Mr. Edward Torre
I grew up in nearby Harbor City, attended Narbonne High School, and worshiped at St. Margaret Mary Parish in Lomita. For college, I traveled east to attend Georgetown University to study International Relations. After college, I volunteered with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps in Phoenix serving young people at a local social service agency. With much discernment during my JVC year, I eventually chose a vocation in ministry as I served as the Coordinator of Youth Ministry at St. Margaret Mary led by Fr. Joseph Sartoris who would become Bishop Sartoris in 1994. One of the highlights of being CYM was leading over 40 pilgrims to the 1993 World Youth Day celebration in Denver at which St. John Paul II presided.
While I was at St. John Bosco as a Salesian Educator and immediately after the 9/11 attacks, I enlisted in the U.S. Navy Reserves in 2001–and, was mobilized to active duty from 2008 to 2013. Currently, I am still serving in the U.S. Navy Reserves.
Recently, I pivoted from Bosco to serve here at Bishop Montgomery in Torrance which is near where I reside in Redondo Beach. I have lived in Redondo for three years after moving from Torrance--and, now attend nearby St. Lawrence Martyr Church.
I am so excited to be a member of the Bishop Montgomery High School community–and, have thoroughly enjoyed this 2024-25 academic year as I have had the honor and pleasure of meeting and teaching some of our young Knights as well as the on-going collaboration with my fellow Bishop Montgomery educators to fulfill our school's mission..
Lastly, I am the proud Dad of my 29 year-old son, Grant.
Go Knights!
PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION
Being educated by the Jesuits in college and teaching at a Salesian School for 25 years, my philosophy of education has had to evolve from these experiences into what it is today.
My educational philosophy–a sense of goals in teaching as well as the nature of how one teaches– has evolved over the years. It has been my deepest desire for it to have a foundation based on rigor, reflection and service, and joy.
RIGOR. Since we sometimes don’t know what we are experiencing until after we experience it, I would later come to realize that a major part of my educational experience had been based on academic rigor–that is, lessons that encouraged students to question their assumptions and think deeply.
REFLECTION AND SERVICE. The reflection and action of my college years followed the rigor of my early formative years. In the Ignatian Educational system, assisting students to reflect on the meaning of what they learn for themselves and others; and, more importantly, to challenge students to apply their learning in service to others became a philosophical ideal of forming men and women for others.
JOY. Salesian Education focused my teaching and experience with students to provide healthy models and experiences in the areas of Home, School, Church, and Playground. Also known as the Salesian Oratory, this model suggests and encourages educators to provide holistic experiences and lessons in these four areas to educate the whole person. Significantly, the attitude to take in educating the whole person is one of joy whether it be in academics, athletics, or the arts. John the Evangelist proclaims that Jesus came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly (John 10:10). In the Gospels and in Salesian Education, a philosophical ideal of bringing joy to education is one of many keys to learning.
As a Bishop Montgomery Educator, my deepest desire is to do my best in providing an education to our Knights that includes and is conveyed through academic rigor, reflection and service, and joy. Amen.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Volunteer, Jesuit Volunteer Corps (1990-91)
Coordinator of Youth Ministry, St. Margaret Mary Parish (1991-94)
Educator, St. John Bosco High School (1994-2024)
Reservist, U.S. Navy Reserves (2001-Present)
Educator, Bishop Montgomery High School (2024-Present)
EDUCATION
Georgetown University, Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service
Loyola Marymount University, Masters in Pastoral Studies
