St. John’s Episcopal School

St. John’s, an independent Episcopal school in Rancho Santa Margarita, offers a dynamic educational program for children from 2 months of age through 8th Grade. Students are encouraged to develop independence, practice self- confidence, and think creatively. St. John’s combines a rigorous academic environment with values of service and compassion to uniquely prepare students for higher education and for life outside the classroom.

Honoring Tradition, Embracing Innovation
Founded on the traditions of Episcopal education, values, and character, students learn what it means to be a good person as well as a good student. For more than 28 years, the School has provided its students with a loving and nurturing environment to prepare for high school, college, and beyond. The values of integrity, responsibility, tolerance, and respect are reinforced through character education, community outreach, and individual service and are modeled by the adults on campus. Building positive relationships with teachers, peers, and others sets the tone for life-long learning and citizenship.

The Value Of Art And Music
Significant enhancements have been made to the School’s music program in the past year, including the addition of Music Together in Early Childhood, Orff Schulwerk in Elementary, and expanded instrumental and choral music in the Middle Division. Music education, specifically, has been shown to significantly improve children’s academic success. Children who study music tend to have larger vocabularies, more advanced reading skills, and show greater brain development and memory improvement than children who do not participate in music lessons.

Steam Education For Tomorrow’s Leaders
The STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) approach to teaching and learning presents an innovative and engaging method of instruction, teaching students through project-based learning to address real world problems.

STEAM integrates and reinforces concepts across subject areas and has been implemented in all grade levels, beginning with the Early Childhood program. The integration of skills and concepts throughout the curriculum provides students with a depth of understanding which goes beyond traditional education.

New Steam Center
In August, St. John’s will unveil its innovative STEAM Center, a new building on campus that will provide dedicated spaces for a Makers Lab, science, and robotics. The STEAM Center will further support St. John’s mission to foster every child’s full intellectual, physical, and spiritual development through an ideal balance of tradition   and innovation.

St. John’s Episcopal School
30382 Via Con Dios
Rancho Santa Margarita
949.858.5144 • www.StJohns-ES.org