Leadership Team - La Reina High School and Middle School

President's Welcome

From the moment I set foot onto La Reina’s picturesque campus, I knew I was becoming part of something special. For over fifty years, La Reina has been educating young women to lead a life of achievement and engagement, built on the foundation of the educational principles of the Sisters of Notre Dame and our Catholic faith. We continue to be a school where girls in grades 6 through 12 find their place in a caring and nurturing community.

I invite you to explore and discover what it means to be a La Reina girl. Every member of our community — faculty, staff, parents, alumnae, board members, and friends — believes in the value of an all-girls education. At La Reina we invite every student to stretch her mind and develop her voice.

Research from the National Coalition of Girls Schools demonstrates that girls who attend single-gender schools have clear advantages. In a recent study called Steeped in Learning: The Student Experience at All-Girls Schools, the NCGS surveyed nearly 13,000 girls attending all-girls schools, coed independent schools, and coed public schools. The resulting comparative analysis makes a compelling case for the girls’ school advantage.

The study found that students at all-girl’s schools engage more actively in the learning process -more than 95% of survey respondents reported participating actively in class discussions. La Reina students outperform their public school peers on several key metrics, including earning SAT scores that are 195 points above the national average, and having a 100% acceptance rate to 4-year colleges and universities. Additionally graduates of La Reina are more than twice as likely as their peers to choose to major in STEM fields in college or university.

At La Reina we educate the whole girl, mind body and soul. In our nurturing Catholic spirit-filled environment, girls lead every club and team, helping them become confident, capable and compassionate young women. We develop their abilities to excel in math, science and technology and advance their skills as accomplished writers and public speakers. Creativity is fostered through a unified arts community. Our students learn about themselves through faith-based retreats and community service opportunities that enable them to discover the means to transform the world around them.

La Reina graduates are confident women with an infectious enthusiasm for learning and for life. The life-long friendships they form at La Reina help to carry them through the challenges in their lives.

We invite you to visit and to experience firsthand what it means to be a La Reina girl.

Sincerely yours,

Tony Guevara
President

A letter from Principal Maggie Marschner

At La Reina, we believe that parents are the primary educators of their daughters. We are all part of the La Reina family, and our faculty and staff work in partnership with our parents and our students. This foundation of partnership and trust sets our students up for academic success in the classroom. We take pride in our talented faculty. The teachers at La Reina are professionals in their field and are always collaborating and engaging in professional development to refine their practice as Next Generation educators.

La Reina has always been a leader in the world of education, and will continue leading the way through the implementation of our Strategic Plan 2019-2024- Her Future; Our Focus. The plan brings our mission to life and is centered on La Reina’s unshakable commitment to a transformative education for young women.

When you walk into a classroom at La Reina, you can see and hear how learning is taking place. Our young women are given a solid foundation and opportunities to grow in their own personal learning style and leverage technology to enhance the learning experience.

Our teachers are facilitators of the content in their classroom, supporting students as they grapple and grow in their capacity to tackle complex tasks and higher level thinking. A student at La Reina is given the fundamentals for academic success and the tools to confidently and capably address any academic and life challenge that comes their way. As the girls become experts of their own learning style, their ability to take on challenges and be resilient is strengthened. This symbiotic relationship between teacher and students that happens in a La Reina classroom is only possible because of the connections built day to day.

This school year, the Principal’s Inter-Council was formed as a way to deepen our students' connection to their education, giving them a voice. Inter-Council meets once a month with me in a student-led environment. We work together to identify specific areas of need on campus and to propose possible solutions for discussion. It is important that our students have multiple opportunities to share their ideas and engage in leadership roles. These efforts are made for all our students because their future is our focus.

Finally, in today’s media-saturated world, it is not easy for girls to develop a healthy sense of self-worth, self-respect, and purpose while they are preparing for their futures. In order to emerge from their teen years as strong, confident and happy young women, girls must first learn to believe in themselves and embrace their full potential. At La Reina, your daughters will develop the confidence, life skills, and judgment needed to succeed and build a bright future.

Blessings,

Maggie Marschner

Principal