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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a relatively recent St. Albans graduate who spent all nine years there, I can't believe the ridiculousness of some of these posts.  Let me know if you have any questions or anything.[/quote]

Well, you can start by telling us how you found the experience . . .[/quote]

Of course.  As I wrote before, I was at STA from 4th through 12th grade, and I could not have imagined spending any of those years anywhere else.  From my first year, I was challenged academically, athletically, and artistically.  I came from Beauvoir with the majority of the other boys in my grade, so I already had friends, but the students who hadn't been at Beauvoir seemed to fall into our grade seamlessly.  The work load was always substantial, but it was rarely overwhelming.  Of course this varies from teacher to teacher, but I was in upper level courses in high school, and the only semester that the work was really, really difficult was first semester senior year.  In my opinion, St. Albans owes the majority of its success to its totally devoted faculty.  Over the course of my nine years there, I only had one teacher that I didn't care for, and almost all of the rest were fantastic.  The individual attention that comes with a school of STA's size improves a student's experience in so many ways, most notably in fostering a true community.  Students foster lasting relationships with staff, faculty, and most of all, one another.  As some posters in this thread have alluded to, the student body may appear somewhat homogeneous from afar, but in my class of around 75, each person brought something totally different to the table.  The arts programs, both visual and performing, are outstanding, and the mandatory athletics encourage camaraderie and fitness.  Some people may balk at the emphasis on sports, but most students embrace the athletic component of the school day, as it provides a chance to compete alongside one's classmates and relieve some of the tension that comes with being in class all morning.  Nothing compares to or is more important than the academics, though.  The curriculum is tailored to the grade level, and although it is somewhat rigid before ninth grade, the classes in lower school are designed to prepare students for upper school.  I would never trade my experience at STA for anything, and I know that most of my classmates felt exactly the same.  My STA education prepared me perfectly college at an Ivy League university, and I go back whenever I have a chance to go home. I have so much more to say, but I have a lot of work to do, so if you want to know anything else at all, don't hesitate to ask.[/quote]

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