School News - Principal's Desk

Discussion on the Dangers of Distracted Driving

2012-10-03T18:53:46Z

This week, the Loyola sophomores heard a presentation from the California Highway Patrol about the dangers of distracted driving. This timely presentation appealed to many sophomores who are in the process of drivers education and training. I would encourage you to continue this discussion with your sons.

Endeavour Flies Over Loyola

2012-09-21T21:27:57Z

The space shuttle Endeavour passed directly over Loyola High School, making its tour of Los Angeles, before finally landing at LAX. See pics and video from students.

The Road Ahead for Loyola

2012-08-08T23:02:01Z

We sat down with President Goethals, and the Strategic Planning Committee to find out how the new plan came together and how it will shape the future of Loyola High School.

National Merit and Achievement Recognition

2011-11-04T17:59:10Z

The National Merit and National Achievement Scholarships recently published their lists of commended students in the following categories:

National Merit Scholarship Award Semifinalists

2011-11-04T17:58:25Z

The National Merit Scholarship Program recently published the names of the Semi-Finalists from Loyola High School of Los Angeles:

John Breen
Edward Chang
Elliott Clarke
Charles Hoying
Vicente Lossada
Robert Overing
Thomas Placido
William Shepherd
Andrew Tinger
Jake West

These 10 scholars join the ranks of approximately 16,000 seniors throughout the United States who performed in the top 1/2 percent of those who took the PSAT in 2010. These gentlemen are now in competition to become Finalists and to be awarded scholarships. We wish them all the best!

National Merit Scholarship Commended Students

2011-11-04T17:58:14Z

The scores of these 23 Loyola seniors placed them among the top five percent of more than the one million program entrants.

Joshua Aninos
Stephen Antonoplis
Khaliq Bedart-Ghani
Julio Buendia
Kevin Carswell
Kyle Dinsmore
Max Fitton
Joseph Francia
Michael Kelleghan
Luke Kiefer
Michael Luna
Nicholas Matulich
Michale Mazza
Conor McKenna
Russell Miller
Earl Park
Richard Phillips
David Pollack
Charles Rock
Brett Salazar
Thomas Sanford
David Warren
Jimmy Yao

National Achievement Scholarship Program for Outstanding Participants referred to Universities

2011-11-04T17:54:30Z

The scores of these Loyola seniors placed them among the top five percent of more than the one hundred ten thousand program entrants.

Michael Cuby
Matt Dial
Michael Erike
Julian Harrell
Aaron Johnson
Jared Jones
Daniel Leal
Nicholas Porterfield
Brennan Stevenson
Cameron Taylor
Kodi Whitfield

Semifinalist in the National Achievement Scholarship Competition

2011-11-04T17:53:16Z

This Loyola senior is one of only 1,500 African-American students to perform at the highest level of this Scholarship competition.

Khaliq Bedart-Ghani

The National Hispanic Scholar Recognition Program

2011-11-02T17:56:00Z

Scholars: These fifteen Loyola seniors placed in the top 2% of the hispanic students competing in the National Merit Scholarship Program.

Daniel Acciani
Stephen Antonoplis
Gabriel Basadre
Julio Buendia
Gerardo Cervantes
Leonel Con
Vicente Lossada
Michael Luna
Daniel Perea-Barchie
Matthew Salas
Brett Salazar
Jonathan Spira
Carlos Torres
Colby Wagenbach
Joseph Zaragoza