Academics

Educating in a joyful, Catholic community of faith, hope and love, Saint John’s Catholic Preparatory School prepares our students to be leaders with good hearts and discerning spirits as they pursue truth, academic excellence and service to humanity.

Saint John’s Catholic Prep enjoys a long tradition of service to its students, its community, and to the kingdom of God. That tradition is rooted in the values established by its Jesuit founder, Father John McElroy, which in turn reflects both the message of Jesus and the way he taught through wisdom, reason, story, and personal example.

We believe that our responsibility is to bring knowledge of the past to our students, to engage them in the present, and to prepare them for the future. The purpose of our effort is to create good citizens, sensitive to the needs of others, morally and intellectually responsible for our world, and ready to account to God for their lives. To those ends, we strive to offer a strong academic program intended to endow our students with the intellectual, spiritual, athletic, and aesthetic qualities needed to maintain the world as God intended at its creation.

To recognize the Magisterium of the Church in matters of faith and morals;

To provide opportunities for prayer, reflection, and service to others as an expression of one’s faith;

To maintain a code of conduct that creates an atmosphere of self-discipline and self-direction;

To develop within the individual a respect for self and others in a family environment;

To encourage the student to grow as a critical thinker and to foster the fullest development of the individual’s academic and personal potential;

To encourage students to assume a responsible role in planning their course of study;

To guide students as they progress academically to appreciate the relevance of the past as it applies to both present and future experiences;

To motivate the student to strive not only for academic excellence but also for personal satisfaction and social fulfillment;

To support qualified instructors who, through a variety of techniques and experiences, assist students to reach their maximum potential;

To provide for each student a core curriculum which is regularly evaluated based upon the needs of the student;

To provide resources that develop skills enabling students to pursue a lifetime of learning;

To enhance the academic program by providing extracurricular experiences that foster spiritual, intellectual, physical, and social development.