Dear Future Knights,

Thank you for your interest in Holy Cross of San Antonio! As your Admissions Director, I look forward to helping you navigate the admissions and enrollment process this year. Since I have joined the Holy Cross family, I have been welcomed wholeheartedly by this community and look forward to sharing this experience with you throughout your school search. 

Growing up in a small town, Charlotte, Texas, I learned the importance of family and how vital those strong community values were to my success. After graduating from Charlotte High School, I attended Our Lady of the Lake University where I received a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Marketing and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Management. One of the greatest opportunities during my college career was studying abroad in Europe, Romania and France. After graduation, I worked in sales for a publishing company, did event marketing for SeaWorld San Antonio, and spent that last 10 years in admissions at Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) recruiting new undergraduate students. 

At Holy Cross, you will have opportunities to grow academically, personally, athletically, and spiritually. Our students can earn up to 36 college credit hours through our dual credit partnership with OLLU as early as the summer after their sophomore year in high school. We offer blended learning (Online + Classroom), Honors and AP classes, SAT prep, over 10 clubs and organizations, and 12 competitive athletic programs. We are proud to have 100% college acceptance and 100% graduation rate. 

If you are interested in learning more about joining the Holy Cross family, please contact me at 210-433-2178 or by email at shannon.tijerina@holycross-sa.org. I would love to give you a tour of campus or schedule a Shadow Day where you can experience a day in the life of a Holy Cross student. I look forward to meeting you soon! Go Knights!

Dear Holy Cross students,

It is with great excitement that Ms. Melissa Romero joins the Holy Cross family as your Guidance Counselor this new school year! Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, she graduated from Providence Catholic High School and continued with her studies at St. Mary’s University. While at St. Mary’s, she received a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Language as well as a Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling and continued on with her professional career in higher education.

As she begins to prepare for your arrival to campus this August, she has kept in mind the words of Blessed Basile Moreau, “we do not want our students to be ignorant of anything they should know. To this end, we shall shrink from no sacrifice”. With that said, this summer she has put together many tools and resources to help you prepare for success in academics, college, career, and life. As your counselor, her goals are to serve and support you in the areas of academic counseling, personal counseling, college preparation, social emotional learning, and the development of interpersonal skills. In addition to supporting students, she will also serve as a resource for parents, teachers, and administrators at Holy Cross.

At the start of the school year, she will introduce students and parents to the new tools and resources available and will provide an overview of the following expectations for students: 

• Defining academic goals
• Learn effective decision making skills
• Importance of collaboration and team building
• Understanding your unique learning style
• Understanding your strengths and identify areas for improvement
• Defining your career goals
• Becoming efficient with college search tools available through Naviance
• Importance of Empathy, Self-awareness, Respect, Motivation

Prior to the first day of class, she encourages you to review the “Counselor’s Corner” section on the Holy Cross website and to contact her at melissa.romero@holycross-sa.org with any questions that you may have in the meantime. Ms. Romero is looking forward to welcoming all of the students back to school and is excited about working with everyone throughout the year! Go Knights!

Below are links to just a few of our Success stories. We hope that you can understand more about the Holy Cross experience from our alumni stories below. 

Judge Larry Noll '63

Father Richard Peña '63 

Roger Treviño '68

Dr. Gilbert Ruiz '70

David Colunga '72

Mark Herrera '80

Eloy Chavarria '82

Stephen Hernandez '97

Frank Gonzalez '04

What is 426?

426 is literally the digits of our street address, but it is much more than that. To our students, it is a powerful reminder of some of the tenets Holy Cross Students have come to know since 1957 --  Faith, Respect, Pride, Integrity, Ambition and Wisdom. To our alumni and all those who hold Holy Cross close to their hearts, we hope it is a call to action. Understanding the realities of tuition, we are asking our alumni and benefactors to donate to this scholarship program by signing up for a recurring $35.50 donation. This will add up to $426 a year in tuition assistance to be used for the 2018-19 school year. Our goal is to subsidize tuition with alumni contributions specifically designed to make it affordable to all academically qualified students.

Why Alumni? 

Because Alumni and Alumni families know firsthand the value of a 
Holy Cross education.  

Alumni have learned how to pay it forward.

Why Now?

With your support Holy Cross stands ready to continue our mission for the next 50 years!

The greater the support the more affordable the tuition. 

The more affordable the tuition, the more opportunities available for educating an additional 200 students in grades 6 through 12.

There are two easy ways to donate to Holy Cross:

1.     -- Click here to sign up with an existing PayPal account.

OR use the Converge System below:

2. Complete the form below and enter your credit card information on the next screen.

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