Santa Shop was a huge success thanks to Laura Heidorn and all her volunteers who helped with set up, shopping, and wrapping!

During the month of November, the first graders worked on a project that focused on common goals for the classroom. They were given a list of goals to work on both at school and at home, with each goal being a different color feather. Each child, then, made a turkey with the feathers that they earned.

St. John's Student Council sponsored two bake sales to raise the funds to purchase a new banner for our school. It is proudly displayed in the hallway near the school office.

Second Grade held an election in their classrooms on Monday, November 10th to prepare for Election Day. Mrs. Rapien's homeroom voted for their favorite superhero and Miss Wilmes' homeroom voted for their favorite candy. The students had a blast learning the voting process. They nominated candidates, campaigned, registered to vote, filled out their ballots, made an "I voted!" sticker, and celebrated the winner.

The fifth grade has been learning about our great republic as they discuss citizenship rights and responsibilities, American symbol meanings and how democracy works.  They visited The National Flag Company to see how American flags are made (and made our own flags).  They made posters honoring our Veterans and topped it all off on Veteran's Day by inviting several the students’ relatives in to speak including Mr. Blank (Army), Mr. and Mrs. Martinez (both Marines), Mr. Zipperer (Army), and Mr. Tozier (Army).  Mr. Powers, our P.E. teacher, also spoke about his time in the Navy.  It has been an exciting few weeks and hopefully our fifth grade students have a deeper appreciation for our country!