TIMELINE
Taking a Look Back
A 50th Jubilee Timeline of the History of Lighthouse Univeristy
St. John Eudes School opens
The Sisters of the Pious
Schools (Scholarum Piarum – Sch. P.) accept administration and teaching duties. 170 students are enrolled in the 1st thru 4th Grade classes. Fr. Philip Grill is pastor. Sr. Beatrice Moreno, Sch. P., becomes first principal.
New Principal
Sr. Elizabeth Candelaria, Sch. P., takes over as principal. The school flagpole is erected. A young student at San Fernando Valley College (now CSUN), Ron Allington, starts helping with the sports program. 5th and 6th Grades are added.
School Mascot
Sr. Beatrice Moreno returns as principal. The eagle is adopted as the school’s mascot. 7th Grade
is added.
First 8th Grade Class
8th Grade is added. Ron Allington becomes the first 8th Grade teacher.
Yearbook
Enrollment peaks at 40 students per class. The first yearbook, “The Eagle”
is published.
Sr. Rosemary
Sr. Rosemary Bochniarz, Sch. P., becomes principal. The first 8th Grade class that started as 1st Graders graduates. Students enter high school being taught “to Live, to Love, to Learn, and to Leave a Legacy