Save Verbum Dei Legacy Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/save-verbum-dei-legacy.html Online petition signatures en-us Tue, 7 Apr 2026 05:00 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition MR Michael Harris [Signature #217] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18225358?utm_medium=rss I along with three older brothers graduated from Verbum Dei. My eldest brother was a member of Verbum Dei's first graduating class. I was fortunate because years later before the policy change took place, my son was able to attend Verbum Dei and for three of the four years that he was there and yes he graduated too (class of 06), I was able to come back at my sons request and fill the vacant coaching duties for the track team from 2004 to 2006. I donated my time and coached for free for three seasons. I looked at this as a blessing to be able to give back to the school that gave so much to help me become the man that I am today. All of the Harris men are proud to be a part of the Verbum Dei family.
It doesn't matter how long ago you graduated or how short a period of time you were there, you were a part of something very special. With this being said, I gladly extend my support in helping change the policy of allowing the children of the alumni to be able to become part of the Verbum Dei experience......Once an eagle always an eagle.....GO VERB!!!

]]> Sat, 29 Nov 2014 05:31:00 UTC 18225358 Nancy Roussy [Signature #216] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13807993?utm_medium=rss Fri, 21 Sep 2012 03:40:12 UTC 13807993 mr Keith Ledbetter [Signature #215] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10127562?utm_medium=rss Please keep Verbum Dei open to everyone from the neighborhood. Preserve the Verbum Dei tradition of diversity and fairness and an oportunity to get an education.

]]> Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:46:07 UTC 10127562 Mr Richard Williams [Signature #214] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9168940?utm_medium=rss I would like to pay 20% of my earnings back to the school each year to help out!

]]> Mon, 27 Dec 2010 10:13:01 UTC 9168940 Mr Rico Martin [Signature #213] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8928706?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Nov 2010 06:43:44 UTC 8928706 Herbetta LaMothe [Signature #212] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8853315?utm_medium=rss Mon, 8 Nov 2010 09:25:43 UTC 8853315 Mr David Chastang [Signature #211] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8852622?utm_medium=rss Class of '84

]]> Mon, 8 Nov 2010 05:55:33 UTC 8852622 Mr. Randy Jenkins [Signature #210] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8847591?utm_medium=rss Mon, 8 Nov 2010 02:47:48 UTC 8847591 ms davetta goff [Signature #209] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8830740?utm_medium=rss Thu, 4 Nov 2010 08:09:33 UTC 8830740 Ms Michelle Jackson [Signature #208] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8820589?utm_medium=rss Wed, 3 Nov 2010 01:48:31 UTC 8820589 Mr Mose McCormick [Signature #207] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8819042?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Nov 2010 06:54:16 UTC 8819042 Jennifer Doyle [Signature #206] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8808805?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Nov 2010 12:13:38 UTC 8808805 ROSETTA GOFF [Signature #205] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8808507?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Nov 2010 11:03:49 UTC 8808507 Mr. Keith Ward [Signature #204] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8806346?utm_medium=rss Sun, 31 Oct 2010 10:44:53 UTC 8806346 Mr KENNETH SMITH [Signature #203] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8806344?utm_medium=rss Alumni Class of 1986

]]> Sun, 31 Oct 2010 10:42:34 UTC 8806344 Bishop Robert Durgan [Signature #202] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8806342?utm_medium=rss Sun, 31 Oct 2010 10:41:25 UTC 8806342 Darryl Thomas [Signature #201] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8804451?utm_medium=rss Entrepreneur, Mentor, Writer; and proud member of the Class of 1983....

]]> Sun, 31 Oct 2010 12:15:51 UTC 8804451 Tamika Brown [Signature #200] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8804232?utm_medium=rss Sun, 31 Oct 2010 11:12:31 UTC 8804232 mr Travis Wright [Signature #199] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8802318?utm_medium=rss Sat, 30 Oct 2010 10:46:16 UTC 8802318 SHEENA DAVIS [Signature #198] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8802142?utm_medium=rss Sat, 30 Oct 2010 09:29:14 UTC 8802142 Mr Eric Talbert [Signature #197] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8801663?utm_medium=rss Sat, 30 Oct 2010 06:07:10 UTC 8801663 Mr Mario Patrick [Signature #196] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8801302?utm_medium=rss Sat, 30 Oct 2010 04:29:50 UTC 8801302 Raymond Gibson [Signature #195] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8799818?utm_medium=rss Sat, 30 Oct 2010 11:15:15 UTC 8799818 Mr. Robert Ridley [Signature #194] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8797843?utm_medium=rss Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:06:59 UTC 8797843 ronald green [Signature #193] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8797079?utm_medium=rss Fri, 29 Oct 2010 04:34:22 UTC 8797079 MR RICHARD DAVIS [Signature #192] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8796879?utm_medium=rss Fri, 29 Oct 2010 03:43:28 UTC 8796879 Ms. Christine Manning [Signature #191] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8796819?utm_medium=rss A god Christian (Catholic) education, gives children a solid foundation unlike no other. Our young men need schools such as VERBUM DEI!!

