Special School Programs

The following are also provided to the students of Saint JohnCatholic School:

• Weekly Liturgies
• Stations of the Cross during Lent, including LivingStations
• Participation in National Geography Bee
• Reception of the Sacrament of Reconciliation during Advent and Lent
• Periodic Prayer Services
• Grade 7 boys participate in the Calvert Hall Academic Olympics
• Field Trips ~ including but not limited to:

Westminster Public Library, Grotto and Mother Seton Shrine, Emittsburg, MD - Kindergarten
Theater production at Goucher College - 3rd grade
Lafarge Quarry - 4th grade
Naval Academy, Maryland State House in Annapolis - 5th grade
Gettysburg National Military Park - 7th grade
Hershey Park - 8th grade graduation trip
Mount Vernon, Alexandria, VA - Middle School

• Peer Tutoring
• Periodic Cultural Events
• Hashawha Environmental Center Outdoor School (Grade 6)
• Grade 8 and Grade 1 Partnership Program
• Grade 7 and Kindergarten Partnership Program (Book Buddies)
• "Just Say No" Program for Grade 5, in conjunction with Carroll County Public Schools and the Optimist Club
• D.A.R.E. Program for Grade 6, provided by the Maryland State Police
• Book-It Reading Program for Grades 1 - 5 in conjunction with Pizza Hut
• The Johns Hopkins University CTY Talent Search for Grades 4-8
• Contests for speaking, writing, and art
• Academic Middle School team meets and participationin Archdiocesan Academic Tournament
• Nominations to Junior National Young Leader's Conference