Parents play an essential role in the academic, social, athletic and spiritual success of students at St. John the Baptist. There are a variety of resources and opportunities for parents to be engaged in their children's education. SJB relies on parents and families to create a safe and stimulating experience for students. We hope parents find the resources here helpful. Information is provided regularly via SJB News, as well.

    Here are some ways that SJB could use help from parent volunteers:

    Please contact the principal if you are interested and willing to take on one of these tasks.

    • Sign up for Lunch Duty for Your Child's Classroom

      Expectations for Lunch Duty

      Thank you to the parents who have signed up for lunch duty. Our teachers are grateful for your service. Here is the sign up link. 

      It is important that lunch-duty volunteers understand and agree to follow the guidelines below:

      Volunteer Supervisor Expectations

      1. Volunteers must have child-protection certification before signing up for lunch duty.

      2. Volunteers must watch the children during lunch duty. 

      3. Volunteers must be willing to address students who misbehave by pointing out the lunchtime rules and reporting misbehavior to the classroom teacher. 

      3. Volunteers must know the lunch duty rules. 

      Student Lunchtime Expectations  

      1. Lunch Times: 

                                K-4 Lunch   12:00 to 12:20

                               5-8 Lunch    12:20 to 12:40

      2. Students may not give away food, ask someone else for food, or trade food.

      3. Students eat lunch in a civilized manner, speaking at a conversational level. There should be no yelling, throwing things, unkind or inappropriate conversation.

      4. Students in grades K-4 eat at their desks during the 20-minute lunch period. Students in grades 5-8 may move their chairs to another desk with the teacher's permission or the supervisor's permission.

      5. Students must have the supervisor’s permission to use the restrooms. 

      6. Students may leave their seats to throw away trash or put away lunch boxes.

      7. Students clean their desktops and the floor around them at the end of lunch.

      8. Students stay in their seats until they are dismissed by the lunch supervisor, individually or by row, not all at once.

    • Access to a Lift

      If anyone has access to a lift, we would be grateful if we could use it to replace the old faded Blue Ribbon banner with a fresh, bright Blue Ribbon banner on the outside wall between the gym windows.

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    Volunteers & Child Protection

    Earn Volunteer Credits

    Sign up for Lunch Duty.

    To volunteer or work with children, adults must be Virtus-certified in the Archdiocese of Washington Child-Protection Program.

    How to Get Child-Protection Certification

    • FAQ About VIRTUS Certification

      What if I am already certified?

      • If you were certified with a fingerprint-background check, your certification is complete. Volunteers certified with just an electronic background check must be fingerprinted. If you are unsure, contact Mrs. Kerley.

      Do field trip chaperones need to be certified?

      • Yes, chaperones must be Virtus-certified. Certification is mandatory for any adult to volunteer in a school-related activity with children present. 

      I went through a fingerprint-background check for my job. Can the Archdiocese use the clearance I've already received?

      • The Archdiocese requires independent completion of a criminal-background check for child-protection certification. Your clearance for work doesn't apply to ADW child-protection certification.

    • Steps for New Volunteers

       How to Get Child-Protection Certification

      • Create an account at http://www.virtus.org with St. John the Baptist as your parish (Archdiocese of Washington). 
      • Complete the online training session of Protecting God’s Children for Adults.
      • Sending training confirmation to the parish director of child protection, Martha Kerley, at mkerley@sjbssparish.org.
      • Make an appointment with a fingerprinting center. There's a list of more than 70 fingerprinting locations at the bottom of this webpage.  The one that's closest to the school (an 8-minute drive) is American Identity Solutions on Prosperity Drive in Silver Spring, off Route 29. Here's the map location. Bring two IDs and  the Livescan registration. 
      • Contact Mrs. Kerley to tell her that you have been fingerprinted and schedule a day and time to bring a completed volunteer application and two ID's for a background check.

    Volunteer Credit Program

    SJB families are asked to meet a 4-credit volunteer requirement each school year. 

