making our faith a living conscious and active experience. It is in the end our faith that carries us through the valleys and mountains of life and gives us perspective. Living our faith takes us beyond ourselves in that it teaches us to reach out to others who may appear as less fortunate. It empties us of ourselves.

While this education is a cost of time and finances, it is an investment for the future of the community as well as the world. We can rest well knowing that we have done our best to provide our children with a moral compass and that they are capable of making a difference in our global world.

Our school, grades K through 8, is located on the Gold Coast of California, between Santa Barbara and Los Angeles.

St. Mary Magdalen's Catholic School is accredited by the Western Catholic Educational Association (WCEA). WCEA accredits Catholic elementary and secondary schools in nine western states (26 (arch) dioceses) and the US Territory of Guam. WCEA co-accredits and is in partnership with three Regional agencies (WASC, NAAS, NCA CASI) and two private agencies (CAIS and HAIS). WCEA began in 1957 in San Francisco and has a long and successful history of assisting school improvement through the accreditation process.

St. Mary Magdalen Catholic parish elementary school provides excellence in academics along with formation in Gospel values. Like our hilltop Chapel, the school remains a shining tribute to God, and an educational landmark serving the families of the greater Camarillo area since 1954. In partnership with our parents, we are committed to the education of the whole child, academically, spiritually, socially, emotionally, artistically, and physically.

Our Catholic faith permeates a comprehensive academic program that promotes critical thinking in a global society. Inspired by the mission and ministry of Jesus, we provide an education that emphasizes personal responsibility, acceptance of diversity, the importance of compassion, and respect for ourselves and others.

Saint Mary Magdalen School will inspire in each student a love of learning and social responsibility consistent with our Catholic identity. We will provide strong academics enhanced by technology with an emphasis on critical thinking. Coupled with a fundamental moral compass directing each to serve, we will prepare students for the challenges of a global society.

Through differentiated instruction we provide an education designed to individually challenge and motivate all students to reach their full potential. Our rigorous, comprehensive standards-based course of study promotes critical thinking and prepares students to be leaders in a global society. In partnership with parents, the mission of Saint Mary Magdalen�s K-8 program is to serve the Camarillo community by providing an exemplary Catholic education.