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Category: From the Head of School

Thanksgiving 2023: Gratitude and Gratefulness

Be still, my soul, and steadfast.Earth and heaven both are still watchingthough time is draining from the clockand your walk, that was confident and quick,has become slow. So, be slow if you must, but letthe heart still play its true part.Love still as once you loved, deeplyand without patience. Let God and the worldnow you […]

Physics Teacher Receives Inaugural Teaching Excellence Award

Saint John’s Prep Physics Teacher Charles Miller has been named as the first recipient of the Twomey Family Teaching Excellence Award. The honor, created and endowed by the family of Darla and Chris ’66 Twomey, recognizes the extraordinary commitment our faculty make to their students, to the school, to their discipline, and to their profession. […]

Senior Awards for the Class of 2023

During our commencement ceremony each year, Principal Dr. Glomski and Head of School Jon McGee award four senior awards to individual graduates. The Class of 2023 graduated from Saint John’s Prep on Mary 26 in the Saint John’s Abbey Church.

Celebrate Hope and Glory

“It is always possible to begin anew because there is always a new life that God can awaken in us in spite of all our failures.”Pope Francis “The great gift of Easter is hope.”Cardinal Basil Hume  Those of us living in northern climes have, and must have, a particular affinity for hope at this time […]

New PartnerShip Creates New Scholarships

New Partnership with Flaherty Family Foundation Creates New Scholarships for Prep Students Saint John’s Prep is proud to join forces with the Flaherty Family Foundation to provide scholarship funds to high-potential students with economic need. This spring, Prep will offer up to seven new Flaherty Family Foundation scholarships for incoming high school students. The scholarship […]

My Thanksgiving is Perpetual

Head of School Jon McGee shared the following Thanksgiving message with our families this week. We hope you and your family have a safe and wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. We are grateful for your support! I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. Henry David Thoreau Be present in all things and thankful […]

Loren ’56 and Mary Ann Gross receive Benedictine Award

Loren ’56 and Mary Ann Gross are the 2022 Benedictine Award recipients from Saint John’s Preparatory School. The Benedictine Spirit Award is given in recognition of someone who has demonstrated long-term dedication to the mission of Saint John’s Prep. Their exceptional commitment continues to further our tradition of providing an exceptional Benedictine education as we prepare […]

Easter Greetings 2022

A Season of Renewal Good Friday and Easter free us to think about other things far beyond our own personal fate, about the ultimate meaning of all life, suffering, and events; and we lay hold of a great hopeDietrich Bonhoeffer It is high time for us to arise from sleep. Let us open our eyes […]