On September 14th, officials of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced the names of approximately 16,000 Semifinalists in the 68th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These academically talented high school seniors finished in the top 1% of...
Dear St. James Academy Parents: St. James Academy’s Homecoming is coming up the week of September 26, and we are so excited to celebrate this event with them! The Homecoming Dance will be held at St. James Academy on Saturday, October 1, from 8-11 p.m. Students must...
With our community’s generosity from last year’s auction, St. James Academy’s newly renovated spaces are open for class! This week Fr. Riley blessed the spaces in a beautiful ceremony (see the link below for a transcript of his blessing). Joined by...
St. James Families, I pray that summer has been a time of rest and rejuvenation for you all! With the start of school less than one month away, I can almost hear the flurry of thumbs pounding phone screens to complete last-minute summer-reading book orders, but I hope...
St. James Families, Happy midsummer! We are just under a month away from our first day with freshmen on August 15th, so things are starting to really pick up steam at school in preparation for our best year yet! As we look towards a new year, there will be some...
On June 4th 2022, the Kansas Volleyball Association (KVA) inducted St James Academy Coach, Nancy Dorsey, into their 9th Hall of Fame class. Nancy has been the head volleyball coach at St James Academy since the school opened in 2005. In 15 varsity seasons, Dorsey’s...
When I think back on May of 2022, I know there are certain things I will always remember. Many will be moments that swirled throughout the whirlwind of graduation week. I’ll remember the quiet strength of Andrew Brown’s witness. I’ll remember the hope and humor in...
This month’s Rapp Up is a thank you note. This April, we had our first ever Essential Questions Conversations. While there were many unknowns going into this new adventure, one thing has been clear after the first five rounds: not only our students, but also you...
The National Latin Exam (NLE) is a test given annually to Latin students across the United States and around the world.The NLE is not meant to be a competition but rather an opportunity for students to receive reinforcement and recognition for their accomplishments in...
As we turn the page into April, there is a little more action than usual at St. James! In addition to all of the excitement of spring sports and activities, senior celebrations on the horizon, and talk of prom and Thunder Day, we also have some construction taking...