Academics
High School
High School Faculty
Science Department
Bryan Cardella, Science Department
What is your favorite lesson to cover and why?
In Biology classes, my favorite lesson is probably when we are done with DNA/RNA and I can finally play and sing the “DNA Song” for students on my piano. In Physiology classes, it’s during the skeletal system unit when I put out models of various unknown bones and students need to use what they know as a group to figure out which bones they are.
What do you hope students take from your classes?
My hope is that students will have a renewed fascination about life science, that they feel empowered to learn more on their own and that they can be an informed (yet skeptical) scientist!
Describe something interesting about your experience of being a teacher at Immaculate Heart.
I taught the first five years of my career at IH. I ended up leaving for another teaching opportunity, and, after teaching at some other schools, 10 years later I jumped at the opportunity to return to Immaculate Heart. I missed the friendly community, engaging and rigorous courses and the fun traditions. I’m so happy to be back!
Besides teaching, what other roles do you play on campus?
Besides teaching Biology and Anatomy/Physiology classes, I am also the sophomore class moderator, Science Bowl coach and resident jokester and impersonator at IH.
Immaculate Heart High School & Middle School
5515 Franklin Avenue • Los Angeles, California 90028
phone: (323) 461-3651 • fax: (323) 462-0610
phone: (323) 461-3651 • fax: (323) 462-0610
A Catholic, independent college preparatory school for girls in grades 6 through 12, Immaculate Heart has been located on a beautiful hillside property in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles since our founding by the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1906. We celebrate more than a century of nurturing the spiritual, intellectual, social and moral development of students as they distinguish themselves as women of great heart and right conscience.