Mission And History
Saint Anne School strives to provide a quality Catholic education that encourages students to achieve excellence. We utilize adaptive software and differentiate instruction, to address the individual needs of every student and create the opportunity for each child to realize his or her unique potential in a safe and nurturing environment. We support a partnership between school, students and parents to nourish each child’s spiritual, emotional, social, physical, and academic growth. We strive to form young men and women driven to maximize their potential, sensitive to the needs of others and committed to being successful productive members of society.
Founded in 1908 by the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary to provide a quality education option for the then largely migrant farm-workers in the community, Saint Anne School maintains its commitment to the founding Sisters’ policy of providing the highest quality education for all, including exercising a preferential option for the less fortunate. While proud of its rich Latino heritage, SAS is now, and always has been, a community welcoming people of all backgrounds. Migrant farm-workers from Mexico worked side by side with those from Oklahoma and the Southern states as their children studied together in the school. Saint Anne School’s nurturing family environment and strong sense of community is evidenced by the many two, three and even four generation families who entrust Saint Anne School to deliver a quality education to their children.
After suffering damage in the Northridge Earthquake of 1992, the school underwent a period of refurbishment and transition until the arrival in July of 1999 of its current Principal, Michael Browning. The school made a Herculean effort in recruitment and began the school year in September 1999 with one hundred forty-one students. Over the succeeding years, enrollment continued to grow to its current level of around two hundred students. With a dedicated administration and highly qualified and credentialed faculty, the school established a reputation for excellence. Through strong partnerships with businesses, foundations and individual donors the school continues to develop and flourish.
In February of 2006 the Saint Anne School Support Council (SASSC) was formed. Comprised of administrators and parents from Saint Anne School, representatives from various private schools on the Westside of Los Angeles, as well as representatives from other local business institutions, SASSC has raised over $2,000,000 to allow Saint Anne School to provide the highest quality of education for all families.
In 2016 Saint Anne became the first Catholic Blended Learning School in Southern California. In this model we combine outstanding teaching with the use of dynamic, adaptive software and small group and individualized instruction to provide differentiated curriculum tailored to the specific needs of each child. Saint Anne has become a nationally recognized Blended Learning school. We have hosted school faculty from over 50 schools in the Los Angeles area, faculty in Teacher Education from Loyola Marymount University, two school’s faculty flown in from Phoenix Arizona and 30 fellows of the City Bridge Foundation composed of educators from Washington DC.
In 2018 Saint Anne was recognized as a Bravo Music Award finalist as one of the outstanding music education programs in Southern California. Our enriched curriculum and outstanding faculty ensures that Saint Anne School continues to flourish today and for many years to come.