Philosophy

"Be it known to all who enter here that Christ is the reason for school; the unseen, but ever - present teacher in its classes, the model of its faculty, the inspiration of its students."

The aim of St. John the Evangelist is to educate the child for this world and prepare him for the next. We do this by affording the fullest opportunity to realize the fourfold purpose of Christian education, message, service, community and worship.

It is our vocation to "teach as Jesus did." Students are encouraged through instruction and example in every area of the curriculum to accept and apply the Gospel message.

As Catholic school teachers, we will help students acquire skills, virtues, and habits of heart and mind required for effective service to others. Realizing the parents' right and obligation to be primary educators of their children, we will assist them in fulfilling this responsibility.

Being a total faith community, parents, teachers, priests, administrators, and students must earnestly desire to establish a oneness with the community by taking a responsible leadership role in creating a just society.

Recognizing that the Mass is the most perfect form of worship, this holy sacrifice is presented as an integral part of the school program. We pledge, through our example, that our students will always respect the first obligation by which all are bound, to love God above all things and to love one's neighbor as oneself.

We see this as our duty, our privilege.

For it is this "integration of religious truths and life which distinguishes the Catholic school."