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St. Raphael School

St. Raphael School is a fully accredited Catholic School with grades KK, K, one through eight and a licensed preschool. It is part of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and the parish school of St. Raphael Church in Santa Barbara, California.

Our school community has a caring, professional faculty, dedicated to Catholic education and strongly supported by an active involved parent association. We offer scholarship assistance to deserving families and provide affordable after school day care.

Mission Statement

St. Raphael School is dedicated to the spiritual formation of each student. Our school community strives to nurture the growth of the whole child by instilling Catholic Christian values that foster each student's unique spiritual, moral, intellectual, psychological, social, and physical growth. We achieve this goal through our school wide learning expectations and the continued support of our clergy, principal, teachers, staff, school families, and parish community.

Our Philosophy

• Educating the whole child in religious, academic, social, moral, and life coping skills
• Forming a Christian community in which parents and faculty work closely together for the benefit of the students spiritually and academically
• Tempering firm and caring discipline with a compassion sensitive to the needs of the children and to the stresses of family life
• Teaching faith and values through the modeling of faculty, parents, and parishioners