Sarah Pasela Named 2025 Twomey Family Teaching Award Recipient May 30, 2025 Saint John’s Prep Science Teacher Sarah Pasela has been named as the 2025 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. Ms. Pasela […]
Gift of Nearly $1 Million Creates Dedicated Fund for Faculty Compensation May 20, 2025 Theo and James Baustert Faculty Excellence Fund Saint John’s Preparatory School is excited to announce the establishment of the Theo and James Baustert Faculty Excellence Fund, a significant milestone in its ongoing Prep Forward – Our Time is Now campaign. Made possible by a gift of nearly $1 million from the JTB Foundation, this endowed […]
Grand Tour Raises Nearly $250,000 for Scholarships and Student Programming May 6, 2025 We are so grateful for the incredible generosity and unwavering support at Grand Tour of Nation 2025! Thanks to your remarkable contributions, we are absolutely thrilled to announce that we raised $248,000! This phenomenal achievement will have a profound impact on our students and the entire Prep community. These vital funds will directly support scholarships […]
Saint John’s Preparatory School Establishes Endowed Chair in Theatre April 4, 2025 Honoring Saint John’s Abbey’s Br. Paul Vincent Niebauer, OSB Saint John’s Preparatory School announces the establishment of the Br. Paul Vincent Niebauer, OSB Endowed Chair in Theatre, a milestone in its commitment to the performing arts. The endowed chair is the direct result of the school’s $10 million comprehensive Prep Forward: Our Time is Now […]
Prep Forward Campaign March 18, 2025 Prep Forward Campaign From our founding in the mid-19th century by an immigrant monastic community to our contemporary identity as a nationally leading college preparatory school, Saint John’s Preparatory School has provided an exceptional education in the Catholic Benediction tradition. Saint John’s Prep today enrolls nearly 300 extraordinary students in grades six to 12 from […]
Catholic Schools Week 2025 January 27, 2025 Saint John’s Prep is celebrating Catholic Schools Week! There are special activities throughout the week for students and staff. Catholic Schools Week offers a meaningful opportunity to celebrate our mission of providing a Catholic, Benedictine education while uniting students, families and staff in shared values and purpose. Catholic Schools Week (CSW) is a week-long celebration […]
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 […]
