The Preceptorial Series, Episode 1 | Mr. Golluber is leading a preceptorial on the Plato’s Phaedo. This dialogue takes place on the day of Socrates’ death, whe...

While we read ancient books, it is not so difficult to find a place to stand where people stood at the time that Thomas Aquinas was writing his Summa Theologica...

Last week, we explained what a “don rag” is and shared insights from students who had experience with don rags. After the first round of freshman don rags, ther...

For eight weeks of the fall semester, juniors and seniors have their seminar replaced by preceptorials. Preceptorials are similar to electives at other colleges...

Fencing at St. John’s College has been around the Santa Fe campus since the 1960s, and even longer in Annapolis. Like a lot of traditions here, it’s had its qui...

Aurora borealis, as seen from campus looking to the northeast. November 11, 2025. 8:25 p.m.

In sophomore language, students read plays in the original Greek. This year, the sophomores are reading Antigone, by Sophocles. Reading the original Greek is a ...

A unique part of St. Johns is our method of evaluation. We emphasize feedback in the form of a conference-style evaluation, which we call a “don rag,” and it se...