Prayer Books Coming Home Today

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One of the publishing companies we use here at Saint James School, Loyola Press, sent us free Catholic Prayer books for our families (one per family).  The books will be coming home with students today.  Please enjoy this book with your children while looking for new prayers to teach or to reinforce the traditional, favorite prayers.

3rd Graders Dissect Owl Pellets

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SJS 3rd graders have been learning about small animals and habitats as part of their science lessons. Recently, each student researched and hand-wrote a book about an assigned animal. Today, students dissected (sanitized) owl “pellets,” as they learned about owls…

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Drop-off & Pick-up Reminders

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A few reminders about morning drop-off & afternoon pick-up:

Please be patient.  There is a lot of traffic at both times of day around our school.  After dropping off, please use your blinker and pay close attention when pulling back into traffic.  The safety of our students and parents is the absolute top priority.

Please obey the posted signs.  We know parking spots at pick-up are limited but the no-parking signs are posted for specific reasons.  If parking on Church street, please park away from the bus loading area (behind the entrance for Oak Place).

At morning arrival, if using the drop-and-go area please make sure your students are ready to exit the car quickly.

Please wait for our crossing guards to stop traffic before crossing the street and always cross at one of the two crosswalks.

As always, we appreciate your adherence to our school’s protocol and compliance with the traffic laws around our buildings.

Reminder: Instrumental Music Concerts This Week

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As a reminder, the following outdoor concerts are being held for instrumental music families to enjoy:

Advanced Band: Wednesday, May 19th at 6:00pm (rain date of Wednesday, May 26th)

Beginning & Intermediate Bands: Thursday, May 20th at 6:00pm (rain date of Thursday, May 27th)

The performances will take place in the back courtyard behind the school gymnasium. Parents and guests will need to bring chairs and will sit outside of the courtyard. Masks required for all attendees.

Performers should bring a chair, music stand, music, and instrument. Please note that performers are required to wear a mask when not playing.

Dress for the performance is the regular spring uniform attire (shorts and polo for boys, skort and button down shirt for girls).

Virtual Mass for This Weekend

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Please find below the link for St. James Parish’s Virtual Mass for this Sunday, May 9th, 2021:

https://youtu.be/Q3SBPw960wY

Golf Event: Save The Date

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The annual Saint James School Foundation Golf Scramble and Dinner will be held this year on Wednesday, September 1st at Manchester Country Club.  Additional details will be forthcoming.

3rd Graders Write & Illustrate Books

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SJS 3rd graders have been learning about small animals and habitats as part of their science lessons. Students have just completed researching, writing (in cursive), and illustrating a short book about an assigned animal. Students also presented some of their findings to classmates.

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June Calendar

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Attached please find our June Calendar.

Calendar Pages June 2021

 

7th Graders Design HiveHauses

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The CT Chapter of The American Institute of Architects recently put together an educational video series called “Architecture in Our Community” which highlights five local projects led by local architectural firms. Throughout the series…

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2021 SJS Art Show

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Mrs. Rafferty and Ms. Boutot have put together a Virtual Art Show for families to watch from the comfort of their homes.  We are grateful to our teachers for taking the time to showcase many of the amazing works of art our students have completed this year.  We anticipate next Spring we will be back to hosting an in-person Art Show as we have always done in years past.