Jamestown (CSi) Celebrating St. John’s Academy’s 125th Anniversary, Bishop John Folda of the Diocese of Fargo will be in Jamestown Thursday leading a playground blessing and saying  a Mass for the 255 students, 14 teachers, staff and parents.

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The playground blessing starts at 10 a.m. The playground, which was installed over the summer, is possible with support from alumni and the parent teacher organization.

The bishop will visit classrooms and have lunch with students, followed by a 1 p.m. Mass to commemorate the anniversary in the school gymnasium.

The students include 47 preschool, 30 pre-kindergarten and 178 kindergarten through sixth grade. The students will wear matching maroon polo shirts with the traditional school coat of arms patch along with “125 years.”

St. John’s Academy closed its high school in 1965 and continues today as pre-kindergarten through sixth grade.

The Kid’s Kingdom day care tuition can cost between $1,050 and $1,400 per year; the pre-kindergarten morning or afternoon programs are $1,050 per child per year, and elementary enrollment is $2,919 for parish families and $3,539 for non-parishioners. Families Advocating Christian Education, an endowment, provided over $100,000 in scholarships to families in 2014.

For more information, call 252-2434 or 252-0119.

On line www.stjamesbasilica.org.