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Saint John’s Prep Senior is the State Cross Country Champion

Olivia Pauly ’24 is the First Johnnie to Earn the State Title Saint John’s Prep is proud to congratulate Olivia Pauly ’24  for winning the MSHSL Class A State Cross Country Championship race on November 4. She is the first Johnnie athlete to earn the state championship title. The race was held at the Les […]

Research Mentors Offer Guidance for Honors Capstone Students

Our Honors Capstone students had a big work session this week. More than two months of research and writing has come down to this: sharing their extensive academic research paper with a volunteer scholar! Prep has amazing friends who gave their time to meet individually with one of our Honors students. In doing so, they […]

Cross Country Teams are Conference Champions

The Saint John’s Prep Cross Country varsity team had an exciting meet at the Central Minnesota Central Minnesota Conference Meet at Kimball Golf Club on Tuesday, October 17. Both the Prep girls’ and the boys’ teams won the championship titles! The boys’ team won the conference title with 38 points over Holdingford’s 43 points. The […]

TWO Prep Seniors named National Merit Semifinalists

Congratulations Evan ’24 and Patrick ’24! Saint John’s Prep Seniors Evan Danielson ‘24 and Patrick Duffy ‘24 are semi-finalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program. Evan and Patrick are two of the 16,000 students nationwide to earn the honor as semi-finalist. They are among the academically talented high school seniors who now have the opportunity […]

Open Minds, Positive Attitudes For New School Year

The speech below was offered by Student Council President Patrick Duffy ’24 on August 24, 2023 during the opening convocation of the 2023-24 school year. “We offer acceptance, joy, and empathy in welcoming others. We actively strive for peace in our communities.” “Let all guests who arrive be received like Christ.” Rule of Benedict 53 […]

2 seniors Chosen for all-state Music Camps

Every year the Minnesota Music Educators Association invites the top high school musicians from across the state to audition for selection in the All-State Ensembles. Out of the hundreds of students who apply every year, Lincoln ’24 and Levi ’24 were selected for state honors.

Two Rising Seniors Participate in Boys’ and Girls’ State Leadership Week

Miranda Louis ’24 and Patrick Duffy ’24 participated in a week long government and leadership conference for young men and women. They were selected for the Minnesota American Legion Auxiliary Girls’ State and the American Legion Boys’ State based on citizenship, character, grades, and service. Patrick attended Boys’ State at Saint John’s University. Miranda attended Girls’ […]

first day of School is August 23

Saint John’s Prep will launch our 167th school year on August 23, 2023. The day will begin with the annual convocation ceremony in the Saint John’s Abbey Church at 8:30am. The program includes a march of flags, blessings, words of wisdom and inspirational messages.