The Santa Catalina Upper School Mission

At Santa Catalina Upper School, we believe that our single-sex environment is optimal for learning and for growth in initiative and self-confidence. We challenge each student to strive for academic excellence, to assume leadership, and to perform at her best in every endeavor.

Grounded in the Catholic faith, Santa Catalina is enriched by the diversity of socioeconomic, religious, geographic, and cultural backgrounds represented by our students and faculty. Our course of studies is college preparatory and established in the classical tradition of the arts and sciences enhanced by vigorous programs in the fine and performing arts, athletics, and extracurricular activities.

We believe that the promise of the future rests in the young woman who acts with confidence, grace, courage, and dignity as a citizen of the world.