The HSA invites all SJS families (PreK – Grade 8) to kick-off the school year at our first Family Fun Event!  Please join us for Candy Bar BINGO on Saturday, September 18 at 3:00pm, outdoors in the school courtyard.  In the case of inclement weather, we will be socially distanced in the school gym.  If your family would like to attend, please complete the form below.  The cost for admission is candy!  Please bring one full-size candy bar per family member attending.  Refreshments will be provided.  We hope to see you there!

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We are in need of a few parent volunteers to help organize/maintain the uniform closet throughout the school year.  If you would like to help, please reach out to HSA President Jodi Talaga at hsa@saintjamesschool.net.

One of our Ellington families is interested in exploring a possible carpool with other families from that town.  If you would be interested, please contact Amy Guenther at aguenther@saintjamesschool.net.

Thank you to everyone who joined us – both virtually and in-person – at last night’s HSA meeting!  We hope to see all of our families getting involved this year with helping us plan and run our fun (and fundraising) events.

As noted last evening, we are going to need several volunteers to help with our school’s upcoming Scholastic Book Fair.  This year, students in Pre-K through 8th Grade will once again have the opportunity to attend a physical book fair in our gym and pick out the books they wish to purchase.  Helpers for this event will be needed as follows:

Setup: October 1st (after school) and during the day on October 2nd; and
During the book fair:  October 4th – 7th (during school hours).

A sign-up form will be sent out next week.

Please note that in order to volunteer for school events, parents/grandparents/etc. must meet the following requirements:

1. Background check on file (call Mrs. Sager in the Main Office to get the form if you have not already completed this for SJS in years past)

2. Complete the Virtus (Protecting God’s Children) Training Program (if you have not already completed this in years past, see info below).

3. Be fully vaccinated (submit a copy of your card to Mrs. Sager in the main office).

 

Virtus Training Program
A requirement for all volunteers within the Archdiocese of Hartford, this course only needs to be completed one time during your family’s tenure with SJS.  Due to Covid, the program can now be completed virtually at your convenience.  Start by going to https://www.virtusonline.org/virtus/ .  Click “First-Time Registrant” on the left side, click “Begin the Registration Process”, and scroll down to select “Hartford, CT (Archdiocese).  Then follow the prompts to enter your information and view the training.