Please make sure you share this with anyone dropping off/picking up your student.  We really need everyone adhering to the school policies to ensure the safety of ALL of families and students.

*All families/students should be using the crosswalks and crossing guards when crossing streets at arrival and dismissal.  We are very fortunate to have these town-funded employees at our school to ensure students and parents are safe during high-traffic times of day.

*When using the Drop-and-Go line, do not pull away from the curb until you have checked all of your surroundings.  Do not pull out when the crossing guard is in the street.

*Please ensure your student always exits the car onto the sidewalk (never into the street).

*Remember the school doors close and the tardy bell rings (for grades K-8) at 7:50am.  Please ensure your student is on time.  Tardy arrivals are disruptive to the morning classroom routine.

*And lastly, please make sure you are doing a health assessment on your student every day before they come to school.  We need every parent to be extra vigilant and follow all the protocols in place to help us keep our community health and safe.

A HUGE Thank You to all our Saint James School families for helping us get of to such a great start to the new year!

We are looking for student volunteers in grades 3-8 to help out at our monthly SJS Children’s Mass (9:00am Mass, second Sunday of the month). If your child would be interested in serving as a reader or a greeter please reach out via email to parent volunteer coordinator Maria Modugno at modugnomc@cox.net for information (please note, you do not need to be a parishioner at St. James Church to have your child help/attend).

In addition, we are looking for a second parent volunteer to work alongside Mrs. Modugno in helping our student volunteers practice for their assigned Mass.

Please note that Saint James School has extra books for families to participate at home.  Please contact your child’s teacher or Mrs. Sager to request a copy to be sent home with your child.

Please read the following letter from Mrs. Zorger about the Child Consecration to Jesus through Mary.  The entire of Archdiocese of Hartford is participating in this program Starting on September 4th.  If you have any questions after reading the letter, please reach out to the President of Consortium of Elementary Catholic Schools in Manchester, Mrs. Nadaskay at president@manchestercatholic.org.  We look forward to sharing this journey with your family.

Child Consecration To Jesus through Mary Letter

As a reminder, there is no school this coming Monday, September 6th, for the Labor Day holiday.  If your family will be traveling over the long weekend, or at any point throughout the school year, please make sure you are adhering to our travel policy:  https://saintjamesschool.net/travel/

Families should call the SJS Nurse – Mrs. Vignati (860.643.5088, option 3) – to further discuss return-to-school protocol and dates of absence PRIOR to travel.

All SJS Health & Wellness protocol can be found in the school handbook (in the Forms/Docs section of our website) or by visiting our Covid/Health Info page (link can be found in the yellow section of the SJS homepage)