Entries by Saint James School

2024 Fire Safety & Prevention

Today our younger students met some real-life heroes as members of the Manchester Fire Department joined us to speak about fire safety.  In keeping with tradition, all of our Pre-K students – and several older students – also had the opportunity to try out the fire hose (a few are pictured below).

Last Call: Basketball & Cheer

Basketball & Cheer registration forms and payment are due to the office by Wednesday, October 16th.  Please note, this is a hard deadline.  We will NOT be taking late submissions. Basketball Registration Info (Gr. 4-8) Cheerleading Registration Info (Gr. 5-8 Girls)

Last Call: SJS Fall Festival + Trunk or Treat

Please remember payment for this event is due to the SJS main office by tomorrow if you are not decorating a trunk. HSA parent volunteers have been hard at work planning our school’s annual Fall Family Fun event for SJS Pre-K3 through Grade 8 families. This event will be held on October 26th and will […]

Last Call: Robotics Night for Gr. 3 – 5

Aetos Dios FIRST Robotics Team from East Catholic will be hosting a Robotics Night for Saint James School students in Grades 3 – 5. This free event will include a variety of Robotics-themed activities including programming, robot design, and bristle bots.  All students will also have the opportunity to drive one of our robots. Date: […]

Today: Trimester I Mid-Term

Today marks the halfway point in the 1st trimester.  All students in grades 4 & 5 will be coming home with a progress report today.  Students in middle school (grades 6-8) will ONLY have a progress report coming home if they have a grade of a 70 or below in any subject.  These progress reports […]

Instrumental Music Notes

Due to Mass next Thursday, next week’s schedule for Instrumental Music will be as follows: Tuesday, October 15: beginning band, beginning instrumental lessons, and 5th and 6th grade band. Wednesday, October 16: advanced lessons and 7th & 8th grade band.

Last Call: Grandparents’ Day @ SJS (Gr. K-5)

For planning purposes, ALL K-5th Grade Families are asked to complete the form (even if you do not have a guest coming for your child):  Please complete this RSVP & Important Info Form Saint James School is excited to celebrate and honor the Grandparents of our Kindergarten – 5th Grade students on October 18th!  Please […]

Congratulations Student Council

On Wednesday, middle school students interested in a position on the SJS Student Council made their case for why they should be elected to serve the school community.  Votes were cast at the end of the day.  Congratulations to: President:  Jane Tierney Vice President:  Austin O’Reilly Secretary: Harrison Hetherington 8th Grade Representatives:  Ananya Anand, Rhea […]

Reminder: No School Tomorrow

As a reminder, there will be no school tomorrow –  Thursday, 10/10, for Pre-K3 through Grade 8 as our teachers will be offsite for an Archdiocese of Hartford professional learning conference.  We will be back in school on Friday, and then have Monday off for Columbus/Indigenous Peoples Day. SJS Calendar Pages October 2024