]]> Fri, 29 Oct 2010 03:30:22 UTC 8796819 sean goward [Signature #190] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8796810?utm_medium=rss it's a shame that education is not held to the highest of standards,but it's going to take education to stop these kind's of thing's that are going on all over the world.

]]> Fri, 29 Oct 2010 03:27:46 UTC 8796810 Ms. Alicia Hugg [Signature #189] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8796498?utm_medium=rss Education is key to a strong community, a strong nation, and a world without end. As Aavery wise person once said: "A mind is a terrible thing to waste."

]]> Fri, 29 Oct 2010 02:19:32 UTC 8796498 carol bowie [Signature #188] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8796169?utm_medium=rss save this program!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:11:57 UTC 8796169 Pam McKinnie [Signature #187] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8796003?utm_medium=rss Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:40:06 UTC 8796003 Mr. Carl Foster [Signature #186] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8795858?utm_medium=rss Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:09:29 UTC 8795858 Ms June Bly [Signature #185] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8795760?utm_medium=rss Verbum Dei needs to continued the same standard on which the school founded on, the Policy need not change

]]> Fri, 29 Oct 2010 11:46:09 UTC 8795760 Ms. Glenda Jackson [Signature #184] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8795748?utm_medium=rss Fri, 29 Oct 2010 11:42:22 UTC 8795748 Denise Cabaong [Signature #183] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8795692?utm_medium=rss Fri, 29 Oct 2010 11:28:00 UTC 8795692 Ms. Morgana Matthews [Signature #182] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8795603?utm_medium=rss Fri, 29 Oct 2010 11:02:09 UTC 8795603 Verna Codd [Signature #181] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8795562?utm_medium=rss Keep the Legacy Alive!!!
The Development of Fine Yuong Men in the Inner City is Absolutely Necessary..

]]> Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:45:35 UTC 8795562 Dr Elio Mendoza [Signature #180] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8795015?utm_medium=rss Fri, 29 Oct 2010 08:20:53 UTC 8795015 Robert McCoy [Signature #179] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8794479?utm_medium=rss Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:30:43 UTC 8794479 Mr Keife Alex [Signature #178] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8794446?utm_medium=rss Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:16:39 UTC 8794446 David Thomas [Signature #177] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8793975?utm_medium=rss Fri, 29 Oct 2010 02:09:17 UTC 8793975 Mr Jose Varela [Signature #176] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8793705?utm_medium=rss Growing up in Watts I didn't see many opportunities to succeed. Verb showed me great outlooks in life. But the most important aspec of VERB was the comradity that was built with other students as well as the alumni that continually shared their stories and experiences with the underclassmen. The passing of the torch helped built a great foundation for future Eagles. VERB PRIDE

]]> Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:41:36 UTC 8793705 Mrs. Joyce Leake [Signature #175] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8793659?utm_medium=rss I have several Pastor friends who's sons were students at Verbum Dei and are very successful today some are Ministers serving the communities in which they live.

]]> Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:06:36 UTC 8793659 Natalie Jackson [Signature #174] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8793508?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:59:35 UTC 8793508 Dr. Marvine Yvette White [Signature #173] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8793437?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:30:15 UTC 8793437 Mr Gary Ballou [Signature #172] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8793145?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:32:16 UTC 8793145 Mrs. Karen Meyers [Signature #171] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8792798?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Oct 2010 05:49:33 UTC 8792798 Timothy Washington [Signature #170] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8792682?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Oct 2010 05:15:23 UTC 8792682 Ms Cozette Palmer [Signature #169] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8792618?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Oct 2010 04:53:40 UTC 8792618 Mr John Lewis [Signature #168] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8792593?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Oct 2010 04:45:06 UTC 8792593 REV. GARY BATCHELOR [Signature #167] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8792489?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Oct 2010 04:10:15 UTC 8792489 Ernestine Phillips [Signature #166] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8792466?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Oct 2010 04:03:09 UTC 8792466 Ms. Jamelle Washington [Signature #165] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8792363?utm_medium=rss Return to the old Admissions policy, and allow Verbum Dei to remain the "Jewel" that it is in the heart of Watts, CA. What it is, and where it is located, is the reason that keeps, celebs and the media coming back. It's making an impact in a community full of poverty. It's an EXTRAORDINARY facility. Changing it will make it ORDINARY.

