Welcome to 1st Grade!

3 days ago

Hello St. Mary’s Community! Here is the weekly installment of our teacher feature! We hope you are enjoying it and are getting to know our teachers a bit better!

This week we are featuring our new 2nd grade teacher, Ms. Ochoa! Thank you for all you do!

My full name including my saint name is Cammie Elizabeth Christian Ochoa.

This is my 1st year at St. Mary, Star of the Sea. This will be my 11th year teaching and 1st year teaching 2nd grade. I have always taught 1st grade. Before teaching I worked for PSA/USAirways.

I enjoy teaching science because experiments are always fun, although they can be quite messy.

I enjoy teaching because the students make me laugh and every day is different. I still remember teachers that made a positive difference in my life and I enjoy seeing my students learn.

I was born and raised in Pasadena, California. I love it here and not just for the weather and the outdoors activities, but because most of my family lives here and my fantastic friends, too.

It is hard to pick just one favorite travel destination. It depends if I want to be entertained with history and different cultures or just relax. Hmmm...for relaxing it would be renting a sailboat with friends and sailing around the British Virgin Islands for 2 weeks.

In July (after Covid) a friend and I are flying to Africa and taking a motorcycle tour through Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe. So exciting as we have never been to South Africa before.

I want my students to remember how I made them feel and how comfortable they felt in our classroom. It is important that they realize I took an interest in them and genuinely cared about them. ...

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I hope your new school knows how lucky they are to have such a great teacher!

Oh my goodness. That red truck of yours is my dream! Welcome aboard, Ms Ochoa. We are blessed to have you ❤

Welcome to our St Mary’s family Ms Ochoa! It is a blessing to work with you ♥️

We are already having a wonderful year. Thank you for all you do and we can’t wait to see what the rest of the year entails.

5 days ago

Hi St. Mary’s community! Support our school by dining out at Chipotle on Wednesday, October 21st between 4-8pm! 33% comes back to our school! Show the flyer below and tell your friends!

It is only valid at this Chipotle location!

Chipotle Oceanside
2611 Vista Way Suite A
Wednesday, October 21st, 4:00pm - 8:00pm.
Bring in the flyer, show it on your smartphone or tell the cashier you are supporting St. Mary’s.

ORDER ONLINE FOR PICKUP?
The below unique code must be entered in the ‘promo’ field before clicking on ‘checkout’
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I have my e-SCRIP card for this Wednesday!!

1 week ago

Hello St. Mary’s Community! Here is the weekly installment of our teacher feature! We hope you are enjoying these and are getting to know our teachers a bit better!

This week we are featuring our wonderful 1st grade aide, Mrs. Jackson! Thank you for all you do! 💙

1. My full name is Jeanette Mary Jackson but I like to be called Jeanne.
2. I’ve been working at St. Mary’s for 14 years. I started in 2006.
3. I started part time in the library. I then became the 5th grade aide. I’ve assisted in many of the grades at one time or another, but spent most of my time in 4th and 5th grade. I started aiding in 1st grade 5 years ago and I love it!
4. I came to St. Mary’s 20 years ago when I was looking for a preschool for my daughter & son. My daughter Jordan & son Jacob both went to St. Mary’s from preschool through 8th grade. My daughter Jordan is now 25 and son Jacob is 21 years old. Time flies!
5. My favorite thing about working at St. Mary’s is helping and teaching the children and watching them grow. I have seen many children come and go through the years and they are all so unique and special. They teach me so much every day!
6. I love the beach and the ocean and the warm weather.
7. I love Hawaii! I love everything about the Aloha spirit! I love the slow paced lifestyle and of course the tropical beaches.
8. Once Covid is over I hope to go to a concert! I love live music. I also really missed the Del Mar Fair and hope it’s open next summer!
9. That they are God’s Precious children and that they each have a special gift to share with the world.
10. St. Mary’s will always be my home away from home and each child that has crossed my path has forever left their footprints on my heart.

Photos: Jordan, 1st grade 2002
Jacob, 1st grade 2006
Jordan, 8th grade graduation 2010
Jacob, 8th grade graduation 2013
Jordan, Jordan & Jacob 2013 & My Family ...

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Mrs Jackson, my babies have been blessed to have you at their side! We love you and are forever grateful to have you at St. Marys

Jeanne You are Awesome!! Great job SMO!!

Jeanne you are an awesome aide and friend! I am blessed to know you and to have worked with you. I cannot believe how fast time flies. You have two amazing kids. My Catherine still says that Miss Jordan is her favorite teacher ever! You are a blessing to St. Mary’s.

We miss you Jeanne!!

Thank you for all you do Mrs. Jackson! I love that you featured Jordan!

Jeanne you are such a blessing to St. Mary's! You are amazing! 😍

Wow, time flies! I remember both of your kiddos when they were little. Now our kids are grown! Love our SMO family

LOVE THESE PHOTOS!!!! Such a great trip down memory lane❤️❤️❤️

You are the best Jeanne! Miss you🌹

Miss seeing you on a daily basis Jeanne!!!💗💗 The kids are so lucky to have you!!

Jeanne!! ❤️❤️

2 weeks ago

Hello St. Mary’s community! Here is the weekly installment of our teacher feature! We hope you get to know the teachers and staff at our amazing school a bit better!

This week we are featuring our wonderful 1st grade teacher, Mrs. Naughton! Thank you for all you do!💙

1. What is your full name? Kathryn Frances Mary Naughton.
2. How long have you been teaching at St. Mary’s? This is my 4th year teaching at St. Mary’s.
3. How long have you been teaching in all? What grades?I have been teaching for 5 years all at St. Mary’s/I subbed in all grades.
4. What brought you to St. Mary’s? My husband and I are both Catholic and when we moved up here 20 years ago, the Mission San Luis Rey was our Parish and St. Mary Star of the Sea Parish was also our Parish when we lived downtown on Cleveland.
5. What is your favorite subject to teach or to learn? I love to teach Social Studies, and everything that goes with Language Arts.
6. What is your favorite thing about being a teacher? Seeing all of my students thrive in the learning process.
7. What do you love the most about living in California? The ocean and the mountains are so close.
8. Where is your favorite travel destination you’ve visited and why? China, I have been there 2 times, because my beautiful daughter is from mainland China.
9. Where do you hope to go once Covid is over? Anywhere and Everywhere-I would like to travel to Australia and New Zealand.
10. What do you want all of your students to leave your class knowing? To know that they can learn anything at any age and be proud of who they are.
11. Anything else you’d like to share/say? St. Mary’s Star of the Sea School is my dream school, I love the charm and the close knit community that we have created. ...

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Excited for this school year with you as Victoria’s teacher!

Evelyn loved having you as such a caring and compassionate teacher! Thank you for all you do!

I am blessed to work with you everyday! Thank you for making my job so joyful. The first graders just love you! ♥️

I am so blessed to have you as a coworker!

We can't wait to see what this year will hold. 🤩

3 weeks ago

The precious Kindergarten-created bulletin board outside the office for the month of October!
“We are a box of crayons, each of us unique, but when we get together the picture is complete.” ...

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