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Mr. Rowe and the jazz band practiced outside today, much to the delight of the students on Stowe Green enjoying the sunshine on the last day of classes before break. #stjacademy
The Science Olympiad team delivered an outstanding performance at the Vermont State Championships on Sunday. Every SJA competitor placed in the top three, with the team earning medals in nearly every event entered. Multiple gold medals—across events including Anatomy and Physiology, Disease Detectives, Chem Lab, Boomilever, and Bungee Drop—powered the Academy to an impressive second-place overall finish.
Attending the event were Michael Chirkov `27, Aleksey Strokanov `27, Aaliyah Roberts `28, Una McKinnon `27, Effie Dunn `27, Jerry Kim `28, and Paulie Yin `27.
Mr. Eckhardt and his students took their class outside to view a number of campus memorials and markers.
Members of the National Honor Society’s Social Justice and Engagement Committee held a community dinner last week. The group served more than 45 community members and raised money for NECKA to support its efforts to improve food access in the NEK.
Pop tarts were on the menu in Chef B’s class today.
Students take advantage of the sunshine to enjoy their lunch outside in the amphitheater.
At last weekend`s Scholars` Bowl State Championships, both the JV and Varsity teams finished 3-1 on the day, and both were ranked second in their divisions. These results are the best in recent years. Congratulations to all players: Sophie White `27, Poppy Shattuck `27, Aleksey Strokanov `27, Marcus Burns `26, Jonah Raser `27, Mr. Callanan, Conall Kennedy `29, Phoebe Donn `27, Charlie Peralez `27, and Raine Rashid `27.
The robotics team has been busy. Last week, they competed at UNH, and they are competing at the New England District UVM Event in Burlington.
Mr. Rowe and a group of students participated in the New England Music Festival last week in Gilford, NH. Four hundred students from around the region attended the event.
Attending the festival were Mr. Rowe, Claudia Canuto `26, Riley Washington `26, Sophia Montague `26, Gray Cashin `27, Owen Gregoricus `27, Raine Rashid `27, Rory Nott `27, Ben Wood `26, Donley Johnson `26
Congratulations to our Career and Technical Education Students of the Quarter. Front row: Riley Mathews `26 (Work-Based Learning), Jacob Witter `27 (Intro. to Automotive), Tyler Noyes `27 (Woodworking), Holden Brigham `27 (Heating & Plumbing 1), Toby Gilbert `27 (Electricity 1)
Middle row: Chloe Johnson `29 (Career Exploration), Alexander Jensen `28 (Intro. to Electricity), Zuri Douglas `26 (Intro. to Culinary), Samuel Bearce `26 (Intro. to Construction), Olivia Forest `28 (Intro. to Business), Thomas Letourneau `29 (Career Exploration)
Back row: Bryce Gordon `26 (Heating & Plumbing 2), Andrew Edwards `26 (Sales & Marketing 2), Kailyn Neurath `26 (Intro. to Culinary), Meadow Schneider `27 (Advanced Welding), Josephine Royer `28 (Intro. to Welding)
Missing from photo: Alexander Curtis `28 (Auto Tech), Elliott Marceau `26 (Electricity 2); Taylor Powers `26 (Human Services 1), Vivienne Gammell `27 (Intro. to Human Services), Ava Smith `28 (Intro. to Culinary), Mark Fortier `27 (Culinary), Cecilia Robinson `28 (Intro. to Culinary), Emilee Bunnell `26 (Sales & Marketing 1), Adrian Mitchell `26 (Intro. to Heating & Plumbing), Kalliope Augsberger-Skala ‘26 (Business Management)
The Robotics team is busy fine tuning their robot before this weekend’s competition at UVM.
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Mr. Rowe and the jazz band practiced outside today, much to the delight of the students on Stowe Green enjoying the sunshine on the last day of classes before break. #stjacademy
The Science Olympiad team delivered an outstanding performance at the Vermont State Championships on Sunday. Every SJA competitor placed in the top three, with the team earning medals in nearly every event entered. Multiple gold medals—across events including Anatomy and Physiology, Disease Detectives, Chem Lab, Boomilever, and Bungee Drop—powered the Academy to an impressive second-place overall finish.
Attending the event were Michael Chirkov '27, Aleksey Strokanov '27, Aaliyah Roberts '28, Una McKinnon '27, Effie Dunn '27, Jerry Kim '28, and Paulie Yin '27.
Today is the SkillsUSA banquet, where the state champions are announced after a week of competitions. Congratulations to state champs Deedra Roy (Welding Sculpture) and Eliana Murdock (Baking & Pastry Arts). Competing through programs at Lyndon Institute, seniors Mollie Gray (T-shirt Design) and Steve Werner (Welding Fabrication) also earned state champion honors.
Members of the National Honor Society’s Social Justice and Engagement Committee held a community dinner last week. The group served more than 45 community members and raised money for NECKA to support its efforts to improve food access in the NEK.
Students from across the state have been putting their talents to the test all week at the SkillsUSA Vermont competitions. From precision and problem-solving to creativity and teamwork, the students have worked hard to showcase their talents and skills.
Winners will be announced on Friday at the banquet, and we'll share more photos from the banquet and the other competitions.
At last weekend's Scholars' Bowl State Championships, both the JV and Varsity teams finished 3-1 on the day, and both were ranked second in their divisions. These results are the best in recent years. Congratulations to all players: Sophie White '27, Poppy Shattuck '27, Aleksey Strokanov '27, Marcus Burns '26, Jonah Raser '27, Mr. Callanan, Conall Kennedy '29, Phoebe Donn '27, Charlie Peralez '27, and Raine Rashid '27.
Richard Kearney Named President of the American Driver and Traffic Safety Education Association
Driver Education instructor Richard Kearney has been named the President of the Board of Directors for the American Driver and Traffic Safety Education Association. As their vision states, “this is a national organization that promotes traffic safety and works to improve and extend driver education and training activities in schools, colleges, and universities, as well as in the private sector.”
Just a few snowflakes around this afternoon.
The robotics team has been busy. Last week, they competed at UNH, and they are competing at the New England District UVM Event in Burlington.