• Religious instruction is meant to point students to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
• Students become familiar with God’s Word through Bible stories and meaningful memory verses they can keep close in their hearts and minds.
• Teachers guide students in applying lessons to their daily lives and equip them with the knowledge of God’s love and forgiveness revealed to us through His Son, Jesus Christ.
• The principles taught in Religion classes, faith in Jesus Christ and the message of the Gospel, and a Christian worldview are fully integrated into all subjects at St. John’s

Primary Grades (1-3)

• Designed to teach children through a balance of systematic direct instruction and the explicit development of skills, interrelating all components for a total Language Arts program, including reading, grammar, writing composition, spelling, phonics, listening & speaking, and penmanship.

Upper Grades (4-5)

• Students are exposed to quality authors and their works that offer models for the sequential development of written and oral skills.
• Students are encouraged to question, reflect, predict, and think critically. This results in a student’s awareness of reading being a relevant and enjoyable process. Our goal is to create a community of readers and writers.

Primary Grades (1-3)

• Provides a balanced approach to developing proficiency in age-appropriate math skills and concepts.
• As an active, investigative process, math involves children on a physical, cognitive, and emotional level.
• A hands-on approach stimulates curiosity about math and helps develop an understanding of the importance of math in society and is taught as a lifetime skill.
• Computation and critical-thinking skills are taught in a relevant way to children.
• Program objectives are for all students to know basic concepts of mathematical processes and apply these concepts and principles to new situations and in problem-solving by accessing prior knowledge.

Upper Grades (4-5)

• Emphasizes mathematical applications and problem-solving skills through a firm foundation and understanding of basic concepts and operations.
• Both conceptual understanding and computational competency develop in progression by building on previous knowledge.
• Over time, by reinforcing awareness that math is meaningful and relevant in real-life situations, students gain respect for the significance of mathematics in their lives.

Primary Grades (1-3)

• The Social Studies program uses facts, concepts, generalizations, and moral and valuable instruction to promote responsible citizenship.
• Students bring personal ideas, attitudes, and skills into the classroom.
• They share common experiences and similarities, mature in similar growth patterns, and share many common cultural experiences.
• The Social Studies education allows students to study their expanding environment from their own families to the world’s diverse cultures. Therefore, children develop interpersonal skills and knowledge, which helps them interact and communicate with their peers and develop the resourcefulness needed to participate in a worldwide environment.

Upper Grades (4-5)

• Students learn about their state and country’s historical beginnings and subsequent development.
• Early civilizations and their contributions to society today are covered.
• Students are expected to develop an appreciation of other cultures in our global community.
• Basic geographical skills enable them to understand the physical world and man’s place in it.

Our students experience a hands-on program with scheduled lab activities. Our program integrates science with other curriculum areas such as mathematics, language arts, and social studies.

The science program at St. John’s strives to increase each child’s knowledge and understanding of God’s wondrous creation, the interrelationships of things in this creation, and the child’s place in all of it.

• Students are introduced to numerous applications that provide them with technology skills such as keyboarding, word processing, internet research, and more.
• Regular emphasis is placed on net etiquette and safety.
• Students are assisted in developing their reading skills through the use of the school subscription to the Accelerated Reader program.
• As students begin their primary elementary years the focus shifts from free play on computers to using the computer to develop basic skills in language and mathematics. Students also begin to learn the basics of computer operation.
• Upper elementary students begin to recognize the use of computers and the internet for research and begin to understand how to use them to enhance their learning.
• Students also learn the basics of computer operation, components, and functions of hardware (Mac-based).