SJP honors CSB/SJU Archivist Peggy Roske January 7, 2025 Peggy Roske, Archivist for Saint John’s University and the College of Saint Benedict is retiring! Peggy Roske’s history lessons have taught us about rats, bears and ghosts. She’s shared stories of Collegeville’s pioneering monks and Central Minnesota’s Indigenous people. We’ve learned about ski hills, tornadoes, fires, and stone arches. We now know about our evolution […]
Joy & Peace to You this Christmas December 20, 2024 In the beginning was the Word,And the Word was with God, And the Word was God.He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through him,and without him nothing came to be. John 1:1-3 Dear Saint John’s Prep Community,Among my favorite memories of my children when they were very young was taking them […]
Thanksgiving Food Drive Supports Families in Need November 26, 2024 Thanksgiving Food Drive Raises more than $1,800 for Families in Need This Thanksgiving Saint John’s Prep students, faculty and staff are helping the community by donating food and money to the St. Joseph Community Food Shelf. Students in grades six through twelve collected $1,800 in cash donations and 900 food items! The annual food drive […]
Lance Nydeen Earns Section 5a Coach of the Year recognition October 28, 2024 Saint John’s Prep is proud to announce that Lance Nydeen has been named the Section 5A Girls’ Head Coach of the Year for girls’ cross-country. This honor was given after a vote of his peers in MSHSL Section 5A. This honor comes after the girls’ team earned a trip to the state cross country championship […]
Stephen Woods ’09 is Section 5a Assistant Coach of the year October 27, 2024 Saint John’s Prep is proud to announce that Stephen Woods ’09 has been named the Section 5A Girls’ Assistant Coach of the Year for girls’ cross-country. This honor was given after a vote of his peers in MSHSL Section 5A. This honor comes after the girls’ team earned a trip to the state cross country […]
Guest Scholars Support Honors Candidates October 24, 2024 Our Honors Capstone students are taking a big step toward completing their capstone research papers. After than two months of research and writing they’re sharing their extensive academic research and writing with visiting scholars. Each honors candidate is sharing their rough drafts to one of the guest scholars and to receive critical feedback on these […]
Kris Fremo is MN Soccer Coach of the Year October 16, 2024 Kris Fremo is the Minnesota Girls’ Varsity Soccer Coach of the Year Saint John’s Prep is proud to announce that girls’ soccer varsity head coach Kris Fremo has been named the 2024 Class A coach of the year by the Minnesota State High School Soccer Coaches Association. Ms. Fremo has coached the Prep girls’ varsity […]
New Outdoor Classroom Blessed September 26, 2024 Alumni Lead the Way for New Outdoor Classroom This week students gathered behind the main Prep School building to celebrate a new outdoor classroom. Abbot Douglas Mullin, OSB, presided at a special prayer service to bless the outdoor learning space on September 26. The outdoor classroom features a beautiful pine-timber structure built during two work sessions […]
Community Update: Promise. Possibility. Potential. September 11, 2024 Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement…[to] get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted.Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible. Abraham Joshua Heschel Dear Prep Community, One week of sauna-like heat notwithstanding, our nearly month-old school year is off to a wonderful […]
Matt Young Receives SJP Teaching Honor June 20, 2024 Saint John’s Prep Math Teacher Matt Young has been named as the 2024 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. […]
