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The Staff of St. James School is committed to excellence
in Catholic education.
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We recognize the parents as primary educators of their
children and assist parents in the task of education.
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In a positive, caring, and supportive environment,
we work to facilitate the development of confident,
competent, and caring Catholic-Christian citizens prepared
to be responsible members of their church, local and
global communities.
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The staff of St. James School is committed to excellence
in Catholic education. We believe this education has
five distinct goals… religious development, academic
achievement, commitment to community service, and personal
and social development, as well as physical and cultural
development.
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We guide the spiritual formation of the student in
partnership with the parents. We strive to influence
the moral values of the child and hope to help each
strengthen his/her personal relationship with God.
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We believe in the uniqueness of each student and every
child's right to an education. We strive to develop
self-esteem and individual talents and abilities to
the fullest. We provide opportunities for individual
growth, and respect the role of parents as the primary
educators of their children. We believe that the school
is a complement and fulfilment of the education begun
at home.
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In following the call of Jesus, we continue His work
in the world today. We prepare the students to take
an active part in the Catholic-Christian and secular
communities in which they live.
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Since its doors opened on September 10, 1918, St. James
School has lived out the parish's motto "to continue
the praise of God." Although the school currently
serves students from Torrance and Redondo Beach, the
1892 parish originally extended from Santa Monica to
Long Beach.
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In 1918 ground was broken by Bishop Cantwell for St.
James School, Redondo Beach. Three Sisters of St. Joseph
of Carondelet arrived at the invitation of the bishop
to teach seventy children who came from as far as Hawthorne
and Lomita. At that time, St. John Chrysostom in Inglewood
was the nearest Catholic School.
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In 1954 four classrooms were added; by 1958 a third
building was necessary, increasing the school's size
to twelve classrooms. As the South Bay continued to
grow, the eight-classroom St. James Annex was erected
on parish grounds in Torrance in 1963. By 1967 the enrollment
of St. James reached its peak of one thousand sixty
and was the largest school in the archdiocese. The physical
plant had grown from four classrooms to twenty-four.
Students originally attended the school site which was
geographically closer to them until 1971, when the Annex
classrooms in Torrance were designated for Kindergarten
through Grade 5, while the Redondo campus served students
in Grades 6, 7, and 8. In 1990 the Torrance site was
reconfigured to accommodate Grades K-8, a computer lab,
and an Extended Care Program, allowing the gradual conversion
of the Redondo classrooms into a preschool and parish
center. The most recent school improvements completed
in 2001 include a new faculty room, expanded junior
high classrooms, and modernized office space. The facility
is regularly evaluated by the pastor and principal,
with input received from staff and parents, so that
the best use may be made of available resources in providing
for maintenance and improvements. Though the years,
St. James School has clearly and effectively sought
to respond to changing parish and educational needs
by adding, downsizing, relocating, and updating facilities
as appropriate.
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