Please join the JPG community in welcoming Christine Hoyer as the Senior Director of Development!   Christine is a creative and innovative fundraiser with a background in driving non-profit missions to improve the lives of individuals; primarily, the youth and individuals with disabilities. She has spent over a decade executing multi-million dollar campaigns across a variety of philanthropic organizations. She has served as a brand ambassador who promotes organizations' missions by building long-standing relationships, inspiring volunteers, and compelling donors to give. M ..read more

March 5, 2024 From the Desk of Bob Gross Chairman, Board of Trustees On behalf of the Board of Trustees, I am pleased to introduce Steve Pries as the second President of St. John Paul the Great Catholic High School. Founding President Jeff Kummer will continue to serve the school community in a leadership role as the Chief Operating Officer.   Throughout the history of St. John Paul the Great, one thing has been abundantly clear: God wants this school to succeed. Against all odds in construction, fundraising, staffing, and recruitment, God has made a way. Time and time again, He has sent ..read more

On December 12th, we were honored to host Bill Mumma for our final Veritas Speaker Series of 2023. Bill Mumma is the Board Chairman of both the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students). He and his wife, Kathy, live in Summit, New Jersey, and have six children and 18 grandchildren. In his talk, Bill conveys the essence of our times—an apostolic age where embracing faith is not enough; we are called to actively propose it, defend it, and even suffer for it. This collective mission resonates deeply as we mold the future leaders of our nation here at ..read more

Our second-ever Mountaineer Spirit Week was a huge success! Mountaineer Spirit Week coincides with the anniversary of the Canonization of St. John Paul the Great (September 29) and we do it up in style with tons of activities to celebrate JPG! The theme for this year's Mountaineer Spirit Week was "Foundations of Culture." As we seek to grow and build our own culture, we took the time to reflect on major foundations of culture in our world. This was capped off by our households decorating their household wing areas according to their specific theme.  St. Rose of Li ..read more

On Tuesday, September 26th we welcomed nearly one-hundred guests to St. John Paul the Great for our inaugural Totus Tuus Scholarship Breakfast. Funds raised from the event will be used to assist families of all backgrounds in affording a world-class education at JPG. The event began with mass at Our Lady of Lourdes, then breakfast and an inspiring keynote from Fr. John Nepil, a member of our Board of Trustees. Parents and students shared about the impact JPG has had in their lives, and the event concluded with a moving “beam signing” blessings and ceremony. The beam will be used for the constr ..read more

On Tuesday, May 23 our JPG founding freshmen, parents, faculty, staff and coaches gathered for our Year-End Breakfast to celebrate this historic first year at St. John Paul the Great. We began with Mass in our gathering space where Fr. Sean Conroy emphasized looking back with gratitude on this first year and encouraged our freshmen to prepare their hearts to be virtuous leaders for our incoming freshmen class. Following Mass, we treated our families to breakfast and honored several students with our year-end awards. Congratulations to all of our students on accomplishing so much this first ye ..read more

It is with great honor that we welcomed former Secretary Jim Nicholson and members of the Daniels Fund to St. John Paul the Great last week to continue the Veritas Speaker Series. During the event, Secretary Nicholson spoke passionately about the significant impact of his faith in his personal life, including his marriage, his service to the country, and his previous roles in the US Government. Read a short biography of Secretary Nicholson Learn more about the work of the Daniels Fund View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize ..read more

As part of our formation at JPG, we embark on a service day once per trimester focusing on the works of mercy. On Wednesday, February 15th, our school spent the day with Christ in the City, starting with a convocation from Mark Bauman, the board president and one of the main founders of this important ministry in Denver. Mark shared his powerful and gradual conversion story, explaining how he took a lifetime to realize that everything in his life has been a gift from the Father, even the things he once viewed as a curse or could not make sense out of. After Mark Bauman's convocation, we receiv ..read more

Formation Friday is a school-wide opportunity to participate in teamwork, hands-on learning, and a healthy dose of fun! Formation Fridays supplement the student experience with hands-on and off-site encounters with truth and beauty. They occur four times per trimester. To raise the stakes, some Formation Fridays are a competition between households with points awarded for the year-long competition for the Household Cup. The Formation Friday below was themed ‘Made From Scratch,’ and students had an opportunity to use their hands for four challenges. Create a Bow and Arrow from Found Objects Cre ..read more

When asked about why he joined the JPG team, Mr. Waylon Duncan shared the following: It is a great honor to be a part of the teaching faculty at John Paul the Great! I am excited to be involved in a program which views the educational process as an experience and a training where learning is not an end in itself, but rather an instrument which forms the soul and sets the individual free to be the person and live out the vocation which God made them to. Saint Isidore of Seville defined philosophy, among other things, as the study of matters human and divine with the aim of living well. This de ..read more