Crespi Carmelite High School has been a constant presence of Carmelite Education in the San Fernando Valley since 1959. We remain the only all boys school in the valley. We teach the young men who attend our school the importance of the whole human person, his relationship to his God and the entire human family. We call on the Crespi Man to be a brother to all he encounters; we ask him to be a steward to the world he lives in, as well as, a custodian of the future; to live his life with reflection of the gifts, and tribulations, he will encounter. These are attributes that encompass the Carmelite charism: Fraternity, Service, and Contemplation.
Crespi Carmelite High School enters an era of renewal and growth as we prepare for our 50th Jubilee Year in 2009. With the continuing support of alumni, alumni parents, current families, and friends we have built a Fine Arts Building, housing an art studio, music studio, and media center, as well as, a collegiate-style student commons and cafeteria, campus chapel, counseling center and campus ministry, faculty and conference rooms. This $7.7 million project, the first major addition to the campus since 1968, will help our students compete at the highest academic levels for entrance to the nations leading universities and colleges. With an additional $2 million campaign for the improvement of our athletic facilities, we will, this year, host our athletes on the finest synthetic playing field and track, as they continue to grow in body and spirit with the healthy pursuits of competition and sportsmanship.
Following our successful WASC evaluation in 2006, we have recently completed a five year Strategic Plan enabling Crespi Carmelite to continue to bring the very best to our students, their families, and the community, shaping our future for the next 50 years. The plan includes the establishment of transportation services to our out-lying valleys and west-side communities, thus enabling parents the opportunity to eliminate commuting from their decision in regards to their son’s education.
Crespi Carmelite High School is owned and operated by the Province of the Most Pure Heart of Mary, headquartered in Darien, Illinois. As a Carmelite Community we dedicate ourselves to the examples of obedience shown to us by the Blessed Mother, Our Lady of Mount Carmel; like the Prophet Elijah, we thirst for God’s presence in our lives.
We invite you to join us on our journey up Mount Carmel, as we strive to impart on the young men who enter our halls, the ‘loving knowing’ of God’s grace in themselves, and inthose they meet along the way.
May Our Lady of Mt. Carmel continue to protect and guide you.
Sincerely,
Rev. Thomas Schrader, O. Carm.
President
