St. John Vianney School
Objective
We love the opportunity to help a small school in a small town update their website to make it more informative and user-friendly. We worked with the delightful head of school at St. John Vianney School in Fairmont, Minnesota to help them improve the design and usability of their website. The existing site lacked clarity, modern design, and an easy way for families to access important information. The school sought to improve usability, clarify the admissions process, and ensure classroom updates could be easily shared by staff.
Our key goals were to:
- Modernize an outdated website to reflect the school’s heart and community spirit
- Improve user experience and content clarity for prospective and current families
- Streamline the admissions information and process
- Highlight individual classroom updates and messages
- Ensure ease of ongoing content management by internal staff
Approach
Design TLC created a custom WordPress website using Beaver Builder, enabling the team at St. John Vianney School to easily manage their own content without technical expertise. We reorganized and rewrote key content areas to make admissions information more accessible and clear for prospective families.
The new design reflects the welcoming personality of the school, with updated layouts and visuals that bring forward its community-centered message. Individual classroom pages were restructured for consistency and ease of updates, making it simple for teachers to share updates with families.
Throughout the project, we worked closely with the head of school to ensure the new site supported their goals and could grow with them in the future.
Outcome
The new St. John Vianney School website is a warm, welcoming, and easy-to-navigate platform that reflects the heart of this small-town school. With clear admissions content and a better structure for classroom communications, the site now supports both external outreach and internal connection.
Results from the new website include:
- A welcoming, community-oriented design that reflects the school’s spirit
- Improved site usability and structure for admissions and classroom content
- Empowered staff to manage and update content easily via Beaver Builder
- Strengthened the school’s digital presence and connection with families
- Received positive feedback from the head of school and school community
