In 2009, Del Bosque-Hernandez was tasked with designing a lesson plan for a teaching program. For her first class, she crafted a lesson where elementary students used ramps and Hot Wheels to test out the...
When sophomore Sophia Espino walks by Margarita Serrano's classroom, she expects to hear the ringing of laughter and sounds of students eagerly volunteering to speak. During Serrano’s time at the School,...
When Upper School math teacher Elliot Sakach is not lecturing on geometry theorems, describing statistical distributions or investigating data with the Behavioral Economics Club, he can often be found...
Roquemore graduated from the school in 1987. After going to Howard with accounting as her intended major, Roquemore felt detached from the profession. She asked her grandmother for support.
“She told...
When Kem Kemp first heard about the opening at St. John’s, she only knew of it as “the beautiful stone school.” Now, after 32 years at St. John’s and 44 years of teaching experience in total, she...
In 2021, Amy Dong (‘16) revisited campus where she delivered a copy of her award-winning memoir Twenty-One Years Young to her former English teacher. Inscribed was an acknowledgement thanking Rachel...
Gail Gant knew St. John’s was the place for her when her students welcomed her to the School by singing her name in a harmonious melody. Every time she walked through the door, the students had a routine...
In order to help her history class prepare for their test over Civilizations of the Americas, Kaitlyn King demonstrated part of a Mesoamerican ball game by attempting a 10-pointer with a rubber ball. She...
DaVinci for Phillip Sitton is anything but a break. As a passionate musician, the senior participates in Chorale, Kantorei, Jazz Band and Symphonic Winds.
Music was easy for young Sitton to pick up...
When Middle School math teacher Brittany Flinn took the stage for an assembly last May, it was the first time most of her students heard her sing. Accompanied by her husband, Flinn dazzled students and...
In 2021, seventh grade English teacher Robin Lanier’s (‘85) classroom was known for the mysterious sea of fish covering the whiteboard. The thousands of guppies were one of many inside jokes shared...
There is a rumor that Matthew Bounds created Fortnite. It’s not true, but before working at St. John’s he was part of the exclusive group that tested a beta version of the game.
“I played it,...
