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Deen Bakir on competing in Strongman competitions

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Teacher Spotlight: Mr. Macklin on his time in the Peace Corps

This slideshow requires JavaScript. We often say to ourselves that we have all the answers, that we know how to fix the problems, but the fact of the matter is that until you’ve lived in [poverty],  until you understand it, you don’t understand or know what [other people]

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SJC Alumni Shine in Service

On March 8, three St. John’s alumni spoke to seniors about their careers in service to cap off Poverty Education Week. Ms. Jillian Griffith ’10, Ms. Mary McCarthy ’12 and Mr. David Street ’04 spoke about how St. John’s affected their decisions to enter a career in service.

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SJC students living out service

Each individual student at St. John’s has a number of service hours required of them each year, and as a LaSallian school there are a number of different ways to give back to the community. St. John’s connects students to Catholic charities all around the country and offers

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The Meal of Solidarity: Is It an effective way to teach students about poverty?

For the past 11 years, St. John’s has hosted schoolwide events to address world hunger during Poverty Education Week. In the past they have done the Hunger Banquet, where students are fed either rice, rice and beans, or a full course meal based global economic disparities and poverty rates.