Talk:St. John's School (Texas)

message: This school is very good!
It might be worth adding Peter Roussel to the list of notable alumni.  He served as a US deputy Press secretary in the 80's for Reagan and also as a press officer for former president Bush when he was UN ambassador and earlier for congress and was the recipient of an SJS alumni award a few years ago.  If someone could check this out and update that once the vandalism protections are gone, that would be good.
For evidence, please see the school website-http://www.sjs.org/stories/default.asp?L2=6&newsid=44756
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Somebody added four prominent alumni who, upon googling, seem to be current students. I deleted them.
The school colors are officially scarlet and black, not red and black. This has been confirmed by the administration.
How about some sdata for the assertion about SAT's and college placement.
*Especially since it might not be accurate as-is if only the math and verbal scores are independently verified.  If x is the median math score and y is the median verbal score, x+y is not necessarily the median aggregate.  You would expect people from such a prestigious school to know better...
The school profile for SJS is here: http://www.sjs.org/podium/default.aspx?t=112601 It contains all the SAT data for Juniors.Houston891 (talk) 02:37, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
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message: It's both verifiable and notable. Some people consider the SAT "elitist" per edit summaries, but that's not a reason to exclude information. Your time would be better spent enlarging the criticism of the SAT in that article. There is ample precedent in articles about other schools. 129.170.202.3 06:33, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  SAT data 

message: Is it true that uniforms must be bought from a particular store, Sue Mills? -Will Beback 21:54, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: *When I attended (1987-2000), uniform purchases were required to be from Sue Mills but many students skirted this policy with clothing that looks identical to Sue Mills clothing.  Tycoonjack 23:22, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Uniforms 

message: For those that think SJS is RED and black, I point you to page 4 of the Lower School Handbook.  "The motto of the School is Faith and Virtue; the colors are red and black; students sing the 
Alma Mater at chapel services and at other school functions." Ok good? Now stop changing it. I know the fight chants are "red and black - attack", but that is just because saying scarlet and black sounds, well, rather poor. Tycoonjack 01:27, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Red vs Scarlet 

message: I don't think Clyde Drexler attended SJS. I think I would have heard that at some previous point.
:his kids attend currently, but he did notTycoonjack 05:41, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Clyde Drexler?

message: The traditional school seal (or crest) does not appear with this article.  Instead, the graphic shows the logo that the school uses for "branding" purposes.  
a) Why not show the school seal somewhere?
b) Has anyone noticed that the crest of St. John's School is virtually identical to that of Trinity-Pawling School?  Even the mottos are nearly the same ("Faith and Virtue" vs. "Fides et Virtus").  I remember reading somewhere, many years ago, that Alan Lake Chidsey or some other SJS founder had ties to Trinity-Pawling before World War II and that he brought that influence to bear on the young St. John's.  Does anyone know more about that?  If so, please add something to the history section.  I am sure that the similarity in school seals is no accident.
Poldy Bloom 04:30, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  School seal 

message: I notice a lot of kids from St. John's have vandalized The Kinkaid School article. So, I contacted the school. I hope I get a good, timely response :) WhisperToMe 00:43, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for following up. Luckily, most of the vandalsim appears directed at this article. -Will Beback 21:05, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Wikipedia:Vandalism]] from school IPs

message: I propose moving this page to St. John's School (Houston), and moving the disambiguation page currently at St. John's School (disambiguation) here.  There are many schools called St. John's worldwide. CarolGray 13:39, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposal to rename this article St. John's School (Houston) 

message: Please stop adding my name to the list of Notable Alumni. This is vandalism - don't add it back. I graduated from this school in 2006 and am currently attending UPenn.
Sincerely,
Emily McDowell 165.123.221.107 07:40, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: References don't have to be active weblinks. They can cite pritned material, in this case a magazine. -Will Beback · † · 08:02, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable Alumni 

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message: Shouldn't there be a section in the article on traditions at the school?  I can think of several that have existed over time:
* Only seniors and alumni can walk in the Quad.
* Only seniors can go into Senior Country.
* Field Day and the competition between the two color-designated teams.
* The Lower School book fair.
* The junior class's garage sale.
* Mrs. Mulligan's Day
* There are lots of traditions associated with the varsity football game against Kinkaid, including wrapping the Quad and having the senior class dress up "like Kinkaid students."
There must be many more that people can think of. Poldy Bloom (talk) 03:16, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Traditions 

message: The majority of citations on this article are either raw links or are no longer functional due to the redesign of the school website. I'm working on adding new citations and editing new ones. Lincolndow (talk) 06:31, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citations 

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message: There is a "St. John's School Austin Condo" but I don't know whether the school actually operates it or whether it merely is named after it.
* It is in the Harris County Block Book, Volume 118, Page 285 (PDF and JPG)
WhisperToMe (talk) 06:20, 30 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  County Block Book maps