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Greetings!
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Brenda Brown,
Director of Advancement |
One of my new favorite websites is "stumbleupon.com." When you go through a short registration process, it asks you what you are interested in- everything from philosophy to hockey- and then whenever you click on the "stumble" button, it serves up websites that will most likely interest you. I know, who has time for that? But I either have an insatiable curiosity or attention deficit disorder, so this type of thing really engages me after 9 p.m. when the four kids are in bed!
As I was doing some research the other day to see if our $29,466 Endowment per Student number was something to be worried about or to tout (turns out, we should be worried-- the top boarding schools have $500,000 Endowment per Student!), I "stumbled upon" boardingschoolreview.com. This is a very handy site for people who are looking for boarding schools in the U.S. as it ranks all 289 of us in various ways.
It turns out that this little school in the woods, Saint John's Prep, is ranked 12th out of 289 boarding schools, nationwide, in terms of highest SAT scores. And among schools of our similar size (200-400 students), we are fifth out of 104 schools!
You can be extremely proud of Saint John's Prep and know that we are leading the nation in SAT performance of boarding schools.
Wonder what I'll stumble upon next?
Benedictine Peace, Brenda |
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Watch a SJP livestream event on January 27 |
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Joanna Maddox as
Harriet Tubman |
We are excited to invite you to join our students in watching a special presentation tomorrow, Thursday, January 27 at 2 p.m. Harriet Tubman will be presenting her life story in the Stephen B. Humphrey auditorium, but you can watch it on your computer via our new livestream technology!
Just click here to watch it at 2 p.m. and let us know what other livestream events you would like to see in the future.
This presentation is a part of the Habiger Lecture Series. Each year, Monsignor James Habiger '44, provides funding for Prep to bring in high quality speakers who will inspire our students. We are grateful to Msgr. Habiger for his ongoing support of this series. |
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Career Day presenters needed on April 8, 2011 |
From Mary Jo Leighton '80, Director of Guidance, "All of you wonderful
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Mike Hogan '61 shares his
career story at SJP |
alums and friends of Prep have interesting careers that our students would love to hear about! I am still in need of about a dozen presenters on Friday, April 8, 2011. Your duties would include arriving at 7:45 a.m. The first event is a keynote speaker (Dr. Chris Wenner '90) in the Weber Center followed by four breakout sessions in which you would present THREE times (35 minutes) to small groups of students. Your presentation could include handouts/power point/visual aids. The more interactive the better - we are talking 6-12th graders!! ATTENTION WOMEN - I encourage you to come back too! No offense men, but I am always short on women because there are less of us!! I will refuse no one!! Please RSVP to me if you need more information or want to sign up. Students will be signing up right after Spring Break so I need a final list by March 16th. Thanks for considering! Please email me or call 320-363-3339." |
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Just welcomed a baby in your life? Let us know! | |
Attention Prep alumni and parents of alumni: if you have  recently become a new parent or grandparent, we would love to help you celebrate by sending you a baby bib as our gift to you! Just send Mary an email and let her know who has recently welcomed a little bundle of joy in to the world. We would love a photo back of your baby wearing the bib for Prep Life's Class Notes!
A big thanks to Prep parent, Dave Phipps, for designing our "smart baby" for the bibs. Dave is a professional cartoonist and publishes a weekly e-newsletter, Toon-Up. If you'd like to sign up for a free subscription, please click here. |
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Alumni- have you logged in to PAN? | |
This is the perfect time to try it out! Want to print out a class list to cajole your classmates to join you at Reunion Weekend this June? Login to the PAN today and get the ball rolling! By now, if you are an alum, you should have received a letter which gives you your ID number and instructions on how to register. If not, please email Brenda Brown and she will help you login. Also- don't forget to upload your resume and if you are looking for an amazing addition to your staff, post your opening on the PAN. |
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You're invited! SJP Stand-ups in Florida and Arizona | |
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Saint John's comes to Arizona |
Headmaster, Fr. Tim Backous, OSB and Brenda Brown will be traveling
to Southern Florida Feb. 17-20, 2011. Please contact Brenda for a personal visit!
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Arizona Stand-Up Co-hosted by John '87 & Kim Gutzwiller and Ken '56 & Jean Gutzwiller E-mail Brenda Brown or call her at 320-363-2098 for details. We hope to see you soon!
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Melk Reunion 2011 at Saint John's |
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Stift Melk, Austria |
Herr Sack says to mark your calendars for Friday, July 8-Sunday, July 10, 2011
Every five years Melkites and Austrians get together and share memories and make new ones. This year it is Prep's turn to host the reunion.
Friday, July 8 - Social and Dinner
Saturday, July 9 - Regional activities by day, Red Carpet Downtown St. Cloud by night
Sunday, July 10 - Mass and Brunch at Saint John's |
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"Like Us" on Facebook | Join the 549 other alumni and friends who already "like us" on the SJP  Alumni Association Facebook page! We post photos, events, information and random thoughts about Prep. Just one more way to connect with Prep alumni! Click here or on the Like button to check out our alumni Facebook page. |
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Did you get your PrepLife magazine? |  By now you should have received your December 2010 PrepLife magazine. If you haven't, please call and let us know. We'll send one right out to you! Call 320-363-3112 or email mjacobs@csbsju.edu. |
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