Anonymous
12/07/2025 13:07
Subject: St James Academy
I'm surprised real school are playing them. I assume this was in a tournament, since they aren't included in real conference/league games.
Anonymous
12/07/2025 13:00
Subject: St James Academy
Basketball team lost to Bishop O’Connell yesterday.
Anonymous
11/26/2025 17:37
Subject: St James Academy
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Are any of these players going to go professional? The entire premise seems like a money grab for desperate parents.
I would think that 10% of their football team has a legitimate shot at the NFL, and 50% is probably D1 caliber.
That’s a high number. I don’t think it’s that high
40% playing in college is probably a good baseline, D1 probably not.
St Frances Academy in Baltimore claims that nearly every kid is offered a D1 scholarship (at least they did in 2022)...with their stars of course receiving multiple D1 offers.
They are the #1 ranked HS team in the country...SJA is in the top 50 in the country.
I would think 50% getting offered a D1 scholarship is accurate.
Since it is their first year let's see, but I also don't think the SFA claim is what you might think it is. "Offered" doesn't mean that's where the player ended up, and offers aren't all the same, few are legitimately committable.
SFA is insane, TSJ is aiming for that.
Offered means they could have attended the school…not sure what point you are trying to make.
Also not understanding when you say “offers aren’t all the same”.
It’s D1 football which means all offers are 100% scholarship. The difference now is that the GA QB may have NIL and direct payment deals worth several million, while the Fordham QB just gets 100% scholarship.
Anonymous
11/26/2025 17:15
Subject: St James Academy
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Are any of these players going to go professional? The entire premise seems like a money grab for desperate parents.
I would think that 10% of their football team has a legitimate shot at the NFL, and 50% is probably D1 caliber.
That’s a high number. I don’t think it’s that high
40% playing in college is probably a good baseline, D1 probably not.
St Frances Academy in Baltimore claims that nearly every kid is offered a D1 scholarship (at least they did in 2022)...with their stars of course receiving multiple D1 offers.
They are the #1 ranked HS team in the country...SJA is in the top 50 in the country.
I would think 50% getting offered a D1 scholarship is accurate.
Since it is their first year let's see, but I also don't think the SFA claim is what you might think it is. "Offered" doesn't mean that's where the player ended up, and offers aren't all the same, few are legitimately committable.
SFA is insane, TSJ is aiming for that.
TSJ has done well to be its first season.
Anonymous
11/25/2025 11:57
Subject: St James Academy
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Are any of these players going to go professional? The entire premise seems like a money grab for desperate parents.
I would think that 10% of their football team has a legitimate shot at the NFL, and 50% is probably D1 caliber.
That’s a high number. I don’t think it’s that high
40% playing in college is probably a good baseline, D1 probably not.
St Frances Academy in Baltimore claims that nearly every kid is offered a D1 scholarship (at least they did in 2022)...with their stars of course receiving multiple D1 offers.
They are the #1 ranked HS team in the country...SJA is in the top 50 in the country.
I would think 50% getting offered a D1 scholarship is accurate.
Since it is their first year let's see, but I also don't think the SFA claim is what you might think it is. "Offered" doesn't mean that's where the player ended up, and offers aren't all the same, few are legitimately committable.
SFA is insane, TSJ is aiming for that.
Anonymous
11/24/2025 14:06
Subject: St James Academy
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Are any of these players going to go professional? The entire premise seems like a money grab for desperate parents.
I would think that 10% of their football team has a legitimate shot at the NFL, and 50% is probably D1 caliber.
That’s a high number. I don’t think it’s that high
40% playing in college is probably a good baseline, D1 probably not.
St Frances Academy in Baltimore claims that nearly every kid is offered a D1 scholarship (at least they did in 2022)...with their stars of course receiving multiple D1 offers.
They are the #1 ranked HS team in the country...SJA is in the top 50 in the country.
I would think 50% getting offered a D1 scholarship is accurate.
Anonymous
11/24/2025 13:26
Subject: St James Academy
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Are any of these players going to go professional? The entire premise seems like a money grab for desperate parents.
