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Our Lady of Perpetual Help School 80 Wellington Avenue Daly City, CA 94014 (650) 755-4438 School Hours: 8:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M. Extended Care: 7:00 A.M. - 8:00 A.M. and After School to 6:00 P.M.

About OLPH Our Lady of Perpetual Help School is fully accredited through the year 2011 by: We also offer: - School Counselor - Full Day Kindergarten Program - Instructional Aides for Grades K-8 - Specialized Teachers in Music, PE, Computers - Sacramental Programs in Grades 2 and 8 - Student Council - Departmentalized in Grades 6-8 - Junior High Drama Program - Full Service Cafeteria - No EScrip requirements - No mandatory bingo or festival hours Archdiocese of San Francisco Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) Western Catholic Education Association (WCEA) History Our Lady of Perpetual Help School, located in Daly City, was founded in 1933 as a temporary four-classroom building. The grade levels were combined until 1942, when a second temporary building was added and all except the seventh and eighth grades were separated. The present school building was erected in 1947, under the direction of Pastor James Bergin. In 1972, the school formally adopted the British Open Plan, which lasted until 1981. Beginning that year, OLPH returned to self-contained classrooms in grades one through eight. A full-time Kindergarten was added in 1983 and an extended care program was added in 1997. The junior-high classes (grades 6-8) began using a modified departmentalized program in September 2000. The Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange served as administrators, teachers, and auxiliary sevice personnel when the school opened in 1933. Since 1984 the school has operated with a lay administrator. In June 1987, the Sisters withdrew from OLPH School and returned to Orange, California. The present staff is comprised of one lay principal and nine full-time teachers, including one Sister of Mercy. The school has the services of two instructional aides serving in kindergarten through grade three, two computer teachers who also serve as resource teachers for grades four through eight, one music teacher, one physical education teacher (Rhythm and Moves), and one counselor. Support staff includes the following: administrative assistant, development director, librarian, cafeteria service coordinator, bookkeeper, and custodian. Media Center Technology: Use of technology is interwoven into the daily curriculum through the use of iBook wireless mobile labs. These labs carry iBook laptops for use by students at both the upper and lower grade levels. Library: Students are instructed in library skills and encouraged to use available reference, biography, fiction, and history books for enhanced learning, studying, and research.