Diversity & Inclusion

St. John’s is committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive educational community in which everyone feels accepted, safe, empowered, supported, and affirmed. Our school welcomes and affirms diversity in all of its many dimensions, including: ethnicity, race, national origin, age, personality, sexual orientation, gender, class, religion, ability, and linguistic preferences. 

We actively seek mission-aligned students, families, faculty, and staff of varied backgrounds and believe that multiple perspectives and experiences provide the foundations for educational excellence and cultivate a rich educational experience. We strive to create a learning environment that exposes students to the value and breadth of differences, informs their perspective, and prepares them to shape the world. This is a work in progress that will continue to evolve, strengthening our community and enriching the lives of our students.

St. John's works to create equitable classrooms in which students have equal access and opportunities to learn and achieve to their fullest potential. We promote cross-cultural understanding and engagement by teaching our students to learn about and from others who differ from themselves. We strive to foster inclusive and equitable classrooms in the following ways:

• Provide students with a diverse teaching faculty.
• Develop relevant curricula that incorporates diverse perspectives, materials, and texts and that supports the diverse backgrounds and experiences of our students.
• Address stereotypes and inaccuracies.
• Utilize a wide range of instructional and assessment strategies to enhance student learning and understanding.
• Foster critical thinking and reflective analysis from various perspectives.
• Give equal access and opportunities to all students to fully participate and contribute regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic class, religion, or sexual orientation.

A learning environment that is safe and welcoming to all is of utmost importance. St. John's does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, ancestry, religion, national origin, marital status, family status, disability, or any other protected characteristic.

Meaningful relationships between students and teachers is just part of what makes St. John's an exceptional school. A core goal of our ongoing work is to retain faculty that reflects racial and ethnic diversity. A diverse community offers a variety of perspectives and provides students with role models who represent a broad range of backgrounds and experiences. As part of our diversity and inclusion work, St. John's established more inclusive hiring processes that allow us to draw from diverse pools of highly qualified candidates.