Talk:St. Johnsbury Academy

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[edit] March 2007 V2

Hello all, and thank you for contributing to this school site. I'm part of the Wikipedia:WikiProject_Schools/Assessment team, and, as it has recently been editted, then I'm reviewing this page. I'm currently giving it a grade of start on the Wikipedia 1.0 Assessment Scale and an importance of Low on this importance scale.

My reasoning is as follows: This article is extensive, but not well referenced. A lot of lists, some more pics and is someone else going to help .... it takes a few people to get a consensus. It also needs some Copy editing. Victuallers 17:12, 7 March 2007 (UTC) version2 Victuallers 22:37, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

It is requested that a photograph or photographs be included in this article to improve its quality, if possible. Wikipedians in Vermont may be able to help!

I have removed the text inserted by 166.87.255.132, at 21:34 on 19 May 2006, as it appears to have been copied from a copyrighted source: http://www.boardingschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/109.Cbvt 18:19, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

I would put an image up but i don't know how, images can be found by searching on google if that is allowed—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 12.25.2.174 (talk • contribs) 18:33, 11 August 2006 (UTC).

A photo you took yourself would be ideal, as it should be easy for area residents, students or staff of the school (I'm not any of those) to take one that doesn't require fair use licensing and reasoning. TransUtopian 16:18, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

The page is written in a highly personalized fasion. The following sentence

         "Also, a tirelessly devoted and amazing athletic trainer who gives excellent sports massages is on campus and has several students in his sports medication 2 course assist him. Many have gone on to study physical therapy or sports medicine and are ACT certified." 

supports such a writing platform. I suggest that this article be re-written; preferably from a neutral third-person view.Rajrajmarley 19:24, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Agreed I would like to see this article rewritten by a neutral third party to improve it however i attended the St. JA so i am not neutral... if anyone needs to improve an article this would be one Ikaveman 18:44, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] History

The school must have a rich history. This needs to be brought out by someone who has records available. The history needs to be significant, not records of annual balls or anything. Student7 03:03, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Gold Standard for High School articles?

Just went looking for a Wikipedia article that is highly rated for high schools. There weren't many! Anyway, one is Stuyvesant High School in NYC. They are a huge school. Nevertheless, maybe we can get some ideas from it.

It shows a lot of work. They have gobs of footnotes. They aren' perfect. Their first one refers to the "prestigious" universities their students go to. This is not substantiated by their reference. Sounds POV to me, but I wasn't about to mess with one of the few FA articles on schools in the world!

Another article is Hopkins School. They are smaller. Incredibly old. They have a tiny athletics subarticle. They discuss cost which seems reasonable. (The cost doesn't seem reasonable! The discussion seems reasonable!) Not a lot of footnotes.

The last is Plano Senior High School, another large scbool. Like most Texas schools, they are big on sports. Data is well organized and presented. Lots of footnotes again.

All have histories.

See what you think. Student7 23:33, 9 March 2007 (UTC)