SJA News - December 17, 2025 | | |
CTE Students of the Quarter
The Career and Technical Education (CTE) Students of the Quarter were recognized last week in Chapel. (l-r): Isaac Lenzini ‘26 (Intro. to Electricity), Dominic Robinson-Jimenez ‘27 (Electricity 1), Samuel Keith ‘26 (Electricity 2), Emily Clark ‘26 (Intro. to Business), Thea Gilbert ‘26 (Personal Finance); Maegan Roy ‘26 (Automotive Tech.), Lea Dodge ‘27 (Human & Professional Services), Elizabeth Gamble ‘27 (Entrepreneurship 2), Carlos Revuelta Garcia ‘27 (Intro. to Culinary Arts), Carlos Villarreal Vazquez ‘27 (Entrepreneurship 1), Everett Perkins ‘26 (Heating & Plumbing 2), Jacob Roberts ‘27 (Heating & Plumbing 1), Noah Morse ‘26 (Work-Based Learning), Owen Kittredge ‘27 (Woodworking), Kenyon Sorrell ‘27 (Intro. to Culinary Arts), Deedra Roy ‘28 (Intro. to Welding), Paige Hemond ‘28 (Intro. to Culinary Arts), Mia Hoell ‘27 (Sales & Marketing), Hank Dawson ‘29 (Career Exploration), Spencer Gingue ‘28 (Intro. to Heating & Plumbing), Trevor Lemieux ‘28 (Intro. to Automotive Technology), Caiden Johnson ‘28 (Intro. to Construction)
Missing from photo: Santiago Fuentes Swaine ‘29 (Career Exploration), Avah Dwyer ‘28 (Intro. to Human & Professional Services), Eliana Murdock ‘26 (Culinary Arts)
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Model United Nations
Students (l-r) Aliah Hale '26, Emily Lumbra '26, Sienna Serrano '27, Serenity Speaks '28, Jonah Raser '27, and Poppy Shattuck '27 participated in a Model United Nations conference at Middlebury High School. There were two committees, and the best delegate awards from each committee went to SJA students. Aliah Hale was named best delegate on the Artificial Intelligence committee, and Sienna Serrano was the best delegate on the Opening the Arctic committee.
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Supporting the Community
Each year, the SJA community comes together to support our neighbors through programs such as the Giving Tree, which provided 70 holiday gifts for local youth this year. Additional efforts include the Santa Fund and Locally Social Gives, which received nearly 50 donated presents (shown here) to help further their work serving the community.
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Robotics Team Outreach
Junior Poppy Shattuck ’27, Outreach Coordinator for the school’s robotics team, wrote this article about the team’s outreach projects.
Members of the St. Johnsbury Academy Robotics Team have been organizing outreach events to support local youth interested in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). Kicking off this effort, the group participated in all three Saint Johnsbury Final Friday events this summer, bringing their robot, 3D printer, and some interactive activities for kids and the broader community to engage with and learn from.
Later in the fall, team leaders Wes Barlow ‘26, Will Barlow ‘26, and Carson Farnham ‘26 participated in a panel on the Robotics Team experience and the opportunities it has given them at the Vermont Techjam held in Burlington in October. Wes and Carson both discussed the internships they gained at Momentum Manufacturing in Lyndonville through their experience on the team.
The team has also hosted five events through the Saint Johnsbury Athenaeum, the Cobleigh Library, the Barnet Library, and the Peacham Library, where they organized stations such as marshmallow catapults, popsicle stick bridges, and aluminum foil boats for youth ages 8-11 to build fun activities while learning about strategic engineering techniques.
Looking ahead, the group is excited to host a January workshop at Lyndon Town School with a local Girl Scout troop to help kids earn engineering badges. They are also continuing their library events into the winter and spring, with plans to expand the program to even more libraries throughout the Northeast Kingdom and surrounding areas.
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Wednesday, December 17
Holiday Concert, Fuller Hall, 7:00 PM
The concert will be streamed here.
Thursday, December 18
Last Day of Classes for First Semester and Ugly Sweater Day
View Thursday's schedule here.
Friday, December 19
Holiday Break Begins
Tuesday, January 6
Semester Two Classes Begin
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Senior Ads and Yearbook Sales
Senior ads are now on sale for families who want to celebrate their graduate. Ads can be purchased until January 31, 2025.
Yearbooks can also be purchased now. The cost is $60. For senior families, please remember that your student will receive a book as part of the fee they pay in the spring for their cap and gown and prom tickets.
Use this link to purchase ads or yearbooks.
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Newsletter Photos
Each week, our newsletters feature a variety of photos available for free download or purchase at a very low cost. We have collected these images into a single SmugMug gallery and will continue to add new photos weekly. To access the gallery, click here.
| | Students recited poems in Chapel recently as part of the Poetry Out Loud contest. They'll be back in Chapel again in January for another round. The students are (clockwise from upper left): Hanna Langyel '27, Everett Blake '26, Marcus Burns '26, and Donley Johnson '26. Videos of each poem can be viewed here. | | Mr. Kane's Acting I and Acting II students held a showcase on Friday. Photos from the event can be viewed here. | | The Student Diversity Council and Jewish Student Union hosted a Hanukkah Party on Monday to celebrate the Festival of Lights. Students enjoyed playing a round of dreidel with Dr. Howell and eating latkes and other seasonal treats. | | Chef B, Olivia Lemieux '27, Kaylen Oviedo '27, Scott Davis '28, and Paula Ruenes Facceseh '27 worked in the kitchen last weekend to provide enough cupcakes for the whole school as SJA celebrated its 183rd birthday. | | As part of the CTE Showcase, students created beautiful gingerbread houses to display. You can see more here. | | | | |
