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“Awareness” is the theme for the 2024-25 school year at Santa Catalina Lower and Middle School.
The school adopts a new theme each year that highlights an important value or virtue that speaks to Catalina’s mission. The theme was introduced at the annual flag raising ceremony, where students and parents gathered together to celebrate the start of the school year.
Awareness invites all of us to think more about who we are and who we want to be. Being more aware of ourselves helps us to make better decisions and to be as kind as we can be. Being more aware of others helps us to be good friends and great community members.
Themes are reinforced all year through service projects, classroom activities, and assemblies. This year, awareness is a focal point as Catalina works to thoughtfully implement health and wellness initiatives in the Lower and Middle School.
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