SJA News - April 15, 2026 | | |
Vermont SkillsUSA Success
Students competed in Vermont SkillsUSA events across the state last week, and several were recognized for their efforts at Friday's banquet. Their events and awards are listed below. The state champions in each event will compete in Atlanta in June at the national leadership and skills conference.
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Front row: Deedra Roy '28 - Gold Medal, Welding Sculpture, Eliana Murdoch '26 - Gold Medal, Baking & Pastry Arts, Maceo Kramar '26 - Silver Medal, Culinary Arts, Teagan Berquist '27 - Culinary Arts
Back row: Sarah Roy '26 - Electrical Construction Wiring, Ava Hovey '26 - Bronze Medal, Electrical Construction Wiring, Jacob Roberts '27 - Silver Medal, Plumbing, Levi Thompson '27 - Plumbing, Holden Brigham '27- Plumbing, Aiden Thomas '26 - Automotive Service Technology, Jacob Witter '27 - Automotive Service Technology
| Molly Larrabee '26 - Silver Medal, Welding Sculpture, Sydney Gilman '26 - Silver Medal, Welding, Mollie Gray '26 - Gold Medal, T-Shirt Design, Steve Werner '26 - Gold Medal, Welding Fabrication | |
Science Olympiad Competition at Norwich
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.
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2026 National Latin Exam Recognition
The results of the 2026 National Latin Exam are in, and special commendation goes to sophomore Ignacio Montague, who earned a cum laude certificate, and senior Mylo Robertson, who received magna cum laude honors on the Advanced Prose exam.
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Thursday, April 16
Fashion Show, Fuller Hall, 6:30 PM
View the flyer here.
The morning and evening sessions will both be streamed at this link. The morning sessions are scheduled to begin at 8:00 AM and 8:40 AM.
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Saturday, April 18
Spring Break Begins
Monday, April 27
Classes Resume
Wednesday, April 29
NEASC/PD Late Start Schedule, 10:00 AM
Friday, May 1
Senior Capstone Day
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2026-2027 Trip Offerings
The international and domestic trip offerings for 2026-2027 have been announced. To view the list and learn more, click here.
| | Pop-Tarts were on the menu for Chef Bystrzycki's baking students last week. | The Class of 2027 held a ceremony in Chapel to mail their junior year “Letters to Self” to the future, which will be opened at Senior Breakfast 2027. The event included letter and mail trivia and featured special appearances by John Thorton-Sherman as mailman and Gloria as maildog extraordinaire! | | The Theater III and Advanced Acting students recently participated in a New York City theater industry trip where they had an audition workshop with Casting Director Jenn Haltman, participated in a show design workshop at the Museum of Broadway, and saw two great shows in the city. | | Employees of Casella Waste Systems spoke to students on Friday about opportunities available through their company. | | Seniors Wes and Will Barlow got us started this week in Chapel for Musical Monday. Video of their performance can be viewed here. | | Mr. Shea's film students are shooting a movie in Ranger Hall. The script for the play was written by Mrs. Mackenzie's creative writing students. | |
In Ms. Angell’s Sustainability and Global Citizenship class, students are diving into project-based learning with a delicious real-world challenge: How can we create an affordable, sustainable meal sourced from within our local foodshed?
Along the way, students are researching where our food comes from, asking meaningful questions about sustainability and access, and building hands-on skills in food preservation—including canning, pickling, dehydration, and fermentation.
| | Mr. Rowe and the Hilltones performed in Chapel on Tuesday. A video of their performance can be viewed here. | | Girls' Ultimate is back at SJA! The team traveled to South Burlington on Tuesday for their first game of the season. In a tough loss in rainy conditions, SJA's defense forced several turnovers using great teamwork, despite some having only played ultimate frisbee for two weeks. | | | | |
