Quick Facts

History
In 1953, St. John’s Episcopal School was established as a parish day school by St. John’s Church in response to the growing need for an exemplary pre-school in the newly developed areas of Casa Linda, Casa View, Lochwood, and Lake Highlands. By 1955, St. John’s had expanded to include grades one, two and three. Having outgrown its campus on Lake Highlands Drive, the school moved to the present campus in 1962, where 10 acres with a creek, an abundance of trees, and a serene park-like atmosphere create an inviting, quiet environment for students to enjoy. The addition of the middle grades – four, five and six – was completed by 1974. Responding to parents who wanted to extend the school’s quality approach to education, the seventh grade was established in 1987, followed by the eighth grade in 1989.

Location
The campus is located in East Dallas near White Rock Lake, Lakewood, and Casa Linda.

848 Harter Road Dallas, TX 75218 214-328-9131

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Accreditation
The School is accredited by the Texas Private School Accreditation Commission (TEPSAC), which is accepted by the Texas Education Agency (TEA); by the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest (ISAS); and by the Southwestern Association of Episcopal Schools (SAES). We are members of the Texas Association of Non-Public Schools (TANS), Educational Records Bureau, and Independent School Management. We accept qualified students without consideration to race, creed, color, religion or national origin.

Faculty/Student Ratio: 1:14 for Pre-k, average class size is 14 students per class with two classes scheduled in the morning and one class scheduled in the afternoon; kindergarten averages 18 students per class; and the average class size is 18 students in first through eighth grades.

Student Enrollment: 498 students for the 2008-2009 school year.

• Diversity population is approximately 11% of the school’s enrollment
• Episcopalian population is approximately 26% of the school’s enrollment

Programs
Athletics: The Middle School competes in the IAA and TAPS leagues. St. John’s team sports begin in the sixth grade and include volleyball, girls and boys basketball, soccer, softball, baseball, tennis, cross country, and track and field. St. John’s Crusaders are taught the importance of competition, but are known for their sportsmanship and conduct both on and off the playing fields. All Middle School students are encouraged to participate on an athletic team, and all students receive playing time, regardless of ability.

Outdoor Education: St. John’s provides students with many opportunities for hands-on learning. Starting in the fourth grade, St. John’s students travel overnight to various locations that complement the academic curriculum.

• Fourth Grade – An overnight trip to Austin focusing on Texas History
• Fifth Grade – An overnight trip to the Texas State Observatory in San Marcos
  with a focus on Science
• Sixth Grade – A three-day trip to Camp Champions to build teamwork and confidence skills
• Seventh Grade – A three-day trip to the Johnson Space Center in Houston
  and a Galveston swamp trip
• Eighth Grade – A one-week trip to Washington D.C. focusing on American History

Community Service
Lower School students participate in community projects that benefit organizations such as the Northeast Dallas Police Substation, needy Native American children, the Mi Escuelita School, and Autumn Leaves Retirement Home.

Middle School students are required to participate in school community service, including sharing responsibilities for carpool, morning announcements, and lunchroom clean up. Each class also assumes a community service project. Sixth graders act as “Educational Assistants” throughout the school, performing tasks assigned by teachers as needed. Seventh graders identify a community need and commit time and talent to staffing it. Past classes have sent funds to The Red Cross Disaster Fund, The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, and The International Justice Mission. This year students will be participating in Youth Believing in Change. Eighth graders, with parent volunteers, participate in two second Saturday clean ups at White Rock Lake between June of the year following seventh grade and May of their graduating year.

The St. John’s community supports several activities throughout the year to benefit Friends of White Rock Lake, the Austin Street Shelter and other worthy causes. Through the St. John’s charter of the National Junior Honor Society, students collect books to build libraries in Belize. Additionally, St. John’s seventh and eighth grade National Junior Honor Society members and Student Council representatives are required to perform 25 hours of community service hours each.

Extracurricular Activities
St. John’s promotes student participation in a variety of extracurricular activities. Learn about our school-sponsored clubs and organizations and our athletic programs.

St. John's Diversity
The St. John’s faculty and staff create an atmosphere of equality that enriches the children emotionally, spiritually, and mentally and better prepares them for the challenges inherent in higher education, the workplace, and the world at large. The goal of the Diversity Program is to help nurture and educate St. John’s students so each child may experience the wonder and complexity of the differences and similarities that make us uniquely and collectively human.

In fulfillment of the school's mission, the St. John’s Diversity Committee energetically expands upon our school’s commitment to attract an increasingly more diverse student body and staff in the following ways:

• ENCOURAGING the enrollment of students from diverse ethnic, economic and religious backgrounds
  
• SEEKING to hire excellent faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds
  
• ENSURING a bias-free environment by addressing issues of diversity and equity in the pedagogy, curriculum, programs and ethos of the school