Last year, Fitness Room Supervisor Ms. Natalie Willson noticed a few spots in the Fitness Centre which were either misused or underused due to layout and arrangements of the equipment. Under her guidance, the Athletic Department put forward a proposal to consider rearranging and removing some of the equipment so that we could optimize what we already have and add valuable pieces like a squat rack and two olympic bars with plates. This equipment allows for mature movements like weighted squats and deadlifts.

Thursday was our annual Grade 10 Career Day event, hosted by our University Advising department. 

The Term 2 Grade 5 Leadership Club would like to thank everyone in the SJS community for helping support the Greater Vancouver Food Bank. This year was an especially difficult year for those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and your contributions were greatly appreciated.

Wednesday was Pink Shirt Day at SJS, a day to raise awareness of bullying as well as raise funds to support programmes that foster children’s healthy self-esteem. This year, the theme of Pink Shirt Day centred on being an active bystander - someone who not only witnesses a situation, but takes steps to speak up or step in to keep a situation from escalating or to disrupt a problematic situation.

Registration for SJS Summer to Discover camp will open Friday, March 5.

Every February, we send our most recent graduating class a surprise Valentine’s Day package to let them know SJS is thinking of them.

We are excited to announce that registration for SJS Summer to Discover camp will open on Friday, March 5.

On Thursday, our Artist in Residence Ms. Amy Romer, took over the SJS Instagram account. She shared snippets of her collaborations with students, as they were happening, as well as shared insight into her artistic practice as a documentary photographer, and some of the projects she's working on at St. John's. Click here to see more.

A big thank you to Rachael Chow ‘17, who volunteered via Zoom recently to share her experiences at St. John’s School and answer questions from current SJS Grade 11 parents about her university application and selection process.

Baking for Buster is a new Grade 5 co-curricular activity that gives students the opportunity to learn baking skills to ultimately bake cookies that will be donated to the Vancouver SPCA and their branch operation Charlie’s Pet Bank.

On Friday, January 15, we participated in Black Shirt Day. Staff and students wore black shirts to mark the civil rights struggle of Black Canadians and promote and encourage a discussion of black history, anti-racism and civil rights. 

We are pleased to introduce our new artist in residence! 

Photography and visual storyteller, Amy Romer, will be working with students from Junior Kindergarten - Grade 12 throughout Term 2. This is the third year that SJS has hosted an Artist-in-Residence.