Barney Salsby graduated from St. John’s in 2013. We caught up with him to see what he is doing now. “Since graduating from the University of Bath with a Bachelor Degree in Engineering earlier this year, I have been working … Continue reading Alumnus works on first 3D printed bridge

MYP Individuals and Societies Grades 7 and 8 students staged a Gallery Walk and Talk this past Friday along the Bridge and the corridor outside of MHS Music Room. They showed and talked about the results of an inquiry process. … Continue reading Grades 7 and 8 Gallery Walk and Talk

A long-time St. John’s tradition is the annual breakfast for our bus drivers in mid-December.  As important members of our community, these dedicated drivers keep our students safe to and from school, as well as on schools trips. This breakfast event … Continue reading Celebrating our bus drivers’ dedication to student safety

Fredrik in Grade 12 is finalising his internal assessment for chemistry. He is measuring the amount of banana ester, used in candies for example, after refluxing (boiling without loss of vapour) the reacting chemicals, for varying amounts of time. A … Continue reading Grade 12 student’s complex chemistry experiment

Grade 10 students, and members of the Myth Hunters, Sydney and Minnah recently gave a presentation on historical figures who were never recognised.   Mrs. Rosalind Franklin and the double helix. Born in 1920 England, and went in 1951 to … Continue reading Students discuss historical figures who were never recognised

Recently, Grade 10 students Alicia and Belen presented their presentation ‘The Dark Secrets of one of the most renowned men of science.’ This man was the famous Sir Isaac Newton. They presented the modern image of Newton, how he discovered … Continue reading Students present the dark secrets of Sir Isaac Newton

When the first snow of the school year fell last Thursday, our students were very excited. What we sometimes forget, though, is that some of our new students have never seen snow before. Ahmed, in 8th grade, is one of … Continue reading Grade 8 student sees snow for the first time

One of our grade 10 students, Miriam, has just returned from a 3-day trip to Tallinn, Estonia to receive first prize for an essay from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She was one of 30 finalists and won with her essay on … Continue reading St. John’s student wins prestigious prize in Estonia

Over the last three Fridays, Ms Laia, our Elementary School Counsellor has hosted a gathering during recess times for the new students who joined St. John’s this year. On Friday it was the turn of the Grade 4 and Grade … Continue reading New students discuss their first months at St. John’s

Grade 4 studies the different biomes of the world and the various ecosystems that they are broken into. Students researched: What their chosen ecosystem is like (Form) How the organisms are connected to each other (Connection) Threats to the ecosystem and … Continue reading Grade 4 studies World Ecosystems