Pick-Up/Drop-off Reminder

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As a reminder from last week, to assist us in our safety efforts here at school, we ask that you please do not allow your child/ren to climb/play in the snow banks on our playground areas at pick-up time.  Thank you.

2020 Christmas Mass Schedule: Advanced Registration Required

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Please be advised that due to pandemic safety protocol, advanced registration is required for attendance at any of the Christmas Masses this year.

Please call the rectory at 860-643-4129, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Monday-Friday, to make your reservation.

Masses are as follows:

Christmas Eve, December 24
Vigil Masses
2:00 PM, 4:00 PM, , 6:00 PM (SJC)
1:00 PM, 3:00 PM (AC)
Midnight Mass: 12:00 MIDNIGHT (SJC)

Christmas Day, December 25
9:00AM & 11:00AM (SJC)
10:00AM (AC)

In order to allow ample time for cleaning between Masses, parishioners are being asked to come to church no more than 25 minutes prior to the beginning of Mass.

Entrance to each church will be limited to the front and handicapped entrances at St. James, and the front entrance only at Assumption. Upon arrival, you will be checked in by an usher before taking your seat. If your plans change and you will not be attending the Mass you registered for, please let us know.

Important Info For Students That Ride The Bus Home

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This coming Wednesday, December 23rd is a 12:05pm dismissal day.  Due to a busing conflict, the town had originally stated that in order to accommodate us on this day, our bus students would have to be dismissed an hour early.  However, now that the public schools are fully remote, the buses can get our students at the regular 12:05pm dismissal time.

Virtual Mass for This Weekend

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Below please find the link to the Saint James Parish Mass for Sunday, December 20th, 2020.

https://youtu.be/7AfZKlDo6Yg

Snow Day Tomorrow

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Based on the current forecast, it looks like we will all be enjoying quite a bit of snow tonight and well into the day tomorrow.  While 2020 has been a year filled with change, uncertainty, and compromise, our students and families can hopefully enjoy a little bit of normalcy as we have decided to honor the first big snowfall of the season with a full-fledged SNOW DAY tomorrow (Thursday, December 17th).  This means, the school will be closed and no remote learning will occur.

We hope students and families will take an opportunity to get outside and play; enjoy building a snowman, sledding, hot chocolate and maybe work in a Christmas movie – in other words, we hope you can enjoy a little bit of normalcy on a super snowy mid-week December day.

With that said, we cannot predict what Friday will bring.  If the roads are clear, we will be back in school at the normal time.  If it appears best not to travel on the roads on Friday, we will have a school-wide remote learning day on Friday (December 18th).  In-person students will be coming home with all their materials today just in case.

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2020 Tree of Blessings

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Our annual Tree of Blessings prayer service, hosted by grade 8 volunteers, typically takes place in the auditorium with all students/staff in attendance. This year, students are praying together in their classrooms as they view the following video: https://youtu.be/8m9uak9GW3Q

Keep Christ in Christmas Poster Contest

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This Christmas season, the Knights of Columbus are once again conducting their annual Keep Christ in Christmas Poster contest. This contest is open to students in grades K-8 who will compete in one of three age groups:  5-7,   8-10,  or 11-14.  Competition begins at the District level and continues to the Regional and Jurisdictional levels.

This contest is optional, but we would love to have our school widely represented.  If your child enjoys drawing please encourage them to participate.  Students will design and complete their posters at home.  Parents will need to complete and sign a section of the entry form.

The entry form below contains all the rules and judging information about the posters. Completed posters and entry forms (NEED PARENT’S SIGNATURE) need to be submitted by MONDAY, December 21st at 9:00am (new date due/time to possible snow Thursday).

K of C 2020 Poster entry form & Contest Rules

 

 

Attention Remote Learner Families

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On December 7th, you should have received an email asking if your remote learner(s) will be returning to the classroom after Christmas break.  As a reminder, if you have not already completed the form, responses should be submitted by tomorrow Wednesday, December 14th.  As noted in the email, if you do not wish for your remote learner to return to the classroom in January, there will be another opportunity for them to return in March.  If you currently have a remote learner and did not receive the email, please reach out to aguenther@saintjamesschool.net for a copy (please check your SPAM folder first).

SJS App

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This morning with all the technology issues Google was having, we sent out 2 notifications to parents and faculty via the SJS App.  If you did not receive them, please take a moment to check that you are still logged into the SJS App (the Google issues may have logged out some devices).  If you see the Login icon (circled in red below) you are currently NOT logged in and will not receive the push notifications until you log back in.   If you have any issues, please reach out to Amy Guenther at aguenther@saintjamesschool.net.  Here is a link to the app if you have not yet downloaded it: https://admin.essenzasoftware.com/AppStoreRedirect?appIdentifier=net.saintjamesschool.k12

Air Purifiers Added In Classrooms

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We are pleased to announce that the Saint James School Foundation, through their annual allocation to the school, will be helping to fund the purchase and installation of the custom air purifiers that were installed in all of our school’s classrooms this week.  These purifiers use a combination of ultra violet light and hepa filtration, and should offer an additional level of protection from the spread of illness as we enter the winter months.  As always, we are exceptionally grateful to the SJS Foundation board for their ongoing efforts to ensure Saint James School remains a wonderful place for students to grow and learn.