Community Schools

St. John School Celebrates Annual ‘Spooktacular’ Halloween Party & Trick or Treating

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…

Community Schools

St. John School Selected for Special Reading Program from OneBeacon Insurance Group

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…

Event Notices Schools

St. John School Open House for New Families

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…

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Mangia, Mangia! St. John School Hosts Spaghetti Dinner

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…

Arts & Culture Schools

St. John School Announces Partnership with NEMPAC for Music Programming

New and enhanced music programming will include music education, choral programming and youth chorus for the 2013-2014 academic school year St. John School in the North End is pleased to announce a new partnership with NEMPAC to provide music programming to our students for the 2013-2014 academic school year. NEMPAC will be offering our K4 Read More…

Schools

St. John School Welcomes our New (and Returning) Students!

This past Sunday the Welcome Committee, our Principal, Karen McLaughlin, our Director of Advancement, Lisa Santarpio and our teachers, Miss Marylou, Ms. Warner, Ms. Daniella and Ms. Sviokla hosted a Welcome Reception for all of our new and returning K3-K5 St. John School students. This was our annual summer welcome event with a turnout of over 150 Read More…

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St. John School Community Mourns Loss of Longtime Teacher Miss Betsy Ustach

Betsy Ustach, a 40-year veteran 3rd Grade Teacher for St. John School in the North End passed away earlier this week. Miss Betsy had taught the 3rd grade at the school since 1973. She was a graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Boston. Principal Karen McLaughlin called Miss Betsy “an outstanding teacher to our Read More…