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Every story reveals another aspect of the life-changing SJA experience.

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June 23, 2026

A Journey Back to the Classroom

Somewhere between my office in Colby Hall and my destination in Streeter Hall, I considered turning back. I wasn’t ready to weld even though I had carefully chosen what I believed were my least flammable clothes.

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May 13, 2026

Adaptive Driver’s Education Car Opens the Road for More Students at St. Johnsbury Academy

For most teenagers, learning to drive is something that just happens — a given, a rite of passage, a little terrifying and mostly assumed. For Hannah Albright, it was something she had quietly stopped expecting.

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May 13, 2026

St. Johnsbury Academy Seniors Selected as Candidates for United States Presidential Scholars Program

Four St. Johnsbury Academy seniors have been selected as candidates for the United States Presidential Scholars Program based on their exceptional ACT Assessment or College Board SAT performance.

SJA Calendar

  • August 10

    Football Start Date

    All Day

  • August 12

    New Teacher Orientation

    All Day

  • August 12

    Fall Sports Meet the Coaches

    7:00 pm

  • August 13

    Fall Sports Start Date

    All Day

  • August 17

    Faculty In-Service

    All Day

  • August 20

    New Boarding Student Arrival and Family Orientation

    All Day

  • August 21

    New Boarding Student Orientation

    All Day

  • August 23

    Returning Boarding Student Move-In

    All Day

  • August 24

    9th Grade and New Student Orientation

    All Day

  • August 25

    All Student Orientation

    All Day

  • August 26

    First Full Day of School

    All Day

  • September 7

    Labor Day – No Classes

    All Day

  • September 10

    Semester 1 Meet the Teachers

    All Day

  • September 14

    School Photos

    8:30 am

  • September 15

    School Photos

    8:30 am

  • September 17

    School Photos

    8:30 am

  • September 18

    School Photos

    8:30 am

  • September 25

    Walk for a Healthy Community

    1:00 pm

  • October 9

    Faculty In-Service – No Classes

    All Day

  • October 12

    Faculty In-Service – No Classes

    All Day

  • October 19

    Spirit Week

    All Day

  • October 29

    Semester One Student Progress Conferences

    All Day

  • November 5

    Admissions 8th Grade Open House

    6:00 pm

  • November 9

    No Classes

    All Day

  • November 25

    Thanksgiving Break

    All Day

  • December 4

    Capstone Day

    All Day

  • December 17

    Last Day Semester 1 Classes

    All Day

  • December 18

    Holiday Break

    All Day

  • January 5

    Semester 2 New Student Orientation

    8:00 am

  • January 5

    Faculty In-Service

    8:00 am

  • January 6

    Semester 2 Classes Begin

    8:00 am

  • January 18

    MLK Day – No Classes

    All Day

  • January 21

    Semester Two – Meet the Teachers

    5:30 pm

  • February 4

    Winter Carnival

    All Day

  • February 19

    Winter Break

    12:00 pm

  • March 12

    Faculty In-Service

    All Day

  • March 25

    Semester 2 Student Progress Conferences

    All Day

  • March 26

    No Classes

    All Day

  • April 17

    Spring Break

    All Day

  • April 30

    No Classes – Capstone/Sophomore Stewardship/9th Grade Challenge Day

    8:30 am

  • May 21

    Spring Day

    All Day

  • May 31

    Memorial Day – No Classes

    All Day

  • June 3

    Last Day Semester Two Classes

    All Day

  • June 4

    Faculty In-Service – No Classes

    All Day

  • June 7

    Commencement

    10:00 am

  • June 8

    Faculty In-Service

    All Day

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Hundreds of stories — one community.

By the time they graduate, our students will have worked incredibly hard, overcome many challenges, chronicled numerous achievements, and grown into young adults equipped to take on the demands of college and career.

 

Some will attend top universities and liberal arts colleges, culinary schools, art schools, engineering schools, technical colleges, and an array of other 2- and 4-year institutions. Others will enter apprenticeship programs in the trades, become entrepreneurs, and enter the workforce as assets to their companies and communities.

 

As a part of this life-changing community, each has their own story — their own SJA experience.

Big School Opportunities, Small School Feel

30+

AP Courses

8:1

Student to Faculty ratio

12

Average Class Size

40

Fine Arts Courses

48

Division I Athletic Teams

14K+

Global Alumni Network

20+

Number of countries students come from each year

24

Hours per day students are part of a caring, vibrant community

40+

Clubs and after-school activities available to all students

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