You often here people say that our children are the future of the Church. Here at St. John's, we don't believe that. Our children are not our future; they are our present. Their childlike faith, joy, and trust in the Lord builds us up today and forms an irreplaceable part of the Body of Christ.

It is our mission as a church to guard and nurture that faith, so that as they mature, their faith may also mature, and they may grow ever closer to their heavenly Father, who loves them deeply.

The best way we have found to do this is with our pre-kindergarten - 6th grade school. While we do our best with the resources we have to accomplish this with our children who attend school elsewhere, it cannot compare to having our children in our care seven hours a day, five days a week.

Our vision is summed up in the banner of our school: Believe · Achieve · Belong. Each of those words holds the essential elements of what we offer at St. John's School:

• Growth in and commitment to a living faith through Jesus Christ in the Catholic tradition;
• development of each student’s academic, moral, social and physical abilities;
• a strong bond, based on faith and respect, between students, faculty, staff, families and parishioners.

To find out more about our school, to enroll your children, or to find out ways you can support it, please visit our website at www.sjshopkins.org or contact our principal, Sr. Patricia Beckman, O.P., at 952-935-7787.

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