Principal’s Letter

Family STEM night begins at 5:30 this evening, but today throughout the classes, students have been engaged in many creative STEM projects with their buddies. During my visits to the classrooms, I heard the sounds of wonder and delight and noted that not only are they learning together, but they are having so much fun … Continue Reading »

All week, the glorious sunshine and the beautiful moon have reminded me of the abundance of blessings that I receive daily. We are well aware of the dire warnings of climate change, and then we experience these bright moments of joy. We hear about and see around us poverty and violence, yet we must persist … Continue Reading »

At St. John today, many classes are celebrating math and Pi (3.14) calculating the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of various circles and by eating circular pies. The Preschool, Kindergarten and first grades welcomed their Grandparents and Special Friends to lunch and put on fine performances for them.  We also continue our Lenten … Continue Reading »

So when actually was the 100th day of school? The snow days have resulted in the primary classes celebrating the 100th day of school at different times this year due to their various schedules! It sure is an interesting school year and it is hard to believe that Lent begins next week. We will have … Continue Reading »

Welcome back! We are looking forward to a good stretch of five-day weeks here at St. John and settling into great learning research projects: STEM night, middle school science presentations, the Oregon Trail, animal and plant adaptations, The Musical – Peter Pan, Jr. and so much more. Facilitation has been rescheduled to this Sunday and … Continue Reading »

Dear Parents, What a week it has been! We hope you enjoyed the snow days as much as your children did. They came back so excited with many stories of their adventures. Thank you for opting into the emergency text message and for your cooperation with the slushy drop-off and pick-up. I also want to … Continue Reading »

Thank you for accommodating the change of date and coming to the State of the School presentation last night. We had good attendance this morning also and we look forward to meeting the rest of you, parents, this evening. Thank you to parent, Matt Deines for presenting and to alum parent, Jeri Jarvie for the … Continue Reading »

The school is awash in the colors of Spring, the ‘students’ are teaching and the ‘teachers’ are in the desks, and many Pablos and Ms. O‘Learys are keeping eyes on all of us! On behalf of the entire faculty, thank you all so much for the beautiful flowers, and for the support as you helped … Continue Reading »