Today our students met in their Faith Family groups after the all school mass to work on a Catholic Schools Week project "At St. John's I learn to serve/lead/succeed by...". Check out their writing and art work in the hallways at Open House.

Several representatives of our St. John's School Student Council attended mass at St. Peter's in Chains Cathedral to celebrate Catholic Schools Week.

We're gearing up for a WILD time, at our Wild West Book Fair! The book fair will be open for previewing and purchasing during the St. John's Open House, this Thursday, Feb. 1st. It will be open on Sunday Feb. 4th after mass, during the school week, Feb. 5th through 9th, and again after mass on Sunday, Feb. 11th. Don't forget, online sales are OPEN NOW using the following links: Elementary: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/boo…/cptoolkit/homepage.do… Middle School: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/boo…/cptoolkit/homepage.do… All sales benefit the St. John the Baptist School Library, so your support is greatly appreciated!

6th graders went to see the movie Wonder. We are writing responses to reading it in class and comparing and contrasting the movie to the novel. The story is an eye-opening account that helps the reader understand what it is like to be different, to experience bullying, and to persevere. Wonder is a great tool in the fight against bullying.

With overwhelming interest in our new math club, which filled to capacity, students worked in fun ways on some of the more subtle skills that lead to success in math. Attendees across six grade levels worked and played together and in parallel at the first-ever math club session this week.  In just a few minutes, students learned how to solve a type of logic/arithmetic puzzle, how to play a spatial reasoning board game, and how to solve a certain type of logic challenge that increases in difficulty.

The sixth graders recently took a field trip to a Cyclones game. The curriculum that was taught addressed Common Core Standards in Math and Science with additional lessons in Health and Physical Education. The lessons were taught during the course of the game via video boards, on-ice activities, and workbooks.

Our 2017-2018 Bible Bowl Team members, sixth graders: Brady H, Lexi R, Gabby R, Brody S, Olivia T, Ashley W, and Madison Z were great contenders in the Super Bible Bowl hosted by St. Ignatius School on Thursday, January 11. These 7 students spent many hours having fun together as they prepared diligently for the competition. Their hard work paid off as they did an amazing job of finding and reading Bible verses as well as tackling tough questions from the ten books of Scripture chosen for this year’s competition. Their overall performance was awesome, taking first place in the first round and going on to take 3rd place out of all the schools there! Congratulations team!!! Bible Bowl Team is coached by faculty members Eileen Molulon and Tom Powers.

Last Sunday our 7th and 8th grade Liturgical Dancers performed at St. John the Baptist Church. The performance was beautiful. The group of young ladies is led by St. John the Baptist parishioner Mary Lou Veerkamp.