Mary Star of the Sea High School
School Profile
“Challenging students to reach their full human potential through a living faith in God”
SCHOOL COMMUNITY
Mary Star of the Sea High School, located in San Pedro, California, serves the Los Angeles Harbor and surrounding communities. The school is operated by Mary Star of the Sea Parish under the supervision of the Department of Catholic Schools of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The school focuses on the fundamentals of a quality education interwoven with strong Catholic principles. The curriculum is grounded in a college preparatory program with a four-year honor track option. This is enhanced by an average class size of 21 and a committed, quality faculty.
“STAR” MISSION
Guided by the Norbertine Fathers, Mary Star promotes growth in self-discipline and responsibility through leadership, athletic, and service opportunities. In the context of a small community environment based on mutual respect, Mary Star of the Sea High School focuses its attention on four principal goals for each student: nourishing the soul (Catholicism), cultivating personal integrity (Character), challenging the mind (Curriculum) and fostering social responsibility (Community). None of these goals can be viewed in isolation from the others; without any one of them, the end result of a truly Catholic education cannot be attained.
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
Throughout the centuries of her existence, the Catholic Church has sponsored institutions of learning to challenge the human mind in the pursuit of knowledge, truth and wisdom. While serving a wide variety of academic abilities and gifts, Mary Star of the Sea High School challenges every student in a focused and disciplined educational environment, which integrates the Catholic faith across the curriculum. Mary Star students are genuine thinkers who possess a solid foundation in the core curriculum and are prepared for the challenges of higher education and the workplace.
A student of Mary Star of the Sea High School must successfully achieve a minimum of 240 academic units to graduate; each course completed with a passing grade is equivalent to 5 units per semester. In addition to their academic requirements, students must accumulate a minimum 80 hours of Christian service prior to graduation.
- English 4 years / 40 units
- Science 2.5 years / 25 units
- Religion 4 years / 40 units
- Language 2 years / 20 units
- Social Studies 3.5 years / 35 units
- P.E./Health 1 year / 10 units
- Mathematics 3 years / 30 units
- Fine Arts 1 year / 10 units
- Electives 3 years / 30 units
- Service 4 years / 80 hours
HONORS CLASSES AND ADVANCED PLACEMENT CLASSESMary Star of the Sea High School offers 18 Advanced Placement and Honors courses to academically eligible students. Honors classes cross all four grade levels including Honors English 9 and Honors British Literature; Honors World History; Honors Biology and Honors Chemistry; Honors Algebra I, Honors Geometry, Honors Algebra II/Trigonometry, and Honors Trigonometry/Pre Calculus. Advanced Placement courses challenge students in AP Calculus, AP English Language, AP English Literature, AP Environmental Science, AP European History, AP Government, AP Physics, AP Spanish Language, and AP U.S. History. Mary Star offers exceptional students the opportunity to take additional Advanced Placement exams based on independent preparation. In 2017, 77.5% of Mary Star who took AP Exams earned scores of 3+ (3, 4, or 5) which exceeds both the California (62%) and Global (60%) percentages. Additionally, many students took multiple AP Exams as 97 different students took an exam, but the school submitted a total of 172 exams.
ACADEMIC POLICIES AND GRADING SCALE
Mary Star of the Sea High School provides for the needs of both the college bound and non-college bound student. The school’s curriculum meets all state, archdiocesan and college requirements, particularly entrance requirements into the University of California and the California State University systems. Mary Star teachers use the following Grading Scale to compute assignments, tests and report cards:
- A 100-95
- A- 94-90
- B+ 89-87
- B 86-83
- B- 82-80
- C+ 79-77
- C 76-73
- C- 72-70
- D+ 69-67
- D 66-63
- D- 62-60
- F 59 and below
HONOR ROLLS AND HONOR SOCIETIES
Honor roll status for Mary Star of the Sea High School students is based on the previous semester’s grades. Mary Star uses unweighted and weighted (when applicable) GPAs in the selection process of valedictorian and salutatorian, undergraduate awards, honor rolls, class rank and other award societies. Students earning a GPA of 3.80 and above receive the Principal's Honor Roll, and between 3.50 and 3.79 obtain Honor Roll; those between 3.49 and 3.00 are placed on the Blue and Gold Achievement List. Mary Star of the Sea High School hosts 10 Honor Societies on campus including Mu Alpha Theta (for Junior and Senior math students), National Art Honor Society (all grades), Science National Honor Society (for Junior and Senior science students), National English Honor Society (all grades), National Beta Club for student service (all grades), National Latin Society, Sociedad De Amistad, Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica, California Scholarship Federation, and National Honor Society.
