St. Johnsbury Academy

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St. Johnsbury Academy
Established 1842
School type Private, Boarding
Religious affiliation none
Headmaster Thomas J. Lovett
Location St. Johnsbury, VT, USA
Campus 150 acres (0.6 km²)
Enrollment 970
Faculty 112
Average class size 15 students
Student:teacher
ratio		 8 to 1
Average SAT
scores (2005)		 1072
Athletics 19 Interscholastic Sports
Color(s) Green/White
Mascot Hilltopper
Homepage www.stjacademy.org

St. Johnsbury Academy is a private, coeducational,[1] nonprofit boarding and day school located in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, USA, enrolling students in grades 9-12.

The town of St. Johnsbury does not operate a public school for grades 9-12. Vermont law requires towns not operating schools to pay tuition to other approved schools for students in the grades not provided up to the Average Announced Tuition for union schools (http://education.vermont.gov/new/html/pgm_finance_data.html). Thus, while they have the option of attending any approved school, many St. Johnsbury secondary school students are educated at St. Johnsbury Academy.

Other towns have elected to send some of their students there. This provides 44% of the annual operating budget of $14 million.[2]

Tuition for day students is $11,415 per year. Boarders pay $33,500.

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[edit] History

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St. Johnsbury Academy was founded in 1842 by Erastus, Thaddeus, and Joseph Fairbanks to provide "intellectual, moral, and religious training for their own children and the children of the community." The school was reincorporated in 1873 in order to accomplish the founders' goal of providing exemplary educational opportunities to a wider range for students, not just those destined for the liberal arts colleges and universities.

One of the original buildings contributed by the Fairbanks, North Hall, burned on March 6, 1956. Work began promptly on its replacement, Ranger Hall.[3]


[edit] Resident Program

The resident program encompasses almost 200 resident students from over 30 countries.

[edit] Campus And Facilities

Mayo Library- Completed in 2003. Is the newest addition to the St. Johnsbury Academy Campus. Built to house the Grace Stuart Orcott Library, a student center, two computer labs, a multimedia classroom, and private study rooms. A lounge was also constructed into the library with couches, a fireplace and a variety of updated periodicals. Another feature of the Mayo Library is the outdoor patio where cultural and student events take place during warm months of the school year. Also included in the Mayo Library is the Colwell Center.

Colwell Center for Global Understanding- Host to cultural events and guest speakers who often give lectures throughout the day. The Colwell Center also handles foreign travel and exchange programs.

Morse Center for the Arts- Constructed in 2001, The Morse Center is the new home for the Academy's arts and theater program. Morse hosts five fully equipped art studios each with their own specialized function ranging from sculpture to Drafting and Fashion design. Morse also contains a theater called the Black Box and a control room that is used by organizations to put on performances and teach classes.

Newell Hall- Named after a teacher and former state senator Graham S. Newell, 91, who still teaches Latin classes from his home. Newell Hall is the home of the Language department and two computer labs used for language learning purposes.

South Church- Where freshman chapel is currently located, which is run by the class dean and class student president. In 2004 students were relocated to Alumni Gym as renovations were taking place. During large assemblies that cannot fit the entire students population freshman watch events from Fuller hall on closed circuit television.

Ranger Hall- Home to the English Department. Also home to "the beaches" where students can often be found working on projects.

Colby Hall- Home to most administrative offices, visitors office, guidance department, alumni department on the first floor. Social Science and some elective classes are located on the top two floors.

Fuller Hall- Where students assemble almost every morning for chapel. Most large plays, concerts, and other performances are held here. The basement is host of dressing rooms and storage for the drama department. There is also one multipurpose room where Student Government meetings have been held since 2003. Any classes taught by the headmaster are typically in this room due to its proximity to chapel and his office.

Severance Hall- Home to the Math Department and Resident Student Office and lounge where resident students can be found.

Headmaster's House and Assistant Headmaster's Houses- Headmaster Lovett and Director of Admissions John Cummings and their families live there.

Fairbanks Cottage- Accounting, payroll, and other offices.

Streeter Hall- 1st floor hosts the dining hall, kitchens where culinary classes are held, and banquet hall. Technical courses are located further back. The 2nd floor has the School Store, Science department, A/V office, Business, Electricity, STeM and Computer Science Classrooms.