]]> Thu, 28 Oct 2010 03:32:15 UTC 8792363 Mr. Robert Mendoza [Signature #164] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8792301?utm_medium=rss A policy such as the one that keeps alumni children from attending the same school as their fathers is unjust. Parents that can afford to send their children to a school that struggles financially should be welcomed and not turned away. Ask yourself the question: Does Loyola High School turn away the alumni children? The answer is obvious, they most certainly do not.

Please help the alumni of Verbum Dei keep their tradition alive. Verbum Dei has done so much for the young men of Watts.

]]> Thu, 28 Oct 2010 03:16:27 UTC 8792301 Claudia Curtis [Signature #163] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8792265?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Oct 2010 03:06:00 UTC 8792265 Christopher Mcbride [Signature #162] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8791666?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:43:28 UTC 8791666 Mr. Donny"Down Town" Brown [Signature #161] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8791484?utm_medium=rss http://www.answers.com/topic/title-ix-education-amendments-1972

Verbum Dei current admissions policies goes against the Education Act of 1972 - Title IX.
Any school recieving federal funds can't discriminate against gender, social economic status etc, when it comes to admissions. Does Verbum Dei recieve any federal dollars? If so, this petition needs to be sent to Arne Duncan- Secratary of Education- former Harvard grad and basketball team captain.
"Verbum Dei Eagle for Life"

]]> Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:58:53 UTC 8791484 Mr Anonymous [Signature #160] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8791459?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:51:59 UTC 8791459 mr chris beyer [Signature #159] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8791356?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:21:15 UTC 8791356 Mr Gregory Broussard [Signature #158] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8791230?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:52:06 UTC 8791230 Mr Walter Hampton [Signature #157] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8791104?utm_medium=rss I totally agree that the life values that you recieve from the Verb experience are unmatched by any other school and should be able to be shared by all that desire it. and students should not be denied because of a higher income level thats not what the school was built on from the day it opened and it should not change now..

]]> Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:21:00 UTC 8791104 Mrs. Jody McIntyre [Signature #156] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8790884?utm_medium=rss SAVE THE DEI!!!! LET THE ALUMNI IN!! IT IS AN EDUCATION .. NO ONE SHOULD BE TURNED DOWN REGARDLESS IF THEY MAKE TOO MUCH OR TOO LITTLE - WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?

]]> Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:13:21 UTC 8790884 Marla Fite Brown [Signature #155] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8790826?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Oct 2010 08:54:01 UTC 8790826 Mr. Darryl Stallworth [Signature #154] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8790814?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Oct 2010 08:48:22 UTC 8790814 mr kenneth austin [Signature #153] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8789983?utm_medium=rss I was part of the 1979 Verbum Dei Eagles Basketball Championship team and that means something to me...and should to you! Kenneth Austin 1979 New West Magazine voted BEST 6TH MAN IN THE NATION by Stu Black (R.I.P). Won 4 year scholarship to Rice University; selected in the 4th round of 83 NBA Draft to the Detroit Pistons...thank you Verbum Dei...and thats a legacy.

]]> Thu, 28 Oct 2010 04:13:11 UTC 8789983 Ms Tameca McMillan [Signature #152] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8789703?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Oct 2010 02:05:09 UTC 8789703 Bobby Mendoza, Jr. [Signature #151] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8789622?utm_medium=rss I have been in private education my entire carrer and have learned valuable life lessons as a youth growing up around the "Verb". My dad and uncles dedicated a large portion of their life serving this community. I would hate to see their hard work and the many success stories I have witnessed be lost forever. As a current principal, I understand the need to bolster revenue. That said, Verbum Dei is more than a school, it is a way out and a beacon of hope for many underpriveledged youth.

]]> Thu, 28 Oct 2010 01:24:51 UTC 8789622 Ms. Anonymous [Signature #150] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8789503?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:06:35 UTC 8789503 Coach Lalo Mendoza [Signature #149] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8789486?utm_medium=rss Pride is the child of tradition and history. The Verbum Dei legacy must prevail!

