Eighth graders traveled to Columbus, Ohio on Friday, May 5th, to visit the Ohio Statehouse, Ohio Supreme Court and COSI - Center of Science and Industry. After a full day of adventure, they finished up with dinner and games at Dave & Buster's.

Congratulations to our Confirmandi! Our eighth graders were confirmed on Wednesday evening at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Peters in Chains. May the grace of God’s world, the guidance of His hand and the loving wisdom of His words fill their hearts and light their way today and every day.

Congratulations to our Performing Arts Cast and Crew for three incredible performances of their spring musical, Disney's FROZEN Jr.! A special thank you to our Directors, Mrs. Amy Eyers and Mrs. Nancy Huey, for their dedication to this program and to all our volunteers who helped with the set, costumes, hair & make up, lighting & sound and so much more. Click on the article title to view more photos.

Congratulations to our Bible Bowl team for a job well done at the St. Ignatius Bible Bowl! Thank you to Mrs. Eileen Molulon and Ms. Machell Parks Kroner for leading our sixth grade team.

Thank you to all those who sent in donations for our Catholic Schools Week service projects to benefit the Corpus Christi Food Pantry and Pregnancy Center West. Our school collected 450 pounds of non-perishable food items and $240.00 in cash donations for the food pantry as well as many boxes full of baby items and baby bottles filled with cash donations for Pregnancy Center West. Click on article to view more photos.

Congratulations to Miss Pearce (plants) and Ellie W. (dragons) whose art designs were both selected to be a part of the 2022 Rain Barrel Art Project! This project invites local artists to design and paint rain barrels that are auctioned off at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. The Rain Barrel Art Project is sponsored by Save Local Waters to educate the public on environmental issues like storm water runoff, watersheds and water conservation.

A big thank you to all those who helped to make our Open House a success! We appreciate all the work of the planning committee, parent & 7th-8th grade tour guides, PTO, Boosters and cafeteria. It was a pleasure to meet our prospective future Blue Jays and show them why St. John’s is A GREAT PLACE TO BELONG!

Congratulations to two of our talented 8th grade students whose artwork has been accepted into the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards and will be on display for a limited time at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. This is an incredible honor, similar to going to state for art! There are three award levels: Gold Keys, Silver Keys and Honorable Mentions. Those students receiving Gold Key Awards will go on to compete at a national level. Click on the title to view the four pieces which earned awards.

A heartfelt thank you to the Our Lady of Visitation Old Timers Association and ESAP/George Hubert Jr. Foundation for their generous donation to our school’s tuition assistance fund. The Old Timers Association raises funds from their softball tournament and golf outing which are then matched by ESAP (Catholic Education Fund) and distributed to various local catholic schools.

Together we did it Blue Jays!!! We exceeded our goal of $10,000 and raised $13,492.91 for technology. A special thank you to all those who donated to make this fundraiser a success and to our amazing Walkathon Co-chairs, Kelly Heid and Amanda Kirkpatrick, and their team of volunteers. Congratulations to our first and eighth grade classes for earning pizza parties for having the highest amount in donations (K-3) and (4-8) and to our first grade student who won the $100 Shopping Cent$ gift cards for being the top donor.

Effective Thursday, September 16, 2021, masks will be mandatory for all students, faculty, staff and visitors at St. John the Baptist School. We are all working together to keep our school a safe and healthy place where we can remain open to learn in person.

Beginning this week and going forward, we are announcing birthdays during morning announcements. Birthdays are special and we want to celebrate and recognize our students, faculty and staff. Stay tuned to Facebook and Instagram every Friday to see a photo of the week's BIRTHDAY BUNCH!

We are so excited to announce that our school library has been reopened this year! Students in grades K-5 will visit the library once a week and those in grades 6-8 can drop in when time allows. A heartfelt thank you to Mrs. Trisha Maddux, our new volunteer librarian, and her group of volunteers for the countless hours they are spending to make this happen for our students.

First day of school excitement and smiles were all around on Wednesday, August 18th as we welcomed our Blue Jays back to school.

Congratulations to the 34 members of our St. John's Class of 2021! May God bless them and watch over them as they begin their next journey and may they continue to be "heralds of God's love in the world."

To kick off Teacher Appreciation Week students surprised our teachers on Monday morning by delivering a popcorn snack to them. Thank you to our St. John's Social Committee for planning daily surprises to show our love and appreciation for our teachers!

Our amazing and generous Blue Jay families have done it once again!! Box upon box of gently used shoes totaling 453 pair were collected for the Aubrey Rose Foundation “Soles to Souls” shoe drive. One of our 8th grade students organized the shoe drive for St. John's as her Confirmation service project. A big thank you to all for your generous donations to help those in need.

Shouts of joy abounded as the playset was reopend last Friday for recesses! Revised safety guidelines are in place for Covid protocol.

Shout out to our two eighth grade students who have been earning money for our school in their free time by entering thousands of Coca-Cola codes into the My Coke Rewards program! We are grateful for their service to our school and they plan to continue entering the codes for St. John's even after graduating in May!

Thank you to Nate's Toy Box for their gift of books to our second and third grade students. Click on article to learn more about Nate's Toy Box.