[edit] Athletic Facilities

Alumni Memorial Gym- has a basketball court and trophy rooms. In addition to games, all school assemblies, pep rallies, some dances, and some performances are held here.

Field House- The field house contains an Olympic-size swimming pool where students become lifeguard certified, basketball, tennis, and volleyball courts, an inside track, weight and cardio rooms, and a trainers office.

A softball field is located behind Waterman dorm. Down a small hill from the Field House is Fairbanks (Football) Field and Track and Field Facilities. Cary field is home to soccer, lacrosse, field hockey, Other clubs also have access to these facilities. Burlingame field is further down the hill across a river accessible by foot and home to soccer and baseball.

The Academy uses Tennis Courts maintained by the Kiwanis Club.

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Fall Sports

  • Football (Division 1 Varsity, JV and Frosh teams)
  • Men's and Women's Soccer (Division 1 Varsity, JV, and Frosh)
  • Field Hockey (Varsity and JV)
  • Men's and Women's Cross Country
  • Cheerleading

[edit] Winter Sports

  • Men's and Women's Basketball (Metro Division 1 Varsity, JV, Frosh)
  • Wrestling (Varsity and JV)
  • Women's Gymnastics
  • Cross-Country Skiing
  • Downhill Skiing
  • Hockey (Division 2 Varsity)
  • Cheerleading

[edit] Spring Sports

  • Men's and Women's Track and Field (Division 1)
  • Baseball (Division 1 Varsity, JV)
  • Softball
  • Golf
  • Men's and Women's Tennis
  • Men's and Women's Lacrosse (Division 2 Varsity, JV)
  • Men's and Women's Ultimate Frisbee (Division A Varsity, JV)

[edit] Dorms

[edit] Girls

Four buildings are used for girls dormitories:

  • Tinker is located in the middle of campus between Peter and Phil.
  • Sheepcoate and Cramton are located on campus between the Mustard Center and Mayo Library.
  • 1111 is located off campus at 1111 Main Street, a 1 minute walk from campus.

[edit] Boys

  • Brantview, Waterman, the New Dorm at Burrows Place and the Barn are all near the athletic facilities. Brantview is the former mansion of Horace Fairbanks and maintains a room with original furniture and art.

[edit] Traditions

  • Chapel
  • Dress Code
    • The men in the school are required to wear a dress shirt (buttoned), a tie, dress pants, and their hair must be above the ears, eyebrows, and collar. Women of the school must not wear jeans. Skirts must be below finger tips. No student may wear logos or "outerwear" (Jackets, windbreakers, pullovers) indoors. No student may wear sandals or flip flops. No students may have facial piercing or visible tattoos. Hairstyles are to be modest for both males and females, only natural hair colors (no shaved heads, mohawks, etc.) Accessories (bags, shoes, belts, jewelry) are to be of a 'main stream' nature, no alternative or sub culture representation.
  • HALO Program
    • Program for select students to get ready for high school and more comfortable with teachers and administrators in a non-academic setting before their freshman year.
  • School Song
    • Freshman are not officially inducted into the school community until they have learned the school song as a class and performed to the approval of the Senior Class in Fuller Hall, or upperclassmen chapel. All able must stand during the song. Following the song, the Seniors will most likely boo the freshman, as is traditional. Long drawn out chants of "Freeeeesh-meeeeeen" fill fuller after the Freshman finish their song.
  • Freshman Challenge
  • Back to School Bash (Kaboom!)
  • Winter Carnival
  • Spring Day
  • Last Chapel
    • Senior Memories
  • Senior Privileges
  • Hilltopper Cup
  • Awards
    • the Random Act of Kindness Award was created in 2006.
  • Hump Day Music
    • Music performance during the St. Johnsbury Academy chapel assembly.
    • "Academy Idol" which allows students the opportunity to display their talents to the student body.
  • The Game, more often referred to as LI Weekend by the students, is a long running football rivalry between St. J A's Hilltoppers and Lyndon Institute's Vikings's. Festivities leading up to the game include a class competition at each school made up of skit competition (performed during pep chapel), hallway competition done Thursday night, parade floats, and choreographed class dances that are performed at the victory dance on Saturday night.

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ An 1844 roll shows that the number of girl students nearly equaling the number of boys
  2. ^ http://www.stjohnsburyacademy.org/school/index.html
  3. ^ Clair Dunne Johnson,St. Johnsbury,Arcadia Publishing 1996, page 30

[edit] External links

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