St. Johnsbury Academy

St. Johnsbury Academy
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TypePrivate, boarding
MottoSEMPER DISCENS — Always Learning
DenominationNone
Established1842; 182 years ago (1842)
HeadmasterDr. Sharon Howell
Faculty220
EnrollmentApprox. 1000[1]
Average class size12 students
Student to teacher ratio8 to 1
Campus50 acres (0.6 km²)
Color(s)Green and white
AthleticsOver 40 interscholastic sports
Athletics conferenceVPA Division I
MascotHilltopper
Websitewww.stjacademy.org

St. Johnsbury Academy (SJA) is an independent,[2] private, coeducational, non-profit boarding and day school located in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, in the United States. The academy enrolls students in grades 9-12. It was founded by Thaddeus Fairbanks, and accepts the majority of its students through one of the nation's oldest voucher systems.[3] It has a sister school, St. Johnsbury Academy Jeju in Jeju Island, South Korea.

  1. ^ "St. Johnsbury Academy News & Sports". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28.
  2. ^ Barbara Leitenberg (2008-02-18). "Retired Teachers Lauded for Prison School". Burlington Free Press. Retrieved 2008-03-11. [dead link]
  3. ^ Amity Shlaes (1999). "A Little School in the Northeast Kingdom". Hoover Digest. Hoover Institution. Archived from the original on 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2008-03-11.