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St. John the Evangelist School
Philosophy

Drawing from the inspiration and strength of the Good News of Jesus Christ, St. John the Evangelist school strives to make palpable the educational mission of the Church through teaching, community building and service.  Imbued with the Gospel message of its patron, St. John the Evangelist and beloved disciple of Jesus, we, the members of St. John’s School, form a community so “all may be one” in the Body of Christ.  As a faith-filled people rooted in this common vision, the members seek to make a lasting and deeply spiritual effect on the lives of their young people who will live the Gospel message into the next millennium.  “God is Love, and all who live in Love live in God and God in them.” 1John: 16

In partnership with parents, the faculty model Jesus who is the “ever present Teacher in their classes.” Addressing the needs of the whole child, teachers employ methodologies and consider learning styles for effective developmentally appropriate teaching that addresses the social, intellectual. Emotional, physical and spiritual needs of the child.  Within the guidelines of the proposed curriculum of the Archdiocese of Washington, the school is concerned with constant and careful attention to cultivating in students the intellectual, creative and aesthetic faculties of the human person.  Promoting in them a sense of values, it is desired that children will develop an ability to make good choices that can influence them in becoming knowledgeable. responsible, caring citizen-disciplines of the world.  In effect, the Catholic environment of the school imparts a spirit of trust and cooperation where the inherent dignity of the student as a child of God is recognized and honored.

Parents are the primary educators of their children.  In order to fulfill the high ideals of the school, it is necessary that both home and school endeavors to cooperate and act as one.  When a clear understanding and agreement exist between home and school, when policies and regulations are mutually respected, there develops in the child’s mind a sense of security, which is the basis of all natural and supernatural growth.  The most pervasive and lasting moral teaching adult convey is by example.

With a single-mindedness of purpose in the living out of Jesus’ way of love, all those who make up the community of St. John the Evangelist School hold sacred the invitation to “Go out to all the world and tell the Good News.”  Mark 3:5  In essence the students, faculty, staff, parents, priest and parishioners aspire to a relationship that gives witness to Gospel values, which ultimately affects school, parish, neighborhoods, and the world for generations to come.