Last Call! Soirée Basket Raffle Tickets

Tuesday is the last day to purchase!

As you may recall, just before we transitioned to remote learning last spring, we were days away from holding our Annual Soirée Fundraiser.  We had already collected numerous donations of items and cash for the raffle baskets and many baskets were already put together.  Since the HSA was unable to hold its largest fundraiser of the year, we are hoping to recapture some of those lost funds for our school by raffling off these amazing baskets!

In the link below you will find the information on the raffle – along with pictures of the items and baskets.  Please help support our Saint James School Community by purchasing tickets – and, possibly win some awesome prizes in the process!  If you have any questions, please contact parent volunteer Kristen Miller at kamiller1016@yahoo.com.

 

SJS 2020 Raffle Form and Prizes

Instrumental Music

Due to the shortened week, Mr. Corcoran will be teaching 4th grade instrumental music lessons on Tuesday and grades 5- 8 on Wednesday morning.

James Rizzi Cityscape Art

Last week during their art lessons with Mrs. Rafferty, students in K – 3rd grade learned about American pop artist James Rizzi and created their own Rizzi-inspired works of art.

Grade 2 Turkey Traps

Today for their STREAM class, our 2nd graders had to design and build a Turkey Trap.

Picture Retakes: Monday, Nov 30th

Retakes for individual portraits will take place on Monday, November 30th.  This will be for:

*Any student where you were not satisfied with the original portrait – Return your complete package (minus the class picture) to the photographer on retake day.

*Any student who was absent on the original day whether you are purchasing a package or not.

Hard copy Retake Order Forms are available in the school office (please call Ms. Zukowski at 860.643.5088 x1) or you can simply go online to mylifetouch.com  and enter picture day id:   EVTPTFGZK

Any student having retakes done may come to school in dress down on Monday, November 30th.  Dress down on this day is ONLY for students having picture retakes done.

For REMOTE LEARNERS – if your child needs to have their picture taken/retaken, please email Amy Guenther at aguenther@saintjamesschool.net to schedule an appointment time.  Picture appointments will be from 10:00am – 11:00am (students will be excused from class to come for their picture).

Virtual Mass for this Weekend

Below please find the link to the Saint James Parish Virtual Mass for Sunday, November 22nd, 2020.

https://youtu.be/amvKFSPnEw0

Attention Grade 8 Parents

Records for East Catholic High School are due this coming Monday, please be sure to get your form in to the SJS main office if you are considering East for your 8th grader (and have not already sent it in).  Xavier/Mercy have fast approaching due dates as well.  Please reach out to Ms. Zukowski in the SJS main office with any questions (860.643.5088 x1).

Upcoming Uniform Sales

Land’s End is offering 40% Off School Uniforms, November 20th – December 4th, with the checkout code: SMART and PIN: 1126

Dennis Uniform will have 15% off full price items + Free Shipping on orders of $50+ (excluding tax and shipping).  Sale runs November 28th – December 1st.  Discount will be automatically applied at checkout, no coupon needed.

4th Grade STEM Club

Our 4th graders enjoyed a fun STEM club after school yesterday with Mrs. Poth.

Brian Bags Service Project

Yesterday afternoon, several of our 8th grade students stayed after school to work on assembling “Brian Bags,” special care kits designed with members of the local homeless community in mind. Under the guidance of…