    Read the program overview.

    Learn about the many HSA events that need volunteer coordinators and support.

    View the HSA Goals.

    Sign up to volunteer on the volunteer-interest form.

    Request credits for volunteering after you have completed your volunteer work.



    H.S.A. 

    The Home-School Association plans and coordinates community and fundraising activities and events for the benefit of the school.


    Order Pizza Lunch & Make Purchases at SJB

    Go to the SJB Square Site to buy pizza lunch, grill lunch, and other SJB items as they come up for sale.

    Meetings 

    Meeting dates and times can be found on the online school calendar. 


    Meetings are typically the third Monday of the month at 7:00 pm in the Library.


    The board follows a meeting agenda. During the open forum portion of the meeting, the school addresses questions that were submitted online prior to the start of the meeting. Submit a Question

    Links to Helpful Resources

    Uniform

    Where to Get Uniforms

    JB has a uniform bank in the Study across the hall from the School Office.


    Parents may buy uniforms for the their children from any retailer. SJB logos are allowed but not required. Other logos, such as alligators or polo players, are not allowed.

    Learn More

    Class Information Posted on Portal

    Homework assignments are typically posted each afternoon by 4:00 pm.


    To see what's coming up, go to the class summary. Look for your child's name and then look to select the Classroom tab to the right. Select the name of the class from the drop-down list, and then select Class Page. You should see Class Summary, Announcements, Files, and Links.

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    Daily Lunch Orders

    Parents may send bag lunches with their children, or they may order lunch in advance for their children through Main & Market. Use password JAGUAR29 to create an account.

    Main & Market

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    How Are We Doing?

    Reporting Our Progress & Performance

    High School Applications and Acceptances

    • Year 2025

      High School - Acceptances/Applications

      Our Lady of Good Counsel - 14/18

      St. John's College HIgh School - 11/17

      DeMatha - 8/8

      Academy of the Holy Cross - 6/7

      St. Vincent Pallotti - 5/5

      Mount St. Joseph - 4/4

      Gonzaga - 2/3

      Don Bosco Cristo Rey - 1/1

      Archbishop Carroll - 1/1

      Bishop McNamara - 1/1

      Brookewood - 1/1

    • Year 2024

      High School - Acceptances/Applications

      Our Lady of Good Counsel - 17/20

      St. John's College HIgh School - 10/15

      DeMatha - 7/7

      Academy of the Holy Cross - 3/3

      Gonzaga - 2/4

      St. Vincent Pallotti - 3/3

      Connelly School of the Holy Child - 1/1

      Stone Ridge - 1/1

      Elizabeth Seton - 1/1

    • Year 2023


      High School - Accepted/Applications


      Our Lady of Good Counsel  - 14/15


      St. John’s College High School - 9/15


      DeMatha - 6/6


      Gonzaga - 3/4


      Academy of the Holy Cross - 3/3


      Elizabeth Seton - 3/3


      Georgetown Visitation - 2/2


      Stone Ridge - 1/2


      Georgetown Prep - 0/2


      St. Vincent Pallotti - 5/5



    • Year 2022

      Catholic/Private High School Applied-Accepted

      • St. John’s College High School 14-11
      • Our Lady of Good Counsel 12-10
      • St. Vincent Pallotti 9-9
      • Academy of Holy Cross 7-7
      • Georgetown Visitation 1-1
      • DeMatha 5-5
      • Gonzaga 3-2
      • Georgetown Prep 1-1
      • Stone Ridge 1-1

    • Year 2021

      Catholic/Private High School Applied-Accepted

      • St. John’s College High School 8 - 7
      • Our Lady of Good Counsel  11-11
      • Pallotti 6-6
      • Academy of the Holy Cross 6-6
      • Elizabeth Seton 2-2
      • DeMatha 4-4
      • Gonzaga 4-2
      • Stone Ridge 2-1
      • Connelly School of the Holy Child 1-1
      • Brookewood 1-1

