St. Finbar Parish School vs. St. Francis Xavier School

Saint Finbar School has been serving the Catholic Community of the Burbank and Glendale area since 1945.

The school is located on the picturesque corner of Olive Ave and Keystone Street in Burbank.

Our grades include early fives, kindergarten, and grades one through eight.

In addition to the challenging academic standards of the Catholic curriculum, the school offers music, French, Spanish, physical education, computers, science lab, art and an elective period for the junior high.

Our extracurricular activities include a full athletic program, student council, youth ministry, liturgical choir, newspaper, and yearbook.

We offer day care from 6:45am to 6:00pm. Most of our graduates go on to private Catholic High School.

St. Finbar School solve problems; think creatively and independently; follow your faith; interact with others; nurture your beliefs; brighten the world with your gifts; achieve your potential and respect self and others.

It is the mission of St. Francis Xavier School to teach and share the traditions of the Roman Catholic faith and promote academic excellence through the total development of the child.

We enlighten the mind and heart through the teachings of Jesus Christ.

We present an integrated curriculum with a strong foundation in the development of basic skills.

We promote personal responsibility and respect for ouselves and others through service.

We celebrate the diversity in the religious and cultural heritages of our students.

We instill the importance of developing a strong body as well as a sound mind.

We encourage a love and appreciation of self-expression through exposure to the fine arts.

In partnership with the parents, the acknowledged primary educators of their children, we guide each student to develop to his or her fullest potential, as a responsible citizen of the world, who is imbued with a strong set of moral values, a sense of service and a love of learning.

We seek to discover each child's talents, interests and needs.

We seek to foster and guide each child in all areas of human development: spiritual, intellectual, psychological, sociological, physical and aesthetic.