]]> Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:54:07 UTC 8789486 Ms. Denise Marshall-Mills [Signature #148] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8789484?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:52:39 UTC 8789484 Mr Edward Allen [Signature #147] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8789473?utm_medium=rss This policy effects more than just us. I am at Verb Monday through Saturday during football 8 months out of the year and I see the gap that represents the traditions and legacies that Verbum Dei had worked so hard to build and earn and the present day Verbum Dei increasingly widening.
We must work hard to put a stop to this.

]]> Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:39:20 UTC 8789473 Mrs Elizabeth Martin [Signature #146] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8789332?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Oct 2010 10:42:23 UTC 8789332 Anonymous [Signature #145] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8789307?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Oct 2010 10:34:11 UTC 8789307 Mr Clifford Penick Jr. [Signature #144] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8789228?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Oct 2010 10:05:47 UTC 8789228 Ms. Dana Brown [Signature #143] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8789216?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Oct 2010 10:02:19 UTC 8789216 Mr Raymond Bordenave, SR. [Signature #142] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8789174?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Oct 2010 09:52:46 UTC 8789174 Hari Williams [Signature #141] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8789115?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Oct 2010 09:30:52 UTC 8789115 MR Roberto Leon [Signature #140] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8789102?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Oct 2010 09:27:43 UTC 8789102 Ms. Charlotte Robinson [Signature #139] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8789061?utm_medium=rss Please continue to maintain the legacy and integrity for minority students at Verbum Dei School.

]]> Wed, 27 Oct 2010 09:07:01 UTC 8789061 Mrs Michelle Emelle [Signature #138] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8789006?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Oct 2010 08:36:05 UTC 8789006 Ms Doris Brown [Signature #137] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8788926?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:56:51 UTC 8788926 mr. Hayward Hunt [Signature #136] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8788910?utm_medium=rss Verdum Dei Alumni 1970

]]> Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:46:15 UTC 8788910 Mr. Bobby Samuels [Signature #135] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8788902?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:42:56 UTC 8788902 Denise Miller [Signature #134] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8788890?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:33:18 UTC 8788890 Dr. Daniel Gutekanst [Signature #133] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8788870?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:25:47 UTC 8788870 mr jerry rising [Signature #132] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8788849?utm_medium=rss please keep this fine institution open

]]> Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:17:29 UTC 8788849 Charlie Arviso [Signature #131] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8788846?utm_medium=rss Verbum Dei needs to stay

]]> Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:17:06 UTC 8788846 Mr. Eugene Brown [Signature #130] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8788667?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Oct 2010 06:03:51 UTC 8788667 mr patrick batiste [Signature #129] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8788166?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Oct 2010 03:56:54 UTC 8788166 Mr Kenneth Godfrey [Signature #128] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8788126?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Oct 2010 03:49:29 UTC 8788126 Mr Carl Crawford [Signature #127] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8787869?utm_medium=rss My experiance at Verbum Dei was very tranformational for my life. The tradition must live on !! To close this opportunity based on income is a tradjedy and just wrong.

]]> Wed, 27 Oct 2010 02:55:00 UTC 8787869 Mr. Greg Lambeth [Signature #126] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8787785?utm_medium=rss Class of 1988

]]> Wed, 27 Oct 2010 02:35:14 UTC 8787785 mr devin jones [Signature #125] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8787778?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Oct 2010 02:31:54 UTC 8787778 mr kenneth mcneil [Signature #124] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8787768?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Oct 2010 02:29:06 UTC 8787768 Mr Maurice Patterson [Signature #123] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8787761?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Oct 2010 02:27:34 UTC 8787761 Mr. Michael McCaskill [Signature #122] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8787718?utm_medium=rss Verbum Dei High School is very important to many of us who attended...especially those of us who were raised in a single parent household by a hard working parent (mom), who struggled to make ends meet. That being said...what makes "Verb" so very special to me and my three older brothers who attended, was the diverse makeup of the small and intimate student body. The new policy will adversely affect this experience for all students at "Verb", therefore, I am in full support of this petition.

]]> Wed, 27 Oct 2010 02:18:37 UTC 8787718 William Brooks [Signature #121] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8787582?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Oct 2010 01:39:14 UTC 8787582 Mr. Joseph Jones [Signature #120] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8787492?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Oct 2010 01:14:05 UTC 8787492 Jesus Nava [Signature #119] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8787423?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:58:53 UTC 8787423 mr Samuel Simpson [Signature #118] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8787409?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:55:00 UTC 8787409