Academics
Expected School-Wide Learning Results
National Blue Ribbon School
St. John's is proud to have received the nation's top honor for public and private schools in 2008.
An important part of the U.S. Department of Education, the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program recognizes outstanding public and non-public schools. In identifying several hundred outstanding schools annually, the program celebrates school excellence, turn around stories, and closing subgroup achievement gaps. The Award is both a high aspiration and a potent resource of practitioner knowledge.
An important part of the U.S. Department of Education, the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program recognizes outstanding public and non-public schools. In identifying several hundred outstanding schools annually, the program celebrates school excellence, turn around stories, and closing subgroup achievement gaps. The Award is both a high aspiration and a potent resource of practitioner knowledge.
Core Knowledge
Knowledge-based schooling puts the emphasis of early education on teaching and learning an enabling core of broadly shared knowledge—enabling because it builds strong foundations for later learning and opens doors to effective participation and mutual understanding in the wider society. Such knowledge is possessed by successful adults and taken for granted by literate writers and speakers. It’s the broad and diverse knowledge that makes responsible citizenship possible.
Accreditation
St. John's Lutheran School (SJLS) is dually accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and the National Lutheran School Accredidation (NSLA), most recently receiving a six year accreditation granted in June 2019. State law requires California public schools to accept credit granted by St. John's.