Case Study: St. John's Prep achieves enhanced instruction and college readiness with Showbie

t. John’s Prep Combines 1:1 iPads with Showbie to Enhance Instruction

St. John's Prep, an all-boys Catholic school in Danvers, Massachusetts, needed a simple, dependable way to make its 1:1 iPad program truly usable for teaching and learning across the school (1,150 high school and 300 middle school students). Teachers required a tool that supported collaboration, easy assignment workflow, and rich feedback; after testing several options, a world language teacher recommended Showbie, and the school began a phased rollout of the Showbie platform on their iPads.

Showbie was implemented schoolwide through teacher-led trials and peer training, with features like voice notes, file sharing, Notability integration, in-app feedback, grading, and online office hours driving broad classroom use. The vendor’s responsive support and robust knowledge base helped refine the platform based on St. John’s Prep’s requests. Today roughly 70% of teachers use Showbie, enabling more timely feedback, richer collaboration, and anytime/anywhere learning (illustrated by a student listening to Showbie voice notes while traveling), while supporting the school’s 1,450-device program.

St. John's Prep

Kerry Gallagher

Digital Learning Specialist