    • Year 2020

      Catholic/Private High School Applied-Accepted

      • St. John’s College High School 11-9
      • Our Lady of Good Counsel 17-17
      • Academy of the Holy Cross 8-8
      • DeMatha 2-2
      • Pallotti 4-4
      • Gonzaga 1-0
      • Elizabeth Seton 1-1
      • Stone Ridge 1-1
      • Brookewood 1-1

    • Year 2019

      Catholic/Private High School Applied-Accepted

      • St John’s College High School 9-8
      • Our Lady of Good Counsel 11-9
      • Academy of Holy Cross 7-7
      • DeMatha 5-5
      • Pallotti 6-6
      • Gonzaga 4-2
      • Elizabeth Seton 4-4
      • Georgetown Visitation 1-0
      • Georgetown Prep 2-0
      • Stone Ridge 1-1

    • Year 2018

      Catholic/Private High School Applied-Accepted

      • Our Lady of Good Counsel 14-10
      • St John’s College High School 17-13
      • Academy of Holy Cross 6-6
      • Georgetown Visitation 2-1
      • DeMatha 10-10
      • Stone Ridge 1-1
      • Gonzaga 4-1
      • Elizabeth Seton 1-1
      • Sidwell Friends 1-1

    High School Matriculations

    • Year 2024

      Good Counsel – 8 


      DeMatha – 5 


      Holy Cross – 1 


      St. John's College High School -- 3 


      Stone Ridge – 1 


      Pallotti – 1 


      Brookewood – 1 


      Springbrook – 3 


      Blake – 1 


      Garrison Forest - 1 

    • Year 2023

      High School Matriculation


      6  - St. John's College High School

      5 - DeMatha

      4 - Our Lady of Good Counsel 

      2 - Holy Cross 

      2 - Elizabeth Seton

      3 - Blake

      1 - Blair


    • Year 2022

      Name of High School - # of SJB Grads Attending

      • St. John’s College High School-6
      • Our Lady of Good Counsel-5
      • St. Vincent Pallotti-4
      • Springbrook-4
      • DeMatha-2
      • Georgetown Visitation-1
      • Georgetown Prep-1
      • Blake-1
      • Blair-1
      • Reservoir-1
      • Wheaton-Edison-1

    • Year 2021

      Name of High School - # of SJB Grads Attending

      • Our Lady of Good Counsel-2
      • St. Johns College High School-2
      • Pallotti-2
      • Elizabeth Seton-2
      • Stone Ridge-1
      • Academy of Holy Cross-1
      • Connelly School of Holy Child-1
      • River Hill-1
      • Chapelgate-1
      • Blake-5
      • Springbrook-2

    • Year 2020

      Name of High School - # of SJB Grads Attending

      • Our Lady of Good Counsel-9
      • St John’s College High School-2
      • Academy of Holy Cross-3
      • Pallotti-1
      • Stone Ridge-1 
      • Elizabeth Seton-1
      • Springbrook-2
      • Sherwood-1
      • Blake-1
      • Reservoir-1
      • Wheaton-1

    • Year 2019

      Name of High School - # of SJB Grads Attending

      • Our Lady of Good Counsel-4
      • St John’s College High School-3
      • Gonzaga-2
      • Pallotti-3
      • Elizabeth Seton-2
      • Stone Ridge-1
      • Academy of Holy Cross-2
      • Blair Magnet-1
      • Richard Montgomery Magnet-1
      • Springbrook-3
      • Blake-3
      • Northwood-1

    • Year 2018

      Name of High School - # of SJB Grads Attending

      • Our Lady of Good Counsel-6
      • St John’s College High School-1
      • Academy of Holy Cross-6
      • DeMatha-1
      • Sidwell Friends-1
      • Stone Ridge-1
      • Elizabeth Seton-1
      • Georgetown Visitation-1
      • Blake-8
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