I would think that 10% of their football team has a legitimate shot at the NFL, and 50% is probably D1 caliber.
That’s a high number. I don’t think it’s that high
40% playing in college is probably a good baseline, D1 probably not.
Anonymous
11/24/2025 10:38
Subject: St James Academy
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Are any of these players going to go professional? The entire premise seems like a money grab for desperate parents.
I would think that 10% of their football team has a legitimate shot at the NFL, and 50% is probably D1 caliber.
That’s a high number. I don’t think it’s that high
Anonymous
11/24/2025 09:49
Subject: St James Academy
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I guarantee they have. Those courses are self paced and can be done quickly if motivated to do so.
St. James students attend Virginia Virtual Academy, it is the online public school for the state of Virginia. The students can work ahead, but there is no way they could be done with an entire years work in 3 months. It is possible to work ahead, but they have a lot of work to complete, so unless they are spending every minute of free time doing school work, they can maybe be ahead by a few days, max of a week. Also, the teachers do not have all of the work posted that far in advance and SJA students are required to attend live teaching sessions or watch the recorded sessions.
Gillion and Bethel use Acellus, there are no live teaching sessions so I do believe they could potentially be months ahead. But remember, they are training during the day as well. So in an 8 hour day, they only have 3-4 hours of dedicated school time.
They have a team of people that monitors progress - so if kids are leaping ahead or falling behind, they will address the issue. Also parents get weekly progress reports. I don't love tech for education - doing work online is seriously subpar but the St James itself seems like a good opportunity. It can't be any worse than some of the FCPS schools!
Anonymous
11/24/2025 09:23
Subject: St James Academy
Anonymous wrote:Are any of these players going to go professional? The entire premise seems like a money grab for desperate parents.
I would think that 10% of their football team has a legitimate shot at the NFL, and 50% is probably D1 caliber.
Anonymous
11/24/2025 09:11
Subject: St James Academy
Are any of these players going to go professional? The entire premise seems like a money grab for desperate parents.
Anonymous
11/20/2025 09:41
Subject: St James Academy
Anonymous wrote:I guarantee they have. Those courses are self paced and can be done quickly if motivated to do so.
St. James students attend Virginia Virtual Academy, it is the online public school for the state of Virginia. The students can work ahead, but there is no way they could be done with an entire years work in 3 months. It is possible to work ahead, but they have a lot of work to complete, so unless they are spending every minute of free time doing school work, they can maybe be ahead by a few days, max of a week. Also, the teachers do not have all of the work posted that far in advance and SJA students are required to attend live teaching sessions or watch the recorded sessions.
Gillion and Bethel use Acellus, there are no live teaching sessions so I do believe they could potentially be months ahead. But remember, they are training during the day as well. So in an 8 hour day, they only have 3-4 hours of dedicated school time.
Anonymous
11/17/2025 18:10
Subject: St James Academy
Saint James is recognized by the Virginia High School League and is accredited by the Virginia Council for Private Education (VCPE)
Anonymous
11/17/2025 13:53
Subject: St James Academy
The leagues are for schools to participate in. STJ is not a school. My son's travel soccer team also isn't included in HS post season play. They aren't a school!
Anonymous
11/16/2025 14:36
Subject: St James Academy
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anyone know if Saint James football team is competitive on the Virginia state postseason for private schools?
They don’t participate in state postseason play. Frankly, it would be a safety issue if they did.
What kind of safety issue?
I think they mean if SJA played VA normal private schools they may injure the opposing team players.
It’s the reason even the WCAC football teams are broken into two divisions. SJC, Gonzaga, GC, Dematha and one other don’t play OConnell, Ireton and those schools in football. I believe it’s self-selecting by the WCAC schools.
In Virginia you have schools like Benedictine, who beat Gonzaga and other powerhouses like Woodberry Forest and Trinity Episcopal.
The postseason is supposed to be the best of the best. It’s not really that with St James.
But st James isn’t a real school. At the other schools you mention the kids sit in classes and participate in other school activities.