We wish the very best to each of our 36 members of the Class of 2019! A special graduation ceremony was held on Thursday, May 31st at St. John the Baptist Church followed by a fun celebration for parents and graduates in the Parish Center. Best of luck to them in high school!

This morning during a special Candle Ceremony our eighth graders each passed a "light of leadership", symbolized with a candle, to a seventh grader. In return, each seventh grade student passed a flower to an eight grader. Mr. Minelli then spoke to the seventh grade class asking them to commit to several promises including, "Will you be, like St. John the Baptist, heralds of God's love in the world?"

Congratulations to our eighth grade students on receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation on May 8th at St. Peters in Chains Cathedral. Bishop Joseph Binzer presided .

Eighth grade recently spent the day in Columbus, Ohio visiting the Ohio State House, Ohio Supreme Court, and COSI. They finished out the day at Dave & Busters for dinner and some games before heading back to Cincinnati. To see more photos, click on the article title.

Sixth grade students visited the The Cincinnati Museum Center today to view the Egypt exhibit. The exhibit explores the realities of daily life in ancient Egypt with the use of vivid interactive multimedia spaces, detailed models of once-lost cities and landscapes, and more than 350 original artifacts dating back over 4,500 years. While at The Museum Center, students also had the opportunity to visit the Holocaust and Humanity Center. Click on the article title to view more photos.

CONGRATULATIONS to our “Top 8” winners of the Pizza Hut Book It Challenge! These super readers each read over 10,000 minutes during the school year, with our top two reading over 43,000 minutes! Winners got the first pick of “Book It”prizes in the library this morning.

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.