SJA News — May 21, 2025

SJA News - May 21, 2025

HEADMASTER'S MESSAGE

When I talk with people from outside the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont about how St. Johnsbury Academy is unique, my first answer is always this: Career and Technical Education.

I recently shared with my professional network a story about our CTE electrical and plumbing programs’ partnership with the Vermont Department of Labor to allow students to get advanced apprenticeship experience while in high school–and I have never received as many responses. You have what? We have things like culinary arts, automotive technology, and business, too. For everyone? Yes, we have all that. For real? For real.

The unique quality of our CTE program is one of the things that brings students from around the country and world to St. Johnsbury Academy, and I want folks to know the extent to which we consider it, need it, support it, love it, and are profoundly committed to making it the best of its kind.

CAMPUS NEWS

Career & Technical Education Students of the Quarter

First row: Rodrigo Carillo Lopez '26 (Intro. to Auto), Annabeth Taylor '26 (Business Management), Brooke Bogle '26 (Intro. to Business), Richard Corbeil '25 (Work-Based Learning) Second Row: Dillon Colby '26 (Intro. to Electricity), Dominic Gilley '25 (Intro. to Heating & Plumbing), Logan Champagne '25 (Intro. to Culinary Arts), Tillie Lange '27 (Intro. to Welding) Third Row: Dylan Call '25 (Professional Baking), Aubrey Lepine '25 (Sales & Marketing 1), Kaiden Taylor '25 (Auto Tech), Hamilton Awe '25 (Culinary Arts 1), Michael King '25 (Construction Tech 2), Isaac Lenzini '26 (Woodworking), Bryce McCormick '25 (Culinary Arts 2) Jorryn Burchell '25 (Business Management) Fourth Row: Avah Ward '25 (Human & Prof. Svcs 2), Connor Brigham '25 (Electricity 2); Raymond Roy II '26 (Construction Tech 1), Meadow Schneider '27 (Intro. to Baking), Ernie Roy '25 (Electricity 1 & Sales & Marketing 2), Ilyana Valadakis '25 (Human & Professional Srvs 1), Ava Hovey '26 (Intro. to Baking), Franco Millington '25 (Finance) Fifth Row: Sebastian Shore '28 (Career Exploration), Dominic Robinson-Jimenez '27 (Intro. to Construction), Logan Farnsworth '27 (Heating & Plumbing), Devlin Murphy '27 (Professional Baking), Gwen Lapierre '27 (Intro. to Culinary), Antonia Plazek '28 (Career Exploration)

Department Awards

Language students were awarded the Seal of Biliteracy as part of the end-of-year Department Awards (l-r): Andrew North '25, Zoë Buhner '25, Marcus Burns '26, Addison Heath '25, Willa Kantrowitz '25, Kaya Kendall '25, Ruth Krebs '25, Ella McDonough-Warnstedt '25, Meredith Rogers '25, Linden van der Linde '26.

The following students also received the award: Ari Leven '25, Eihlis Murphy '25, Derek Stratton '25, and Kevin Zheng '25. Additional award photos can be viewed here.

Butterflies at the Good Shepherd School

Juniors Maddie Towle and Jada Wood visited Good Shepherd School to present a lesson on butterflies to the Kindergarten class of Mrs. Tonya Carron. Maddie and Jada worked together in Science Olympiad on Ecology and Entomology events, closely studying the role of insects in maintaining a healthy and productive environment. Together, they decided to create a learning activity about butterflies for the students at Good Shepherd as a way to inspire others to learn more about the beauty and complexity of the local environment.

The lesson lasted about 35 minutes and included learning about the life cycle, habitats, appearance, and body parts through coloring, singing and dancing, card sorting, and colorful fruit snacks arranged in the form of a fanciful butterfly.