SJA News - March 27, 2024

IN THE NEWS

Math Students Earn Recognition

Congratulations to the following students who competed in North America's prestigious math competition, MathCon, and scored in the top 10% for their grade. Front row: Yubo Zhang '25, Effie Dunn '27, Orleans Germond '27, Zelda Brent '27, Anya Moriarty '26. Back row: Yunseo Kim '24, Isaac Lenzini '26, Brodi Quintin '25, AJ Deems '26, Mark Ponoran '27, Jonah Raser '27.

And a special congratulations to 11th grader Yubo Zhang for scoring in the top 5% and qualifying for the finals in Chicago in May!

Missing from the photo are Mo Lu '26, Franco Millington '25, and Nathaniel Bernier '24.

Celebrating Robert Frost

A group of students and teachers traveled to Dartmouth College this week to celebrate the 150th birthday of poet Robert Frost. Front row: Poppy Shattuck '27, Alyssa Ball '24. Ruby Tillotson '26, Jay Spence '27, Marcus Burns '26, Maxine Sutton '25, Mr. Demsky, Mrs. Mackenzie.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Thursday, March 28

Semester 2 Student Progress Conferences, 5:30 PM

Junior Night, South Church Hall, 5:30-6:30 PM

The Guidance Team will be hosting a Junior Night during the Academy’s Meet the Teachers Event. This meeting will cover topics relating to the college application process, such as financial aid, college visits, and standardized testing.

Friday, April 5

SJA Has Talent, Fuller Hall, 6:30 PM

Saturday, April 6

SkillsUSA Benefit Dinner, Streeter Hall, 6:30 PM

View the poster here for additional information.

Thursday, April 11

Clear River Review Launch Event, Library Fireside, 6:30 PM

Thursday, April 18

Student Fashion Show, Fuller Hall, 6:30 PM

Saturday, April 20

April Break Begins

Monday, April 29

Classes Resume

AROUND CAMPUS

Photos from Sunday's NHS Induction Ceremony can be viewed here.

Chef Bystrzycki's Professional Pastry and Baking class did a great job with Cupcake Wars last week.

Our guests from Kaijo Gakuen, an all-boys school in Tokyo, Japan, shared parts of their culture with the SJA Community Tuesday afternoon. Photos from the event can be viewed here.

Thank you to everyone who donated and volunteered last week during the blood drive.

Mr. Reed's students were busy with a couple of projects last week, including demonstrating the properties of the ground state and excited state of metal ions using the flame test (shown here) and creating yellow brass alloy on the surface of metal objects using copper electroplating, zinc deposition and melding with heat.  

The students took on the faculty in an end-of-the-year bowling match last week. Photos from the event can be viewed here.

Videos from the Spring Concert can be viewed here.