What is the Lions Council?

St. Johns Classical Academy's mission is to build intelligent, virtuous American citizens. With your commitment you create a community where administrators, faculty and staff can do their best work and provide support for our scholars inside and outside of the classroom by providing the resources they need.
The Lions Council is a stewardship organization intended to engage parents in support of the Headmaster, the faculty, and the administration in carrying out the mission of the academy. Its objectives include:

• Educating parents and the community about the academy and the differences between it and ordinary public school

• Encouraging family and friends of St. Johns Classical Academy to show their support through volunteering and donations

Meet like minded individuals who share your concerns. We all have a common bond. We care about creating the best possible educational experience for our scholars. We are neighbors and peers who share many of the same experiences. ​We are working with our families and community in order to create a stronger connection to SJCA, our virtues, our mission and our vision. Research shows that building parent and community involvement in education helps to create a great school. Lions Council Meeting Minutes are available upon request, please contact the Lions Council Secretary.

 Why Join Lions Council?

We Need You! Just like public schools, charter schools receive state funds based on the average daily attendance of students. SJCA is a charter school in Florida and is authorized by the Clay County District Schools. It is funded on a per pupil basis. Florida Charter Schools receive about two-thirds as much funding as traditional public schools. Charter Schools have to cover operational, capital and indirect costs with the funds that traditional public schools receive for just operational costs.

St. Johns Classical Academy works to make up the difference with fundraising to help support our talented faculty, grow our fine arts and athletic programs and promote community in our many school-wide events. It is important to understand that is a real condition for all charter schools and is not a circumstance of the school being poorly operated, but rather the limitations inherently placed on schools not otherwise subsidized.

In order to continue to provide this deeply intuitive and challenging education, and even the basic elective and extracurricular activities and programs readily available at typical public schools, we need your active participation through volunteering and fundraising.

As a public charter school, we do a lot with a little. The support of parents and generous members of the community is essential for our continued success. For those that are able, whether a member of the Lions Council or not, we ask that each family make a financial commitment each school year to help make up the difference.