Good to Go Blog
At St. John's, good knows no bounds. It's greater than great academics. Here are snapshots of what it means at the Prep. Something amazing happens when you're open to good!
Teachers Who Know Their Students Part 1
A teacher’s mastery of subject matter is central to student success, but teachers who know their students as individuals can transform the learning experience. Engaging students who come to class with their own experiences, perspectives, adversities and accomplishments—in short, leaving space for students to have voice—creates a more productive, good-natured and responsive environment.
By drawing on students’ personal experience and taking an interest in their ……
Keys to Kindness at School
Jason Larocque can recall many a teaching moment when he stopped class to dig a little deeper into a topic or issue on a child’s mind.
“I throw out the lesson plan and try to thoughtfully and constructively process those moments with the class,” explains Larocque. “Everyone on this campus has permission and feels empowered to push the pause button to address a situation that demands kindness or further insight into people’s feelings.”
Creating a campus ……
The three “C's” that build kids’ resilience
It’s worth noting that the first synonym thesaurus.com lists for resilience is elasticity. Among educators, resilience means the ability to rebound, turn the page and forge ahead. St. John’s Prep Wellness Director Steve Brown says the characteristics a child displays once they’ve honed their sense of resilience are truly distinct.
“To me, traits we label as ‘grit,’ ‘pluck,’ or ‘stick-to-itiveness’ are really about perseverance, while……
FOUR KEY INGREDIENTS TO YOUR FAMILY’S CHOICE OF A SCHOOL
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When it comes to choosing a school—whether it's middle school or high start by looking for the right fit for you as a family. Our best advice: Information is power. Do your research. Network with other parents. Keep an open mind. Use your head and your heart and, above all, trust your gut.
While seeing is definitely believing, some early steps can take place from the comfort of your armchair. Request a viewbook to take a closer look at what a ……
WHEN LITERATURE TEACHES LIFE
Eric Kimble fosters a partnership with students in his freshman English classes that extends beyond their years at St. John’s, and he does this in an innovative and meaningful way.
The sublimely simple exercise carries a big benefit: Prep students are confident in the knowledge that he truly cares about both their present and future success.
“In literature, we talk a lot about life, and I get excited about teaching life lessons through literature,” says Kimble ’85. &……
A PROMINENT PLACE AT THE TABLE
Campus life at the Prep orbits around student voice and student choice
Max George ’17 has moved on from St. John’s, but his intellectual property is a permanent part of campus. The Brother Keefe, C.F.X. Academic Center, which opened in September 2015, was under construction during George’s sophomore year. That’s when he envisioned something beneath the exposed beams and steel girders of the construction site. On the blueprints, Keefe was to feature all-glass, multi-…
It’s all about what happens along the way
Two groups of St. John’s students have achieved at a high level in important and distinct ways this month, but the linchpin lessons are the same.
The Prep entered the arena of competitive robotics only eight years ago, but in that span, the program quickly has quickly become a force to be reckoned with, and recently qualified for April’s VEX Robotics World Championship in Louisville, Kentucky. A competition that began with more than 20,000 teams and a million competitors ……
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