When the academic day draws to a close, activities in the after school program at St. John’s School launch into full swing. Children are guided in an enriching program that focuses on extracurricular activities that address the needs and interests of the whole child. “We are having a great year in the after school program” Read More…
1. Can you tell us a little about your background and how long have you been a teacher at St. John School? I am one of four children from upstate NY. I earned my bachelor’s degree from Skidmore College in Education & Music; and my master’s degree from the State University at Albany in Reading Read More…
Just like Boston’s highly anticipated mayoral race, SJS’s Middle School elected their new Student Council for the 2013-2014 school year. There was a busy week of campaigning, creating campaign posters and speeches. The results are in! We are proud to announce the winners of the St. John School student council election are: President – Richard Read More…
Ghosts, bats, pumpkins and zombies, oh my! It’s that time of year again when ghosts and goblins appear to take over the North End and that is exactly what happened at the United States Coast Guard Base. The base hosted two Halloween celebrations for the kids of St. John School. October 22nd, the base was Read More…
On Wednesday, October 23rd, at a morning Mass followed by a breakfast reception at Our Lady Help of Christians Parish in Newton, Cardinal Séan O’Malley of the Archdiocese of Boston inducted the fourth class of Peter Lynch (PL) Scholars. Mattea delPeschio, Amanda Forziati and Isabella Marashi from St. John School, North End were three of Read More…
On Friday, October 25, 175 grandparents and special friends joined us at St. John School to spend the morning visiting with us. Grandparents’ and Special Friends’ Day was a new opportunity for St. John School to invite our families to come in and spend a few hours to see our school through the eyes of Read More…
On Thursday, October 17th, several members of OneBeacon Insurance Group, (Meredith Atwood, Bernice Ford, Gordon Lammert, Mary Matarazzo and Meredith Walton) in Boston’s Financial District, participated in the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) Week of Giving. The group volunteered their time at St. John School in the North End by reading to our K5 and 1st Read More…
Can you tell us a little about your background? How long have you been a teacher at St. John School? I am from western Massachusetts, and I have two younger sisters, Nancy, and Caroline. This is my ninth year at St. John School. What attracted you to teaching? As a college student, I worked summers Read More…
Open House at St. John School for New Families 2014-2015 Registration for K3 – Grade 8 Wednesday, October 16, 2013 | 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. New families are invited to join us for an open house at St. John School. Principal, Karen McLaughlin will give an information presentation, which will be followed by school Read More…
St. John School held our first annual Back to School Spaghetti Dinner in our school’s cafeteria. Our families enjoyed getting to know some of our new friends and catching up with some of our old friends. During the spaghetti dinner, The Hanover Pops Choir entertained our families with an amazing array of music and the Read More…
St. John School is going Green! The Grafton Group, operators of several restaurants, Grafton Street, Temple Bar, Russell House Tavern & Park, all in Cambridge are sponsoring St. John School’s first Tower Garden. The Tower Garden is an aeroponic vertical growing system that we are growing herbs and greens on to introduce the SJS Community to Read More…
Can you tell us a little about your background? How long have you been a teacher at St. John School? I am a wife, mother of Jesse, Jeremy, and Zack and I am also a very blest grandmother of Leo, 8 and Avery, 6. I have been teaching for 36 years now, first in Read More…