Many thanks to all of our school families that donated new and gently used books during Right to Read week. Over 1100 books were collected to be given to the Job and Family Services Center. As a reward for surpassing our goal of 1000 books, students were permitted to be out of uniform on Thursday, Aprl 18th.

Eighth grade students spent the day on Tuesday, April 16th at St. Leo the Great Church and St. Leo's Food Pantry for their service project. Divided into six work groups, students helped to clean the church and prepare it for Easter, cleaned up the grounds outside, washed parish vans, and worked in the food pantry. After lunch, they put together 125 Easter goodie bags for the children of St. Leo's parish. St. Leo's parish is a poor parish within our archdiocese with a diverse population including refugees from Burundi and many who are immigrants from Guatemala. The area of Cincinnati in which St. Leo's is located is considered to be a "food desert" with no grocery stores or places to buy food in the community. Many people are in great need of the services provided by the church and the food pantry which provides food for over 1000 people a week. Click on article title to view more photos.

“As you did it to the least of these my brothers and sisters, you did it to me.” Mt. 25:40 Seventh grade students went to Matthew 25 Ministries yesterday, Tuesday, April 9th. In addition to sorting clothing donations and pad products, they were given an educational tour in which they had virtual experiences of the aftermath of natural disasters and life in impoverished areas. Throughout this service project, our seventh graders learned about the mission of Matthew 25 Ministries and Christ’s call to do works of mercy.

A "rad" time was had by all at our 2nd Annual Mother-Son Dance, "Let's Glow 80's Crazy"! Our students and their mothers dressed the part in their totally tubular costumes, and enjoyed dancing to some 80's tunes and playing a few games. Thank you to all of our volunteers who made this special night possible! Click on the article title to see more photos.

Junior high students spent the day at St. John Neumann on March 28th for a NET Ministries retreat. The theme for this year's retreat, "In His Image", explored our inclination to identify ourselves by what we do rather than who we are as God's sons and daughters. Students participated in large group talks, skits, and dramas, small group discussions, and individual prayer. Throughout the entire retreat, the students were extended the invitation to embrace their faith and cultivate a personal relationship with Christ.

Thank you to everyone who came to our PTO Carnival on Saturday. It was a fun-filled day with lots of games, a basket raffle, rubber duck split the pot, and two great magicians. We really appreciate all of the hard work and planning that went into this event and all of our dedicated volunteers. Click on the article title to see more photos.

Please join us on Sunday, April 7, 2019 for The 3rd Annual St. John's Night at FC Cincinnati. All school families, sports families, and parishioners are welcome to join us. Friends and family members are welcome to join us as well! For more information or to order tickets please click on article title to access attachment.

Last week was packed full of classroom enrichments!!! Grades three and four each had their own programs presented by The Cincinnati Museum Center while second grade enjoyed a "Body Mechanics" program presented by Mother's Nature Inc. Fourth grade learned all about The Underground Railroad, third grade learned some Cincinnati history facts while learning to use maps to find street names and addresses, and second grade learned about the functions of the heart, brain, and lungs and how to keep their bodies healthy. Click on article title to see more photos.

After being postponed due to inclement weather during Catholic Schools Week, our Class of 2019 finally had their turn last Friday to challenge the faculty in the annual St. John's 8th Grade vs. Faculty Volleyball Game. Our highly spirited eighth graders defeated the faculty 3-0! Students in grades K-7 were in attendance to cheer for both sides.

Thank you to all of our volunteers and families that supported our Book Fair. We surpassed our goal of 1000 books‼️ Students earned an "OUT OF UNIFORM DAY" for Thursday, February 14th.

Thank you to all of our dads/special persons that joined us on February 8th for our annual DONUTS WITH DAD. Students enjoyed starting their day having donuts and juice with their special guests.

The Cincinnati Museum Center recently visited sixth grade for an enrichment program, “Forensics-The Science of Crime”. Students identified the gender and ethnicity of human skulls and tried to determine, from evidence, cause of death.

Farbach Werner Nature Preserve brought two visitors to fifth grade last week, a red tail hawk named Tracker and a snake. Students learned about animal winter survival techniques. Teams of students were given the opportunity to build different types of animal fort like structures.

Our eighth grade Class of 2019 is collecting plastic caps and lids to have them recycled and turned into a bench to give back to St. John's School for their class gift. They need 250 lbs. of plastic caps and lids in order to meet their goal. Once the caps are collected, our eighth graders will weigh them and a group will take them to the Green Tree Plastics Company in Evansville, Indiana, along with a check to cover the manufacturing cost of the bench (which is between $250-$300 depending on the size of the bench). They will bring the bench home that day and place an engraved plate on it saying something like "Gift from the 8th Grade Class of 2019". So we are asking for everyone's help!!! PLEASE CLICK ON THIS ARTICLE TO ACCESS A LINK THAT WILL LIST THE ACCEPTABLE TYPE OF CAPS AND LIDS.

Fourth Grade had the opportunity to learn all about therapy dogs and the impact they can have on people's emotional well being. Mrs. Mary Ann Wolf, one of our preschool teacher's aides, brought her therapy dog Lincoln in for a visit. He is a Therapy Dog International dog that visits people in nursing homes, hospitals, schools, libraries, and other places to provide comfort, happiness, and a break from the daily routine of loneliness and illness. Notice Lincoln's professional attire...he always wears a necktie to work.

Second grade recently enjoyed a visit from The Cincinnati Museum Center. They traveled to Peru, Kenya, Australia, and China all while staying in their classrooms and learning about different cultures around the world.

A sincere thank you to all of our donors during iGiveCatholic's Giving Tuesday! Our school was one of the Top 2 Elementary Schools with the most individual donors. As a result, we will be awarded $1000 from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Also, congratulations to Corpus Christi and St. John Neumann for being in the top 3 Parishes with the most individual donors. They also, will be awarded $1000 each.

St.John the Baptist School is participating in #igivecatholic on Tuesday November 27, 2018. Advanced Day of Giving is now open!! The funds raised will go toward MANY improvements to our school. Items we need to purchase are new windows for the school, twelve more classroom HVAC systems, and five new exterior doors. To donate or learn more about our campaign, please visit www.igivecatholic.org----You can find this link by clicking on this article’s title or under the Giving to St. Johns tab.

The Cincinnati Zoo brought Bocci, a three-banded armadillo and Cornelius, a corn snake to St. Johns for an enrichment program with our third grade classes. The students learned about these animal's characteristics, habitats, diet, and many more fun facts.

A big thank you to all of our school families that donated items and came to help make bags and baby blankets for St. John the Baptist Church’s “Create the Good” service project last week. They were able to fill 135 "Birthday Bags" for the Corpus Christi food pantry, 122 bags for Tri Health cancer patients filled with magazines, crossword puzzles, mouthwash, gum, etc., and 67 bags for St. VIncent de Paul filled with canned goods and personal care items. They also made 64 fleece baby blankets for Pregnancy Center West.