RECENT STATE AND NATIONAL AWARDS TO SENIORS
- Arizona State University Golden State Scholarship
- Benedictine College Academic Scholarship
- Biola University Dean’s Scholarship
- California State University, Chico Honors Program
- California State University, Fullerton Accepted with Honors
- Creighton University Founder’s Award
- Fordham University Dean's Scholarship
- George Fox University Stevens Scholar Award
- Grand Canyon University President’s Scholarship
- Hendrix College Academic Scholarship
- Hendrix College Odyssey Award
- Johnson and Wales University California Scholarship
- Johnson and Wales University Campus Award
- Loyola Marymount University Academic Merit Scholarship
- Loyola Marymount University Achievement Award
- Loyola Marymount University Arrupe Scholarship
- Loyola Marymount University Early Action Award
- Loyola Marymount University Leavey Family Scholarship
- Loyola University, Chicago, Presidential Scholarship
- Marian University Trustee Scholarship
- Mount St. Mary's University Founders Scholarship
- Mount St. Mary's University President's Award
- Northern Arizona University Accepted with Honors
- Northern Arizona University Founder’s Scholarship Blue Award
- Northern Arizona University Founder’s Scholarship Gold Award
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- Regis University Leadership Award
- Saint Mary’s College Presidential Scholarship for Academic Excellence
- Seton Hall University Scholarship
- Seton Hall University Summer Scholarship
- Stephen F. Austin State University Academic Excellence Scholarship
- St. John’s University Academic Award Scholarship
- St. John’s University Catholic High School Award
- St. John’s University Hugh L. Carey Award
- St. John’s University St. Vincent de Paul Scholarship
- St. Leo University Academic Merit Scholarship
- St. Mary's College Dean's Scholarship
- Texas Christian University Chancellor’s Scholarship
- Tulane University Chancellor’s Scholarship
- University of Arizona Academic Award Scholarship
- University of Arizona Excellence Award
- University of California, Santa Barbara Promise Scholar
- University of Iowa ROTC Academic Scholarship
- University of Mary Sister Thomas Welder Scholarship
- University of Montana Western States Scholarship
- University of Notre Dame Provost's Scholarship
- University of Notre Dame University Scholarship
- University of San Francisco Scholar Award
- Weber State University Western Undergraduate Exchange Program Scholarship
- Wichita State University Academic Scholarship
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S.A.T. SCORES – Class of 2021
Ninety-eight percent of the graduating class sought higher education; one Military Enlistment. The average College Bound SAT score for Mary Star students, using the new SAT format, was 1222 while the national mean was only 1057. The following represents the scoring range achieved on the SAT for the students who took the test with Mary Star students outshining the national mean score:
Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (ERW) |
Math |
MSHS Mean Score 2021: 584 |
MSHS Mean Score 2021: 638 |
National Score 2020: 528 |
National Score 2020: 523 |
2021 MARY STAR GRADUATES IN COLLEGES
Mary Star of the Sea High School is proud of the diversity of college and university acceptances reflected by the Class of 2021. Ninety-eight percent of the class plans to attend the college or university of their choice while one student chose to enter the military. The Class of 2021 was accepted into the following colleges and universities:
American University
Arizona State University
Benedictine College
Boise State University
California Lutheran University
California Polytechnic State University
California State Polytechnic University Pomona
California State University Channel Islands
California State University Dominguez Hills Mount St. Mary’s University
California State University Fullerton
California State University Long Beach
California State University Long Beach
California State University Los Angeles
California State University Monterey Bay
California State University Northridge
California State University Sacramento
California State University San Bernardino
California State University San Marcos
California State University Sonoma
Cañada College
Case Western Reserve University
Charles Drew University
Concordia University Irvine
Creighton University
Dean College
Delta Community College
Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg (Germany)
Eastern Gateway Community College
El Camino College
El Camino College - LMU Transfer Pathway Program
E.I. School of Professional Makeup
Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising
Franciscan University of Steubenville
George Mason University
Greystone Preparatory School
Harbor Occupational Center
Illinois State University
Indiana University
Iowa State University
Irvine Valley College
Long Beach City College
Los Angeles Harbor College
Loyola Marymount University
Loyola University Chicago
Loyola University New Orleans
Marquette University
Marymount California University
Miami Culinary Institute
Miami University
Michigan State
Michigan State University
Montana State University
Mount St. Mary’s University
Northeastern University
Northern Arizona University
Orange Coast College
Oregon State University |
Pasadena City College
Pennsylvania State University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rutgers University
San Diego State University
San Francisco State University
San Jose State University
Santa Barbara City College
Santa Clara University
Santa Monica College
Santa Monica College - Honors Program
Santa Monica College - Scholars Program
Schreiner University
Seattle University
Sonoma State University
Southern California Regional Occupational Center
Southwestern Oregon Community College
St. Edward’s University
St. John’s University
Universal Technical Institute
University of California Berkeley
University of California Davis
University of California Irvine
University of California Los Angeles
University of California Merced
University of California Riverside
University of California San Diego
University of California Santa Barbara
University of California Santa Cruz
University of Colorado
University of Denver
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
University of Kansas
University of La Verne
University of Mary
University of Oregon
University of Pittsburgh
University of Rochester
University of San Diego
University of San Francisco
University of Southern California
University of the Pacific
University of Washington
University of Wyoming
Virginia Tech University
Walsh University
Washington State University
West Coast University
Whittier College
Wilmington Skills Center
Woodbury University |
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