St. John’s High School's mission is to provide a high-quality learning experience that prioritizes positive relationships and maintains high expectations, ensuring all students graduate college and career-ready. During this school year, we continued to work towards achieving our vision of becoming an excellent-rated high school that produces world-class citizens and lifelong learners. The faculty, staff, and school leadership consider St. John’s a “small school that provides big opportunities.” This school year, we focused on improving our School Report Card Rating through teacher professional development, increased college and career readiness opportunities for students, and enhanced opportunities for students in Academics, the Arts, and Athletics.
The St. John’s teaching staff participated in countless hours of professional development designed specifically to provide them with instructional strategies needed for improved academic outcomes. All of our teachers participated in a yearlong series of SIOP (Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol) training. This training provided teachers with a framework to make content accessible for Multilingual Learners (MLs) and all students. The training focused on lesson planning, delivery, and assessment, incorporating specific features designed to support language acquisition and content understanding.
We continue to add more academic opportunities for students to become college and career-ready by the time they graduate. This year, we continued our partnership with Trident Technical College to provide an 8-course series of Dual Enrollment classes taught by TTC professors here on campus. These courses, along with two other Dual Enrollment courses taught by one of our teachers and our Advanced Placement course offerings, give students multiple options to earn college credit. We continue to provide numerous opportunities for students to take college entrance exams (SAT/ACT) and the military entrance ASVAB exam. This year, we continued our partnership with local businesses and entrepreneurs to provide 40 hours of career-based training and education to a cohort of senior students who still needed to be college and career-ready, ensuring that these students graduated meeting those expectations. We are proud that 100% of the students in our building who are a part of this year's graduating cohort are College and/or Career-Ready.
Athletically, we continue to grow as a school. We continue to offer a variety of competitive sports, including Football, Volleyball, Cross Country, Wrestling, Girls' and Boys' Basketball, Baseball, Softball, Girls' and Boys' Soccer, and Girls' and Boys' Track. We continue to excel in sports, with our Region Champion Varsity Boys Soccer team going undefeated in the region and ranked #1 in the state. Our Girls Track team is also Region Champions, with two athletes winning individual State Championships. We continue to enhance our athletic facilities with the completion of our Football Stadium enhancements, which include a new press box, updated front entry, remodeled concession stand, and a mini artificial turf field for kids. We also had the Grand Re-Opening of John’s Island Park, home to our Baseball and Softball teams, which included new turf, dugouts, lighting, scoreboards, and batting cages.
As we move into the 25-26 school year, we will continue to work towards our vision of becoming an excellent-rated school that produces world-class citizens and lifelong learners. We will open the Academy of Advanced Academics, which will provide increased opportunities for students to earn college credit. We will also begin a Theater program with a Black Box performing area. Along with these two new initiatives, we will be expanding our Football program into the middle school by creating a B-team and looking to start a Boys' and Girls' Tennis team. We are excited about the future of St. John’s High School and look forward to our continued growth.
Jermaine Joyner, Principal
Millicent Middleton, School Improvement Council Chair
