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Where they will find a family The St. Brendan Community The unity of our school community is visible through a family environment. St. Brendan strives to maintain a thriving family environment where everyone has a role. With active alumni and parent involvement, students are supported in achieving all of their academic, extracurricular and spiritual goals. Couple this with effective family and faculty involvement and we create a unique recipe for successful well-rounded students. Research shows that the involvement of parents is vital for student success. Parents are invited to become partners at home by assisting their children when they study, maintaining high expectations, helping them organize their time, encouraging reading, and discussing school matters with them. At the same time, they are strongly encouraged to participate in school life. Our parent ambassador program helps families to consider our school as their own home so that students and parents can become engaged in school activities and become leaders of our school community. Who Makes The Difference Faculty & Staff At St. Brendan High School, teaching is a vocation. Our teachers have seriously considered following a call and have firmly planted their roots here. In fact, almost half of our faculty and administration are alumni. Our teachers live an experience of faith and teaching that is continuously generating their