Photo Gallery: New school St. John Paul II STEM Academy at Bellarmine-Jefferson open house
Parents and guests to the school watch the first new students to the school swing a sledge hammer into a wall labeled for demolition on the first day inside the St. John Paul II STEM Academy at Bellarmine-Jefferson, a new Roman Catholic high school in Burbank on Monday, March 4, 2019. The school will open to a small class of freshman in the Fall, focussing on science, technology, engineering, and math. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Dean of Academics Bridget Higgins goes through an introduction session with a few of the first students to enroll with the school in a introduction to engineering session on the first day inside the St. John Paul II STEM Academy at Bellarmine-Jefferson, a new Roman Catholic high school in Burbank on Monday, March 4, 2019. The school will open to a small class of freshman in the Fall, focussing on science, technology, engineering, and math. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Jennifer Nitti, of North Hollywood, smiles as her son and a group of brand new students give a presentation on the first day inside the St. John Paul II STEM Academy at Bellarmine-Jefferson, a new Roman Catholic high school in Burbank on Monday, March 4, 2019. The school will open to a small class of freshman in the Fall, focussing on science, technology, engineering, and math. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
A group of the first students to the school give a short presentation to parents in the library on the first day inside the St. John Paul II STEM Academy at Bellarmine-Jefferson, a new Roman Catholic high school in Burbank on Monday, March 4, 2019. The school will open to a small class of freshman in the Fall, focussing on science, technology, engineering, and math. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
One of the first students to the school Mariam Khalatyan, 14, of Glendale, plunges a sledge hammer into a wall to create the first hole to demolish the wall on the first day inside the St. John Paul II STEM Academy at Bellarmine-Jefferson, a new Roman Catholic high school in Burbank on Monday, March 4, 2019. The school will open to a small class of freshman in the Fall, focussing on science, technology, engineering, and math. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Father John Collins sprinkles holy water on a wall with red Xs on it to indicate demolition on the first day inside the St. John Paul II STEM Academy at Bellarmine-Jefferson, a new Roman Catholic high school in Burbank on Monday, March 4, 2019. The school will open to a small class of freshman in the Fall, focussing on science, technology, engineering, and math. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Parents check out the lockers on the first day inside the St. John Paul II STEM Academy at Bellarmine-Jefferson, a new Roman Catholic high school in Burbank on Monday, March 4, 2019. The school will open to a small class of freshman in the Fall, focussing on science, technology, engineering, and math. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Dean of Academics Bridget Higgins goes through an introduction session with a few of the first students to enroll with the school in a introduction to engineering session on the first day inside the St. John Paul II STEM Academy at Bellarmine-Jefferson, a new Roman Catholic high school in Burbank on Monday, March 4, 2019. The school will open to a small class of freshman in the Fall, focussing on science, technology, engineering, and math. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Bryant Cruz, 13, of Hollywood, sends a sledge hammer into a wall labeled for demolition to make room for a new classroom on the first day inside the St. John Paul II STEM Academy at Bellarmine-Jefferson, a new Roman Catholic high school in Burbank on Monday, March 4, 2019. The school will open to a small class of freshman in the Fall, focussing on science, technology, engineering, and math. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Theresa Rosette, of La Cresenta, looks through her son’s gift bag as Lilli Baur, of Tujunga, listens to a presentation on the first day inside the St. John Paul II STEM Academy at Bellarmine-Jefferson, a new Roman Catholic high school in Burbank on Monday, March 4, 2019. The school will open to a small class of freshman in the Fall, focussing on science, technology, engineering, and math. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Parents stand in the corner watching their children work on an engineering-themed project on the first day inside the St. John Paul II STEM Academy at Bellarmine-Jefferson, a new Roman Catholic high school in Burbank on Monday, March 4, 2019. The school will open to a small class of freshman in the Fall, focussing on science, technology, engineering, and math. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
The library on the first day inside the St. John Paul II STEM Academy at Bellarmine-Jefferson, a new Roman Catholic high school in Burbank on Monday, March 4, 2019. The school will open to a small class of freshman in the Fall, focussing on science, technology, engineering, and math. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Dean of Academics Bridget Higgins takes a peek inside a gift bag for new students on the first day inside the St. John Paul II STEM Academy at Bellarmine-Jefferson, a new Roman Catholic high school, in Burbank on Monday, March 4, 2019. The school will open to a small class of freshman in the Fall, focussing on science, technology, engineering, and math. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)