The young man with braces and close-cropped hair as precise as a geometry lesson steps onto the stage at Verbum Dei High School, grabs the microphone and introduces himself. "My name is Ricardo ...

But his mother had other plans. As he was entering ninth grade, she pushed for him to enroll in Verbum Dei High School, a Jesuit-run school in the Watts neighborhood of L.A. that is part of the ...

Peter Watts relishes the bonds he forged with coaches, teachers and classmates at Verbum Dei High School, an all-boys Catholic campus with a long tradition as an athletic powerhouse and a haven ...

For the eighth year in a row, the entire senior class at Verbum Dei High School - an all-male college and career preparatory Jesuit high school in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles - has been ...

June 13, 2025. Following a week of ICE raids and anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles, tensions remain high across Southern California, and the nation at large. This, as the marines have now been ...

LOS ANGELES -- Come fall, the students at Verbum Dei High School in Watts not only will attend it, they will spend at least one day a week trying to save it. The Roman Catholic, all-male ...

WATTS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Directors of Verbum Dei High School is pleased to announce the school will transition from a Los Angeles Archdiocesan school to a fully-sponsored ...

WATTS (CBSLA.com) — Verbum Dei High School in Watts boasts a 100 percent college acceptance rate for graduating students. What makes it even more remarkable is that the school is thriving in a ...

Megan Telles was live in Watts at Verbum Dei Jesuit High School with the continuation of KTLA’s School Spirit Spotlight series. If you think your school stands out from the rest, send us an ...