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USA Minnesota Religious Boarding Schools Saint John's Preparatory School
USA Minnesota Religious Boarding Schools Saint John's Preparatory School
Saint John's Preparatory School
| Saint John's Preparatory School at a Glance | |||||||||
| Type: | Religious (Catholic), College Preparatory (Coeducational) | ||||||||
| Support for ADHD: | No | ||||||||
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| Description: | St. John's is a Catholic/Benedictine college preparatory boarding school in Minnesota for boys and girls grades 9 to 12 plus postgraduate programs. Day school students are also accepted for grades 6 to 12. The school has an option of 5 or 7 day boarding. The school offers an International baccalaureate program for their college preparatory curriculum. St. John's adheres to a being a school that is grounded in the Catholic faith. it believes that the Benedictine tradition is an exemplary guide for life both for lay people and those who wants to go into monastic life. The school is associated with Saint John's Abbey and their monastic community is an important part of the experience of students and in teaching them stewardship, balance, simplicity, prayer, and spiritual development. The school also believes that middle and upper school years are the most critical in a person's life and as such, is the perfect time to develop values that they will take with them to college and beyond. The school believes in honoring the sacred covenant between schools and students, and in doing all that they can to assure that the primary focus of staff and educators is the success of each student. The school believes in espousing an ecumenical spirit. It opens its doors to students of different religious beliefs and promotes tolerance and understanding. Students of St. John's Preparatory School enjoy a wide variety of extracurricular activities including Film Club, Campus Ministry, Peer Ministry, German Club, Chinese Club, and many others. They also enjoy different kinds of interscholastic sports programs such as baseball, basketball, football, gymnastics, swimming, nordic skiing, softball, and many others. The top colleges and universities that Saint John's graduates prefer to apply to include St. John's University, College of Saint Benedict, Harvard college, Wellesley College, and others. The school is accredited by Independent Schools Association of the Central States and the North Central Association (ISACS). |
