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Category: Faculty News

Stephen Woods ’09 is Section 5a Assistant Coach of the year

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

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

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

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.

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

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. […]

Colleges and Universities for the Class of 2024

Below is a comprehensive list of colleges and universities for the Saint John’s Prep Class of 2024. Boston CollegeUniversity of California San DiegoCarleton CollegeConcordia College MoorheadCollege of Saint BenedictDenison UniversityDrake UniversityFranklin and Marshall CollegeHamline UniversityLawrence UniversityLoyola University ChicagoLuther CollegeMacalester CollegeUniversity of Michigan Ann ArborUniversity of Minnesota DuluthUniversity of Minnesota Twin CitiesUniversity of North DakotaUniversity of […]

Principal Glomski Receives MINNDEPENT Leadership Award

Dr. Christine Glomski has received the 2024 Leadership Award from MINNDEPENDENT.  With more than 165 school members, MINNDEPENDENT is the largest organization serving private and independent schools in Minnesota. The Leadership Award recognizes the hard work and dedication of principals and school leaders who instill passion in the people they work with, bring innovative ideas […]

From Darkness to light: Transitioning from Lent to Easter

The seasons of the church’s liturgical year very often play out as a rhythmic from-to transition. The shift from Lent to Easter is no exception. For 40 days, we experience the quietude of reflection, repentance, and renewal that define the Lenten season, and then via the Triduum abruptly shift to the thunderous celebratory crescendo of Easter and […]

Lenten Reflection: Giving Alms

Physics Teacher and Esports Coach Charles Miller shared the following reflection about almsgiving (giving) is a way to live out our gratitude for all that God has given us, and as way of showing that we are responsible for each other. When I was a kid, my dad told me a quote that completely confused […]