St. John School is a Catholic school located in the North End of Boston,MA. The school serves children from 3 years to 8th grade and offers an innovative program rooted in Catholic values and strong academics.
School’s Mission Statement (partial)
St. John School is a Catholic value-centered learning community dedicated to fostering the growth of each student in spirit, mind, and body. Welcoming prekindergarten through eighth grade students, we utilize innovative programs and a standards-based curriculum to educate the whole child.
Academics
The school has an innovative and ambitious curriculum with the goal of creating a fun and captivating learning experience.
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Early Childhood: The school uses the OWL curriculum, which provides a strong research-based early literacy base. It covers broad areas, including language and literacy, social studies, science, mathematics, the arts, physical development, and social and emotional development. Depending on the age of the children, other subjects are included, such as music, art, technology, physical education, Italian, and library learning.
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Elementary School: The curriculum includes reading, writing, a Greek-Latin roots program, English, social studies, vocabulary/reading comprehension, and nature science.
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Middle School: The curriculum includes English/literature, algebra, history, science, woodworking, and bookbinding. The school also utilizes the Kahn Academy programs, which contain thousands of educational resources on the web.
After-School Activities
The school provides a broad after-school and enrichment program, including yoga, nutrition, piano lessons, the Italian Culture Club, Chinese Language Classes, the Coast Guard Mentor Program, the Paul Revere Partnership Program, the Science Club, Math Olympiads, the HSPT Prep Course, Dance, Honors Chorus Drama Fitness, Minecraft, and SCRATCH JR (an MIT-designed programming language for children).