Basketball Return to Competition

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Tonight: Hour of Code

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This evening (Tuesday, December 7th) at 7:00pm, SJS families are invited to join in NATIONAL FAMILY CODE NIGHT. This event is a virtual event geared toward families with children in Kindergarten to Grade 5 and hosted by CS is Elementary. It is a one-hour live stream where parents and children can learn to code together! No coding experience is necessary to participate.

Please see this short video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOQrrVvjBQI) and flyer (Family Code Night Flyer) for more information. One lucky family will win a special prize drawing for Dash’s Neighborhood, a robotics virtual playground from Wonder Workshop, makers of Dash the Robot. And everyone gets a Code@Home Guide, full of free coding games and activities.

We hope your family will join in the fun with other families from our school and across the nation!

*If you would like to send Mrs. Poth (apoth@saintjamesschool.net) a picture of your family participating this evening, we would love to share it with the school community!

Hour of Code and National Family Code Night

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This week, all K-8 students will again be participating in the worldwide initiative #HourofCode2021 during their STREAM classes in honor of Computer Science Education Week.


In addition, this year SJS families also are invited to participate in the fun of coding at home by attending a special NATIONAL FAMILY CODE NIGHT on Tues, Dec 7 at 7:00pm.  This event is a virtual event geared toward families with children in Kindergarten to Grade 5 and hosted by CS is Elementary.  It is a one-hour live stream where parents and children can learn to code together!  No coding experience is necessary to participate.  Please see this short video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOQrrVvjBQI) and flyer (Family Code Night Flyer) for more information.  One lucky family will win a special prize drawing for Dash’s Neighborhood, a robotics virtual playground from Wonder Workshop, makers of Dash the Robot.  And everyone gets a Code@Home Guide, full of free coding games and activities.

We hope your family will join in the fun with other families from our school and across the nation!

Celebrating St. Nicholas Day

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In keeping with tradition, our Pre-Kindergarten through 3rd Grade students left one shoe outside their classroom this morning in celebration of St. Nicholas Day (Feast Day of St. Nicholas).  More commonly observed in Northern Europe, St. Nicholas Day is…

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3rd Grade Ice Cream Cake Slice Sculptures

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During their art class on Friday, 3rd graders used the dab-and-fold method with markers and model magic to create fun colors for their five-layer ice cream cake slice sculptures.  These unique creations will be glazed and saved for display in the Spring art show.  Great job Sabers!

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Attention SJS Basketball Parents

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If your child/ren are registered to play basketball for SJS this year, please reach the attached important informational letter from Mr. Green.

SJS Basketball Letter from Mr. Green

Here is the DPH guidelines for winter sports referenced in the letter:  DPH Youth Sports Winter 21/22

Missing a Furry Friend?

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If any of our families are missing this furry friend, please be advised that he is still awaiting his humans in the main office.  Thank you.

 

Last Call for RSVPs: Please Join Us For Carols & Cocoa

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Pack up your Christmas spirit and join us for an afternoon of faith-filled festive fun as we gather in our courtyard for caroling, ornament-making, and keeping warm with a yummy treat from our Hot Cocoa Bar.  Please see our flyer here:  Carols & Cocoa HSA Event Flyer

The cost of this event is $5 per family, payable at arrival.  Please RSVP HERE by Friday, December 3rd so that we know how many families to plan for when purchasing supplies.

We can’t wait to see you there!

 

Trimester I Ends Tomorrow

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As a reminder, the first trimester ends tomorrow (Friday, December 3rd).  Report cards will be sent home with students on Friday, December 10th.

Tomorrow! Wreath Pick-Up Details

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Thank you to everyone who ordered Wreaths through our Christmas Wreath Fundraiser.  Wreaths will be available for pick-up tomorrow THURSDAY, December 2nd outside the breezeway at morning arrival and afternoon dismissal.  If you need to coordinate a different pick-up time, please reach out to parent volunteer Jodi Talaga at hsa@saintjamesschool.net.