About Us

Saint John’s School was started 40 years ago by members of Saint John Orthodox Cathedral. Since then it has grown to become a school of 100 students and a staff of 20.

Below you will see our current staff.
Following this you will find our “Core Values.” We encourage you to read these as they reflect the ideas that drive our actions and decisions. They also express our educational philosophy with which everything we do aligns.

At the very end of this page you will see pictures of Saint John Orthodox Cathedral and a link to its website.

St. John’s School Staff

  • An elderly woman with shoulder-length gray hair, wearing glasses and a maroon zip-up jacket, against a gray textured background.

    Betsy Dunaway

    Administrator, 5th

  • A smiling woman with short brown hair and blue eyes, wearing a blue top, earrings, a gold necklace with a cross pendant, and a matching chain, standing in front of a gray background.

    Kali Macalino

    Office Manager

  • Janet Hawi

    Bookkeeper

  • A young woman with long brown hair and blue eyes smiling, wearing earrings with a house design, a striped orange and black shirt, in front of a gray textured background.

    Kathleen Cooley

    Preschool 2

  • A woman with shoulder-length dark hair and light skin, smiling in front of a gray textured background, wearing a light-colored, cable-knit sweater with large buttons and gold jewelry.

    Michelle Mellor

    Preschool 1

  • Portrait of a woman with long, curly brown hair smiling at the camera, wearing a red plaid shirt, against a gray background.

    Mary Curry

    Preschool & Kindergarten

  • A woman with curly hair, glasses, and pearl earrings, smiling, wearing a light purple and white striped shirt, against a gray textured background.

    Genevieve Maurits

    Kindergarten

  • A woman with long, wavy brown hair and blue eyes is smiling at the camera, wearing a light pink, ribbed top against a grey textured background.

    Lori Mellor

    First

  • Headshot of a woman with short dark hair, blue eyes, wearing earrings, a black shirt, and a beige cardigan, standing in front of a gray background.

    Laura Sasala

    Second

  • A woman with long curly gray hair, smiling, wearing a black top, against a gray textured background.

    Clara Saxe

    Third

  • Portrait of a young Black woman smiling, wearing glasses, a black shirt, and a burgundy cardigan, against a gray textured background.

    Khafani Abel

    Fourth

  • A woman with long blonde hair, blue eyes, wearing a black leather jacket and pink top, smiling at the camera against a gray background.

    Kati Rehm

    5th/6th, Art, PE

  • A woman with long, curly brown hair and glasses smiling at the camera, wearing a dark hoodie with a zipper and striped shirt underneath, against a gray textured background.

    Rebecca Raso

    Junior High

  • A smiling middle-aged woman with short gray hair, blue eyes, and a floral dress, standing outdoors in front of tree branches.

    Doreen Dougherty

    Resource

  • Joe Dunham

    4th-6th Math

  • David Sorensen

    Recess Monitor & Lunch

Employment Opportunities

We often have employment opportunities, both part-time and full-time. We have a tradition of experienced teachers mentoring others who want to become part of our team.

Our Core Values

Nurturing Community - Our administration, our teachers, and our clergy are a close-knit team that support each other and our students. This teamwork makes us a nurturing community that addresses each student personally and gives individual attention to each one’s needs.

Orthodox Christian Ethos – The Orthodox Christian Faith inspires us to have an ethos of respect, love, patience, honesty, and forgiveness. Our goal is that others will see God’s love through us. We respect the beliefs of others and do not expect them to adopt our Orthodox Christian Faith.

Strong Academics – We want our students to excel in reading, writing, math, science and social studies, which requires that we balance each day with study, imagination, and physical activity. We also want them to learn to think critically and to express their ideas.

Freedom, Curiosity, and Creativity – Our School encourages these traits in our staff and our students, and believes a good education requires a variety of methods, experiences, and settings.

Respect – Our School expects classrooms to be well-managed and our students to be well-behaved. Respect is shown through kindness, listening to others, and following instructions. Our teachers treat their students with respect and in turn expect the same from them.

Safe Environment - We want our School to have an environment that is safe, where childhood innocence is protected, without racial, social or economic distinctions.

Core Values in Action

Group of children and adults wading in a lake during fall, some children holding small boats or floats.
Group of children and adults gathering in snowy mountain landscape, with tall pine trees and snow-capped peaks in the background.
A classroom with young children, some are in pajamas, watching a boy walk on a balance beam. There are bookshelves, colorful decorations, and toy structures on shelves.
Group of eight kids around a portable fire pit outside in snow, with a wooden house in background, some seated and some standing, dressed in winter casual clothing.
Children playing volleyball outdoors on a paved court, surrounded by trees, with a woman supervising, and various sports equipment nearby.
A classroom with children sitting at desks, a teacher standing near the door smiling, bookshelves in the background, and educational posters on the walls.
A group of children and a woman on a nature walk through a wooded forest, walking on a dirt trail surrounded by trees and green foliage.
Children and adults playing in the snow near a building, some on sleds and others standing in line, with snowy mountains and trees in the background.

Saint John Orthodox Cathedral

Our Cathedral and our School are named after Saint John the Evangelist, who wrote the Gospel of John and three Epistles in the New Testament. He was the youngest of Jesus disciples. He is pictured in the icon below in his older years as he received the inspiration to write his Gospel.

An aerial view of a small town nestled among green trees and hills. The town includes several buildings with gray and wooden exteriors, surrounded by a lot of greenery and open space, under a cloudy sky.
A group of children and adults standing outside a building on a wet pavement, with some people taking photos. The children are in a line, wearing backpacks, waiting to enter the building, which has a small covered entrance. The surroundings include houses and greenery.
Interior view of a church with wooden ceiling, religious icons, and altar area with stained glass windows and a cross.
Visit Cathedral Website
Religious icon depicting Saint John the Theologian with a halo, holding a scroll and a book, with an angelic figure with wings in the background.
An outdoor community gathering on a grassy field with people socializing, children playing, a large wooden church building, trees, and mountains with patches of snow in the background under a partly cloudy sky.