History of St. Jude
Forming Young People In the Image of Jesus
St. Jude was an Apostle and Martyr who lived in the first century. Being a close relative of Our Lord, it is said that his appearance was similar. Hence, many depictions of St. Jude have him wearing a medallion displaying the image of Jesus.
In the spirit of our Patron, St. Jude the Apostle School models itself on the vision of a Catholic school presented by the Church. With a Catholic, multi-cultural community of students, parents and staff, St. Jude the Apostle School has Jesus and His teachings as our reason and basis for existence. We provide a program for grades K-8 that is attentive to the needs of today, illumined by the Gospel spirit and message that permeates all facets of school life.
Recognizing the importance of the family and that parents are the primary educators of their children, St. Jude the Apostle School provides a formal education, which nurtures and complements their training. With the support of the entire community, the school endeavors to instruct the whole child, fostering spiritual, intellectual, psychological, social, aesthetic and physical development.
St. Jude the Apostle is now in its 37th year as a Catholic elementary school that is part of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. We consider ourselves, first and foremost, a faith-based school. This means striving for our best in personal behavior and responsibility towards each other as well as academic excellence. We are blessed to be here in Westlake Village and participating in a variety of Christian Services projects helps our students and families pay it forward. We integrate our faith in all aspects of school life whether it is attending services in Church for Masses and prayer or working together as school families in a variety of different activities i.e. Reading Buddies (1st & 6th); Guardian Angels (2nd & 8th) and Study Buddies (Kinder & 5th). We have a wonderful and supportive staff of 25 teachers, specialists, staff and teacher’s assistants who help make this all possible. We also are blessed with a very high level of parental involvement. Parents assist with the support of daily programs such as serving of our hot lunch program, staffing the health office as well providing added hands for supervision in the Kinder program as well as art, science and other curriculum activities. Our parents also are very involved with fundraising activities, which has made many of our supplemental programs and materials possible. St. Jude has a well developed technology plan and we are able to provide the needed infrastructure as well as a variety of different devices to incorporate technology in all aspects of the curriculum.It is also to be understood that there are issues/situations that are confidential and not all information regarding decisions/actions by the administration can be shared with the community at large.
