Saint James Students Create Prize-Winning Polish Nativity Scenes

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This past weekend, Saint James School 6th graders (and some 7th graders) entered the beautiful Polish Nativity Castles (“Szopka”) they have been working on for their religion studies into a contest sponsored by the Polish Cultural Club in Hartford.  Students, with much guidance from middle school teacher Ms. Oleasz, put a lot of time and effort into making these beautiful palaces depicting the Holy Family and Baby Jesus.

We are excited to announce that Saint James students won first, second, and third place as well as six honorable mentions!  Congratulations to all the students on their beautiful creations and many thanks to Ms. Oleasz for her time and dedication to this project.

Please be sure to visit the St. James Church hall following all masses this weekend to view these beautiful creations. The winners are as follows:

1st Place:  7th graders Angela Gerard & Hannah Trybulski

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2nd Place:  6th graders Rachel Donnelly & Alexis Jablonecki

Tie for 3rd Place:  6th graders Peyton Carpenter & Conor Bernier;  Michael Reilly & Thomas Melia

Honorable Mentions went to: Kevin Zaluda;  Nick Guenther, Matt Bulger & AJ Bushnell;  Ajay Ganesh & Sam Famiglietti;  Catharine Marek & Emma St. Jean; Lillian Bluestein;  Soraya Chanterelle & Alice Tyszka.

Below are additional pictures of SJS students with their castles (click to view whole image)

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March Newsletter & Calendars

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Below is the March Saber Stories Newsletter as well as the March Events Calendar and Lunch Menu.

Saber Stories March 2025

Updated Calendar Page March 2025*

SJS Lunch Menu March 2025

 

*Please remember that the Faculty Faith Conference that was originally scheduled for Friday, March 28th has been moved to Tuesday, April 1st.  This means school IS in session on March 28th and students will be off from school on April 1st.

Parish School Family Mass & Student Choir

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Our next Parish School Family Mass is scheduled for Sunday, March 16 at 5pm. We would love to have a student choir sing with the worship team again! A joint school choir rehearsal has been scheduled for Thursday, March 16 from 4:00pm-5:30pm at St. Bartholomew Church. If your student/s is/are in Grade 2 – Grade 8 and are interested in singing at that Mass, please fill out THIS FORM.

All families are invited to join us for a wonderful evening celebrating our Catholic schools!

 

Extracurricular Updates

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Lenten Rosary Club
We are excited to announce that our campus minister, Ms. Holmes, and parent volunteer, Mrs. Callahan, will be hosting a Lenten Rosary Club for students in 1st – 5th grade.  The club will meet after school on select Thursdays until 3:15pm.  If your students is interested, please return the form below with cash/check to the SJS main office.  The club is limited to the first 20 students to submit their forms and fee to the office.

SJS Lenten Rosary Club

Mad Science
The current session of Mad Science will end on Thursday, March 13th.  Saint James School will host another Mad Science session (for grades 1 & 2) beginning on Thursday, April 3rd.  If your 1st or 2nd grade student(s) would like to participate, please see the flyer below for registration information.  Space is limited.

SJS Mad Science Program Spring 2025

Chess Club
The current session of chess club will end next Wednesday, March 5th.  A new session will begin on April 2nd.  If your student would like to participate in the Spring chess club, please see the flyer below.  Please note, space is limited so the submission of the completed permission slip to the SJS main office will secure your spot.  If you choose to pay by Venmo or Zelle instead of check, please note you will also need to submit your permission slip to the SJS main office at the same time to secure the spot.

SJS Spring 2025 Chess Club

Soccer
Soccer forms and payment are due to the SJS main office by next Wednesday, March 5th.

Soccer Registration Information

Ski Club – Tomorrow

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This Friday will be our final SJS Ski Club of the season.  Protocol for dropping off equipment at the gym entrance in the morning and parking for adults riding the bus in the afternoon will be the same as usual.

Brian Bags Service Project

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Early Dismissal Wednesday

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Just a reminder that we will have a 12:05pm dismissal this Wednesday for professional development.  Aftercare will be in session.  For students that ride the bus, we WILL have ALL of our buses this Wednesday due to our early dismissal.

SJS 2025 Gala & Auction

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Join as for an amazing night of food, fun, and festivities as we celebrate and support Saint James School!  Our school’s annual (adults-only) Gala & Auction Fundraiser is always a BLAST so be sure to get your RSVP in early since space is limited!!  Invitations are being sent home TODAY with students. If you need an extra copy, please email Jeannine Thornton (jthornton@saintjamesschool.net).

* AUCTION DONATIONS & SPONSORSHIPS *

If you would like to donate an item to the Auction portion of this year’s Gala, please reach out to Patricia McCarthy at HSA@saintjamesschool.net OR send a copy of the completed Gala Auction Donation Form to the main office.  If you or someone you know would like to advertise their business (or send well wishes to your child’s class, etc.) advertising and sponsorship information can be found here: Gala Sponsorship Form.

Hard copies of the Gala Donation and Sponsorship Forms will also be available in the SJS main office.

 

* CLASS BASKETS *

In the next week or so, we will begin collecting items for the 2025 Class Baskets, which will be raffled off as part of our Gala.  If you are not familiar with this portion of the Gala, feel free to click HERE to see the amazing baskets we were able to raffle off last year.  Classroom parents will be reaching out shortly with details for your child’s grade.

Basket themes this year will be as follows:

Pre-K:  Barbie

K:  LEGOs

Grade 1: Foodie/Cooking

Grade 2: Book Nook

Grade 3: Pokemon & Game Night

Grade 4: Sports

Grade 5: Teen Dream

Grade 6:  Spa Time

Grade 7: Gift Cards

Grade 8: Lottery/Scratch Tickets

Our Annual Gala & Auction is always our largest fundraiser of the year.  We thank you for any support you can provide!!

 

4th Grade STEM Club

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There will be a session of STEM Club for students in Grade 4 on Monday, March 3.  If your child would like to attend, please complete and return the attached permission form.

STEM Club Permission Form 020325

SJS Family Day at the Yard Goats

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The Saint James School HSA invites families to join us for a Yard Goats game on Sunday, April 6th at 1:10pm at Dunkin’ Donuts Park, where the Yard Goats will host the Yankees’ affiliate team the Somerset Patriots.  Tickets are $16.00 a piece and space is limited.  Please see This Flyer for details and to RSVP for this fun outing!  Please make checks out to St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish and note SJS Yard Goats in the memo field.

Thank You!

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Thank you to all our families for completing the registration process for the upcoming school year – we truly appreciate your prompt response!  Starting next week, we will officially begin new student admissions screenings, visits, and registrations based on open spots in each grade. If you know of any families interested in learning more about Saint James School for Fall 2025, please encourage them to contact Stephanie Holmes at admissions@saintteresacatholic.org or call 860-643-5088, Ext. 155.